Premier's Rubio -$2000 for First 10 Breedings Booked for 2007
Rubio has a fabulous pedigree. His grandsires are Accoyo Peruvian Bueno and Accoyo Peruvian Don Julio. His rose grey color genes come from Cloud 9 Comet whose offspring have proven themselves many times over in fleece and halter shows. Rubio's dam, Premier's Jolie, has blue ribbons to her credit and is a full sister to Premier's Absolute, well known nationally for his outstanding show record. Rubio's sire is Snowmass Black Legend. Julie Skinner said of Rubio in Snowmass' 2006 auction catalog, "Premier's Rubio..one of the finest grey studs we have seen."
Rubio's fiber is butter soft and has virtually no guard hairs. He has crimp to his chin, and even his neck fiber is prime in quality and length. In fact, we entered neck fiber in spin-offs and got blue ribbons! The fiber from his second shearing was so lofty that we had to enter it in two bags - it just blew the judges away. Even after breeding for a year, his fiber diameter only increased two microns. When Ian Watt reviewed Rubio's skin follicle density results with us Sept. 2005, he exclaimed "This is a good male!" The primary & secondary SDs of 3.0 and 3.7 demonstrate the uniformity in his fiber, amazing for a grey.
Rubio has very straight conformation and a perfect bite. Although easily handled, he is an eager breeder and settles in one session. He hates being in the show ring and demonstrates this by cushing, making it difficult for the judge to assess conformation. Despite this behavior, Rubio has taken halter awards in very competitive classes. He has heavy bone on a medium frame.
Rubio started breeding on his second birthday and settled 14 females his first season. His offspring range in color from white to black, including grey & maroon.
