This good-old Monté-Cristo is with us since 2008, purchased shy of his weaning days. He has always been in direct competition for breeding against his sire, MMR Marcoyo (who wouldn’t pick Marcoyo first back in those days?), his cousin/paternal brother the ever-handsome Mortimer, and his 2 uncles Andrade and Figaro. I could also add that we owned his older full sister too, Theodara, in addition to her daughters! Although underused in our program, he has proven himself to be worthy of the task with his progeny performances in the showings, granting him a 3rd place out of 9 in Get of Sire back in 2015. He combines some of the best names you could find in Canada from the 2000’s with Victor’s Vaccoyo, Coyo Destini and some Jolimont imports. For our part, we’ve moved from this era with newer genetics, leaving once again Monte as an unused male at our farm… However, these old*er* traits her carries could perhaps bring something great to the table. Staple length and bold crimp. Monte produces offspring with 6” staples and beautiful crimp styles!

ACA Xenia – so much is owed to this female. She truly represents what a true foundation female is… She has shaped and put our breeding program on the map, and there are truly no other females that had such an impact. Xenia was purchased in March 2008, when she was still at her dam’s side, ACA Crispina, a Hemingway granddaughter. Xenia produced some amazing females for us: Lady Azira du DNA, Lady Adrenaline du DNA and Dame Allure du DNA. These females also became incredible producers just like their dam. Azira notably produced Miss Allegria du DNA, dam of 2x Champion Miss Azura du DNA and Reserve Champion Miss Allegresse du DNA. Adrénaline produced our champions Noble Atlantik du DNA, Noble Aucean Breeze du DNA, Miss Auceanie du DNA and the promising young Miss Aucean Tides du DNA, while Allure’s production is equally impressive with Judge’s Choice & 4x Champion Noble Aviator du DNA, 2x Reserve Champion Noble Awaited Heritage du DNA and Miss Alliance du DNA. This line represents the majority of our herd’s genome as most female descendants are tagged “keepers” from the start. There is no doubt that they will lead the next phases (emphasis on plural!) of our breeding program for many years to come!

Magnus has done so much for us! He has been a cornerstone in our breeding program, improving every female he was bred to and producing Champions like no other males to date did for us. 6x Champion and 2x Best in Show – both in fleece and halter – Magnus is quite the package. In fleece show, he scored 89/100. Not to shabby in my opinion! He is a solid and stunning macho. His fleece is incredibly dense, shiny and well defined. His sire is Xanadu P Resolute, a male that made a tremendous impact in the Eastern Canadian industry. His dam is a Cimmaron Gold Legend daughter that produced 4x Supreme Champion Averegan’s Merida. Magnus shares almost the exact genetics as 7x Black Champion Averegan’s Aftershock, another Resolute x Cimmaron Gold Legend cross. The best way to judge the potential of a herdsire is by his progeny, and frankly Magnus did deliver. His progeny has great well-built conformations with solid bones and dispositions. Fleece-wise, they are all an improved version of their dams’ fleece. Producing crias from white to black and grey that are having fleeces as fine as 14.2 microns (Anrhumé – WH) with outstanding staple length and fleece weight, add to that crimp from skin to tip and great shine. His very first cria, Nyla of Peterboro, won the Combined Brown Colour Champion title in Fall 2019. Since then, Magnus has produced Champions in every colour, from white to black and grey. In fleece shows, his progeny reached up to 86.5/100 and culminated titles of "Judge's Choice", “Best Crimp” and “Best Brightness”! His black daughter, Miss Andean Shadow du DNA, is a 4x Champion that scored up to 79/100 – a score rarely given to blacks in Canada. As a bonus, our first generation of Magnus daughters are now producing Champions! Any breeders that want to improve their performances in the showings, the conformation on their animals and increase their production of quality fleeces should consider Averegan’s Magnus as their next herdsire. Don’t miss this chance to improve your herd! Colour genotype: Ee Aa1