This is Capone. Oh my goodness, Capone is awesome. Capone is sired by Snowmass Silver Signature. I didn't know much about Signature, but I have come to believe that he is one of the most under-appreciated gray sires out there. Signature himself is a beautiful, compact, typey male with a family of elite animals behind him (Snowmass Royal Flush, full brother to Royal Bronze, with Snowmass Peruvian Casanova as his dam sire), so it's no small wonder he is able to reliably produce excellence. Then, Capone's dam is a producer of excellence as well. She has produced multiple-blue ribbon winners by multiple other sires -- all dark, even when bred to light, and all grey when bred to grey. Her lineage provides an interesting blend of elite light impact sires (namely Peruvian Legacy, and Peruvian Hemingway), and dark sires (Danko and the true black Caballero Andante, foundation sire for Patagonia and Crescent Moon). So, we have Capone. Simply put, in so many ways, this male exemplifies what we are breeding for. Capone is sweet, calm, and confident. He is extremely compact -- one might say ultra-compact -- yet his substance of bone is that of an extra-large alpaca. His bone circumference relative to height is the best I have ever seen. His conformation and proportions are excellent. His head is beautiful, and his coverage, like his sire's, is extensive. ... All of which is great, but if you've read this far, you probably know what you're looking at, and what you're looking at is the fleece. Yes, it really looks like that in real life. Not only does Capone have the high-frequency, high-amplitude crimp style of an elite white, he has the density of an elite white. Yes, this solid silver tux alpaca is as dense as an elite white one. He's also extremely fine. Last but most assuredly not least, he has an absolutely awesome staple length. This is a trait that we value very highly and feel is often under-appreciated in alpacas. Also stunning is his uniformity of color: Capone's fleece is solid silver gray. Period.

Glitzy is a medium brown female with very nice fineness, density & uniformity to her dazzling fleece. She has strong bone, great fleece coverage & is a great mom. We are thrilled with her crias. She has had one white cria & one true black cria. Check out her EPD - Top15%M.

Genotype Ee a2a3 Non-Grey BLACKJACK - a game of luck. And we won! This magnificent male at the tender age of 8 months, with no cria shearing, entered the showring and did extremely well (see awards section). Sired by Black Dynamo from the Snowmass Midnight Diamante line, combined with his dam from the Jeremiah/Jericho lineage, he brings the best of the best to the table. Keep an eye on this young male to see what the future may bring. Spin off Nationals he placed 1st and "highest point" receiving a score of 97 out of 100. Nationals Spin Off you send in 3 oz of fiber and spinners actually spin it into yarn. Blackjack's fiber is really nice. His fleece has all the attributes we are looking for fine, nice handle, uniformity, etc. He is very dense and has a luscious handle. He checks all the boxes for conformity. Congratulations to Dean and Gina Ross of Heather Glen Alpacas on their purchase of Blackjack of Cabin View. Blackjack is off to new adventures in AZ and will make a stellar herdsire. Can't wait to see what he produces. We are so excited about welcoming Blackjack to our herdsires here at Heather Glen Alpacas. Love his uniformity, fineness, density, color, crimp/staple & perfect conformation. We are so excited to bred him to our beautiful dams & look forward to the amazing crias he will bring us. Proud to announce he took first place at the 2024 National Show in his class. Awarded: 4-Championships 9-First Placements 6-Second Placements 1-Advanced Fleece Awards 1-Best Uniformity Award Blackjack bred four females all spit off after the first breeding. His first crias are due fall 2025.