April is a dainty, perfectly conformed little female with great potential as a breeding alpaca. She is expecting a cria in spring 2019. Of course, as per our commitment at The Alpaca Place, April’s parentage has been verified by DNA and she is halter trained to boot. A great little starter alpaca, April’s father , Huari Lincoln, was a black and she therefore carries that colour genetically although she herself is a very pretty medium brown.

April’s fleece is very dense and at around 30 micron is of commercial quality. By using April to start your breeding herd, you can bring about fleece improvement to the next generation simply by breeding April with a fine fleeced male in future.

April has been mated to our very handsome young grey male stud NZ Eikon Chico. Both April and Chico have excellent conformation and are likely to produce a very attractive cria for you. To put you in the draw for just about everything, she could produce a black, a silver grey, a rose grey, a brown or a fawn cria from this mating.

Tessa has confirmed ability as a breeding female. Sired by our black, Huari Lincoln, Tessa has proven that although she appears to be (and is registered as) a dark brown, she is in fact, a rose grey. She has the potential to breed grey (both silver and rose), black, brown and even fawn cria.
Tessa has been DNA parentage verified, so you know the wealth of quality alpacas in her pedigree adds to her value! Just look at her illustrious heritage: her pedigree includes well-respected alpacas such as ILR Alpine Fibers Brutus (Imp USA), who was sired by all-time great American stud Peruvian Hemingway, Pinjarra Microsoft (sired by Purrumbete Highlander, and a grandson of Purrumbete El Dorado, both outstanding Australian sires),  and ILR Pperuvian Pluro, a well known USA import to Australia.

Tessa is currently being mated to our imported black male, Black Jack BT Lord Shachor ET, so you have a 50% chance of a grey cria (either rose or silver). Cria will be due in Autumn 2020.

Gallery shows Tessa’s cria to date: all under 20 micron first shear.

Gallery:

With a pedigree stacked with high quality ancestors, Paloma is a quality breeding female with a long breeding life ahead of her. Her pedigree includes such alpacas of renown as Jolimont Conquistador, Jolimont Warrior, ILR Ppperuvian Auzengate,  and Somerset Peruvian Challenge. All of these high quality alpacas have inserted value to Paloma’s conformation and fibre characteristics. And when paired with our Arcady Zegna she produced a stunning male cria in February 2019.

Paloma has a male cria at foot  sired by Arcady Zegna. Born in early February he is likely to grow to be a very attractive young male alpaca, who is not included in this sale. He will not be weaned until spring 2019.

At 4 years old Paloma has a 23 micron fleece with a 90.4% comfort factor.

She has been remated to our top quality dark fawn male, Arcady Zegna. Zegna has a lustrous, dense, crimpy fleece, and at 12 years old he was still only 25 micron with an SD of only 3.9 – almost unheard of for an alpaca of his age. The son of two champions, Zegna himself was successful in the Australian show ring before being exported to New Zealand after just one year of stud duty in Australia. 

NZ Eikon Silver Shekel is a highly intelligent, full-of-beans, inquisitive alpaca.  We  expect that, given her genealogy, that she will produce quality offspring. She was sired by Gunnamatta Marconi, an Australian sire that was well known in Australia in his youth because of his success in the show ring. Both he and his progeny had significant success in the NSW show scene, a major win for Marconi was being placed 2nd in the 2008 Australian National Show in the Mature Male Class – beating out all the blacks, all the greys, all the browns, and all the fawns. An uncommon victory for a grey. Shekel’s mother Coonawarra Azalia hailed from the illustrious Coonawarra alpaca stud in Australia. Shekel has her parentage verified by DNA testing

Fibfe information: Last shearing on 8-Nov-2018 produced 1.56 kgs (3rd fleece).
Sample statistics: Mean=23.70, CV=23.9%, SD=5.70, SF=23.67, CF=88.8%.
A beautiful, even coloured silver grey alpaca, Shekel has a lovely soft-handling fleece with a current comfort factor of 88%. 

Shekel is halter trained.

Shekel is currently being mated to our black stud Black Jack BT Lord Shachor (we call him BJ). Lord Shachor, known as Black Jack, or BJ, was imported from Australia in early 2015. His second fleece statistics are impressive at 17.6µ, SD 4.0, CV 22.7 and comfort factor 99.6. A true blue-black, his fleece display excellent crimp, and his over-all quality is supported by his Australian Show wins.

Pedigree Matters: Black Jacks potential is underscored by having a peek at the alpacas in his pedigree: his sire Bonnie Park Black Thunder is descended from NWA Ltd Ruffo, a well known Peruvian-bred, US stud imported into Australia some years ago. Other alpacas of note in his pedigree include Coonawarra Julius, a black male who needs no introduction to serious breeders of black alpacas. BJ has been DNA Parent Verified.

Black Jack is sired by Bonnie Park Black Thunder, an impressive blue-black male with an equally impressive Australian Show record, including consecutive placings in the 2004 and 2005 AAA National Shows.
BJ himself has an impressive Australian Show record, as befits his dense, crimpy, fine fleece and we hope these attributes will be passed on to Shekel’s cria. We will be unable to confirm Shekel’s pregnancy until mid May. Look up BJ’s details on our website.

Get in quickly and you will score yourself a free black male cria born on 3 April 2019 (available unregistered unless a separate sale is negotiated). Saffron is a young, densely fleeced black female who is proving to be a good mother to her cria, Epic. Saffron’s fleece is eminently suitable for processing with a nice crimp. Her parents were both imported from Australia and her parentage has been verified by DNA. Saffrons sire is Gunnamatta Marconi, a grey who was ahead of his time, and her dam is Coonawarra Azalia, a grand-daughter of one of Australias top blacks ever, Coonawarra Julius – in NZ this girl has unique parentage which will stand her in good stead as a breeder who offers something different in your herd.

Epic, an unregistered male, will be included free with Saffron provided the purchase is concluded before he is weaned in early October 2019. Sired by Yaringa Masterclass (Imp Aust), He shows promise as a good wool producer and quiet pet male. If you wish to take advantage of it you will be able to have his parentage verified by DNA.

NZ Eikon Charisma is a high quality alpaca who has had multiple show successes including 2016 Supreme Champion Fleece at the Masterton A&P Show, and 2nd place Junior Female Light Fawn Fleece at the prestigious NZ National Show 2015 proving beyond doubt that this is a superior female. She comes from a family of champions.
Charisma has a beautiful crimpy, lustrous fleece indicative of her pedigree which includes such notable males as Jolimont Sculptor, Jolimont Attitude and Jolimont Conquistador as well as ILR Ppperuvian Legend and Sierra Vista Emon. Her parentage has been verified by DNA.

Charisma is halter-trained, and a dream to lead!

Last shearing on 8-Nov-2018 produced 2.03 kgs (5th fleece).
Sample statistics: Mean=24.70, CV=17.6%, SD=4.30, SF=23.39, CF=90.4%.

Charisma first fleece was 19 micron fleece with a 99% comfort factor and SD of 3.7 a. Still a gorgeous soft-handling fleece!

Charisma has been remated to Arcady Zegna. Zegna had a short but impressive show careerin Australia, which included Supreme Huacaya Fleece at the Royal Adelaid show in 2005 before being exported to NZ. This cria will benefit not only from Charisma’s impressive pedigree but also from that of Zegna -expect an elite quality cria!

Empire Rose is a well built female coated in gold! She has been Parentage verified using DNA, so you know her outstanding pedigree is genuine! Classic studs included in her pedigree include Purrumbeti Inti, Purrumbete El Dorado and Jolimont Sculptor – and Empire Rose is definitely the quality product of her pedigree. Whether you have an established quality herd, or are just starting out, Empire Rose should definitely be added to your herd!

Empire Rose annually shears more than 3.5kg fleece with a lovely dense blanket. Her 1st shear stats were: Mean 20µ, sv 4.17, comfort factor 98.3%. As is normal, her fleece has strengthened as she has aged, her last stats at 4 years old were mean 27µ, sv 4.7, comfort factor 80.2%, so her fleece has stayed consistent.

Empire Rose has been mated to Highway Star Gold Flash (Light Fawn). Gold Flash is also DNA Parent Verified, his sire being the world famous Jolimont Attitude, and grandsire, the well-known Australian stud, Jolimont Sculptor. This cria will have an enviable depth of pedigree featuring some of the top alpacas in the world!

Empire Rose has had 2 previous cria sired by Gold Flash – Empire Dawn and Strike, who had first fleece stats of 16.6 and 17 micron respectively, putting them well into the Elite class,  and we are confident her current pregnancy will yield another elite alpaca.

These two young black females are the best of friends – only 1 month separates them in age, and they are due to be mated in Spring 2019, after which they won’t be this price again.  –  so get in quick to start your breeding plan.

Both these young girls feature a number of Canchones alpacas in their pedigrees – Canchones having a unequaled reputation in Australia for breeding quality black alpacas – –  so get in quick to start your breeding plan.

At this age, these young girls will need an older companion – either a breeding female or a wether.

NZ Icon Chico is an eye catching grey male with excellent conformation, and fertility, his first cria arriving on the ground Easter 2019 – and her photos show her to be a very pretty dark grey – her owners are delighted!
Chico is sired by our multiple prize winner, Huari Eclipse, also a grey. Through his sire, Chico is descended from such industry icons as Peruvian Hemingway and Coonawarra Julius, with along other well-known alpacas such as ILR Alpine Fibres Brutus and Somerset Peruvian Black Reign, as well as Pejo Rebel, and on his dams side, ILR Peruvian Drambuie. Chico has been DNA Parent Verified, so you know his pedigree is accurate.

Chicos fleece has been in strong demand from home spinners, who often specify they want his fleece.

Gallery:

Sired by Coonawarra Gladiator (arguably the best black in Australia), we are proud to include Masterclass in our sales line upMasterclass is a solid black alpaca of Peruvian descent, and has an impeccable pedigree that includes names of note such as Coonawarra Julius, Coonawarra Dorchester, Purrumbete Highlander, NWA Ruffo and Timbertop The Scud.

Australian Show Record:

Intermediate Black Male Strathalbyn Show 2013 1stReserve ChampionBest Black in Show
Adult Black Male Clare Show 2013 1st
Adult Black Male Mt Pleasant Show 2014 1st
Adult Black Male Alpacafest 2014 1st
Adult Black Male SA Colour Classic 2014 2nd
Adult Black Fleece SA Colour Classic 2014 2nd
Adult Black Male Victorian Colourbration 2014 Highly Commended
Adult Black Fleece Victorian Colourbration 2014 2nd
Adult Black Male Strathalbyn Show 2014 3rd
Adult Black Fleece Strathalbyn Show 2014 1st
Adult Black Fleece Clare Show 2014 2nd

Gallery:

A solid white sired by the fabulous Silverstream Faberge, Supreme Champion at the 2010 Alpaca Association National Show. Faberge has now been exported to Europe, so males sired by him are keenly sought after!

DNA Sire Verified, Hunter has a pedigree recognised as superior by New Zealand alpaca breeders, including such alpacas as PERUVIAN HEMINGWAY G171 (USA), ILR ALPINE FIBER’S BRUTUS (Imp. U.S.A), ILR PERUVIAN DON JULIO G159 (Imp. U.S.A), PUCARA JULIANA (Aus), NWA LTD RUFFO G4574 (Imp. U.S.A) plus others. Pucara Juliana deserves a special mention as she is the dam of numerous Supreme Champion winners, including at least 3 AANZ National Show Supremes!

Hunter is a smaller statured male, but manages to pump out the fleece anyway – he averages over 4 1/2 kilo every shear!  Add to this his crimpy fleece, and low micron for age, and you have a very desirable package. His cria have impressed us with dense, soft fleeces – Hunter has the potential to sire many valuable cria.

Sired by Australian Import, Forestglen Lion Heart,  Geronimo  (DNA Sire Verified) has an attractive, naturally upright carriage with a soft handling crimpy fleece. His sire brings the iconic Purrumbete Inti and Purrumbete El Dorado into his pedigree which features other well known studs such as Cedar House Brave Heart and Somerset Peruvian Challenge. His dam, Sumerset Peruvian Angel (also imported from Australia), had a 25 micron fleece at 12 years old, and it still feels great. With heritage like this, Geronimo has potential plus! Take a look at his pedigree – click here

Fleece Stats: First shearing on 10-Nov-2012 produced 1.73 kgs (1st fleece- 8 months growth).Sample statistics: FD=18.36, CV=20.6%, SD=378.00, SF=17.81, CF=99.6%. Last Shearing (3rd fleece) on 13 Nov 2014 produced 4.5kg fibre, FD= 25.82, CV= 15.3%, SD=3.8, SF=23.11, comfort factor 94%

Geronimo’s first cria have now hit the ground, and we are impressed with their quality, showing significant improvement on their dams. If you are looking for a first stud, Geronimo is a great choice to add both frame and fibre to your herd.

Named for astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Buzz is an attractive, well mannered wether (gelding) who is easy to catch, halter and lead. His fleece is soft and crimpy, and he will make you a delightful pet!