Where do we start with this male? Red Granites Prince Caspian is the darkest son of CCNF Legionnaire to date and has become one of our favorite sons and a habitable banner winner. CCNF Legionnaire’s genotype is Ee AA meaning the darkest he can produce is dark brown, so we know Prince Caspian has an “A” from his sire and with the black spot on his butt we know he has an “a”. Our best guess is his genotype is Ee Aa - he will be tested to confirm this soon.
Born as a bay black coloration, he was sheared and then showed his true color as a dark brown with black points on his ears, around his eyes, on his feet, and muzzle. We are extremely pleased with how he is developing and are expecting his crias in 2025.
Phenotypically, Prince Caspian is correct with excellent circumference of bone with excellent coverage - adding onto the fact that he has the picture-perfect head that we want on all of our animals. His fleece shows a great degree of brightness, extreme fineness and uniformity, and density, density, density with an abundance of fleece being produced!!! This has been the exact thing we get when crossing CCNF Legionnaire with Snowmass MR Sizlin Rose, both monumental sires of the Red Granite Ranch breeding program with internationally recognized offspring…
CCNF Legionnaire has crias winning huge across the entirety of North America, including Canada! Two of his sons have won Canadian Supreme Championship trophies, and one even won Mature Huacaya of the Year. Legionnaire also sired the densest alpaca biopsied by Ian Watt in the world. Legionnaire is aging and has lost his molars so his sons and daughters are becoming even more close to us as we know time is closing.
The dam of Prince Caspian is Red Granites Sizlin Cherub, a Medium-Dark Brown, black-pointed foundation female sired by Snowmass MR Sizlin Rose and out of LMFI Peruvian cherish, a direct daughter of Majestic Peruvian Jeremiah. Sizlin Cherub has an extremely fine fleece with an incredibly soft handle. She ranks in the Top 1% for %M and in the Top 5% for SDAFD. In 2023, at 6 years old she has a 23-micron fleece with a 4.1 SD, just as impressive as ever in our eyes.
Prince Caspian won his first Color Championship in the Fall of 2023 at A-OK Rose Rock under Jacob Hart, comments included: “Clear winner”. His first Reserve Championship was won at the 2024 TXOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular under Amanda VandenBosch, comments included: “Compact in frame..great consistency from front to back…great combination of fineness and density…super soft handle…handle is exquisite.” A top show winner that judges love!!
With his sire aging and his unique pedigree, Prince Caspian is only available for half-interest. This male is incredible and has a lineage known for lingering fineness, long-stapled fleeces with incredible density, and soft handles!
