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The Grey Knight, January 2012

The Grey Knight, January 2012

Reserve Color Champion at the 2012 MAPACA Jubilee 2012 IAO Color Champion Reserve Color Champion at the 2012 Futurity Check out the color!! The Grey Knight as a cria in 2010. We thought he was fawn, until his fleece began to grow...

The Grey Knight of PVA

Alpaca, Suri, Male | Medium Rose Grey

AOA #31722063 | DOB: 7/24/2010 (14 yrs)

Sire: MacGyver's Balboa

Dark Herdsire of the Year 2011

MacGyver's Balboa

SuriHerdsire (Male)Bay Black
AOA# 1049121DOB: 7/31/200519 yrs
There are few alpaca herd sires in the same league as MacGyver’s Balboa. He is co-owned by Park View All American Alpacas in Oregon and Victoria Lane Alpacas in Ohio. During the course of his show career Balboa racked up 16 Halter Championships-- 13 Color Championships and 3 Reserve Championships. And his fleece won a few awards too. At the MAPACA 2008 Fleece competition, Balboa’s fleece was awarded a First Place and Best Suri Locks. Then at the 2008 AOBA National Fleece Show, Balboa was awarded First Place and Reserve Color Championship. His fleece also received a Special Award at Nationals for Best Suri Locks. Balboa’s offspring have accrued more than 25 championships among them to date! Though he is true black, Balboa specializes in both light and dark colored offspring, and both do equally well in the show ring. Thus it is at the 2011 Futurity, he was named both Dark Herd Sire of the Year and Reserve Light Herd Sire of the Year. Included on the light side of the family, from Park View Alpacas, are: Lucieno of PVA, 2011 AOBA National Show Reserve Color Champion; the divine Imperial Princess of PVA, 2011 IAO Supreme Color Champion, 2011 CABA Color Champion, and 2011 Futurity Res Color Champion; Balboa’s Fanfare of PVA, the 2011 IAO Color Champion; Chablis of PVA: 2010 GWAS Res. Color Champion, and 2011 IAO Best Head; and blue-ribbon-winning and future color champion Chardonnay of PVA: 1st 2011 AOBA National Show, 1st 2011 Futurity, 1st 2011 GWAS, and 2011 IAO Best Head. But wait, Balboa makes dark Color Champions as well! These include, again from Park View Alpacas: Bejeweled of PVA, 2011 AOBA National Show Reserve Color Champion; Nataliah of PVA, half-sister of PVA Mahogany Prince and 2011 AOBA National Show Color Champion; Chanterelle of PVA, 2011 Futurity Color Champion and 2011 AOBA National Show Reserve Color Champion; Fawnessa of PVA, 2011 IAO Color Champion; and the immortal, memorable Testaverde of PVA: 2011 Color Champion at the IAO, the CABA Classic, the AOBA National Show, and 2010 Futurity Color Champion. Balboa has also sired some champions for Victoria Lane Alpacas. His first offspring to hit the ground, Balboa’s Adrienne, won 3 Reserve Championships during her show career. Then Adrienne’s full sister, Balboa’s Lexi, came along and also took 3 Reserve Championships—FABA 2011, Best of US 2011, and CABO 2011. In addition to these accomplishments, Balboa is just plain an all-around great guy. He’s friendly and intelligent, easy to handle, comes when he’s called, doesn’t cause problems with other males, and treats his ladies with dignity. UPDATE: NEW CO-OWNERS M&M ALPACAS OF NORTH CAROLINA
 AOA# 1049121 Bay Black
Dam: Black Debutante of PVA

2005 AWE Black Color Champion

Black Debutante of PVA

SuriBred (Female)True Black
AOA# 1073867DOB: 10/15/200321 yrs
 AOA# 1073867 True Black

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We had high expectations for The Grey Knight of PVA before he was even born. His dam, Black Debutante of PVA, was the 2005 AWE black suri female COLOR CHAMPION. His sire, MacGyver’s Balboa, is a many-times-over Black COLOR CHAMPION. We thought we would have another black color champion. The great day came…and a light fawn cria was born. (What alpaca breeder hasn’t had that experience?) The time came to register the little guy—he was a quality animal, after all, already developing locks and luster—and we noticed something: He wasn’t fawn any more. His fleece was growing and it was a silvery, shimmery gray with rosy overtones. It was magnificent. Grey Knight started showing in 2011. He began the season with a blue ribbon at the IAO, and finished with the grey male suri COLOR CHAMPIONSHIP at the AOBA National Show. 2012 found him the grey male suri COLOR CHAMPION at the IAO, and then RESERVE COLOR CHAMPION at the Futurity and MaPACA Jubilee. He also garnered blue ribbons at GWAS, the CABA Classic, and the National Show this year. Our high expectations for The Grey Knight had not been disappointed. Instead of another black color champion, we had a grey color champion! Black Debutante is one of Park View’s foundation females. She herself is the daughter of another of our foundation females: Little Duchess of PVA (daughter of foundation female Woodsedge Duchess). Her sire was Cantano of Peru. Through her dam, Black Debutante is half-sister to the true black multiple championship winning brothers Luxor of PVA and Lockstar of PVA, and to The Countess of PVA, a five time COLOR AND RESERVE COLOR CHAMPIONSHIP winner in 2010. She is also the half-sister of PVA The Duchess of Cornwall. To date, MacGyver’s Balboa has sired nearly every color of the alpaca rainbow. The last time we checked the Alpaca Registry, he had only two grey descendants registered (both registered to PVA). Thanks to the success of his offspring in the show ring, Balboa was the 2011 DARK HERD SIRE OF THE YEAR and RESERVE LIGHT HERD SIRE at the same time! In 2012 he was the RESERVE DARK HERD SIRE OF THE YEAR. Grey Knight is truly grey—his fleece is not a blend of black and white hairs, and has a distinctly smooth handle. Not only is he an unusual and beautiful color, with gorgeous fleece and a killer pedigree, but Grey Knight has an easy-going temperament and handles well. Just about everything you could ask for in a herd sire!

Awards

[3rd] Third place 2011 GWAS
[3rd] Third place 2011 Futurity
[1st] First place 2011 AOBA
[1st] First place 2011 IAO
[1st] 2012 AOBA National Show
[1st] 2012 CABA Classic
[1st] 2012 GWAS
[RC] [1st] Reserve Color Champion 2012 Futurity
[RC] [1st] Reserve Color Champion 2012 MAPACA Jubilee
[CC] [1st] Color Champion 2012 IAO
[CC] Color Champion 2011 AOBA

Updated 7/9/2012