Giovanni
IAR: 46293
DOB: 7/4/01
COLOUR: Solid White
Giovanni is a son of the famous Brigantine well known for his lack of medulation & ability to maintain a fine micron with age, and a grandson of the renowned Highlander. His grand dam is the famous Maid of the Mist.
All male cria that Giovanni's dam has produced have been of a quality sufficient to become stud males, an indication that she carries quality genetics.
Giovanni, now in his 9th year is still a handsome stylish looking male with a neat well balanced solid frame & displays a fleece with well defined crimp amplitude & stapling, as well as a lack of medulation, and is retaining a fine micron & good SD as he ages.
His fleece stats are often those of a male half his age.
He is very similiar to his sire Brigantine in looks & carries the same ability to maintain a lack of medullation as he ages & also to pass this trait onto his progeny.
He has a pleasant temperament & is a delight to work with.
We believe he will compliment our breeding goals of maintaining a low micron & style over time, but add further density & reduce medulation in our herd without sacrificing what we have already achieved.
Atlanta is a classic example of the style Giovanni can produce.
This lovely female in only 2 generations has improved from this very Chilean style female (below) with almost no coverage or fleece length & noticeable guard hair.
Giovanni - Picture taken August 2009
Oak Grove Atlanta
Giovanni Fleece Statistics
9th Fleece Oct. 2009: Micron 25.3, SD 4.4, CV 17.5, CF 87.6%
1st fleece Oct. 2001: Micron 16.1, SD 3.9, CV 16.2, CF100% ( at 6 months old)
3rd fleece Oct. 2003: Micron 21.75, SD 4.0, CV 18.35, CF97.85%
6th fleece Oct. 2006: Micron 22.6, SD 4.6, CV 20.2, CF 93.8%
7th Fleece Oct. 2007: Micron 24.2, SD 4.2, CV 17.5, CF 91.6%
Giovanni has produced ultrafine cria in the past & our cria from him have only started to arrive from early 2009. He is so far producing cria with mostly dense stylish & very greasy fleeces with a noticeable lack of medullation. The cria have excellent fleece coverage, bundling & crimp definition.
See below for some of his progeny fleece stats.
Giovanni Progeny Fleece Statistics
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So, this improved but still lacking female was put to Giovanni & the result is Atlanta, who exhibits all the traits her dam & granddam were lacking due to Giovanni's ability to improve these females short comings.
This female was put to a larger framed sire & produced a nice female, (below) who although very fine fleeced was still lacking in coverage & density & had only a soft crimp definition.
Giovanni's 6th Fleece
Atlanta - S/L/Fawn - Micron 19.3, SD 4.2, CV 21.6, CF 97.5% (8 months old)
8th Fleece Oct. 2008: Micron 24.2, SD 4.6, CV 19.1, CF 90%
Neo - White - Micron 17.9, SD 4.2, CV 23.7, CF 99.8% (4 months old)
El Primero - S/White - Micron 17.9, SD 3.8, CV 21.0, CF 99.7% (6 months old)
Comet - S/White - Micron 18.6, SD 3.6, CV 19.3, CF 99.3% (6 months old)
