Friday 3 May 2013

Alpaca showing: a remarkable haul of Toft rosettes

Now that's what I call a lovely haul of alpaca prizes. The Heart of England Alpaca Fiesta last weekend gave us the best and most consistent results ever in our sixteen years of Alpaca breeding. We have won supreme champions before, we have taken quite a number of championships on various days, but in terms of consistency this showing recognised we have raised the bar right across the herd.
We showed 15 alpacas from five different males and 12 of our entries achieved rosettes. The total tally was one 1st, five 2nds, two 3rds, one 4th, two 6ths, and two championship ribbons.
The stud males range through the colours from mid brown, fawn, light fawn and white and their offspring certainly did them justice.
After 16 years of selective alpaca breeding we sense we are finally getting to that place where the pedigrees kick in and real strength in depth occurs,
We are expecting 50 births in the next few months and we can't wait to see what the next generation of Toft Alpacas has to offer. Watch this space!




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