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Breeding
Champions 
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Nic and Linda have been developing the New Zealand alpaca industry since 1989. Using top genetics, from three continents, they are alpaca farmers, breeding from peruvian, chilean and accoyo genetic bases.
And they are breeding champions !Our New
Zealand champions for the last fifteen years are shown below.
Click to see some of our breeding
champions in other countries.
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Shows 2011 |
Our show team for the shows in the later part of
2011 included alpacas from our two herds,
NZ Southern Alpacas and Hemiccoyo, as well as alpacas from an agistee herd we
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Nelson Show 2011
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Supreme Champion was NZ
Southern De Ville who also took champion white.
Hemiccoyo Consul was reserve
champion white and won champion white
fleece, becoming Champion Fleece.
Hemiccoyo Star Dancer was first in the senior white class.
Greenstone Clio was champion brown NZ Southern Chantellinis was reserve champion grey NZ Southern Martius
was champion fawn. De
Ville and Star Dancer took first sire's progeny,
and
Martius and Clio were second in sire's progeny
for Titus, Brutus's son.
You can see all these animals individually pictured below (scroll down).
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South Otago Show in Balclutha 2011
We took the reserve champions in all the age classes
(pictured below).
Senior reserve champion
Hemiccoyo Star Dancer
Intermediate reserve champion
Hemiccoyo Consul
Junior reserve champion
NZ Southern Martius
NZ Southern Martius was also
champion fawn.
Hemiccoyo Matrix was first in the Intermediate fawn class.
De Ville and Star Dancer took first sire's progeny
for Brutus. |
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At Nelson Show Hemiccoyo Consul was reserve champion white and was champion
white fleece, becoming Champion Fleece.
He was intermediate reserve champion at South Otago. |
Consul's champion fleece at Nelson. |
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Supreme Champion Nelson was
NZ Southern De Ville who was
also champion white at Nelson.
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NZ Southern Martius was champion fawn at Nelson and South Otago, and reserve
champion junior at South Otago. |
Greenstone Clio was champion brown at Nelson. |
NZ Southern Chantellinis was reserve champion grey at Nelson. |
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Canterbury A&P Show in
Christchurch we did not exhibit animals or fleece this year.
Instead we concentrated on our Trade Stand and we were
delighted to get highly commended in the medium size category, and a certificate
for “best presented outdoor site” from the A&P Society, as well as a rosette for
best alpaca site from AANZ.
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Expo and National Show in Tauranga 2011
For the Nationals this year we did not travel to the
North Island, instead sending fleeces to compete.
Titus fleece was
Champion Mature Male Fleece. (60 month plus male)
Distinction's fleece won
first in her class for mature female mid/dark
fawn.
Chameleon's fleece was
first in the senior male grey class (36 - 60 months fleece).
These fleeces are from older animals and they are
still scoring maximum points for fineness.
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Distinction's fleece
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Chameleon's fleece
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Upper Clutha Show in Wanaka 2011
 
Supreme Champion huacaya was Chaska (above), a young male we had bred when
managing a small herd for an agistee.
Reserve Champion Junior was Hemiccoyo Alyssa, behind Chaska who went
on to win Supreme. Champion Intermediate
was NZ Southern Montana. Alyssa and Montana are pictured above left.
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Sire's progeny was won by Commander Commander's progeny did well at Wanaka Show 2011.
Here is Hemiccoyo Alyssa and Hemiccoyo Consul after winning sire's progeny. And
Consul won the champion fleece as well.
CHAMPION HUACAYA FLEECE was Hemiccoyo Consul.
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Shows 2010 |
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Hemiccoyo Emily did well in
the shows in 2010.
Emily is pictured here in her 2009 ribbons - she won many more in 2010
- see below for a list of championships.
Emily is sired by Titus and her dam is Bronte.
Ellesmere 2010
Champion mid/dark fawn huacaya
Reserve Champion intermediate female
Ashburton 2010
Champion medium/dark fawn huacaya
Champion intermediate female
Northern A&P at Rangiora 2010
Champion intermediate female
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 South Otago
2010
Rapa Nui was
Champion black at South Otago Show in Balclutha.
Rapa Nui is pictured right.
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Shows 2009 |
We took a small team of
five of our alpacas to South Otago
Show in Balclutha 2009 and
four of them
took 7 broad ribbons.
Aquaviva Titus
won
SUPREME CHAMPION HUACAYA.
He was also
Champion Senior
and
Best Mid/Dark Fawn alpaca.
EP Cambridge Commandant
won his white/light fawn
class, and went on to be
Champion
Junior
and
Best White/Light Fawn
alpaca.
Hemiccoyo Emily won
first in junior brown
and became
Reserve Champion Junior.
Southern Black Adder
won his class and was
Best
Black Alpaca. |
 Ellesmere Show 2009
Heir Apparent was
Reserve Champion Senior
Male.
A pairing of two of Titus' cria took
Sire's Progeny at Ellesmere Show.
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Canterbury Royal Show
2009
Aquaviva Titus
was
Reserve
Champion Senior Male.
NZ Southern Capri won
Reserve Champion Senior
fleece.
Eringa Park Chameleon won
Best
Grey fleece.
NZ Southern Distinct
Impression (daughter of
Chameleon) was
Best
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Upper Clutha Show Wanaka
2009
We were delighted at Upper Clutha Show in Wanaka 2009
to again win
Champion Huacaya
Aquaviva Titus
won
CHAMPION HUACAYA
and
CHAMPION HUACAYA FLEECE
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He is pictured here with his
ribbons, cup and winning
fleece from the Wanaka Show,
as well as his ribbons from
the Balclutha, Ellesmere and
Canterbury Shows, all from
this show season.
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Hemiccoyo Matrix was first
Intermediate Male - he is
now sold and exported to
Germany.
NZ Southern Maax was second
Intermediate fawn, behind
the Reserve Champion.
His fleece was also first in
his junior fawn class for
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NZ Southern Fleetfoot was
first in his class,
Intermediate white, for his
fleece.
Fleetfoot has now been
exported to Belgium.
Eringa Park Chameleon took
first in his class for
fleece - senior grey and
black.
This fleece sold on the day
to a handcrafter.
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Shows 2008
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South Otago Show
We took a small team of
three males to South Otago
Show in Balclutha and they
took 6 broad ribbons.
Aquaviva Titus
won
SUPREME CHAMPION HUACAYA.
He was also
Champion Senior
and
Best Mid/Dark Fawn alpaca.
 NZ Southern Fleetfoot
won his white/light fawn
class, and went on to be
second to Titus, as
Reserve Champion Senior.
Fleetfoot was
also the
Best White/Light Fawn
alpaca.
Closeburn Montezuma won his class and was
Best
Black Alpaca
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 Christchurch Royal Show
Our concentration was on our
trade stand, where our
alpacas roamed up the hill
in the tussocks. Our marquee
showcased their fibre, with
a spinner converting fleece
into yarn. We did enter some
fleeces and a few animal
classes.
Hemiccoyo Matrix won
Champion Junior Huacaya
Fleece
NZ Southern Capri fleece won
Reserve Champion Fleece
white/light fawn 48
months and over at
Christchurch Royal Show 2008.
Aquaviva Titus, a Brutus son, won
Reserve Champion Senior
Male Huacaya at Christchurch Royal Show 2008
NZ Southern Fleetfoot
was second in the white/light fawn senior male huacaya class, behind
the male who took champion
senior, and ahead of Faberge
who was
Champion
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Taranaki Show
 Taranaki
recently held its first
alpaca show.
Rosie Rochester from
Palmerston North won first
in the novice class with her
cria from one of our
matriarchs, and she sent us
this great picture taken on
the Taranaki coastline.
It is pleasing to see the
success of our genetics,
especially working for new
breeders.
Manawatu Show
The
Reserve Champion Huacaya
fleece was won by NZ
Southern Pinnochio.
Congratulations to Joan and
Brent Craig, to whom we had
sold Pinnochio as a stud.
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Ashburton Show
NZ Southern Fleetfoot
won Champion Senior
Male Huacaya
at Ashburton
Show 2008 |
Ellesmere Show
Aquaviva Titus, a Brutus son, won Champion Senior
Male Huacaya at Ellesmere Show 2008 and ahead of Faberge
who was
Champion
at Expo 2008. |
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Our top
white stud Brutus did
well at Alpaca Expo 2008,
taking all the top huacaya
awards.
He won
Champion Female Huacaya
(Silverstream Deja
Vu),
Champion Male Huacaya
(Silverstream
Faberge), and they together
took
Get of
Dam (right), and
with a third Brutus progeny
took
Sire's
Progeny (left).
Deja Vu and Faberge (and
Czar) are full siblings.
In competition between each
other, the male Silverstream
Faberge took
Supreme Champion Alpaca.
Another Brutus son
Silverstream Flashdance, won
Supreme Champion Huacaya
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Another Brutus son,
our fawn stud Aquaviva Titus, won Champion
Fleece mid/dark fawn 24-36 months at Alpaca Expo
2008.
He also won
Champion Senior Male Huacaya at
Ellesmere Show 2008 the following week - where he beat Faberge ! |
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Our top black stud Maipo
won
Champion
Black Huacaya fleece at
Alpaca Expo 2008.
Two of his female cria took
1st and 2nd in their class,
Junior Female 6-12 months
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Our grey stud EP Chameleon's
fleece went into Alpaca Expo
2008 and it was
first
in his class, 24-36 months
grey. He was only one
point behind the grey fleece
that went on to win champion
grey fleece. |
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Our white stud NZ
Southern Fleetfoot won
Reserve Champion
fleece 36-48 months at
Alpaca Expo 2008. He is an Irraquoy son, from a Brutus
dam, NZ Southern Capri.
Her fleece won
Reserve Champion
white/light fawn 48-60
months at Alpaca Expo 2008. |
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Wanaka Show
We were delighted at Upper Clutha Show in Wanaka 2008
to win
Champion Huacaya
with NZ
Southern Fleetfoot, who
is pictured here with his
ribbons from recent shows.
(Prior to Expo)
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Shows 2007
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Brutus
continues to
impress with
his progeny
in the show
ring.
Already this
show season
his progeny
have
won seventeen
Championships
and five
Supreme
Champions.
This is for
both judged
animals and
shown
fleeces.
His
offspring
took
Most
Valuable Commercial
Fleece
in both
white and
colours at
the
Canterbury
Royal.
In both Expo
and
Canterbury
Royal, he
had three
progeny in
the final
championship
line-ups. And
his progeny took Supreme
Huacaya each
time.
Congratulations
to the
owners of
his progeny.
Pictured
above are
the
champions
from Expo -
Silverstream
Czar,
Silverstream
Flashdance,
and
Cairnbrae
Blanquita.
Flashdance
was Supreme
at Expo, and
Czar was
Supreme at
Canterbury.
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 Our stud makes and their
fine fleeces are proving
their worth. EP Cambridge Commander
was Reserve Champion fleece
12-24 months at Expo.
At
Canterbury Royal
NZ Southern Fleetfoot won Reserve Champion
fleece 12-24 months, and
Aquaviva Titus fleece
won
Most
Valuable Commercial Fleece in
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At the Auckland Royal Easter
Show 2007 we won
Supreme Champion Huacaya
Fleece with
Aquaviva Titus, a Brutus
son. At Canterbury
Show 2006 Titus himself won
Champion Intermediate Male,
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We were delighted at Upper
Clutha Show in Wanaka 2007
to win
Champion Huacaya Fleece
and
Reserve Champion Huacaya
Fleece. The
champion was from NZ
Southern Chief Big Foot,
pictured as a junior
champion above and as
intermediate and more
recently senior champion
below.
In the
fleece and conformation
class our boys won both
white and colours -
EP Cambridge Commander in white/light
fawn, and
Aquaviva Titus
in mid/dark
fawn/brown.
Sires' Progeny
was won by Irraquoy. |
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Nic has also continued as an alpaca judge,
most recently at Whangarei Show. This show
has a composite class, where shorn alpacas
and their fleece are judged separately,
and a composite score obtained.
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Shows 2006
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Our most
successful Show in 2006 was Nelson
A&P Show, where our alpacas took
broad championship ribbons in every
class.
NZ Southern Chief Big Foot won
Supreme Champion
Alpaca at Nelson Show 2006
after winning Senior Champion.
NZ Southern Fleetfoot won Champion
Intermediate and EP Cambridge Commander
was Reserve Champion Intermediate.
Hemiccoyo Amalfi was Champion Junior
and Hemiccoyo
Prometheus was Reserve Champion
Junior.
Sires' Progeny
was won by Irraquoy. Big Foot,
Fleetfoot and Prometheus are all Irraquoy
offspring. Brutus was second in
Sire's Progeny. Amalf is a Brutus
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Canterbury Show were held within a
week of each other in November.
At
Expo Brutus took
Reserve Champion fleece, in his
class for fleeces 48 months and over.
He
was 1/2 point behind the champion; which
is great for a seven year old.
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Our sires did well in Sire's
Progeny.
Saintly won Sire's Progeny at Auckland
Royal and at Canterbury Royal Show.
Brutus was 2nd and 5th at Expo and 4th at Canterbury Show,
with Titus in the progeny set.
Jolimont Commisario was 2nd at Expo and 3rd at
Canterbury Show with Commander in the progeny set.
Irraquoy was 6th at Expo
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We did not
enter the show ring at Canterbury Show as
we had a trade stand, but various jointly
owned animals took broad ribbons.
Aquaviva
Titus (son of Brutus) was
Champion Intermediate Male and
EP Cambridge Commander was
Reserve Champion
Intermediate Male. |
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Shows 2005
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Our most
successful Show in 2005 was Nelson
A&P Show, where our alpacas took
broad championship ribbons in every
class.
NZ Southern Chief Big Foot won
Supreme Champion
Alpaca at Nelson Show 2005
after winning Intermediate Champion.
NZ Southern
Helena won Reserve Champion
Intermediate.
Big Foot's full brother NZ Southern
High Flyer won Reserve Champion Junior
at Nelson Show 2005 and was first in his
class at the National Show and Expo 2005.
Ahead of him at Nelson was Waiwera
Pauline, an Irraquoy daughter, as
Champion Junior.
NZ Southern Lennon won Champion
Senior at Nelson Show 2005 and Pucara
Beachcomber was Reserve Champion
Senior.
Sires' Progeny
was won by Irraquoy. Big Foot,
High Flyer and Pauline are all Irraquoy
offspring.
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NZ Southern Perigold, a Brutus son, won Champion
Huacaya Alpaca at the Upper Clutha Show in Wanaka, in March.
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Other Shows 2005
NZ Southern Chief Big Foot was Reserve Champion
Intermediate Male at Manawatu.
NZ Southern Tucson Gold, a Moon Shine award-winning son, took
Senior Champion at Rotorua Show in January.
A fleece from Tucson Gold
won his class at Expo 2005.
NZ Southern Capri, from Brutus, won Supreme
Champion fleece at Manawatu 2005.
NZ Southern Zeus was Reserve Champion Senior
at Canterbury 2005. He is a Brutus offspring.
NZ Southern Thyme was Champion Grey
at Canterbury 2005. She is a daughter of Highland Smoke.
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Our clients have done well with our
genetics.
At the Franklin Show near Auckland Emerald
Farms Georgio, an Irraquoy son, won
Reserve Champion Junior
Huacaya. Then at the Kumeu Show he won
Champion Junior
and went on to take Champion Huacaya.
At the Royal Auckland Easter
Show a Brutus son, Riverdale Dominico, won
Champion Junior huacaya.
Aquaviva Stardust, a Brutus
daughter, continued her winning with
Champion
Intermediate huacaya at
Ellesmere 2005.
Ruamahanga Bailey from Brutus won
Champion Junior
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Our co-owners of Brutus did well
with his genetics too.
Silverstream Czar, was Champion Senior at Canterbury 2005 and Manawatu..
Silverstream Deja Vu won Champion Intermediate huacaya at Canterbury 2005.
Silverstream Euphrates won Champion Junior huacaya at Ellesmere 2005.
At Expo Intermediate white/light fawn female class Silverstream Deja Vu, a
Brutus girl, was 2nd and reserve champion for the intermediate females, and
Willowbank Moonlight Serenade, a Brutus girl, won 3rd. Both were ahead of
Silverstream Divinity in 4th place who sold the previous night for $32,500
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National Expo Champions
2004
Breeding from peruvian, chilean and accoyo genetic bases,
this layering of genetics stood
us in good stead at the National Alpaca Expo
in Christchurch in October 2004.
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ILR Alpine Fibre's Brutus
continued his winning way with progeny.
His daughter Aquaviva Stardust took
Champion
Junior Female, pictured above left with owner Cathy Roche,
and
NZ Southern Capri won Champion Intermediate Female,
seen top right.
Capri,
Stardust and NZ Southern Julius won
Sire's
Progeny for ILR Alpine Fiber's
Brutus.
And Brutus
also sired the Champion Black
Huacaya, Diannariccardo Vincenzo,
seen here with owners Dianne Wood and
Richard Gardner.
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NZ Southern Chief Big Foot, sired by Eringa Park Peruvian Irraquoy, took
Champion Junior Male. He acquired his name due to the extent of
his fibre coverage from birth - right down to his toes, giving him big feet !
Irraquoy's progeny won him a fourth in sires' progeny, with a grouping of three
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Moon Shine sired Silverstream
Bardot who won Reserve Champion Senior Female Huacaya.
Southern Alpaca Stud fleeces
also took prizes at the Expo. |
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Show Champions Spring
2004
Ellesmere Show
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We
were delighted to see these
animals winning again.
Aquaviva Stardust took
Champion Junior, ahead of
NZ Southern Chief Big Foot, who was
Reserve Champion Junior.
And AquavivaStardust went on to win
Supreme Champion Huacaya.
The senior champions were both sired by Moon Shine, with
NZ Southern Equinox taking Champion Senior and
Silverstream Bardot being
Reserve Champion Senior.
The Reserve Champion Intermediate was Silverstream Crusade, sired by Brutus and the same dam as Bardot.
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So five of the six huacaya champions were from studs from the Southern Alpaca Stud stable.
Brutus took Sires Progeny (1st and 3rd) and Irraquoy came 2nd in Sire's progeny. Jo Jo won Get of Dam.
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Hawkes Bay
Show
a
young Irraquoy male
offspring Egmont Julius
won Champion Junior,
then went on to win
Supreme Champion
Huacaya.
Irraquoy won
Sire's
Progeny and
Highland Smoke was 2nd.
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Canterbury Show
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We won
Champion Junior Female with
NZ Southern Pocohantas (left) and
Champion Junior Male with
NZ Southern Chief Big Foot,
both sired by Eringa Park Peruvian Irraquoy.
The Champion Intermediate
was from
ILR Alpine Fiber's
Brutus.
So we had 3 animals from our
studs in the final 4
champion line-up.
ILR Alpine Fiber's
Brutus
took
Sire's Progeny
1st and 2nd and
Irraquoy was 4th with his champion
juniors
Southern Alpaca Stud fleeces
won several ribbons, and
NZ Southern Capri took
Reserve Champion fleece.
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Royal Show 2004
Working with our clients we
had a "floatilla" of alpacas
from our genetics travelling
in convey to Invercargill to
the Royal Show. All the
animals were placed, which
was a credible effort.
We did not do as well at
this Royal Show as previous
ones, with a judge who
favoured broader crimp on
alpacas. Our alpacas are
finer crimp, with a high
amplitude curve, indicating
that fineness will remain in
these fleeces over time as
the animals age.
We
won
Reserve Champion Junior
with
NZ Southern Chief Big Foot, sired by Eringa Park Peruvian Irraquoy.
The Champion Junior also
pushed Pocohantas into
second place in that class.
NZ Southern bred animals
Zeus, Julius and Capricorn
all took places in the
strong Intermediate male
classes, and Equinox and
Tucson Gold were placed
second in their senior
classes.
Our studs did well in the
Sire's Progeny,
with ILR Alpine Fiber's
Brutus
1st, Irraquoy was 3rd with
Pocohantas and Chief Big Foot, and High
South was 4th.
Southern Alpaca Stud fleeces
won several ribbons, and
NZ Southern animals'
fleeces from
Capri, Tucson Gold and
Pepperina won their
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2004 Fleece Champions -
twice !
In the autumn 2004 show season Nic was frequently a judge, so Nic and Linda
did not exhibit alpacas. However in the autumn shows Nic was NOT judging,
they entered fleeces.
At the Easter Auckland Royal Show
2004, judged by respected Australian judge
Allan Jinks, our fleeces won every class
we entered !
NZ Southern Tucson Gold, a Moon
Shine son, won
Champion huacaya fleece, and
NZ Southern Capri, a Brutus daughter,
took
Reserve Champion
huacaya fleece.
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Also held at Easter was the Mackenzie Highland Show, and we
entered a different set of fleeces.
Again we won
Champion huacaya fleece,
this time with
ILR Alpine
Fiber's Brutus fleece.
Reserve Champion huacaya
fleece was a Brutus
son,
NZ Southern
Julius.
Pictured: the top fleece
with the tartan ribbon is
the champion fleece, and the
lower fleece the reserve.
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Brutus' Generation
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Nic &
Linda & stud Brutus with ribbons from 2003
Spring Shows
From the bloodlines of USA Mike Saffleys Northwest Alpacas, sired by the famous Peruvian Hemingway — an icon of the US industry — Brutus brings a totally new dimension to New Zealand alpaca genetic improvement.
Since his arrival in NZ in January 2002, Brutus now has over 100 progeny on the ground, and is making a huge impact on the NZ genetic scene, with show winning progeny.
In the Spring 2003 Shows his progeny, ours and clients, and his fleece, took 33 ribbons, including several
championships.
In the autumn 2004 shows this run continued with progeny from clients'
animals being shown as well as ours. Silverstream had a number of champions form
Brutus progeny.
Brutus consistently has progeny in the championship line-ups, and wins
Sire's Progeny classes.
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NZ Southern Julius, a Brutus
cria, won Supreme Champion
Huacaya at both the Ellesmere Show, and
the prestigious Royal Show in Hastings
2003.
Brutus's third fleece won his class and
Reserve Champion fleece at the Manawatu Show 2003.
It also won Supreme Champion huacaya
fleece at the 2004 Mackenzie Show in Fairlie.
And his son
NZ Southern
Julius won
Reserve Champion
huacaya fleece at 2004 Mackenzie Show in Fairlie
and 2004 Manawatu Show.
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Royal Show Champions
Nic and Linda's award-winning alpacas regularly take championships at alpaca shows in New Zealand.
They have won Supreme Champion Huacaya on the Royal Show circuit from the
year alpacas were first shown, in 1997 to 2003.
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Royal Show Champions 2003 and all NZ Southern bred.
NZ Southern Julius,
NZ Southern Capricorn,
NZ Southern Equinox
NZ Southern Tucson Gold
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for larger picture and full details.
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Royal Show Champions (from left to
right)
Benleigh High
South:
Grand Champion Huacaya
2001
NZ Southern Tucson
Gold:
Supreme Champion
Huacaya
2002
Ellyn Inca Herald:
Grand Champion 1997,
and Reserve Champion
1999 (to his son, Inca
Sun)
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Royal Show 2003
This was another milestone Royal Show for the New Zealand industry, with a high standard of judging and competitive entries in all classes. ILR Alpine Fiber's Brutus, our American import, sired by the legendary Hemingway, had a wonderful spring show season, with many of his cria being shown, and many winning their classes and taking championships.
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NZ Southern Julius, a Brutus cria, won Supreme Champion Huacaya
at both the Ellesmere Show and the prestigious Royal Show in Hastings.
Of the 8 junior classes, 6 were won with progeny from Southern Alpacas Studs.
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Willowbank Moonlit Melody, a
female from Moon Shine, took
Reserve
Champion Senior at the Royal Show.
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Benleigh Moon Shine's progeny continue to take awards. Here, NZ Southern Tucson Gold and NZ Southern Equinox
took Intermediate Champion
and Reserve Intermediate Champion at the Royal Show.
Julius, paired with one of our girls
NZ Southern Caledonia, took
Sires Progeny
for Brutus. Moon Shine was third in sires
progeny with Moonlit Melody and Tucson
Gold.
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Sires Progeny and Get of Dam
Our sires are beating overseas-based studs in the Sire's Progeny class, which shows two cria that are like "peas in a pod" to demonstrate consistency in progeny!
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Julius won Sire's Progeny for Brutus
at both Ellesmere and Hawkes Bay Royal, paired with our NZ Southern Capri on one occasion and NZ Southern Caledonia on another occasion.
At the large Christchurch Show, we took Sire's Progeny places with several of our studs:
2nd Brutus with white progeny
3rd Moon Shine with fawn progeny
4th Highland Smoke's grey progeny
Moon Shine progeny pairings won Sire's Progeny
at Ashburton, and came 2nd and 3rd at Palmerston North, and 3rd at Ellesmere, Hawkes Bay and Christchurch.
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The female side of the family is important, and a new show class called "get of dam" allows progeny of one dam to be shown. Click for larger picture.
The Supreme Champions in the past two Royal Shows came from the same dam, Jo Jo. They won
Get of Dam at Ellesmere Show, and came 2nd at Hawkes Bay and Christchurch.
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We also
had a pairing from dam Solstice, who took third at
Ellesmere, Hawkes Bay and Christchurch.
Click for larger picture
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2003 Shows
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Christchurch Show
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Click for a second, bigger, picture of our two champion girls.
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At Christchurch Show we were pleased when our Brutus females won their classes
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NZ Southern Capri and NZ Southern Caledonia took
Champion Junior Female and
Reserve Champion Junior Female.
Tucson Gold, a Moon Shine youngster, got Reserve Champion Intermediate Huacaya.
And our trade stand, shared with Adobe Knits and Waratah Flats, won
third in the medium size trade
stands! The alpacas went to the award ceremony, and created a lot of interest!
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Ellesmere Show
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The first show of the season, and the first show we had Brutus cria to exhibit, at just six months old. We were delighted at his cria
NZ Southern Julius winning Supreme Champion Huacaya.
Moon Shine cria also came through, producing excellence in a second show season. And progeny from some of our other studs - Highland Smoke, High South, and Black Baron - won placings as well.
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Sire's Progeny was won by
Brutus with
NZ Southern Julius and NZ Southern Capri, and
Moon Shine came 3rd with a pairing from Silverstream Boadicea and Bardot.
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Ashburton Show
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Manawatu Show
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We did not exhibit at Ashburton Show this year - Nic was the Judge for alpacas at Waikato World.
However our genetics came through with alpacas from our clients, and
Sires Progeny being won by Moon Shine.
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We also did not exhibit alpacas at Palmerston North this year. We were pleased that the Supreme Champion Huacaya was a Moon Shine girl, SilverStream Boadicea. Moon Shine was also 2nd and 3rd in Sire's Progeny.
We did exhibit fleeces. Equinox's fleece took second in his class, and Brutus's third fleece won his class and became
Reserve Champion fleece.
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Royal Show 2002
in Palmerston
North
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This was judged by
top international
alpaca judge, Jude
Anderson, from
Pucara Alpaca
Stud, Geelong,
Australia. We won
the
Supreme
Champion Huacaya
with 6 month old
NZ Southern Tucson
Gold, a cria from
our sire
Moon Shine.
Tucson Gold won
his class, junior
male light fawn,
then Champion
junior male, then
the Supreme
Champion award, up
against all the
other huacaya
champions.
(photo: Manawatu
Evening
Standard)
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Another Moon Shine
cria, NZ Southern
Equinox, won his
class, junior male
white. The two of
them together
(shown on left)
also took the
Sire’s
Progeny
award.
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2002 Shows
There was a large showing at Christchurch Show 2002, with a top international alpaca judge, Jude Anderson, from Pucara Alpaca Stud, Geelong, Australia. Southern Alpacas took three championship and reserve championship awards, as well as several firsts, and a second and a third placing. NZ Southern Tucson Gold won
Junior Champion Male, and NZ Southern Equinox was
Reserve Junior Champion Male.
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The Sire’s Progeny award was won by Tucson and Equinox, representing Moon Shine. Both are shown on the left.
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NZ Southern Ceilidh won Senior Female, then Reserve Champion Senior (male and female). A daughter of the famous stud Highlander (now deceased), Ceilidh has had a wonderful winning career in the show ring, and is now being retired to the maternity paddock.
Here she is with the ribbons from her shows in 2001-2002.
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Moon Shine Generation
2002 was the year of the Moon Shine generation. We imported him in 2000, and like any good vintage, it takes time to mature! Seeing so many of his progeny in the show ring this season, and most of
them winning ribbons, shows that the proof of any stud is indeed in the progeny.
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Winners of Sires Progeny representing Moon Shine.
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Ellesmere was the first show of the season and we were delighted to see our customers winning ribbons in every class they entered. Many were progeny from our studs, especially Moon Shine. There were 12 progeny lined up in
Sires Progeny, and Moon Shine took first and second placings, with NZ Southern Callista and NZ Southern Cordelia.
(see photo)
Ashburton Show was a new show this year, and judged by Natasha Clark from Australia. Again, our customers were winning ribbons. We took several placings, and we are particularly proud of NZ Southern Ceilidh who took 1st Senior Female in both the Ellesmere and Ashburton shows.
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2001
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Ceilidh (above)
won her section of every
show she was entered
into in 2001.
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At the Royal Show, held in Christchurch at the end of 2001, there were 100 alpacas judged, making it the largest alpaca show ever held in New Zealand.
Nic and Linda again won championships as well as several first and second places with their alpacas.
NZ Southern Ceilidh won her age class and went on to win
Intermediate Champion.
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Benleigh
High South, born at
Southern Alpacas.
1st
senior male fawn,
Champion
Senior Alpaca, and
Grand
Champion Huacaya Alpaca.
High South stands at
stud this season.
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Ellesmere Show 2001 saw
NZ Southern Arequipa (R)
get 1st in junior coloured females,
NZ Southern Ceilidh (M)
take 1st in intermediate females, and
NZ Southern Angelina (L)
win 1st junior white/light fawn female and the
Champion Huacaya
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NZ Southern Angelina Champion Huacaya at Ellesmere Show 2001 and 1st in junior white/light
fawn female. Another champion progeny from Inca Herald.
(See him and his son, Inca Sun, below.)
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Champions at the Highland Show, Easter 2001.
Corvette (l)
Champion Huacaya and First Intermediate Female.
Ceilidh (m)
First Junior Female
Athena (r)
First Senior
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2000
No
Royal Shows with alpaca classes in 2000 |
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Benleigh High South, Junior Champion Male and Southern Dispensation,
Junior Champion Female.
Dispensation went on to take Reserve Champion at the ALANZ Show
2000.
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Truffles and Highland
Smoke, winners of their classes, at Ballarat Show Australia, 2000.
(Blue
ribbons are first place getters in Australia.)
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1999
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Robnan Inca Sun, Grand Champion Alpaca
and Ellyn Inca Herald, Reserve
Champion Alpaca at the Royal Show 1999.
This was a winning son and father. |
1998
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No judged shows
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1997
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Ellyn
Inca Herald
Grand Champion Alpaca at Royal Show 1997 |
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