Sterling the Reserve Champion!
Full Peruvian
Armani's Sterling Silverstar
Huacaya,
Herdsire (Male),
Proven |
Light Silver Grey
AOA# 31517034 D.O.B. 12/12/2008 (12 yrs), Full Peruvian
Sire:
Our Peruvian Giorgio Armani
| AOA# 832325 | Med Rose Grey
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Armani is something to see. He has great conformation, great fiber and a great disposition. He has produced grey Cria from beige, grey from dark fawns and light browns, and black from black. His Cria are exceptional!!! His sire, Inca Legend, passed away, but through Armani (full Peruvian), his legend will live on.
Color Champion from Maggie Krieger at the KY Classic
Color Champion from Susan Tellez at the Madison WI Show
3rd place at AOBA Nationals 2002
2006 Midwest Alpaca Jamboree - Get-of-Sire
2006 Mid-America Alpaca Show - 2nd place Get-of-Sire
2007 MOPACA Invitational Alpaca Show - Get-of-Sire (out of 8 sires)
1st place Madison WI
1st place MOPACA
2nd place AOBA Nationals
Fleece: 1st place Iowa
Spinners Choice Iowa
others too numerous to mention.
Dam:
Ark's Expresso's Ruth
| AOA# 30334533 | Lgt Silver Grey
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A light silver grey female, Full Peruvian, 3/8 Accoyo. Sire is Tres Cuartas Peruvian Black Expresso (3/4 Accoyo/full Peruvian) and dam is TCB's Genesis (full Peruvian)--daughter of Nic Nac and AOBA blue ribbon winner dam.
Ruth has passed on her fine, consistent, long staple-length fiber to all of her offspring. At 7-years-old, she has maintained a fiber fineness of under 21 microns!
Description
Armani’s Sterling Silverstar, a full Peruvian proven herdsire, was bred in the successful grey program of Jim and Linda Stark’s Alpacas of the Ark. Sterling’s sire is Our Peruvian Giorgio Armani of River Bluff Alpacas, a Rose Grey, winner of multiple 1st's and Championships, as well as three Get of Sires, who was out of Royal Inca Legend. His dam, Ark’s Expresso’s Ruth, a Silver Grey, has Accoyo Express and Nic Nac in her background.
Coming from such a strong grey background, Sterling should be a consistent producer of grey progeny. Even his black maternal great grandmother always produces grey when bred to grey. His sire, Our Peruvian Giorgio Armani, is a consistent producer of grey and rose grey and his maternal side has a strong presence for grey.
Sterling offers a dense, consistent fleece, long staple length, size and great conformation. His fiber stats continue to be in the low 20’s for average fiber diameter, about a 4 standard deviation, low % over 30 microns, all of which have been in the top 6th percentile of EDP results for the last three years! Sterling's fleece took a close 2nd in his class at the 2010 AOBA Nationals.
During his show career, Sterling was always in the "mix", including a 1st and multiple 2nds, and a Reserve Championship from Amanda Vanden Bosch at the 2011 Spring Bling show in Neenah, WI. At a show in Spring '13, the judge stated that Sterling "was a fine example of what a herdsire should be".
So, if you’re looking for a herdsire with great genetics, great fiber, solid grey background as well as size, personality and the bonus of a full Peruvian heritage, look no further!
Awards
Second Place, Heartland Classic in Indianapolis, IN Fall 2009
Second Place, Northern Illinois Alpaca Show Fall 2009
Second Place, Fleece, AOBA Nationals 2010
First Place, Spring Bling in Neenah, WI Spring 2011
Reserve Champion, Spring Bling in Neenah, WI Spring 2011
Ribboned, MN Alpaca Expo in Owatonna, MN in Spring 2011
Ribboned, Great Midwest Alpaca Festival in Madison, WI in Spring 2011
Second Place, Rail Splitter Alpaca Show in Springfield, IL Spring 2013 (Finished behind Color Champion)
Second Place, Great Midwest Alpaca Festival in Madison, WI in Spring 2013 (Finished behind Color Champion)
Fiber Data for Sterling's first three 12-month fleeces:
2010 2011 2012
Mean Fiber Diameter: 19.9 microns 22.4 microns 23.8 microns
Standard Deviation: 3.6 microns 3.8 microns 4.3 microns
Coefficient of Variation: 18.2% 16.9% 18.2%
Fibers greater than 30 microns: 1.8% 2.8% 5.7%
Mean Curvature 41.7 deg/mm 40.5 deg/mm
NOTE: Sterling's 7-year-old dam (also a light silver gray) has maintained her fineness with a Mean Fiber Diameter of under 21 microns!
Updated 2/29/2020