Nikos is an exceptional, half-accoyo, showy son of the renowned silver grey herdsire Aussie Rockford. Nikos is also out of one of the top quality grey females in the nation, Peaceful Valley Priya. Rockford is a half-accoyo son of Pperuvian Felix (deceased) and Priya is a half-accoyo daughter of Pperuvian Yupanqui (deceased), and both of Nikos' parents are highly regarded winners of numerous blue ribbons. Nikos has outstanding conformation, a well-shaped beautiful head, extreme coverage and a dense topknot. His fleece is very, very fine and bright, with good architecture and a gorgeous dark silver grey color. He has well-defined narrow crimp throughout his fiber - all the way up his neck and into his topknot. Nikos is one of the most eye-catching and stylish grey males we have ever seen, with fantastic conformation, coverage, presence, movement and superb fiber. He has three Championships and nine blue ribbons to his credit, even though he has only set foot in a showring three times in his life! The rose grey Avatar son who was Reserve Champion to Nikos at the VA Classic, went on to win Reserve Champion at the prestigious Futurity in 2005, which gives you some idea of the quality of this male... His first crias arrived in Fall 2007 - one solid true black, one true black with a white face - and his 2008 son out of a black dam appears to be a rare dark-pointed roan! Proven to hold fineness and handle over time, Nikos offers excellent quality in colored fiber and rare Accoyo ancestry. His genetics will only be available through his offspring for the forseeable future, and we are currently offering a dark brown 7/8 Peruvian Champion female, Holly, bred with Nikos for her May 2009 cria, either as a 3-in-1, or as part of our "Six for $36,000" package.

This typey, solid black daughter of brown halter Champion, Holly Hawk, and silver grey Champion, Ben MacDhui, arrived on May 20th, 2008. Meliora is the second black daughter Dhui produced for us this Spring and her half sister is already sold, at less than 6 months of age. We held Meli back, and offered her dam for sale, but have now decided to offer either Mel or her Champion dam for sale, but not both! The name Meliora is derived from the Latin "melior", meaning "better", and is also a name strongly associated with Cornwall, where there is a church named after St. Meliorius. This little lady is a bright and playful character, with excellent coverage, lovely square conformation and wonderful staple length. Meliora certainly has "the look", and is like a miniature black version of her sire with a face like a teddy bear. We had originally planned to keep Meliora for our foundation herd, and sell her Champion dam, Holly, but took Holly off our sales list until she produced her May 2009 cria. July 2009 Update: Holly produced a stunning rose grey female, Heather, from her breeding with Nikos, so we bred her straight back to him for her 2010 cria and are still not sure about selling her. Meli is developing into a typey, crimpey, dense female, with a beautiful head and wonderful trusting, mellow temperament. Her price has now been increased to reflect her true value, and the fact that she will be bred with Nikos this Fall. Should be an awesome match, given Meli's grey genetics from her sire, and the outstanding quality of her maternal half-sister, Heather. Meli is the only daughter of our silver grey Champion, Ben MacDhui, that we have ever managed to keep, in the 9 years we have owned him, so as she approaches breeding age, we are becoming more and more reluctant to part with her!