Stefano
..".The Master"....as one client said to us, .........why go to the master when we can go to the Master's Master....."Stefano"
A sign of a great herdisre is if he leaves his trademark .... Stefano stamps his cria year after year, Proven by his Progeny.
He is the Sire of Champions.
A good breeding program identifies "IMPACT MALES".
These males are of the highest quality that have been progeny tested. These sires have the worth in a breeding program, as he has the ability to pass his penotype to his progeny.
The most effective way to select a herdsire is through his breeding value, to evaluate a studs offspring and look for important traits like Fleece weight, fineness and denisty.
Elite alpaca genetics is measured by the extreme super fineness covered from the top of his bonnet to the tips of his toes, displaying incredibly bright lustre, finely crimped charachter in pencil staples bundling evenly across the whole bodyThe secret of breeding Champions, is to choose a proven herdsire. Proven by his progeny, and their consistancy of all the attributes that we are breeding to acheive, and ultimately to produce the fibre to please the manufacturer.
We are dedicated in our breeding program, that we can largely attribute Stefano's valuable genetics.
Some of his attribbutes he has passed on to his progeny are
* Uniformity and increased staple length.
* This has been an important breeding criteria.
* Soundness if body and conformtion and balance
* Fineness of trhe blacnket extending to all extremetries.
* Uniformary across the whole body
* lack of Medulation low 30% over 30 micron
* High lustre
* Staple length
* Volumne or density
* high frequency of crimp which will always display high curvature.
* Coverage- increased coverage from the bonnet to the tip of their toes.
Stefano's contribution to the Australian Alpaca Industry is rivalled by few stud males ever in Australia.
At 16.5 yrs old, we tested his Histogram we were amazed that it was virtually identical to his histogram taken 5 years ago.
When you think of Stefano, you think of the incredible mark he has made on the Australian Alpaca Industry with over 400 registered offspring, this potential is still there to be taken up to improve anyone's breeding program to the next level.
This grand old man, still performing as well if not better than males years younger than himself, will continue for many more years....i am sure
Producing Export Quality
Progeny
Stefano now approx 19 years old, is still working and producing Show quality offspring consistantly.
This is a testiment to not only his superb quality ..
He is an IMPROVER male
But one thing that is often forgotten,
his constution, to be able to not only to live to a rare age for a working male, but he has rarely been seen, especially for a working male.
He has stamped not only his progeny but his qualities have been passed on to each genertion after.
In Memory of......
27/8/1991 - 15/1/2009
Mariah Hill is grateful to have the honor of such a prized, loved, MACHO.
Thank you Stefano for the beauitful crias you have given us,
and your friendship
It was an honor knowing you
Forever in our Hearts
Rob, Raelene & Elyse
