We are proud to co-own Trigger with Ron and Kathy Harelstad of RK Ranch. We feel he is going to be a great herdsire based upon genetics and data. His sire Crown Prince is a 2 time Nationals banner winner with 15 Get of Sire championships to his name. His dam Ginger Mist won 2 banners herself. She is a great combination of MacGyver and Torbio genetics. He also has great genetics that are exhibited by his sire, his grandfather CROWN ROYALE, and even his uncle DDF Double Dutch's American Spirit. If you look at all the champion offspring the three of them have produced, then you definitely can tell they are PREPOTENT. We believe Trigger will have that quality, too!
So, he has the genetics. The great thing is Trigger also has the histograms exhibiting great fleece stats. Those histograms show his great genetics are maintaining a grade 1 fleece on him for the first 5 years of his life. He has had a histogram for his shearings at ages 3, 4, and 5. Each and every time, his AFD was less than 20 microns and was Grade 1 fleece. The SDAFDs were good and the %>30s were great on all of them. The last histogram's sample was submitted for Trigger to be part of the AOA's EPDs and Trigger is a Top 1% Suri! Check it out by clicking on the EPDs link.
Besides those great histogram stats, at 44 months old he had a skin biopsy. He has a density of 59.6 follicles per sq mm, an S/P ratio of 9.6/1, an in-skin secondary AFD of 20.0 microns and an in-skin primary AFD of 25.8 microns, and that means the spread between the two AFDs is a small 5.8 microns. AWESOME! Those statistics show a fine fleece on Trigger, a fleece with a good handle, a fleece where the majority of the primary fibers are in the same range of microns as the secondary fibers, and a fleece with great uniformity. In addition to everything the numbers show about Trigger's fleece he has the following things that they don't. His fleece has the great Suri luster one desires, a consistent lock structure, and great staple length (see the first picture).
Trigger also has superb Suri conformation. He has great coverage from the tips of his ears to his toes. That coverage on his head leads to a beautiful Suri head style. Great genetics, lustrous fleece that is fine and dense, and exemplary Suri conformation. Trigger has what you want added to a Suri herd. He is definitely a male that we feel will help us meet the goal we are striving for, a production quality fleece on a show quality Suri!
