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'Sea Stallion' - IAR 57831 born February 2002, remains our 'soft-touch' stud male, as his fleece stats demonstrate. Now an established working male he is a well-built with a solid frame to carry his very soft, comfortable fleece. Still only 22 micron, comfort factor 91% his fleece is bright white and finely crimped throughout his frame.
Results for previous years emphasis this quality: 2005 - 19.0 micron, Comfort Factor 98.3%, 2004 - 17.3 micron, CF99.7%, and 14.2 micron, CF100% aged 10 months. Aged 9 years - Dec 2010 shearing - still 21.1 micron! If you love alpaca fleece figures you'll love those!
Proof is in the pudding ... why not visit us to check his, and his mother's, lack of guard hair and that warm soft feel to Sea Stallions fleece! Mum, age 6 years, is still under 24 micron, dense and very, very soft. His bloodlines drive that super-fine fleece. And he is very cute with it. His father is ILR Alpine Brutus, his mother Pucara Sea Change (fleece of Sea Change aged 57 months: mean 23.2, Micron SD 4.3, CF 94% - Oct 05). And Sea Change's younger cria have the same fleece characteristics as Sea Stallion ... very soft ...
In the Show ring he was Intermediate Champion Huacaya at the 2004 Upper Clutha A&P. But to apprecaite Sea Stallion requires you to handle his fleece - rich, warm and very soft to touch. Check those 2009 fleece stats aged 7 years - headline 22 micron!
Fleece:
1st Shear: Mean 14.2 micron, SD 3.7, CV 25.9, CF 100% (Nov 2003 aged 10 months).
2nd Shear (November 2004): Mean 17.3 micron, SD 3.9, CV 22.5, CF 99.7%, fleece weight 3.4 kg annualised.
3rd Shear (October 2005 - aged 32 months): Mean 19.0 micron, SD 4.6, CV 24.3, CF 98.3%
4th Test (June 2006 - aged 40 months): Mean 21.4 micron, SD 5.1, CV 24, CF 93.7%, curve 42º ... on chicory, plantain, clovers and tall fescue!
2009 Shear: Mean 22.0 micron, SD 5.4, CV 24.4, CF 90.9%, curve 40º. Aged 7 years!
December 2010: Mean: 21.1, SD 5.4, CV 25.5 CF: 92%.
December 2011 fleece: Mean 22.8 micron, SD 5.0, CV 21.7, CF 92%.
December 2012: Mean 22.3, SD 5.3, CV 23.7, CF 90%, Curve 34º.
December 2013 (aged 11 years): Mean 21.5 micron, SD 5.1, CV 23.8, CF 93%.
Price: $400 + GST at Flagstaff Alpacas. We encourage mobile and on-farm mating's, and offer multi-mating packages.
