Southern Alpacas stud: Irraquoy

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dense fine blocking fleece with character, holding its micron to later years

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Eringa Park Peruvian Irraquoy
Show success in Australia

Progeny Show success in New Zealand

Irraquoy was considered for the prestigious Australian National Auction 2002 as a two year old before he was bought to come to NZ.

He is a full accoyo male of magnificent pedigree, great fleece and he has won a string of broad band show ribbons in Australia.

Now his progeny are doing the same in NZ with 87 show ribbons.

Pedigree: Irraquoy is sired by top accoyo male NWA Ltd Ruffo, who was the number one pick at the 1994 Peruvian Elite Sale and was purchased by Haldane to be taken into the USA, and subsequently on to Australia.

In 1994 Ruffo was shearing 17.8 micron spin fineness, and is still shearing 24.21 micron fleece 8 years later.

Irraquoy's dam, ILR Ppperuvian Lupin is also from Peru, via the USA. Every one of her offspring has been a Show success. She shears 21.8 micron spin fineness at 8 years old.

So with background like this it is not surprising to find Irraquoy shearing a dense fleece weight with the following statistics on his second shear.

Mean micron: 18.0

SD 3.1

CV 17.2%

SF 16.3 micron

Irraquoy's third fleece at 21.6 micron won second in adult fleeces at Mackenzie Show, behind Brutus, who took Champion fleece.

Irraquoy has an immaculate show record in Australia. As well as many Champion ribbons at local shows he has:

Reserve Champion Junior Male — Hamilton (Australia) 2000

Champion Junior Male — Royal Adelaide Show 2000

Champion Junior Male — Strathalbyn Show 2000

Champion Intermediate Male — Melbourne Wool and Sheep Show 2001

3rd Senior Male - Royal Adelaide Show 2002

The judge said he was "an exceptionally fine male with superb crimp definition and lustre".

Irraquoy is registered as solid white, but is light fawn as some spots have developed with age.

Progeny: Like father, like son - and daughter. With progeny like this, we are delighted in Irraquoy's performance. His cria are strong, with a real presence.

And they are winning their classes in the show ring with 87 show ribbons, including 15 championships and 4 supreme championship in both animal and fleece classes.

NZ Southern Chief Big Foot (left), took Champion Junior Male at the National Expo,
Reserve Champion Junior at Ellesmere Show, Champion Junior Male at Canterbury, and
Reserve Champion Junior at Invercargill Royal 2004.

Chief Big Foot won Reserve Champion Intermediate at Manawatu Show, 2005 and Supreme Champion Alpaca at Nelson Show 2005, and again in 2006. His fleece won Champion at Upper Clutha Show 2007.

His half-sister NZ Southern Pocohantas was Champion Junior Female at Canterbury 2004.

His 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.

At Nelson Show 2006 NZ Southern Fleetfoot won Champion Intermediate and Hemiccoyo Prometheus was Reserve Champion Junior. Both are Irraquoy offspring.

Waiwera Pauline, an Irraquoy daughter, was Champion Intermediate at Nelson Show 2005.

Egmont Julius took Champion Junior then Supreme Champion Huacaya at Hawkes Bay Show 2004. He also was Reserve Champion Junior Male at Manawatu Show 2004.

Emerald Farm Georgio won Reserve Champion Junior Huacaya at Franklin Show and then Champion Huacaya at Kumeu Show 2005.

Irraquoy won Sire's Progeny at Hawkes Bay, was second (to Brutus) at Ellesmere, 3rd at the Royal Show, and was 4th at Canterbury and the National Expo in 2004.

In 2005 at the Waikato Royal Show Irraquoy won Sire's Progeny. He also won at Nelson Show 2005 and he was 3rd at Canterbury 2005.

In 2006 at the National Expo Irraquoy came 6th in Sire's Progeny.

Irraquoy won Sire's Progeny at Nelson Show 2006 and Upper Clutha in Wanaka in 2007.

Irraquoy has now been sold to North Island owners and will be operating in the North Island.

Formerly owned by Southern Alpacas Stud, Kinvarra Alpacas, and Egmont Alpacas .

Nic Cooper and Linda Blake
Main West Coast Road, West Melton, RD1, Christchurch, New Zealand
Phone 0064 3 318-1917 | fax 0064 3 318-1927 | email alpacasnz@xtra.co.nz