Amanda loved him - and so do we!
In show order, immediately after Brown male huacayas come out of the ring the fawn female suris go in - and it was debut time for TFA Aimed and Ready (Ari) our daughter of Armed and Dangerous. Before she went in, A&D's owner reminded me that Ari was the cross she always wanted to do, but was never able to - a Cantano's Blazing Son daughter (our Golden Sunlight) bred to A&D. Well I guess the cross was good enough because Ari was the Fawn Suri Female Reserve Champion!
As a huacaya guy I thought that was kind of neat, but the suri people quickly told me we had beaten some very well respected farms. We quickly made the decision to ship her to the Futurity Show with Andean Vista to see if A&D can again be recognized.
While those two were our highlights, we certainly had others represent us very well:
TFA Cahokia - 1st place brown male huacaya
Tiskilwa Urubamba - 2nd place brown female huacaya
Tiskilwa Northstarr - 2nd place medium fawn male huacaya
Tiskilwa Peace Pipe - 3rd place rose grey male huacaya
Accoyo Kama Sutra - 2nd place to the Reserve Champ white female huacaya
Peruvian Elynora - 3rd place to Kama Sutra white female huacaya
So we can hold our heads high for a few days - but the game starts all over at the next show in Minnesota in a few weeks.
Show season is always amazing - it seems that all of the farms have better animals every year. It is amazing to think back to our "Good" animals from 5-7 years ago and know they couldn't compete today.
Show season is also a great time to catch up with all of our alpaca friends and hear what they've been up to both on and off the farm. We hope everyone enjoyed the show as much as we did.
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