If you are interested in Centaur, please contact Kit Hower at Blankstone Alpaca Farm. Lingering Fineness and Density in Grey!! They have arrived! Centaur's first class of crias have hit the ground and we are extremely pleased. Not only do they all carry an amazingly fine fleece, but they all have very square, solid conformation and beautiful, uniform heads and complete coverage. We did not breed him to any grey females in 2009 & 2010, but he has produced 8 greys so far. He produced black and grey crias 100% of the time when bred to black or grey dams, and 65% of the time when bred to other colors . . . including white! Centaur exhibits the rare grey combination of superb fineness and density and he carries a very consistent, high-amplitude crimp style throughout his uniform grey blanket. His bone structure is very dense and he carries his correct frame very proudly. Our initial suspicions of his quality were confirmed when he took a Blue Ribbon in his very first show appearance in a large class of juvenile grey males at the '08 Carolina Alpaca Celebration. Judge Time Lavan stated there that Centuar would go far if he maintained his fineness as he grew. Update: He has! In his first show appearance as a yearling, Centaur earned another Blue Ribbon from judge Peter Kennedy at the Empire Extravaganza '08. In his 2008 show finale, Centaur clinched the Reserve Champion Banner under judge Tim Lavan who praised his fineness, density and superior physical development. We continue to enter Centaur's fleece in spin-off competitions where he consistently takes 1st and 2nd place, even in the large shows of AOBA and MAPACA. You know you have a great grey fleece when the spin off judge comments "Wow!" for fineness and "Wow Wow Wow!!" for handle! Centaur's 2011 Norm Evans' fiber biopsy results have confirmed what we have felt and seen all along . . . superior density, top-level gland presence, high S/P ratio and lack of secondary medulated fibers. He is certainly on track to follow in his famous sires footsteps by maintaining fineness throughout his adult breeding career!

If we said it once, we said it a thousand times . . . "If you ever decide to sell Jasmine, give us first dibs!" We understand that it was hard to let this one go, but we are glad that our friends, the Beauchner family of Shepherd Hills Alpacas, decided to sell Jasmine to us. This is a very special alpaca. We could write about how Jasmine first caught our eye as a cria at Kit Hower's Blankstone Farm where she was boarded. We could spend hours talking about her extreme fineness, wonderful handle and bundles of crimpy locks. We could even bend your ear with the story of how she pranced into her first showring and left with a BLUE RIBBON and how she came EVER SO CLOSE to the Lavender Banner too. And if we were bragging, we would tell you how this first cria from the Beauchner's first female held her own against 14 other amazing beige alpacas at MAPACA '08 . . . competitors from farms with HUNDREDS of alpacas. We would rather tell you how much we appreciate the countless hours of loving care that went into making Jasmine the absolute joy of an alpaca that she is today. She is an elegant young lady and we are proud to have her grace our pastures as a foundation female star! Jasmine's first cria is a gorgeous MSG female out of our super fine and dense Lancaster's Silver Centaur. Her second is a stunning Centaur MF boy, also out of Silver Centaur. Her third Centaur cria is just as amazing as the first two, this time in light fawn. We are holding Jasmine open to wait on our Black Warrior to start his breeding career. Since Jasmine produces color . . . even grey . . . we are shooting for a true black version of her previous performances!