Anyway, the show was a huge success. I entered both of them in pretty much every class possible. Friday night Kara had her fleece evaluated for walking fleece, and ended up placing 2nd in Single Coat fleece with crimp, under 24 months!
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| Kara's baby fleece...can't wait to shear her next spring! |
Saturday was quite hectic, running back and forth between 3 show rings...alpaca, performance, and llama halter! Ralph and I won the Adult Alpaca Showmanship class, and then he got 1st and GRAND CHAMPION in his halter class (non-breeder alpaca) too! Kara didn't do so hot in halter Saturday, placing 7th out of 11 (I think) in Silky Juvenile Female. For some reason my sweet little girl doesn't want anyone but me to touch her! Both Ralph and Kara went through 2 performance classes- obstacle and public relations. Ralph won both of the alpaca performance classes, and of course Kara didn't place in her respective Novice classes. But she did pretty well! Ralph also had his fleece judged for walking fleece, and also got a 2nd in his class- Dark over 24 months.
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| Ralph and I in Adult Alpaca Showmanship. |
Sunday went much better for Kara! I decided to try Adult Showmanship since she behaved so well Saturday in halter, and we placed 6th out of 10-11. She did amazing in halter too, placing 3rd out of 8-9 in Medium Wool Juvenile Female! The judge really liked her! Ralph continued his winning streak, winning Open Alpaca Pack and essentially getting GRAND CHAMPION Open Alpaca Performance!
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| Kara and I in Adult Showmanship. |
Oh, and my skein of alpaca/silk handspun yarn won the handspun yarn class too!
Overall, it was the perfect way to end the show season this year! I can't wait to work with Kara some more and take her back into the ring next year!
I'll apologize now for the lack of posts in the coming weeks...school is getting crazy!
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| Mom and baby...Kara and Bluff were very happy to be reunited after the show! |
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| I was glad I left T at home...Kara and Ralph are so much easier to groom! |
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