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CCNF at the 2018 Futurity: Know Who You Are
“…All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring I am not a fan of back to back show weekends. In fact, I am really more whatever the opposite of a fan is. Though a condensed spring show season such…
CCNF Results from the 2018 North American Alpaca Show & Northeast Alpaca Expo
So here are the most relevant of our results from the NAAS/NAE double show which took place the weekend after Easter. As with the previous 16 editions of the North American, the event was again held at the Eastern States Exposition Center in western Massachusetts, just a short 2 hour drive straight down I-91 for…
#ABitOfAWeekend
There are few things more obviously joyous and playful that we as alpaca breeders get to witness than the post-show pasture pronk the show team animals inevitably go on whenever we first get home from an event and they get off of the trailers and run out into their respective paddocks, often greeted by their…
CCNF Sweet Confection: Lot #10 at The Futurity Sale!
We are proud to announce that our white yearling show female, CCNF Sweet Confection, will be offered as lot #10 at the upcoming 2018 Futurity Sale, to be held on April 14 in Kansas City, MO! Sired by 2017 Futurity Herdsire of the Year, CCNF Elixir, and out of our 6Peruvian Monarch daughter, Sugar Snow,…
Time to get the band back together.
Yes, it may feel a little strange to to be thinking about our spring 2018 show season starting up again when we just got dumped on by the latest nor’easter to make its way inland from the coast – but such is the reality of March in northern New England. We have for the better…
Two Very Special Females for the Priority Auction in Las Vegas!
We are very excited to announce that we are returning to the Priority auction in Las Vegas as consignors for the first time in several years! Needless to say though, this is not our first rodeo and I will be the first to admit that auctions can be nervy affairs. There are few easier ways…