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Tuscan at  4 years of age

2009 MOPACA GET OF SIRE BLUE RIBBON CRIAS

Toscana, Tuscan daughter, avaiable in 2009 AOBA Auction
Sunny Mesa'sTUSCAN GOLD
 
Sire:  MFI Brock (Augusto x PRA Belinda, Leon daughter)
Dam:  Peruvian Lionheart's Fawn (Starr Kahn x  Derwydd Peruvian Coya, Hemingway daughter)
Full Peruvian, 3/4 Accoyo
DOB:  8/8/04  
Color:  Light Fawn   
ARI#1197709
 
TUSCAN DAUGHTER, TUSCAN'S TOSCANA, ACCEPTED FOR 2009 AOBA AUCTION!  SEE HER PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS.
 
This gorgeous male posseses perfect conformation, strong bone, coverage, beautiful head, extremely bright, elite fleece and low micron count (16.2/cria fleece) .  Add his pedigree to this fabulous phenotype, and he is the total package.  He is an Augusto grandson and Leon great grandson on his sire's side, and his dam is a Starr Khan daughter out of a Hemingway daughter.  With this pedigree, it is no suprise that Tuscan has the looks of an elite herdsire who will make his mark on the North American alpaca industry.  And does he have attitude and presence!  He just knows he is something special.
 
Tuscan Gold earned 2 COLOR CHAMPIONSHIPS in his yearling year, the first at the tender age of 14 months.  His fleece swept the Level III fleece show at the ABR Fall Festival in Castle Rock, CO in 2005 with the following ribbons earned: 
Blue Ribbon, light fawn fleeces
Color Champion:  light fleeces
Judges' Choice Huacaya Fleeces
Best Huacaya Brightness
 
At the 2006 level 4 MOPACA show, Tuscan earned the FIRST PLACE blue ribbon as well as the  COLOR CHAMPIONSHIP in the beige/light fawn males. 
 
Tuscan has added to his show record at the 2006 Level III ABR Fall Festival.  He won DOUBLE COLOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, winning both in the halter and fleece shows.  His fleece also took the Best Crimp award.  
 
Passing his genetics to his offspring, Tuscan's first try at GET OF SIRE earned the BLUE RIBBON at the 2009 MOPACA show with Toscana, Tuscanator and Luna. 
 
Bred by Sunny Mesa Alpacas, this male comes from a breeding program that is repeated every year because of the excellent alpacas it has produced.  Tuscan's full sister, Tessora, and full brother, Troon, have multiple awards and color championships to their credit.  To read more information on Tuscan's lineage and full siblings,Tessora, Troon and Trista, please see Sunny Mesa's website at www.sunnymesa.com .
 
FIBER STATS:  Fiber stats are in for 2006 (sheared at 1 year 8 months).  Ian Watt believes that a male's 1 1/2 to 2 1/2-year-old fleece is the most important fleece to obtain statistics from, before the influence of hormones. Tuscan's stats are: 
2006 (2-year-old) Micron 17.2, SD 3.7, CV 21.8, %<15  22.2%, comfort factor 100%,
2007 (3-year-old) Micron 18.7, SD 4.2, CV 22.5, %<15 11.8%, comfort factor  98.3%,
2008 (4 years old):  Micron 19.9, SD 4.6, CV 23.1%, comfort factor 95.9%
 
The fleece has retained its characteristic brightness, bundling, crimp, well-nourished appearance, and soft handle.  It earned a Best Hand award and Color Championship ribbon at GWAS in 2007 (same fleece that won Color Championship and Best Crimp at Fall Fest 2006).
 
2007 fiber stats at almost 3 years of age (turns 3 in early August, sheared at end of May) -
micron 18.7, SD 4.2, CV 22.5, % less than 15 microns 11.8, CF 98.3%, staple length 90 mm, curve 35.7 Dg/mm.  Impressive for a 3-year-old breeding male. 
 
These fiber stats and Tuscan's show record put him in a small and elite group of males in the country.  We challenge you to find another male who has the same fleece characteristics as Tuscan.  These males are very rare indeed.  Once you see his fleece, you will understand what we are talking about. 
 
Tuscan began his breeding career in August 2006, and his first cria is confirmed and due in July 2007.  Please call to book a breeding as only limited outside breedings will be offered.
 
AWARDS:
1st place/Color Championship - 2005 ABR Fall Festival Fleece Show
Judges' Choice Huacaya - 2005 ABR Fall Festival Fleece Show
Best Huacaya Brightness - 2005 ABR Fall Festival Fleece Show
1st place/Color Championship - 2006 MOPACA yearling light males
3rd Place - 2006 AOBA National Show yearling light fawn males
3rd Place - 2006 All American Futurity yearling light fawn males
4th Place - 2006 GWAS yearling light fawn males
1st place/Color Championship - 2006 ABR Fall Festival Halter Show 2 and over light males (defeated 3 males who placed over him at GWAS)
1st place/Color Championship - 2006 ABR Fall Festival Fleece Show
1st  place - 2007 TxOLAN 2 and over light fawn males
1st place - 2007 GWAS, 2 and over light males
1st place/Color Championsihp - 2007 GWAS fleece show
1st place - 2007 AOBA National Show - 2nd place Crescent Moon's Lunar Breeze I, 3rd place El Nino's Cremello, 4th place ARM Legacy's Salud
1st place - Get of Sire 2009 MOPACA
 
Tuscan hit his stride in 2007 as a 2+ year old male, going undefeated in the show ring.
 
STUD FEE: $3500.  (limited breedings per year - call now to reserve yours!)
 
 
 

Corazon at 2 1/2 years of age
El Corazon` di Bella Vita - 9-time COLOR CHAMPION!
 
Sire:  NWA Ltd. Haldane (Hemingway son)
Dam:  Cocoa Puffe
DOB:  10/8/05  
Color:  Medium fawn
ARI #:  3000491
1/2 Peruvian, 1/2 Chilean, 1/4 Allianza
PROVEN HERDSIRE AS OF 9/07!
 
His name means literally "the heart of Bella Vita".  Corazon` is a perfect example of our breeding philosophy, and what a gem he is!  Not only is he cute as he can be, he has gorgeous, soft, very bright fleece with excellent crimp and long staple length.  He is out of our senior huacaya dam, Cocoa Puffe (Chilean heritage), who also produced our multiple blue ribbon bay/black female, Chocolat.  Corazon` is the third jewel in Cocoa Puffe's crown, and he is a very promising young male.  His sire is NWA Ltd. Haldane (full Peruvian), a Northwest Alpacas Studmaster male and Hemingway son. 
 
Corazon was shown for the first time at the 2006 GWAS show and was 3rd youngest in his class of 10.  He was awarded the second place ribbon by Amanda VandenBosch, quite a feat for such a competitive class and at such a young age.  Comments were made about his brightness, density, extremely soft handle, beautiful crimp and extensive fiber coverage. 
 
Corazon showed at the 2006 ABR Fall Festival on 10/06 and won DOUBLE COLOR CHAMPIONSHIPS in both the halter and fleece shows as a juvenile!  Judge Nard Mullen commented on Corazon's overall excellent conformation and beautiful head but said the clincher was when she put her hands on his fleece.  Bright,  "buttery, buttery soft handle", dense, excellent coverage, great even crimp everywhere - she just went on and on.  Corazon was sheared this summer, so this was his second fleece coming in.  This is just the beginning for this very promising male.  Corazon earned his third COLOR CHAMPIONSHIP at the 2007 MOPACA show in a very competitive class of fawn males.  No matter where Corazon` places in his classes at the shows, the judges always comment on the buttery soft handle of his fleece, usually stating he has the best hand in the class.  Most impressive to us is the staple length he puts out.  In his 2007 fiber stats, his relaxed fiber length was 110 mm and stretched was 131 mm!  His average daily growth is 0.36 mm/day, the best among the huacayas on our ranch.
 
FIBER STATS:  Corazon's fiber stats are impressive.  He is very similar to Tuscan in his fleece stats.  In 2006 both boys boasted a micron count of 17.2 and SD of 3.7.  Corazon's CV was 21.2 and fibers less than 15 micron were 23%.  Comfort factor was 100%, CRV was 37.9 and staple length 110 mm. This was his cria fleece and was harvested at about 8 months of age for a show fleece in 2006-2007.  This fleece repeated its 2006 Fall Festival Color Chamipionship at GWAS 2007.  It has a very rich, well nourished feel to it and is bright with well-defined crimp. 
 
His 2007 fleece stats (yearling year, ready to breed at 19 months when fleece was harvested)
AFD 18.5, SD 3.7, CV 19.7, %<15 9.7, comfort factor 99.3%, staple length 105, CRV 38.0 Dg/mm.  These stats and his show record put him in an elite group of male alpacas that one doesn't run across very often. 
 
2008 (3 year old breeding male) - AFD 22.6, SD 4.6, CV 20.2, CV 94.2% staple length 115 mm
 
AWARDS:
1st place and Res Color Champion - 2009 ABR Fleece Harvest - At 5 years of age.  Weight score was 15.5 out of 20. 
1st place and Color Champion - 2009 GWAS Fleece Show
1st place and Res. Color Champion - 2008 AOBA National Fleece Show,  fawn males
4th place - 2008 AOBA National halter show
1st place and Res. Color Chanpion - 2008 ABR Fall Festival Fleece Show
1st place - 2008 AFCNA Continental Fleece Show
1st place/Color Championship - 2007 GWAS fleece show, fawn males
3rd place - 2007 GWAS halter class, fawn yearling males
3rd place - 2007 GWAS Bred and Owned yearling males
1st place/Color Championship - 2007 MOPACA fawn males
4th place - 2007 MOPACA bred and owned yearling male
1st  place - 2007 TxOLAN medium fawn yearling males
1st place - 2007 TxOLAN bred and owned yearling males
4th place - 2007 AOBA Nationals, bred and owned yearling males
6th place - 2007 AOBA Nationals, medium fawn yearling males
1st place/Color Championship - 2006 ABR Fall Festival Halter Show fawn males
1st place/Color Championship - 2006 ABR Fall Festival Fleece Show
Best Prepared Fleece - 2006 ABR Fall Festival Fleece Show
2nd place = 2006 GWAS juvenile medium fawn males
 
CONGRATULATIONS TO JERI AND JERRY JOHNSON OF SAND CREEK CRIATIONS OF BENNETT, CO, FOR THEIR PURCHASE OF 1/2 INTEREST IN EL CORAZON`! 
 
Stud Fee:  $3000 - limited outside breedings so book yours now!
Vanguard, 10 months old
TUSCAN'S PROSECCO DI BELLA VITA
 
Sunny Mesa's Tuscan Gold x Cocoa Puffe
DOB:  10/19/089
ARI No.:  31577984
Color:  Dark  fawn with black pints
Heritage:  1/2 Peruvian, 1/2 Chilean
 
Co-owned with Gregg and Sandy Smith of Black Forest Alpacas
 
This is one gorgeous boy!  He has great coverage, including fabulous face coverage, the cutest face with short nose and large eyes. and nice, correct conformation with a good bite.  His dark fawn fleece is absolutely uniform, comments he gets from all judges, with a very bright character, trademark from his sire, fine, crimpy and with a well-nourished, incredible handle.  Fiber stats for 2009 are pending.  He is a maternal half brother to our stellar herdsire, El Corazon`.  In fact, the genetic cross of Cocoa Puffe genetics with Tuscan Gold genetics are producing some fabulous crias for Bella Vita.  Prosecco's full sister from the 2009 cria crop looks like a twin to her brother, Prosecco, except in a true black fleece. Prosecco has placed in the ribbons at every show he has been in, mostly in first place, and earned his first (but probably not his last) championship at the ABR Fall Festival.  He has won multiple blue ribbons in bred and owned male, regular halter classes and fleece classes.  His quiet personality is inherited from his dam, but don't let that cute face and quiet personality fool you.  He will be an early breeder as we had to separate him from his female juvenile pen mates at 10 months of age because he already had all the breeding characteristics down pat, including orgling!  Brother Corazon was breeding and proven by age 20 months.  So, we anticipate Prosecco starting his breeding career in the fall of 2010.  Call either Bella Vita Ranch or Black Forest Alpacas to schedule your females to this fabulous male!
 
BREEDING FEE:  To be determined
 
SHOW RESULTS:
2009 ABR Fal Festival - CHAMPION and 1st place, fawn males, 1st place bred and owned yearling dark males,
2009 ABR Fleece Harvest - 1st place dark fawns
2009 Mid America - 1st place in Bred and Owned and 3rd place in dark fawn male halter class
Heartland Classic -  1st place
2009 GWAS - !st place (out of 8) and baby in his class
2009 Furturity - 5th place (baby in the class)