Samuri's River Warrior

Warrior is a junior herd sire out of one of our best foundation dam's Temptress. He is one handsome juvenile who should do well on the show circuit for 2020. Snowmass Seventh Samuri's fleece on first sight told me he was who I wanted to breed to Temptress. It turned out to be an excellent choice. Warrior phenotype is ideal, with substance of bone and fiber very much like his fathers. His fiber coverage is substantial. On visual evaluation of his fiber his juvenile fleece fineness is grade 1, his SL at six months growth is 3.5 inches, rare guard hairs and primary to secondary fibers AFD is very close. Like his sire, he has large distinct bundles with broad crimp.

Warriors grandmother, Juliette is one of our most prolific foundation dam for which much of our breeding program has foundation offspring. Probably the best of those offspring is Temptress, Warrior's dam. Warrior has a beautiful head and significant facial coverage. I have included below what his EPDs are expected according to AOA EPD estimator program.

Trait Sire Dam Progeny Estimate
Average Fiber Diameter -1.521 -0.938 -1.229
Standard Deviation (AFD) -0.319 -0.246 -0.282
Spin Fineness -1.566 -0.976 -1.271
Percent >30 Microns -4.717 -5.032 -4.874
Mean Curvature 1.574 2.007 1.791
Standard Deviation of Curvature 1.544 0.204 0.874
Percent Medullation -1.927 -2.634 -2.28
Mean Staple Length 0.202 1.224 0.713
Fleece Weight 0.586 0.663 0.625
Birth Weight 0.327 -0.121 0.103