GGA earns Top Honours at the Mayflower Alpaca Show

Posted on 9 May 2011 | 0 Comments

Mother's Day weekend means that the annual Mayflower Alpaca Show is in full swing.  This year we took 8 of our boys to the show to have them judged by Kathy Klay of Ohio; in a full fleece halter show.  More than 50 entries from the Maritime Provinces, Quebec and as far away as Ontario traveled to Crapaud, PEI to participate in this event.

Green Gable Alpacas swept the winner's circle, earning First Place in all categories entered!  In the tough yearling white male class of six, youngest entry, Arriba Sooper Trooper earned 1st ahead of last year's Color Champion at the Alpaca Ontario show.  Following closely behind was Americano's Weston in 3rd.  Judge Klay commented on the fineness, density and uniformity of all the fleeces but conceded that Trooper's extreme density relative to fineness earned him the top spot.  On leaving the ring, Judge Klay commented to handler, Rachel, that Trooper had a 'very nice fleece'.

Sunset Meadow's Cherry Cola was a crowd favorite with his typey, teddy bear look and top knotch-top knot.  Judge Klay was vey complementary of the extreme fineness and brightness of his fleece and she said he was by far the winner of the 'cutest' animal entered.

In the only Color Champion class of the day, SVA William's Star Gazer earned top spot as Color Champion White Male.

Finally, in judging for Best in Show, GGA was well represented with six of our boys in consideration.  Of the close to 30 animals in the ring, Judge Klay brought forward four animals for final consideration.  To our suprise and honour, three of the four were our boys - Caillen, Cola and Keswick.  The judge commented in the overall quality of all of the animals entered in the show and choose 43 month old Americano's Keswick as Best in Show winner.  Keswick, she said, had the best overall combination of conformation and fleece quality, specifically pointing out the extreme density and fineness of his fleece including the fineness of primary fibers.  Her final comments to the crowd included a special mention about the uniformity and fineness of Caillen's fleece.

While our showings were cause enough for celebration, mid way through the show we were advised that we had a cria born on the farm.  It was a hard decision not to leave the show but with the help of some knowledgeable neighbours, we determined that mom and cria were well and could await our return following the show.  Gianni Depp, a rich chocolate brown boy, is our first cria of the season - son of Border Trail Gypsy and SBA Alandro. 

Full show results can be found here.