Heritage Farm Suri Alpacas

Last week was the last and biggest show of the spring season. The AOBA National Show was held in Denver and the Great Western Livestock center, one of the most famous livestock expo centers in the world. We took our three best show animals - Gaby, Palomar and Talisman. We have had some success with these 3, namely Palomar who we co-own with Ron & Sandy Hendricks and Kristina Flegel. Palomar had already won three championships this year and he didn't disappoint us at Nationals, winning yet another! He is a stunning multi-colored male with beautiful ropy locks and a graceful style. Needless to say, we are very pleased with him and look forward to breeding him to some of our females. The biggest surprise was Gabriella. We had just shown her last week at the Buckeye show in Ohio and she got 5th place in a class of very tough competition. We thought we had a chance of placing fairly high at this show when we saw how Dr. Julio Sumar was judging. He likes the long, ropy, independent locks with fineness and luster -- all traits that Gaby exhibits nicely. He placed her first in her class of nine!