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!

We are proud to add Silvercloud Farm's first female cria from 4X Color Champ ScF Lucky Luciano to our foundation female barn! In buying her we broke one of our cardinal rules of alpaca purchasing . . . "Never buy sight unseen." Thank goodness rules were meant to be broken . . . what a knockout this girl is! She has a super-fine, dark fawn fleece with very high-frequency crimp, and her proud, upright stance makes her a stunning addition to our pasture! Given Mulowe's reputation (her paternal grand-dam), from AML Principio (grandson) to ScF Lucky Luciano himself, Shandi has a promising show and breeding career ahead of her. She has already ribboned in every extremely competitive, Level IV and V show that she entered. Throw Accoyo The Last Don into the mix here as Lucky's Sire and we've got quite the powerhouse foundation female in the making! And on the Dam's side? Maple Brook Alana is a Bueno daughter and a prized member of the Silvercloud Farm foundation herd. Shandi's first cria is a stunning rose grey female out of our very own Silver Centaur! Her second cria is a handsome low micron/low CV white male out of our multiple champ, Starbuck. Her third cria is quite possibly one of the nicest rose grey alpacas we have ever seen...anywhere! We liked the results of this Shandi and Centaur pairing so much that we repeated this breeding for 2013!