Well its come and gone and I know we had decided not to attend this year but in the end changed our minds and exhibited and I must say I am very glad we did. Not only were our results tremendous but the event, though much smaller than previous years in number, was very well organised, very well attended and as per normal the alpacas themselves were the real stars. The seminars were worthwhile, I counted well over a hundred people at Dr Tibarys first lecture which covered the pretty concerning subject of early cria death but it was a relief to attend something where only facts were given.

Felicia did all the showing, she tends to present the alpacas in a better perspective. I tend to make them all look undernourished!! This works well as it allows me to flash the trusty Nikon around.

Infact the weekend got off to a cracking start when the trusty Nikon won Best in Show in the photography competition. The ‘alpaca and rhea’ entry was the big winner. I just wish I had thought of a better title now! Before you ask anything like ‘ how many entries were there?’ …….over 50 is the answer…..ha

The rest of the pictures are a precis of Felicia’s showing weekend and as you can see she even sought some divine help at one point and then when Gomez was given second she graciously gave thanks!!

A brief summary of our results are:

Cosmo was Brown Suri Male Champion

Equador was 2nd in the adult black male huacaya class Gomez was 2nd in the junior fawn male suri class

and probably the one that gave me the most pleasure was Joshua was 3rd in the very large intermediate white male huacaya class. He is a stunning male. It is always a pleasure when people come charging over after the class to have a look at the alpaca you have just shown.

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