Heritage: 3/4 Chilean, 1/4 Peruvian
Patagonia's El Vasco has a championship show record due to his very stylish look and very dense (70 follicles SQMM) very soft (19 micron) very consistent (SP 13to1) fleece. El Vasco has a beautiful fleece that is fine and full of tight crimp. He has a beautiful head. Vasco is 1/2 brother to Kaspa, the 2003 AOBA grey champion male (same dam). He has sired well over 100 offspring.
El Vasco was sired by the famous, exotic modern grey Neruda. One of the industry's rare dark point grey's, Neruda sold for $205,000 making his genetics some of the most sought after in the country. Vasco's dam, Melosa was sired by PPeruvian Pluro who made a name for himself in Peru, the United States and Australia. Pluro's breeding's were in high demand for his ability to pass on his incredible fleece coverage and large bone.
• Histogram: afd=19m, sd=4.1m, cv=21.8%, m>30=1.1%
• Density: 70 follicles SQ MM (rates in the top 1% of all alpacas tested by Dr. Evans)
2005: AFD=19, SD=4.1, CV=21.8%, >30=1.1% (70 follicles SQMM. SP ratio: 13 to 1).
2007: AFD=21.4, SD=3.6, CV=16.6, >30=2.3%
2013: AFD=23.6, SD=4.9, CV=20.9, >30=9.5 At age 10!!!
Show record:
• Color Champion, International Alpaca Odyssey (IAO) 2004
• Reserve Color Champion, North American Show 2004
• 1st Place, AWE 2004
• 1st Place, MAPACA 2004
• 3rd Place, All-American Futurity 2004
• 3rd Place, AOBA 2004
Sire: PATAGONIA'S NERUDA
ARI #: 814613
Color: Medium Rose Grey
Dam: MELOSA
ARI #: 833516
Color: Light Fawn