Canadian National Alpaca Sale and Futurity
April 16-18,2010
1) All CLAA Registered Juvenile and Yearling offspring of the 2010 Subscribed Studs are eligible for the Futurity.
** Also, all cria resulting from breedings purchased in the November 2007 CNASF Stud Auction are eligible for the futurity as JUVENILES even if the studs are not subscribed for 2010. (This does not apply to stud owners who purchase their own herdsire's breeding in the auction.)
Entries must be CLAA registered. Alpacas will be checked upon arrival for colour, sex, and microchip number. Minimum requirements to show are microchip and copy of the registration papers.
2) Where possible entries will be split into classes by colour, age, and sex. The colour splits will be :
White - only true whitesPlease include a labeled 1" x 1" fibre sample from each coloured alpaca entered.(not required for white animals)
Light - includes beige and light fawns
Medium - includes medium & dark fawns and light browns
Dark - includes medium & dark browns
Black - includes bay black and black
Grey - includes rose and silver greys
If not enough greys are entered to make a class, they will be moved to a Black class.
Multi - alpacas (other than greys) with 2 or more distinct colours in the blanket area
3) Juveniles are born from April 19,2009 to November 16, 2009. Yearlings are born from April 19, 2008 to April 18, 2009.
4) Judging will be 50/50 fiber/conformation. We will use a two judge consensus system for the preliminary classes. First and second place alpacas will return for the colour champion classes.
5) Minimum class size will be four, and maximum class size will be 16.
6) The show committee reserves the right to:
place entries in the appropriate colour class,
adjust the classes based on the number of entries,
adjust colour class boundaries.
Verbal directions from the show committee take precedence over the show program.
7) Prize money will be paid to at least 50% of the class.
8) Alpacas will be stalled two to a stall where possible.
9) There will be a short spectator hands on while the points are being tabulated.
10) Alpacas are required to be on site by Friday April 16 at 3 PM , and remain until the Supreme Champions are announced on Sunday April 18 in the afternoon.