The title “Futurity Champion” brings with it perhaps more cachet than any other term in the US alpaca industry. Though the Futurity is often not the largest alpaca show in the country, it has always been the toughest. It is unquestionably the Major Leagues to every other large show’s AAA ball. If you are in the the ribbons…
As of this past weekend, virtually all of the animals that are going to be a part of our spring show strings over the next month and a half were together in one place, at the CCNF Main Barn. Specifically, all of the yearling females as well as any of the latest weaners that will…
I have finally got the write-ups done on two of our young up and coming Herdsires: Defiance, who is homegrown and his 1st cousin, Spirit Wind’s Maestro, whom we acquired from Karin and Jerry Young at Spirit Wind Farm & Fiber Studio. Big…
Jen headed up the hill Christmas morning at 6 AM to do the same thing we had been doing for the last month: check on our final due female, Ascension, who had been living in the Arena’s warm room since November. Within minutes the phones were ringing down at the house, phones which I was…
Well that was interesting to say the least. We honestly didn’t head to the Empire show in Syracuse, NY last Friday thinking that we could possibly improve upon the previous week’s results from the Green Mountain show, yet improve we did. How well did we do? I think that both Jennifer and I would say…
So as readers of this blog know by now, we spent this past weekend up at the Green Mountain show in Essex, VT. Perhaps just as important to us as having a show that we only have to drive 1.5 hours to get to though, is the fact that Essex is located right next to…
