2014 North American Alpaca Show: CCNF Championships & 1st Place Finishes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the first 10 years of the NAAS’s existence we helped (ok, truth in advertising: mostly Jennifer helped, while I schlepped our kids around more than usual throughout the month of March) to actually organize and run the show itself. For the past 3 years though, we have just been plain old exhibitors at the NAAS, albeit ones that arrive early on Thursday afternoon and then assist with color-check the next day. I still chock it up to a combination of Stockholm Syndrome and, though it pains me to admit it sometimes, the fact that we love Kevin and Scott, our silly friends who took the over the show’s management.

Whether it is because of our familiarity with the show itself, its relatively close proximity to us in terms of travel time (closer even than the Green Mountain show in October), or just the great competition that the NAAS has historically produced, it has all led us to view the North American as a lower-cost proving ground (compared to Nationals or the Futurity) and as such we tend to arrive, um…with numbers shall we say? This year was no different as we loaded up both our large trailer, as well as our 16 footer and brought down a mix of 44 alpacas — all juveniles and yearlings — with 41 of those being animals we produced here ourselves at CCNF. Yes, one could argue that bringing that number of animals to any show should be viewed as just cause for being forcibly committed to an institution but with at least 7 handlers on standby and only two show rings to go into (ahem!), it felt like a relative breeze after coping with 4 simultaneous show rings a couple of weeks prior at Nationals. All good!

We quite frankly had very high expectations for this show string at the NAAS coming off of our results in Harrisburg. The yearlings in our string, in particular, had really matured and grown out beautifully over the course of the winter and as should theoretically be the case every year, this was unquestionably the deepest show string we had ever produced in our 17 years of breeding alpacas. I won’t blather on too much more other than to say that they did not disappoint us in any way. For the majority of our yearling females at least, this show also represented the 2nd and final time that they would ever show at the NAAS. Safe to say that they went out with a bang…

CCNF Swahili (Peruvian Lancaster x CCNF Tanzania) – Reserve Champion Black Huacaya Female

TGF Let Freedom Reign (Snowmass Conopa’s Kahuna x TGF Let Freedom Ring) – Champion Brown Huacaya Female

CCNF Magistrate (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x SHRA Virtual’s Reality) – Champion Brown Huacaya Male

CCNF Marick (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x Maid Marian) – Reserve Champion Brown Huacaya Male

CCNF Eternal Rose (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Johanna) – Best Bred & Owned Huacaya Female

CCNF Precipice (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Pristine) – Best Bred & Owned Huacaya Male

CCNF Prima Majesty (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Bellarina) – Champion Fawn Huacaya Female

CCNF Moonbeam (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Moonlight) – Reserve Champion Fawn Huacaya Female

Spirit Wind’s Maestro (Xanadu P. Concerto x Aussie Colorado Philly) – Champion Light Huacaya Male

CCNF Sugar Plum (MFI Peruvian Precocious x CCNF Sugar Drop) – Reserve Champion Light Female

CCNF Centurion (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Ascension) – Champion White Huacaya Male

CCNF Daliance (Snowmass Sub-Zero x CCNF Flirtatious) – Champion White Huacaya Female

CCNF Centurion (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Ascension) – Judges’ Choice Huacaya Male

CCNF Prima Majesty (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Bellarina) – Judges’ Choice Huacaya Female

Snowmass Matrix Majesty (CCNF Magistrate, CCNF Precipice, CCNF Moonbeam) – 1st Place Huacaya Get of Sire

TGF Let Freedom Ring (TGF Let Freedom Reign & CCNF Reign Maker) – 1st Place Huacaya Produce of Dam

Cas-Cad-Nac Farm LLC (CCNF Centurion, CCNF Daliance, CCNF Eldunari) – 1st Place Huacaya Breeder’s Best 3

CCNF Swahili (Peruvian Lancaster x CCNF Tanzania) – 1st Place Bay Black Juvenile Female Huacaya

CCNF Burnt Umber (CCNF Cameron x CCNF Marguerite) – 1st Place Medium Brown Juvenile Huacaya Male

CCNF Kima (Golden Sovereign x Nova’s Victoria) – 1st Place Dark Brown Juvenile Huacaya Female

CCNF Capuchin (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Charming) – 1st Place Dark Brown Yearling Huacaya Female

CCNF Magistrate (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x SHRA Virtual’s Reality) – 1st Place Dark Brown Yearling Huacaya Male

CCNF Marick (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x Maid Marian) – 1st Place Medium Brown Yearling Huacaya Male

CCNF Margaux (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Marguerite) – 1st Place Medium Brown Yearling Huacaya Female

TGF Let Freedom Reign (Snowmass Conopa’s Kahuna x TGF Let Freedom Ring) – 1st Place Light Brown Yearling Huacaya Female

CCNF Eternal Rose (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Johanna) – 1st Place Dark Bred & Owned Yearling Huacaya Female

CCNF Precipice (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Pristine) – 1st Place Dark Bred & Owned Yearling Huacaya Male

CCNF Prima Majesty (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Bellarina) – 1st Place Dark Fawn Yearling Huacaya Female

CCNF Moonbeam (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Moonlight) – 1st Place Medium Fawn Yearling Huacaya Female

Spirit Wind’s Maestro (Xanadu P. Concerto x Aussie Colorado Philly) – 1st Place Light Fawn Yearling Huacaya Male

CCNF Sugar Plum (MFI Peruvian Precocious x CCNF Sugar Drop) – 1st Place Beige Yearling Huacaya Female

CCNF Traviata (CCNF Royal Ring of Fire x Chatham Lancaster’s La Boheme) – 1st Place Light Bred & Owned Juvenile Huacaya Female

CCNF Krystal Majesty (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x Sunny Mesa’s Krystal) – 1st Place Light Bred & Owned Yearling Huacaya Female

CCNF Vagabond (Snowmass Elite Legend x CCNF Savannah) – 1st Place Light Bred & Owned Juvenile Huacaya Male

CCNF Lucius (MFI Peruvian Precocious x CCNF Golden Juliet) – 1st Place Light Bred & Owned Yearling Huacaya Male

CCNF Treacherous (CCNF Tenacious x CCNF Maya) – 1st Place White Juvenile Huacaya Male

CCNF Eldunari (Snowmass Elite Legend x CCNF Saphira) – 1st Place White Juvenile Huacaya Male

CCNF Centurion (Snowmass Matrix Majesty x CCNF Ascension) – 1st Place White Yearling Huacaya Male

CCNF Daliance (Snowmass Sub-Zero x CCNF Flirtatious) – 1st Place White Yearling Huacaya Female

 

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