Champion 1/2 Accoyo grey! Great coverage
Oratorio
Alpaca, Huacaya, Herdsire (Male) | Light Silver Grey
AOA #31855983 | DOB: 9/10/2009 (15 yrs)
Sire: Aussie Rockford
31855983<--ari-->Medium Silver Grey<--color-->1/2 Chilean, 1/2 Peruvian - Aussie Rockford has arrived in Texas. This amazing, half Accoyo gray has been famously siring champions and blue ribbon winners on the West Coast for years. Now he is here in Paradise! He has a beautiful silver gray fleece, extraordinarily dense and crimpy and is still maintaining a fine hand even at 10 years old. His conformation is excellent, with great presence and a beautiful, typey head. He passes all these attributes to his offspring along with his color. Of 133 registered offspring, over half are gray! And 105 are either black or gray, almost 80%! This is out of dams of varying color, including fawn and white! His offspring have gone on to win many championships and ribbons which I will update on here soon. In an independent statistical evaluation of offspring show results this year, he is in the top three of gray herdsires in the whole country!
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Dam: CCR Amarosa
31855983<--ari-->Medium Rose Grey<--color-->1/2 Chilean, 1/2 Peruvian
1/2 Accoyo - Rare for a rose gray! Amarosa has a soft handle to her fleece with medium character and a nice even shade throughout. She delivered a great looking little boy in Sept. Rosa is being bred to Prince Raphael of Rose Crest for a 2010 cria.
Rose Crest is honored to broker a number of great alpacas from Canyon Creek Ranch in California (owned by Ian Watt's wife Marilynn). If you are looking for a fantastic foundation group of grey females, check out our four grey female offerings: Amarosa, Cleopatra, Independencia and Morgan Le Fey.
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Description
Update: Oratorio's biospy (Ian Watt) is back. A density of 43! Plus he has fineness! Oratorio is such an impressive male with a great temperment.
RESERVE CHAMPION! Only his second show. Judge comments: "Excellent conformation, great fineness, nice staple length, Great uniformity across fleece..."
This male has excited us from the moment we saw him. 1/2 Accoyo. Wonderful carriage, beautiful fiber...
Did we mention he is a rare 1/2 accoyo grey? And check out his thick chest. Oratorio is a sight to behold and visitors single him out on every visit. Only a handful of 1/2 Accoyo Greys exist on OpenHerd! What an opportunity to add special and rare genetics to your herd.
Awards

[4th] 4th Place - 2011 MN Alpaca Expo, Halter

[3rd] 3rd Place - 2011 MN Alpaca Expo Fleece

[2nd] 2nd Place - 2010 MN Alpaca Expo, Class of 13 - Jv SG Halter

[1st] 1st Place - 2010 NIEA, YR SG Halter, Class of 7

[RC] Reserve Champion - 2010 NIEA, All Greys (only 13 mos old!)
Updated 9/19/2021
Offspring
Patch Of Pearl
Herdsire (Male)11 yrsMedium Silver Grey