Champion Alpacas, Herdsires

We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
-- Aristotle --

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~ Huacaya Herdsires ~

Christopher-B

3 X Get of Sire!

DOB: May 8, 2001 u Color: White
Sire: CPeruvian Ultima u Dam: PPPeruvian Accent

Breeding Fee: $8,000 (Existing Clients)

**Breedings are now Closed**

Breeding Females, Offspring & Trades Available

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Christopher-B is an awesome full Peruvian Color Champion & 3-TIME GET OF SIRE herdsire! He won 1st Place at the 2004 AOBA National Conference and has done extremely well in the show ring. TEN different judges have placed Christopher-B at the top of his class. He has a gorgeous Merino type fleece with high frequency crimp & excellent density. He continues to maintain a fine fleece as he ages! Christopher's conformation is impeccable and with a solid bone structure. He has a wonderful disposition that makes him very easy to work with. His dam, PPPeruvian Accent, is from Sollocata bloodlines and was the high-selling huacaya female at the 1998 Fall Celebrity Sale in Columbus, Ohio. Christopher's sire, Ultima, is from Allianza bloodlines. We selected Christopher not only his outstanding fiber, but because of his genotype and history of pedigree, which gives him, true breeding value. Christopher-B is AWESOME and so are his crias!!

Christopher-B has single handedly improved the quality of our herd regardless of the quality of the dam. We are very pleased with his offspring. The fleeces are outstanding with high luster. He has the ability to improve the offspring of the females he is bred to. We have seen what he can do to improve the offspring and it is amazing!

Christopher provides a total outcross for most North American Alpaca breeders and his genetics are very limited.

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Histograms:

2002 Histogram: AFD 18.1; SD 4.2; CV 23.3; % >30 1.3

2003 Histogram: AFD 17.9; SD 3.7; CV 20.5; % >30 0.4 (at 2 years of age)

2004 Histogram: AFD 20.1; SD 4.5; CV 22.4; % >30 2.6 (at 3 years of age and breeding!)

Awards:

1st Place Get of Sire at the 2007 California Classic. Large class of 12.

2nd Place Breeders Best Three (Christopher-B Offspring) 2006 Great Western Alpaca Show, Colorado.

1st Place Get of Sire at the 2006 California Classic. Large class of 10.

1st Place at the May 2005 Monterey Pronk in Monterey, California. Class of seven adult males.

1st Place at the June 2004 AOBA National Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Class of six 3+ year-old males judged by Maggie Krieger.

1st Place & Color Champion at the May 2004 Alpaca Western Extravaganza (AWE). Level 5 show. At just over three years of age, Christopher was the oldest of the seven competing males (three juveniles, two yearlings and one 2 year-old) in the white color championship class of superior quality males from some of the top ranches (Timberland, Snowmass & Crescent Moon)! THREE judges (Amanda VandenBosch, Julio Sumar & Jill McLeod) placed Christopher as the winner of the Color Championship class.

1st Place at the May 2004 Wild West Alpaca Show in Salt Lake City, Utah.

2nd Place & Reserve Color Champion at the April 2004 Monterey Pronk in Monterey, California.

1st Place at the 2004 International Alpaca Odyssey (IAO) in Del Mar, California. Class of 4 mature males.

1st Place & Color Champion at the March 2004 Southwest Regional Alpaca Show in Scottsdale, Arizona. Christopher was in a large class of 12 two year-old white males. Judge, Diana Timmerman, stated "this breeding male has everything you want in a herdsire."

1st Place at the November 2003 AlpacaFest West show in Santa Inez, California. Christopher was in a class of 7 yearling males judged by Jane Tellier.

3rd Place at the Level 5 May 2003 Alpaca Western Extravaganza show in Redmond, Oregon. Christopher was in a large class of 12 two year-old white males. He placed next to Pacific Crest's Hemingway-Accoyo Nautilus (1st) and Snowmass Quechua (2nd). Judge Jude Anderson said, "the male standing in 3rd place deserves to be standing with the top two males in this class." A very impressive win!!

1st Place at the April 2003 Alpacapalooza show in Monroe, Washington. Christopher was in a class of 7 yearling white males judged by Amanda VandenBosch.

1st Place at the March 2003 Southwest Regional Alpaca Show in Phoenix, Arizona. Christopher was in a large class of 17 yearling white males judged by Amanda VandenBosch.

1st Place at the California Alpaca Festival in the composite class. Fiber judged by Julie Skinner and conformation judged by Kristin Buhrmann.

Royal Fawn's Accoyo Centurion

DOB: May 18, 2002 u Color: White
Sire: PPPeruvian Royal Fawn 6014

Dam: 6866 Peruvian Accoyo Dona

Breeding Fee: $5,000

(Only 10 Outside Breedings Available)

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Royal Fawn's Accoyo Centurion has gorgeous bundling, crimpy, lustrous fiber and is dense, dense, dense! His skin biopsy came back with a S/P Ratio* of 15.7/1. Centurion has the highest result seen in the country to date!! Centurion is as typey as an Accoyo can come and even has fiber growing over his feet. He is out of Royal Fawn and Accoyo Dona and both sides of the family tree are responsible for Centurion's quality. Both his Dam and GrandDam still exhibit exceptional conformation as well as fiber that remains dense, lustrous, fine as well as crimpy. Centurion is the cornerstone of a quality huacaya breeding program.

Centurion's sire, Royal Fawn, sold for $600,000 in October 2005 and his fraternal brother, Dom Lucillio, sold for $400,000 at the 2004 Spring Fling!!!

* SP Ratio - This is the number of secondaries to one primary. The ratio of secondary to primary fibers determines the density of a fleece. The skin of fiber producing animals is an elaborately constructed network of hair follicles. In general, a primary follicle will be surrounded by a multitude of secondary producing follicles. A high SP ratio is a desirable trait.

Awards:

2nd Place Get of Sire (Christopher-B took 1st) at the 2007 California Classic. Large class of 12.

2004 Reserve Color Champion halter Michigan International Alpacafest

2004 1st Place Halter (9 in class) Spring Fling Neenah Wisconsin

2003 3rd Place halter OABA 2003 in a very large & competitive white class

2003 1st Place halter Michigan Breeders Show

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Champion's Century

Offspring

Champion's GQ

Champion's Century

BHA Peruvian White Knight

DOB: April 29, 2005 u Color: White
Sire: PCA Accoyo El Nino u Dam: BHA Peruvian Misty Dawn

Breeding Fee: $2,500

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Kathy Zabar & White Knight at the 2006 Kentucky Classic

White Knight has a very unique and limited genetic make-up. His sire, PCA Accoyo El Nino, is no longer performing outside breedings. His dam, Misty Dawn, is out of two imports. Misty Dawn's sire, P3 White Lightning 6012, was owned by Pacific Crest Alpacas and has a very limited number of offspring and is no longer breeding. Thus, White Knight is a blend of not only extremely high quality but also very difficult to find genetics.

You won't be disappointed with the quality of this male! He is an exceptional male and will add quality to your herd through his offspring.

Owned in partnership with Vintage Alpacas in Ohio. White Knight will be in Ohio 6 months every year and in California 6 months every year.

2006 Skin Biopsy:

Follicular Density of 62.2; Secondary/Primary Ratio 11.3 to 1 at age 19 months. Skin Biopsy was done by Jim Watts in December 2006.

Awards:

1st Place Monterey Pronk 2006. Halter - Yearling White Males, Judge: Sara Jane Maclennan. Large class of 12

1st Place Kentucky Classic 2006, Halter - Juvenile White Males, Judge: Tim Lavan

2nd Place California Classic 2006, Halter - Juvenile White Males, Judge: Kristen Buhrmann

3rd Place 2006 Alpaca Western Extravaganza (AWE), Halter - Juvi White Males, Judge: Jude Anderson

2nd Place All American Futurity 2006, Halter - Juvenile White Males, Judge: Tim Lavan

2nd Place MAPACA Jubilee 2006 - Juvenile White Males, Judge: Amanda Vandenbosch

2nd Place Buckeye 2006, Halter - Yearling White Males, Judge: Wade Gease

2nd Place 2007 Alpaca Western Extravaganza (AWE), Halter - Yearling White Males, Judge: Kristen Buhrmann

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Champion's Instigator

DOB: May 23, 2006 u Color: White
Sire: Kilimanjaro S167 ALOA u Dam: Beverly-B

Breeding Fee: $1,500

Champion's Instigator is quite a character! He is a kick to watch in the pasture and full of antics. His fleece is gorgeous with lovely bundles over his entire body and a very long staple length. He comes from solid genetics. His dam, Beverly-B, is a white Peruvian-Bolivian cross and has excellent fleece with bundles, crimp, handle, luster, density and fineness. Her 2003 histogram: AFD - 18.4; SD - 4.9; CV - 26.5; %>30 - 2.3. His grand dam, PPPeruvian Accent, is from Sollocata bloodlines and was the high-selling huacaya female at the 1998 Fall Celebrity Sale. Accent is the dam of Christopher-B who is a multiple 1st place winner & Color Champion. He also won "Get of Sire" out a group of 10 herdsires at the 2006 California Classic. His sire, Kilimanjaro, has produced outstanding ribbon winning offspring. His grand sire, Peruvian Caligula, was the top breeder for Pacific Crest Alpacas/Accoyo America until his untimely death. Instigator's genetics are awesome and he will no doubt add value to your breeding program.

Awards:

2nd Place California Classic 2008 - Large Class of 11

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El Nino's Cremello

Color Champion!

DOB: June 22, 2003 u Color: Light Fawn
Sire: PCA Accoyo El Nino u Dam: Creme de la Creme

Breeding Fee: $2,500

Cremello is a proud 3/4 Accoyo medium fawn PCA Accoyo El Nino son. At just shy of age 4, he has exquisite character and crimp, and is very dense and uniform which won him 1st Place & Color Champion. His character extends front to back throughout the blanket and to his head and neck and belly. Even at almost four years of age his fleece shows no signs of visible guard hair. Cremello's head is very true-to-type, with a dense, well-formed topknot. With heavy-boned correct conformation and proud, upright presence, Cremello is a ready-to-breed top quality herdsire who will produce colored crias with high quality fleeces. His genetics include PPeruvian Caligula PPPeruvian Cahuide and Peruvian Carmesi. If you are looking to add color with an exceptional herdsire, then El Nino's Cremello is your guy. His background includes grey & black.

Awards:

Color Champion 2007 California Classic in California

1st Place 2007 California Classic in California

2nd Place Level 5 2007 AWE (Alpaca Western Extravaganza) in Reno Nevada. Oldest male in class (1 1/2 years older than the next oldest male.)

Atestado

DOB: July 16, 2003 u Color: Medium Fawn
Sire: Royal Peruvian Apollo u Dam: KO's Peach Girl

Breeding Fee: $1,500

~ 1/2 Interest Available ~

Atestado's sire, PPPeruvian Royal Fawn, sold for $600,000 in October 2005 and Dom Lucillio (a Royal Fawn son) sold for $400,000 at the 2004 Spring Fling!!

Atestado is gorgeous to look at. He is heavily fleeced with excellent staple length. He has so much facial fiber that we have to cut the fiber around his eyes. Atestado has bred several females and has confirmed pregnancies. His grandsire is the well known PPPeruvian Royal Fawn. We are looking forward to seeing his offspring in 2006. He has done well in the show ring. Atestado placed third at the 2006 AOBA National show in Sandy, Utah in a very competitive class of medium fawn males from well known breeders. Atestado is a sight to behold with his incredible fiber coverage!

Awards:

3rd Place at the June 2005 AOBA Nationals in Sandy, Utah.

3rd Place at the May 2005 Alpaca Western Extravaganza (AWE) in Portland Oregon.

3rd Place at the 2005 Monterey Pronk in Monterey, California judged by Charlene Friedman.

Offspring:

Champion's Choco Latte

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Bandido

DOB: September 15, 1998 u Color: White
Sire: Peruvian Hemingway u Dam: Peruvian Benatton

Breeding Fee: $2,000

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Bandido has it all and will add genuine value to your growing herd – the Hemingway blend of incredible fiber and outstanding conformation. Extraordinarily handsome with chiseled symmetry, excellent crimp and fabulous density from head to toes. His micron count was 20.3 at three years and he has continue to maintain a very fine fleece. Easy to handle, a big, bold gentleman. His offspring are awesome and he stamps a significant breed-up on the dam. His dam, Benatton, was purchased by WestWool Alpacas in 1993, from the first import of Peruvian alpacas into North America, when she was two years old. Benatton turned out to be a great producer for WestWool over the years and as Mike Safely said "she is one of the best producing females brought into North America." Her early offspring won lots of ribbons for Northwest Alpacas including the a blue ribbon for Produce of Dam at 1998 AOBA conference. Bandido is a full brother to the famous Mister Antonio who was purchased by Magical Farms for $125,000 for half interest.

Bandido is co-owned with Signe Ostby of Valhalla Farms in California and Tom & Beth Berger of Suncoast Alpacas in Florida.

2003 Histogram: AFD 21.6; SD 4.4; CV 20.4; % > 30 2.8 (at five years of age)

Awards:

1st Place at the California Alpaca Festival in the composite class.

Arosa's Dancing Man

DOB: December 1, 2004 u Color: White
Sire: Cordero's Inca Dansuer u Dam: Pearly Peruvian Girl

Breeding Fee: $1,000

Dancing Man is full Peruvian and every bit as handsome as he looks in his pictures!! He has excellent coverage and good staple length. Dancing Man has developed into a very handsome male. His Grandsires are PPPeruvian Accoyo Cordero and Peruvian Kaballero. Dancing Man is a true pleasure to have on the ranch. He is very active and loves to be noticed in the field. He has such a great personality and a beautiful head. He will make a great entry level herdsire for your females.

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Snowmass Intrigue

DOB: September 7, 2001 u Color: White
Sire: Snowmass Snow King u Dam: RR Daisy

Sadly, we lost Intrigue in September 2007 to Sarcoma cancer.

Intrigue will be missed.

This stud has a very strong stout build and is so incredibly fine. Intrigue has beautiful character to his fleece as well. If a strong bodied male is your ultimate criteria he is the one for your breeding program; and you will not sacrifice fineness and density with this Stud. His histograms speak for themselves - Fine, fine, fine! Intrigue comes from great lineage with his sire being Snowmass Snow King and his grandsires being PPPeruvian Augusto and PPeruvian Pluro. PPPeruvian Augusto sold for $226,000 and was the highest selling huacaya male. Great genetics to add to your breeding program!

2002 Histogram: AFD 16.8; SD 3.0; CV 19.9; %>30 0.8

2003 Histogram: AFD 16.3; SD 2.9; CV 18.0; %>30 0.5

2004 Histogram: AFD 17.9; SD 3.8; CV 21.2; %>30 1.1

Awards:

3rd Place at the May 2005 Monterey Pronk in Monterey, California. Class of seven adult males.

2nd Place at the May 2004 Alpaca Western Extravaganza (AWE) in Redmond, Oregon.

2nd Place at the May 2004 Wild West Alpaca Show in Salt Lake City, Utah.

3rd Place at the 2004 International Alpaca Odyssey (IAO) in Del Mar, California.

5th Place at the March 2004 Southwest Regional Alpaca Show in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Hemingway's HemiAccoyo Excalibur

DOB: April 13, 2001 u Color: Medium Fawn
Sire: Peruvian Hemingway u Dam: Victor's Vanessa

Breeding Fee: $1,000

~ Available for Purchase ~

$12,000

Excalibur is an outstanding male. He is the product of superior breeding and is part of the well known HemiAccoyo line. His fleece is extremely dense with a gorgeous crimp from the skin out to the tips. He is out of the world renown Peruvian Hemingway. His Dam, Victor's Vanessa, is out of PPeruvian Accoyo Victor. Excalibur sheared 12 1/4 lbs of fleece in 2003! Book your ladies breeding to this incredible male! We selected Excalibur not only because of his outstanding fiber, but because of his genotype and history of pedigree which gives him true breeding value. Excalibur's crias are gorgeous with beautiful architecture to their fleeces! He has produced dark rose grey, fawn and beige. Seller to retain four transferrable breedings with transferrable guarantees if full interest is sold.

2002 Histogram: AFD 22.0; SD 4.2; CV 18.9; %>30 2.7

2003 Histogram: AFD 23.0; SD 4.8; CV 20.9; % > 30 6.3

Awards:

1st Place at the May 2004 Alpaca Western Extravaganza (AWE) in Redmond, Oregon. Handcrafter's Spin-off.

2nd Place at the 2004 International Alpaca Odyssey (IAO) in Del Mar, California. Class of 6 mature males.

2nd Place at the March 2004 Southwest Regional Alpaca Show in Scottsdale, Arizona. Judged stated "he has the finest fleece in the class."

2nd Place at the November 2003 AlpacaFest West Fleece show out of a 9 fleeces. Scored 1/2 point less than the 1st place fleece. Judge commented "extremely nice fleece."

4th Place at the November 2003 AlpacaFest West halter show.

3rd Place at the 2002 AOBA National Fleece Show out of a class of 13 yearling white males.

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Offspring:

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~ Suri Herdsires ~

Accoyo America Sonneteer

DOB: September 18, 2005 u Color: Medium Fawn
Sire: Helios u Dam: NGG Sonnet

Breeding Fee: $2,000

Sire: Helios

We were pleased to have the opportunity to purchase Accoyo America Sonneteer at the 2007 Parade of Champions Auction. Sonneteer is a golden fawn full Peruvian male created in the image of his Futurity Champion Sire, Peruvian Helios (3/4 Accoyo). With high luster, independent locks, outstanding Accoyo heritage and solid and upright conformation, he will most certainly make a dominate herdsire. Greg Mecklem kept two offspring from his dam, NGG Sonnet (1/2 Accoyo), in his breeding program which included Accoyo America Sonnetina (1st place in 2002 at both the AAA Futurity and Western Alpaca Extravaganza shows) and Accoyo America Haiku. Sonneteer has done very well at the shows, placing 1st in the 2006 Alpaca Western Extravaganza and 1st at the 2006 & 2007 AOBA National shows. He comes from excellent bloodlines which include PPeruvian Bruxo (full Accoyo), PPeruvian Uribe (full Accoyo) and PPeruvian Ganador (full Accoyo). If you are interested in producing elite colored suri fleeces, Accoyo America Sonneteer will be a valuable asset to your breeding program.

Pictures are from Accoyo America.

Awards:

1st Place 2007 AOBA National Conference - Judged by Jill MacLeod

2nd Place 2007 Futurity

2nd Place 2007 Alpaca Western Extravaganza - Judged by Tim Lavan

3rd Place 2007 IAO

1st Place 2006 Alpaca Western Extravaganza - Judged by Jill MacLeod

1st Place 2006 AOBA National Conference - Judged by Mike Safely

~ Sold ~

Champion's Chipolte

DOB: June 22, 2005

Color: Dark Fawn
Sire: GS Saladin 554

Dam: Tutu Gold

Suri

Congratulations to Chipolte's new owner Kathy Zabar of

Vintage Alpacas!

Chipolte is a very handsome 3/4 Peruvian male with a beautiful Suri head. He has gorgeous tight lock structure right to the skin, bright luster and a proud upright presence. Chipolte has a very typey head style and fluid movement when he walks. Check out his pictures, they speak for themselves! Notice his superbly level topline, his balanced neck and leg proportions and they way his fleece drapes beautifully against his well built frame. His full Peruvian sire, GS Saladin, is a stunning bay black suri who has done well in the showring. Chipolte will "spice" up any breeding program.

Ready to go to work!

Awards:

1st Place 2006 California Classic

1st Place 2006 Great Western Alpaca Show (Level 5 Show)

2nd Place 2006 Southwest Regional Alpaca Show

CCNF Royal Cortland

DOB: October 8, 2005

Color: Medium Fawn
Sire: Snowmass Royal Rose

Dam: Snowmass Macantosha

Huacaya

Congratulations to Cortland's new owners, Alan & Regina Cornelius of

ARA Alpaca Ranch!

CCNF Royal Cortland is the son of the elite fawn herdsire, Snowmass Royal Rose. Royal Rose is the son of the incomparable Alianza Herdsire, Peruvian Hemingway and grandson of Peruvian Bueno. His sire is well known for producing crias in all colors and Cortland has a lot of color in his lineage ranging from rose grey, true black, brown, fawn & white. With Cortland's awesome coverage, ultra-fine fleece and superb conformation, he will be sure to improve the quality of any herd. With such genetic superstars as Peruvian Hemingway and Peruvian Bueno in his pedigree, he is ready to carry on his family's legacy!

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Snowmass Gray Archive

DOB: September 22, 2002

Color: Medium Rose Grey
Sire: Jericho 69I

Dam: Snowmass Golden Girl

Huacaya

Congratulations to Gray Archive's new owners Kevin & Krista Duggan of

Ace in the Hole Alpacas!

GORGEOUS is the best description for this male. Gray Archive is a fit to type alpaca with great conformation, a gorgeous head and one of the softest handling rose grey fleeces. Gray Archive's fleece has a lovely long staple and hand that sorts it well under 20 microns. His sire, Jericho 69I, is true black and has incredible fiber which he has past on. His dam, Snowmass Golden Girl, is a fawn/grey Peruvian Hemingway daughter and is out of a silver grey dam. Gray Archive has incredible color genetics to offer. He has started his breeding career and has confirmed pregnancies.

Seller to retain five breedings if full interest is sold.

2003 Histogram: Grid Sample* - AFD 21.6; SD 4.1; CV 19.0; % >30 2.1

* Grid sample indicates that the fiber sample was taken from the hip, midside and shoulder.

2004 Histogram: AFD 24.4; SD 5.3; CV 21.7; % >30 9.8

Awards:

3rd Place at the 2004 International Alpaca Odyssey (IAO) in Del Mar, California.

1st Place at the March 2004 Southwest Regional Alpaca Show in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Offspring:

Snowmass Highland Myst

DOB: July 25, 2001

Color: White
Sire: Snowmass Accoyocusani (Elite Breeding male - Accoyo/Macusani multi Champion)

Dam: PPPeruvian Edelweiss

Huacaya

Congratulations to

Dennis & Nancy Lilly of

Lilly of the Valley Alpacas!

What a beauty! Highland Myst is the perfect alpaca with impeccable conformation and a great head. One of the very few with a true Merino type fleece with Vicuna fineness. Dense, Dense, Dense, FINE, FINE, FINE. Highland Myst took 1st and Reserve Champion in Santa Fe. He has a patch of medium fawn on the left side of his neck. Highland Myst comes from great lineage with his sire being Snowmass Accoyocusani (Elite Breeding male - Accoyo/Macusani multi Champion) and his grandsire being PPPeruvian Augusto. PPPeruvian Augusto sold for $226,000 and was the highest selling huacaya male. His dam, PPPeruvian Edelweiss, has produced many Champions. Great genetics to add to your breeding program!

Snowmass Highland Myst is co-owned with in Modesto, California.

2002 Histogram: Grid Sample* - AFD 17.6; SD 2.8; CV 15.8; %>30 0.5

2003 Histogram: AFD 16.4; SD 2.7; CV 16.2; %>30 0.2

* Grid sample indicates that the fiber sample was taken from the hip, midside and shoulder.

2004 Histogram: AFD 18.3; SD 3.2; CV 17.5; %>30 0.6

Awards:

2nd Place at the May 2005 Monterey Pronk in Monterey, California. Class of seven adult males.

1st Place at the May 2004 Alpaca Western Extravaganza (AWE) in Redmond, Oregon. Level 5 show.

1st Place - Santa Fe, New Mexico 2003 in a large class of 10

Reserve Grand Champion - Santa Fe, New Mexico 2003

Fertility and live birth guarantees. Breeding Fee: $2,000

The Peruvian Knight

DOB: May 13, 2003

Color: Medium Fawn
Sire: 5Peruvian Camelot

Dam: Accoyo Dona

Congratulations to

Brian & Nancy Thompson of

Tres Amigos Alpacas!

The Peruvian Knight has a poise that can only be described as regal. He knows he is something special. His dam, Accoyo Dona is a from full Accoyo lineage sired by Accoyo Amadeus, the first Accoyo exported to Germany. His sire is the well known 5Peruvian Camelot who is from the Macusani Region in Peru. His maternal broth