Voted most-likely to be our up and coming stud muffin. He is eye catching among the herd. Antonio of Golden Pine is a highly improved, calm, manageable true black herdsire who retains his dense, fine fiber. 2021 Histogram: AFD: 22.7 SD: 4.1 CV: 18.1 %>30: 4.5% 2020 Histogram: AFD: 19.9 SD: 5.0 CV: 25.4 %>30: 3.0 2017 AFD is 20.9. SD is 4.4 CV is 21.1 %>30 is 4.5 2016 AFD is 22.4 SD is 5.0 CV is 22.3 %>30 is 7.5 2015 AFD is 20.8 SD is 4.4 CV is 21.2 %>30 is 4.1 2014 AFD is 20.6 SD is 4.4 CV is 21.5 %>30 is 4.4 2013 AFD is 20.8 SD is 4.5 CV is 21.6 %>30 is 4.5 2012 AFD is 17.3 SD is 3.3 CV is 19.6 %>30 is .6 Fabulous head Great genetics Excellent conformation. Proven ability to throw grey. Antonio started his breeding career in 2014 at age 3 with Dark Silver Grey Janus Navigational Beacon (Miss Bea). Miss Bea delivered a DSG girl named Zoe July 27, 2015. Zoe took 1st place Yearling at Alpacapalooza 2017. Miss Bea was re-bred to Antonio and delivered a true black male in March 2017 at Aspen Alpacas farm. His dam, Golden Pine's Danielle, retains a 22 AFD at 8 years. His sire, South Forks Titan is a handsome true black Patagonia Nishio son with outstanding fleece quality and boasts many championships including 1st place juvenile male and black male champion at NW Alpaca Showcase and 1st place black yearling male at NW Alpaca Showcase and Alpaca Western Extravaganza.

BRED AGAIN to true black Antonio for an October 2025 cria! Hoping for lots of color again! Kaeleigh had her first cria in June 23, needing no assistance. It amazes me how the good Lord gave maternal instincts. She is a REALLY good momma and stands so still to allow her little GIRL to nurse. Kaeleigh was bred last spring to true black Antonio. What COLOR did we get?? We got a gorgeous medium brown girl with black extremities, exactly what we ordered! (Ha!) If she were a horse I'd call her a bay color and so my husband suggested naming the cria Baeleigh. You can see some of her first baby steps in the video in the right column. Don't miss Baeleigh's EPD results, especially with her dark color. Look at Kaeleigh's EPD in the side bar! Fantastic fleece qualities! Not only is she in the top 20% of fineness (AFD), but in the top 2.8% of staple length and the top 1.18% of fleece weight in the nation! Fineness + heavy fleece weight = density in my book! Mama Kaeleigh got sheared in June of this year. Her whole fleece weight was 9.65 lbs.! I don't know that I've ever had an animal that sheared SO MUCH and with a fine micron fleece on top of it! We are always aiming for a 10 lb. fleece and we are almost there. What do Kaeleigh's 2023 EPD stats mean? They indicate what she will likely contribute to fleece characteristics in her cria: TOP 20% in the nation! Avg Fiber Diameter (AFD) will likely decrease by -1.071, very good! Standard Deviation of AFD will decrease by -0.217, good! (29%) Top 20% in the nation! Spin Fineness (SF) will decrease by -1.08, nice! % of Fibers > 30 micron will decrease by -3.275, amazing! (33%) Mean Curve (MC) of fiber will increase by 1.524, super! (29%) % Medullation (M) will decrease by -0.069, (60%)(the full impact of medullation in fleece remains a question at this point in time according to Yocom-McColl.) Top 2.8% in the nation! Mean Staple Length (MSL) will increase by 3.721, stunning! Top 1.17% in the nation! Fleece Weight (FW) will increase by 0.963, nice! Kaeleigh is from our foundation dam, Vanora, one of the best animals on our farm with year after year of phenomenal EPDs. Her sire is Grazing Hills Bradford, who also has great EPDs, especially for fineness. We expected that Kaeleigh would have nice fiber and she is showing us we were spot on! She is pure white, she has a beautiful head and has shaped up well in the conformation department with straight topline and straight legs. Her fleece is exceptionally soft, L-O-N-G, and crimpy with HEAVY coverage. We are expecting her to develop into quite the queen and, in fact, she has attained diva status! We plan (or you can plan!) to use her as a foundation dam. We have very high expectations in what she will produce for the farm.