Halo Ranch Alpacas

Alta, a beautiful black female, is out of GLR Alia, who was the 2014 AOA Nationals Black Female Color Champion, the 2014 AAA Futurity Female Black Color Champion, the 2014 MAPACA Jubilee Reserve Black Female Color Champion and the 2014 Suri Network Black Color Champion. Alia's mother GLR Allelujah has produced multiple Futurity Champions. Alta's sire, Cinders, is closed to outside breedings. This little girl has an impressive pedigree of black champions on both sides of her lineage and ought to be an outstanding addition to anyone's foundation female line up now that she has retired from the show ring. At her first two shows she was 3rd at the 2015 AOA Nationals and the 2015 AAA Futurity ...

GLR Joaquin is the a full brother to the two time 2015 Judges Choice True Black Female GLR Jamiyah. He is a gorgeous dark brown like his mother LCA Jaimica, who is also the mother of GLR Rastamon, the 2015 Dark Reserve Herdsire of the Year at the AAA Futurity. Jaimica has produced nothing but champions no matter who she's bred to and this Picasso son looks to be in the running to follow in his siblings footsteps. His luster, lock, coverage and conformation are right up to par and his micron is 17.7. His show record as a young juvenile is impressive and at just six months he was the Reserve Brown Color Champion at the AOA and 2016 MAPACA Jubilee. Not bad for a youngster! He ought to be fun t...

GLR Amayah is the first offspring Brad and Jandy had on the ranch from GLR Picasso. She is notably at the top of the list of their favorites for their 2012 crop and earned a place on their show string. Her mother was a Grey Color Champion at the AAA Futurity and also the mother of GLR Blackout who was a multiple color champion and a judges choice in his first year of showing as a juvenile. Picasso, Amayah's sire, was one of the first Shavano sons they had and was a Champion himself. Picasso's mother, Rockstars Peruvian Paloma , was a mulitple color champion and has been one of our best producers over the years of award winning cria with excellent fiber characteristics. This girl has a beauti...

GLR McQueen is a full brother to his sister, true black GLR Miss Phoebe who rocked the show circuit in 2015 as a juvenile. McQueen, a fawn boy, has all the same fiber characteristics as his sister: fineness, density, lock, extreme luster and the wavy lock that we always hope for. His mother Midnight Rock is a true black Rockstar daughter with extreme coverage, luster and density that she has passed on to all her cria. Midnight Rock passed away in 2018 leaving behind her legacy. McQueen's sire Cinders, the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Dark Herd Sire of the Year and Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year 2018 has been carving out a name for himself in the past few years with his offspring performing well i...

GLR Avallon is a beautiful brown female out of GLR Amayah (2014 Futurity Judge's Choice) and by Cinders (2016 and 2017 Futurity Herd Sire of the Year). Her fleece is silky smooth, with tons of luster just like her momma. At her first show, the 2017 Futurity, Avallon placed 1st in a very competitive class! The judge commented on her outstanding conformation and her beautiful fleece. We look forward to her show career! Power packed Genetics. Avallon currently has a dark brown female cria sired by Granite's Tribute to Roy on her side 2020. Fleece show comments: Healthy fleece, well nourished good overall style....

We are simply ecstatic for Granite's Tribute to Roy's future as a herdsire! He has three blue ribbons to his name already and we are expecting many more for him. He has great confirmation and a tremendous amount of luster all while maintaining fineness throughout his entire fleece. It's hard to beat his genetics as he comes from bloodlines of some of the top alpaca producers in the US. His sire, Silver Granite, has won 12 Color Championships and is quickly becoming one of the top grey herdsires in the US. Roy's full sister Sandra was the 2017 Grey National Champion as a Juvi! She also received Reserve Champion at th...

Daydreamer of Halo is an outstanding grey female packed with all of the desired traits we were hoping for when we paired her dam, Mahart Dreamgirl, with Silver Granite. She is stocky, full of fiber, and has tons of energy! She has grey in her background on both sides; Silver Heat on her sire's side and Prince Greystone on her dam's side. Daydreamer is being bred to the 2015 Reserve Futurity Herdsire of the year, GLR Rastamon! ...

GLR Rastamon is the densest (Follicle Density 68, micron 20.9) blackest, true black that Brad and Jandy have ever produced on the ranch. His sire is Shavano, is a true black 1/2 Accoyo Black Color Champion. His mother, LCA Jaimica, is a 5Peruvian Silken daughter, one of Snowmass Alpacas very favorite dams, and one of the reasons that they bought Jaimica from Jack and Kelly Armstrong a few years back. This guy is jet black with no tipping, what so ever, and very impressive in conformation and in bone. He stands upright and proud, even as a juvenile and was awarded the Reserve Black Male Color Championship at his first show, at seven months old, at the 2010 AAA Futurity. His first crop of kids...

Pilar's first cria is a beautiful black female by Cinders! GLR Pilar is a striking classic silver grey female, sired by GLR Rastamon, a true black son of Shavano, who was the 2010 Herdsire of the Year. Rastamon's biopsy came back with a follicle density of 68. Pilar's mother, GLR Black Eyed Pea, also a classic grey female, has produced elite cria over the years and Pilar is no exception. Pilar showed her stuff in her first spin in the show ring at the 2014 AOA Nationals, placing 2nd in a very competitive class of gray juvenile females . At the 2014 AAA Futurity Pilar was 1st in her class of juvenile grey females. ...

GLR McQueen is a full brother to his sister, true black GLR Miss Phoebe who rocked the show circuit in 2015 as a juvenile. McQueen, a fawn boy, has all the same fiber characteristics as his sister: fineness, density, lock, extreme luster and the wavy lock that we always hope for. His mother Midnight Rock is a true black Rockstar daughter with extreme coverage, luster and density that she has passed on to all her cria. Midnight Rock passed away in 2018 leaving behind her legacy. McQueen's sire Cinders, the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Dark Herd Sire of the Year and Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year 2018 has been carving out a name for himself in the past few years with his offspring performing well i...

Sombra is a beautiful jet black, high luster, dense female that Brad and Jandy purchased from Nancy Turner of Old Fields Farm. Her presence is incredible and she carries herself regally. She was bred to GLR Picasso and gave birth to a beautiful true black Picasso daughter, GLR Sombria in 2015 was a member of their show string in 2016, winning the Black Female Color Championship at the AOA Nationals, MAPACA Jubilee and GWAS and the Reserve Black Female Color Championship at the AAA Futurity standing next to GLR Miss Phoebe. Given Picasso's track record of three Judges Choice awards with a dark brown and a black female in 2014 and 2015, we are anxious to see if this little girl can keep up wit...

Cinders is the 2016 and 2017 AAA Futurity Dark Herd Sire of the Year and the 2018 Reserve Dark Herd Sire of the Year! He is also a 3 time Herd Sire of the Year for the Medium Breeder Division! Cinders had his first offspring on the ground in the spring of 2012 and his kids showed at the 2013 GWAS in Denver coming out of the ring with blue ribbons and much acclaim. Of the four entered all four won blue ribbons with Mystique going on the win the Reserve Color Championship. With a biopsy density of 67.5 at four years old, this guy has some impressive fiber stats. His first Great Lakes Ranch offspring certainly did not disappoint in 2015 nor in 2016. Needless to say Cinders is a welcome a...

GLR Ali is a full sister to GLR Arappaho, now owned by Pines Edge Suri Alpacas and the 2009 MAPACA and AOBA Black Male Color Champion. She is a beautiful true black Shavano daughter from one of our favorite dams, GLR Allelujah, one of the only Synergy daughters we have ever kept. Her first dance in the show ring was at the 2010 AAA Futurity where she awarded Black Female Reserve Champion as a juvenile. She took first place and Black Female Color Champion at GWAS in Denver, the largest alpaca show in the nation and went on to earn the 2010 Reserve Black Female Color Champion at the AOBA Nationals in Ft. Wayne Indiana. She won Black Female Color Champion, and 2nd in Bred and Owned Female at th...

GLR McQueen is a full brother to his sister, true black GLR Miss Phoebe who rocked the show circuit in 2015 as a juvenile. McQueen, a fawn boy, has all the same fiber characteristics as his sister: fineness, density, lock, extreme luster and the wavy lock that we always hope for. His mother Midnight Rock is a true black Rockstar daughter with extreme coverage, luster and density that she has passed on to all her cria. Midnight Rock passed away in 2018 leaving behind her legacy. McQueen's sire Cinders, the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Dark Herd Sire of the Year and Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year 2018 has been carving out a name for himself in the past few years with his offspring performing well i...

GLR Black Jewel is a dense lustrous true black daughter of GLR Black Pearls, one of Brad's and Jandy's Shavano daughters out of a super dense mom named MIdnight Rock. Midnight Rock has been an outstanding producer for them over the years. Black Jewel has a packed pedigree of true black genetics, notable for excellent fiber characteristics, conformation and coverage. Her sire Cinders, 2016, 2017 and 2019 Dark Herd Sire of the Year, 2018 Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year , has produced offspring that have been making waves in the show ring the past few years. Black Jewel is bred to the up and coming super star GLR Taj for a late summer 2020 cria! Black Jewel's first cria 2019, Vayna of Hal...

GLR Taj was the last cria born on the GLR ranch in 2013. And what a way for him to end up our birthing season. This little guy, at the time they thought to be one of their very best cria born on the ranch that year. He is an absolute clone of his sire, GLR Kolaqua, who was a two time AOBA Grey Color Champion. He has the tell tale wrinkled skin that comes with density which doesn't surprise us, as his dad's first shearing weight was almost 12 pounds. He had more wrinkles in fact than any other grey they have ever produced on their ranch. His mother GLR Tashi, is the daughter of GLR Tica who was a Color Champion and one of the very first colored Judges Choices.He has a pedigree packed with col...

2018 AOA Supreme Champion! If you are a suri breeder who is not familiar with GLR Picasso, you will be soon! This stud has been knocking them out of the park. We regret not being able to purchase him when we had the chance, but are glad we have some of his offspring. Picasso has already produced 2 judges choice champions! (GLR Amayah and GLR Jamiyah) GLR Sloan is another prime example of Picasso passing along his great traits. Her full sister, GLR Sombria, rocked the show circuit in 2016 collecting 4 banners in only 4 shows! We expect great things from this little gal and can't wait to see how she measures up! Sloan was awarded the Reserve Champion at the 2017 AOA National Sh...

GLR McQueen is a full brother to his sister, true black GLR Miss Phoebe who rocked the show circuit in 2015 as a juvenile. McQueen, a fawn boy, has all the same fiber characteristics as his sister: fineness, density, lock, extreme luster and the wavy lock that we always hope for. His mother Midnight Rock is a true black Rockstar daughter with extreme coverage, luster and density that she has passed on to all her cria. Midnight Rock passed away in 2018 leaving behind her legacy. McQueen's sire Cinders, the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Dark Herd Sire of the Year and Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year 2018 has been carving out a name for himself in the past few years with his offspring performing well i...

Sophora of Halo is a sweet and lustrous alpaca. She is sired by 4 x Judges Choice winner Chakotah's Wyuna. Sophora's full sister, Wyuna's White Diamond, is a 2 x Reserve Color Champion at IAO and has received many awards including the Bred and Owned show category. Sophora by comparison is the same if not more outstanding than her sister, with remarkable head coverage, a nice dense fleece and outstanding confirmation. Sophora's offspring is bound to knock it out of the park. She had a beautiful female cria from Judge's Choice herdsire Spirit Dancer! ...

GLR Taj was the last cria born on the GLR ranch in 2013. And what a way for him to end up our birthing season. This little guy, at the time they thought to be one of their very best cria born on the ranch that year. He is an absolute clone of his sire, GLR Kolaqua, who was a two time AOBA Grey Color Champion. He has the tell tale wrinkled skin that comes with density which doesn't surprise us, as his dad's first shearing weight was almost 12 pounds. He had more wrinkles in fact than any other grey they have ever produced on their ranch. His mother GLR Tashi, is the daughter of GLR Tica who was a Color Champion and one of the very first colored Judges Choices.He has a pedigree packed with col...

GLR Tasani is a beautiful example of the high quality alpacas produced by Great Lakes Ranch. Her sire, GLR Kolaqua, was the 2008 and 2009 National Show Color Champion has produced numerous high quality alpacas since he started his breeding career. Her dam, GLR Tashi, is also another fine example of a high quality alpaca from GLR. Tashi is also the dam to the 2014 MAPACA Judges' Choice female, GLR Tashina. With her colored genetics, great conformation, amazing lock and luster, GLR Tasani is sure to rock it in the show ring! ...

Cinders is the 2016 and 2017 AAA Futurity Dark Herd Sire of the Year and the 2018 Reserve Dark Herd Sire of the Year! He is also a 3 time Herd Sire of the Year for the Medium Breeder Division! Cinders had his first offspring on the ground in the spring of 2012 and his kids showed at the 2013 GWAS in Denver coming out of the ring with blue ribbons and much acclaim. Of the four entered all four won blue ribbons with Mystique going on the win the Reserve Color Championship. With a biopsy density of 67.5 at four years old, this guy has some impressive fiber stats. His first Great Lakes Ranch offspring certainly did not disappoint in 2015 nor in 2016. Needless to say Cinders is a welcome a...

GLR Janessa is a combination of two of the very best producing alpacas on our farm: Cinders and LCA Jaimica. Cinders is the 2016 Futurity Herdsire of the year and has continually produced champions year after year. Janessa's Dam, LCA Jaimica has produced a champion in each of her previous 5 offspring, including 2 Judge's Choice! The last time Cinders and Jaimica got together they produced an amazing dark brown male, GLR Justice, who won a total of 6 banners during his show career. Janessa has a brown male sired by Granite's Tribute to Roy and is bred back for cria season 2020....

We are simply ecstatic for Granite's Tribute to Roy's future as a herdsire! He has three blue ribbons to his name already and we are expecting many more for him. He has great confirmation and a tremendous amount of luster all while maintaining fineness throughout his entire fleece. It's hard to beat his genetics as he comes from bloodlines of some of the top alpaca producers in the US. His sire, Silver Granite, has won 12 Color Championships and is quickly becoming one of the top grey herdsires in the US. Roy's full sister Sandra was the 2017 Grey National Champion as a Juvi! She also received Reserve Champion at th...

GLR Tanah is the daughter of GLR Tashina, the very first grey ever to be awarded a Judge's Choice. Tashina was the 2014 AOA, AAA Futurity and MAPACA Grey Female Color Champion. Tanah is one of her sire Cinders' second crop of kids. Cinders made some waves with his first crop of kids in the show ring in 2014 and we eagerly awaited to see how this group of crias developed in 2015. Tanah even as young as she was her first season now showed us the kind of promise we saw in her mother. Her first show was at 6.1 months old at the AAA 2015 Futurity when she placed 2nd and was the youngest alpaca in her class. she was second again as the youngest in her class at the MAPACA Jubilee. She wintered and ...

We are simply ecstatic for Granite's Tribute to Roy's future as a herdsire! He has three blue ribbons to his name already and we are expecting many more for him. He has great confirmation and a tremendous amount of luster all while maintaining fineness throughout his entire fleece. It's hard to beat his genetics as he comes from bloodlines of some of the top alpaca producers in the US. His sire, Silver Granite, has won 12 Color Championships and is quickly becoming one of the top grey herdsires in the US. Roy's full sister Sandra was the 2017 Grey National Champion as a Juvi! She also received Reserve Champion at th...

GLR Tashi is the very first granddaughter of Shavano. Her mother, GLR Tica was the first female he ever sired. GLR Tica is a dark brown incredibly dense and lustrous Shavano daughter, one of the first Shavano kids that we have ever shown. Her mother, Tambora of Peru was one of our favorite dams who we sold at our Great Lakes Classic II sale in 2009. We purposely kept Tambora's daughter Tica, as we were not willing to let go of her mama's genetics due to her track record. When we bought Tambora, it was because of her extreme density and high luster, and Tica has inherited both those traits and more from her papa. Shavano is extremely dense and lustrous as well. Tica was shown in 2009 as a juv...

GLR McQueen is a full brother to his sister, true black GLR Miss Phoebe who rocked the show circuit in 2015 as a juvenile. McQueen, a fawn boy, has all the same fiber characteristics as his sister: fineness, density, lock, extreme luster and the wavy lock that we always hope for. His mother Midnight Rock is a true black Rockstar daughter with extreme coverage, luster and density that she has passed on to all her cria. Midnight Rock passed away in 2018 leaving behind her legacy. McQueen's sire Cinders, the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Dark Herd Sire of the Year and Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year 2018 has been carving out a name for himself in the past few years with his offspring performing well i...

GLR Tica is a dark brown incredibly dense and lustrous Shavano daughter, one of the first Shavano kids that Brad and Jandy have ever shown. Her mother, Tambora of Peru was one of our favorite dams who we sold at our Great Lakes Classic II sale in 2009. We purposely kept Tambora's daughter Tica, as we were not willing to let go of her mama's genetics due to her track record. When we bought Tambora, it was because of her extreme density and high luster, and Tica has inherited both those traits and more from her papa. Shavano is extremely dense and lustrous as well. Tica was shown in 2009 as a juvenile and was Reserve Brown Female Color Champion at both the AAA Futurity and Mapaca, and she won ...

Try searching in open herd for a Silver Gray Proven Suri Stud that has more than 5 championships and let us know what you find... one result... Silver Granite! Not only does he have more than 5 championships, he has 12 of them plus 19 1st place ribbons! There is no other Gray Suri like him around! A remarkable animal all the way around. When we first saw him, we knew he was something special and after our purchase we couldn't have been more excited. If you're a Suri Breeder that likes producing outstanding grey's then look no further. Silver Granite is the next up and coming star in the grey suri world. He comes by it very nat...

Here's one of our top females available for you to purchase. Sired by the astounding service sire Chakotah's Wyuna, Astoria's genetics are some of the top genetics on our farm. Her dam Shiraz of PVA, is a multiple time Color Champion winner who is sired by the one and only Koyoto of PVA (a multiple time color champion). Shiraz's dam is Syrah of PVA, one of Park View Alpacas foundation female; also multiple color champion winner. Astoria is a sweet tempered girl that loves getting some attention. Her show career started in the spring of 2015. She took a first

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GLR McQueen is a full brother to his sister, true black GLR Miss Phoebe who rocked the show circuit in 2015 as a juvenile. McQueen, a fawn boy, has all the same fiber characteristics as his sister: fineness, density, lock, extreme luster and the wavy lock that we always hope for. His mother Midnight Rock is a true black Rockstar daughter with extreme coverage, luster and density that she has passed on to all her cria. Midnight Rock passed away in 2018 leaving behind her legacy. McQueen's sire Cinders, the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Dark Herd Sire of the Year and Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year 2018 has been carving out a name for himself in the past few years with his offspring performing well i...

Pearlescence is a beautiful young female that has many outstanding genetic traits that are desired by many. Amazing luster, lock, density and an extreme confirmation. Her medium fawn color is very similar to that of her sire, Chakotah's Wyuna, and also her mother, Mikimoto of PVA. Don't miss out on this opportunity for this amazing female. ...

GLR McQueen is a full brother to his sister, true black GLR Miss Phoebe who rocked the show circuit in 2015 as a juvenile. McQueen, a fawn boy, has all the same fiber characteristics as his sister: fineness, density, lock, extreme luster and the wavy lock that we always hope for. His mother Midnight Rock is a true black Rockstar daughter with extreme coverage, luster and density that she has passed on to all her cria. Midnight Rock passed away in 2018 leaving behind her legacy. McQueen's sire Cinders, the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Dark Herd Sire of the Year and Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year 2018 has been carving out a name for himself in the past few years with his offspring performing well i...

Kizmit is the product of two incredible animals and she is definitely a female to be admired! She has already won a color championship and recently placed 1st at the 2016 AOA National Show. Her fleece is one to be admired. She has such a soft handle and a great amount of luster. Kizmit passes all of her amazing fleece characteristics to her offspring along with a strong confirmation. UPDATE: Breeding to McQueen for early Fall 2020. Kizmit's first offspring sired by Cinders, Odin of Halo had never shown but we had shown his first year fleece where he received a Championship at the AOA Nationals Fleece Show 2019. 2017 cria- Sir Ulrich Von Lichtenstein, true black, sired by N...

GLR McQueen is a full brother to his sister, true black GLR Miss Phoebe who rocked the show circuit in 2015 as a juvenile. McQueen, a fawn boy, has all the same fiber characteristics as his sister: fineness, density, lock, extreme luster and the wavy lock that we always hope for. His mother Midnight Rock is a true black Rockstar daughter with extreme coverage, luster and density that she has passed on to all her cria. Midnight Rock passed away in 2018 leaving behind her legacy. McQueen's sire Cinders, the 2016, 2017 and 2019 Dark Herd Sire of the Year and Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year 2018 has been carving out a name for himself in the past few years with his offspring performing well i...

Reese's Pieces is out of Balboa's Rogue from PVA genetic and sired by Cinders. As you can imagine our surprise when Reese's was born and was white out of black and brown genetics but we couldn't be more happy with her show results for not breeding whites. AOA National Fleece Show 2020- "Luster, good length to annualized lock length, healthy." Amanda VandenBosch The Suri Network All Suri Fleece Show 2020- " Good marriage of fineness with density" Wade Gease Reese's will be bred Summer 2020....

GLR Taj was the last cria born on the GLR ranch in 2013. And what a way for him to end up our birthing season. This little guy, at the time they thought to be one of their very best cria born on the ranch that year. He is an absolute clone of his sire, GLR Kolaqua, who was a two time AOBA Grey Color Champion. He has the tell tale wrinkled skin that comes with density which doesn't surprise us, as his dad's first shearing weight was almost 12 pounds. He had more wrinkles in fact than any other grey they have ever produced on their ranch. His mother GLR Tashi, is the daughter of GLR Tica who was a Color Champion and one of the very first colored Judges Choices.He has a pedigree packed with col...

GLR Echoe is a very nice true black female out of the two time Herdsire of the Year, Cinders, and a beautiful GLR Rastamon daughter, GLR Konosha. Echoe has excellent conformation, a nice degree of luster, and very soft handle. Echoe is a spunky character and is always romping around with the other soon to be moms, pregnancy doesn't slow her down. Echoe will be bred for her first cria 2020. ...

We are simply ecstatic for Granite's Tribute to Roy's future as a herdsire! He has three blue ribbons to his name already and we are expecting many more for him. He has great confirmation and a tremendous amount of luster all while maintaining fineness throughout his entire fleece. It's hard to beat his genetics as he comes from bloodlines of some of the top alpaca producers in the US. His sire, Silver Granite, has won 12 Color Championships and is quickly becoming one of the top grey herdsires in the US. Roy's full sister Sandra was the 2017 Grey National Champion as a Juvi! She also received Reserve Champion at th...