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When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother
... 'What will I be?
Will I be pretty,
Will I be rich?'
Here's what she said to me..."
And although she didn't actually break into song, the message was there:
"Que Sera, my dear - the
future's not our see, whatever will be, will be."
One thing is certain though - she never foresaw alpacas. She, for
sure, never said "Some fine day you will discover the joy of raising alpacas."
But, there you are...When people ask me now "How on earth did you get into
alpacas? I have actually been known to break into song -
Que Sera, Sera - but I'm thinking to myself,
'I've just always been lucky.'
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Altair's Vito
ARI # 851895
DOB November 20, 2003
Medium Fawn Huacaya
Proven Male
Sales Price - $50,000
Stud Fee - $2000.
Fiber stats at
9 months:
FD - 16.9, CF - 100, SD - 4
Fiber stats at
42 months:
FD - 23.1, CF - 94.4, SD - 4.4
66 months - Fawn Color Champion, Great Western Alpaca Fleece Show,
Denver. CO 2010
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Dam: DPF
Macademia
A bay black beauty of royal
fineness who still had a micron
count of 19 at age 9. |
Sire:
CL9 Altair A full Peruvian and ribbon
winner in his own right with
many award winning
offspring competing today. |
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Vito has a fine bright fleece, butter soft with crimp from his nose to his
toes. He has magnificent coverage and a density that is really
remarkable.
He has stunning conformation and a gorgeous, type-y head. He is a
scrumptious
old thing, still turning heads where ever he goes. He is also just
about the sweetest guy you are ever going to meet.
Vito uniformly throws his density
and well organized lock structure. We have a rainbow of colors in
Vito
offspring - he tends to throw the dam's color although not in every case and
he throws that teddy bear head about 50% of the time. All of the
offspring I have seen have his very correct conformation and "nose to toes"
fleece coverage and...well...we just have an awful lot of satisfied
customers.
Some discounts may apply - please call for
details. Mobile breedings within 100 miles of Santa Fe
may be available based on his schedule and current biohazard conditions. |
Show Record Information
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Vito has had a very successful show career. He
never placed lower than third in any halter class he entered and never
lower than second in the two national fleece shows he entered. Show
information is also available through the
AOBA web site. When using show results as a criteria for choosing stud services or
purchases, we strongly encourage you to consider the whole equation. Look
at the size of the show, the level of experience of the judge, the size of
the class in question and the show experience of the other breeders competing in
the class. Not all blue ribbons are created equal. We are very proud of Vito's
show record, but he has a second place ribbon that I am just as proud of as
his championship ribbons.
Show results should be considered only one tool to be used in judging the
quality of any alpaca. |
| Altair's Vito - February, 2006 -
TxOLAN Alpaca Spectacular |
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Halter Show Awards
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Color Champion, First in class of 7 - Fawn Yearling Males
1st Annual Louisiana Deep South Alpaca Show, Monroe, LA - Nov. 12 - 13,
2005, Judge Herold Herbold
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Reserve Color Champion, Second in a class of 7 - Fawn Yearling Males
2005 New
Mexico State Fair Alpaca Show, Albuquerque, NM - Sept. 24 - 25, 2005, Judge
Jane Tellier
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First in a class of 9 - Dark Fawn Yearling Males
Great Western
Alpaca Show, Denver CO - May 6-8, 2005, Judge (Huacaya Males) Julio Sumar
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First in class of 6 - Medium Fawn Males 2 Yrs and older
7th Annual TxOLAN Alpaca Spectacular, Ft. Worth, TX - Feb. 18-19, 2006,
Judge Tim Lavan
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Third in a class of 8 - Medium Fawn Yearling Males6th
Annual TxOLAN Alpaca Spectacular, Ft. Worth, TX - Feb 19 - 20, 2005, Judge Kirstin Burhman
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Third in class of 12 - Dark Fawn Males 2 Yrs. and older
Great
Western Alpaca Show, Denver, CO - May 5-7, 2006, Judge (Huacaya Males)
Amanda Vandenbosch
Fleece Show Awards
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Second in a class of 8 - Dark Fawn Yearling Males
2005 AOBA
National Conference Fleece Show, Sandy Utah - June 3-5, 2005, Judge: Nard Mullan
- Second
in class of 3 - Fawn Huacaya - Age Class C (female and male fleeces were
judged together)
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2006 Fiber to Fashion Conference AOBA National
Fleece Show, Reno, NV - Nov. 2-5, 2006, Judge:
Kathy Merkley
- First in class of 5 - Dark Fawn Huacaya Males- Age Class C
2007 TxOLAN Alpaca
Spectacular, Fort Worth, TX - Feb. 16-18, 2007, Judge: Ruth Elvestad
- First in class of 4 - Fawn Huacaya - Age Class E -
(yeah - 66 months)
2010 Great Western Alpaca Show, Denver, CO - April 30 - May 2, 2010, Judge:
Dianna Timmerman
- Color Champion - Fawn Huacaya - Age Class E -
(yeah - 66 months)
2010 Great Western Alpaca Show, Denver, CO - April 30 - May 2, 2010, Judge:
Dianna Timmerman and Stephanie Glyptis
Also received Honorable Mention for Judges Choice Award (overall score of
79!)
Group Class Awards
- Fifth in a class of
16 - Get of Sire
2008 TxOLAN Alpaca Spectacular, Fort Worth, TX - Feb. 2008, Judge: Amanda
Vandenbosch
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Second in a class of 3 - Get of Sire
2009 NM State Fair, Albuquerque, NM - Sept. 2009
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