AutumnSun's Lore

Carmine has developed well into a strong, nicely conformed dam with lovely richly colored fiber that feels great to the touch. Her first cria was a beautiful CMSG girl by Steel Fox, a male we sadly lost after the bomb cyclone storm of 2018. We bottle fed her but her strength gave out and she died in my arms. We sadly lost her as the only silver grey offspring we had then and her sire in the same year (needless to say, the storms that year really set us back). Based on Carmine's ability to throw grey (not surprising since her dam is full sister to our champion CMRG dam, Rose, who has produced many greys for us), we had bred her to Silver Signature in hopes of tapping into her grey heritage. However, Carmine graced us with fine fibered black male instead. Though we still have interest in her for our grey program, we know she will produce black, too -- which is good as well. Her next cria for us, sired by our multiple champion Truthsayer, is a strong male that would be a grey if his main color was a dark color rather than light fawn. With his beautiful white marking on his face and light coloration, we named him Crazy Horse after the famous Sioux warrior. She definitely is trying to manifest her grey heritage, she just needs the right pairing! We have other good options for her in our grey herdsires.... our multi-champion males Artorius and Dauntless, or maybe our upcoming herdsires - evenly colored American Ultra or our Quixotic sons, Trouble and Double Trouble. There are a lot of great grey options! However, we recognize that she also has black and dark coloration in her pedigree and a demonstrated ability to make black. We haven't even tried to breed her to our champion blacks - Maelstrom, Stradivarius, and Guinness - so, lots of potential there. And let's not forget about Axios, who not only has grey heritage but has made two black offspring from brown/fawn dams. She is a great dam and has really been pushing forward with her cria production. With the loss of her champion grey aunt, Rose, and the sale of her dam a few years back, we are moving her to our foundation list.