Although, like many breeders, we began with our animals on agistment and used outside sires, once we moved to our own property we found that our location did not allow much outside mating. We had to use our own males, and, since we were concentrating on grey, these were grey males, beginning with Coonawarra Sir Galahad. In early 2002 we purchased Talca Rohani, after a lengthy search. In winter of 2003 we saw Elysion Mercury's first drop of crias and and came eventually to own him. We then bought Forestglen Platinum. More recently we have begun to use several of our own sires and we have also just purchased Tarraganda Lodge Ekeko. We have not given fleece stats for past sires since they include males now owned by others. Please email for stud fees. This page was updated May 29, 2010.
IAR 429 Born: July 19, 1992
Medium Grey CERTIFIED MALE
Sire: Coonawarra G710 MG
Dam: Coonawarra G506 SDBR
"Smokey" was of average size but very heavily built. He was proud and dignified but very gentle and docile with people. His crias tended to have fleeces that stayed clean of debris and were finer than those of their dams, sometimes displaying the density, style and absence of hair that his fleece exhibited. Of our present animals his descendants have continued to impress.(Photo 1997)
IAR 41577 Born: December 4, 1999
Medium Grey CERTIFIED MALE
Sire: Talca Shimon SW
Dam: Talca Senga BLK
We saw Rohani as a cria and maintained an interest in him, finally purchasing him in 2002. He is of medium size, cheerful and vigorous, while being very easy to handle. His crias have been nice-looking, often with finer fleeces than their dams, sometimes with high lustre and pretty style. He has been good with colour. Rohani was shown twice as a junior (including at the Melbourne Royal), winning first place in his class. His crias also did well, with Morning Star Bluebird and Morning Star Blueberry winning blue ribbons. (Photo early 2002)
IAR 34410 Born: January 25, 2000
Light Grey CERTIFIED MALE
Sire: Blue Grass Rising Son DG
Dam: Alpacapartners Marnie RG
Mercury is a well-known male who was shown extensively, winning his class at the National Show as a junior in 2000 and as an adult in 2001. In 2003 he won the Sire's Progeny class at the Charles Ledger Show, and all four of his first male crias were sold as future studs. One, Janannie Park Voltaire, won the senior grey male class at the National Show in Canberra in 2006. Mercury's offspring inherit his tractable nature. Mercury is particularly good with colour. His best crias are remarkable both in beauty and in fleece quality. He still looks great, and his current fleece still retains its style. (Photos 2003 and 2009)
IAR 90202 Born: March 13, 2008
Light Grey CERTIFIED MALE
Sire: Bumble Hill Shillac LG
Dam: Tarraganda Lodge Allira DBRN
Ekeko is the newest addition to the males at stud here and offers the benefits of a pedigree unrelated to ours along with being an impressive animal in himself. Ekeko won his class as an Intermediate at the Hawkesbury Show 2009, and as an Adult at the Charles Ledger Show 2009, the Crookwell Show in 2010, the Canberra Royal 2010, and the Sydney Royal 2010. He was also awarded Best Grey at the Canberra Royal. Ekeko is a good male alpaca in all respects, from vigour to appearance to fleece stats. His second fleece midside stats are 20.5µ, 3.8µSD, 18.5%CV. This fleece won its class at the Sydney Royal, and the grid test on it was good at 21.9µ, 4.5µSD, 20.5%CV with an adjusted saddle weight of 1.6 for a total of 72 points. Most recently, Ekeko was Reserve Champion Adult Male at the Hawkesbury Show 2010. He is displaying excellent fertility.
IAR 62129 Born: March 19, 2003
Light Grey CERTIFIED MALE
Sire: Forestglen Maestro SW
Dam: Forestglen Porcelain SW
Platinum has a compact but heavy frame and an especially fine, pretty fleece. His sire is well-known and has produced a number of show supreme champions. His dam is by Purrumbete Oscar and out of World Class Grey Pearl, a lovely light grey Chilean female. Platinum won his class at the Sydney Royal and at Castle Hill as an intermediate. His first crias are now young adults and second and third fleece tests have been very good. His crias sometimes lack head cover, but have good, robust frames and long, soft fleeces. Tests results on his fleece have always been impressive, and his sixth fleece (November 2008) tested 23.1µ SD 3.8µ CV 16.9% (AWTA 2008).(Photo 2008)
IAR 81995 Born: December 20, 2004
Solid Black CERTIFIED MALE
Sire: Elysion Mercury LG
Dam: Janannie Park Juanita SBLK
Meriadoc is out of a particularly good black female. He placed second as a junior at the Southern Region Spring Show, Colourbration (Victorian Central Region), and the Charles Ledger Show, in 2005. After his first shearing white fibres were obvious in his fleece, which is the only reason we did not continue to show him. Meriadoc has a beautifully structured, heavy fleece that is maintaining its style and fineness at fourth shearing at 21.6 µ SD 4.6µ CV 21.3% (AWTA 2008). His first crias are of good quality and have included a number of blue blacks. Although Meriadoc is related to many animals in our herd, so that his use is limited, we are proud to have made our own sire. He has an ideal temperament as a stud, being well-behaved but assertive. (Photo 2008)
IAR 81991 Born: December 10, 2004
Light Grey CERTIFIED MALE
Sire: Elysion Mercury LG
Dam: Benleigh Silver Cloud RG
Dawn Boy is out of a grey female who has had some excellent (all male) crias.He placed first as a junior at the Southern Region Spring Show, second at Colourbration (Victorian Central Region), and third at the Charles Ledger Show, in 2005. As an adult he placed third at the National Show in 2006. His first cria arrived in autumn 2009 and is a medium grey female with very lustrous, silky fleece. He has a silky, lustrous fleece with a broad crimp. His fourth, 2008 fleece tested 25.2µ SD 5.3µ CV 21% (AWTA). (Photo 2007)
IAR 104923 Born: March 3, 2006
Solid Black CERTIFIED MALE
Sire: Talca Rohani MG
Dam: Morning Star Mandy BLK
Morris is out of one of our best and favourite females. He was shown once, as an intermediate at the Southern Region Spring Show, for a second place. He is a handsome animal, heavily built and very well covered. His fleece is good enough in all respects, and he is definitely black, though with some dark brown on belly and inside thighs. His fleece tests for second and third fleeces were very close to the same. His third, 2008 fleece weighed over 3.3 kilos and tested 24.4µ SD 4.4µ CV 18% (AWTA). We are not using Morris much. Our best young black female is in cria to him now, but he could be available for sale.(Photo 2009)
IAR 104931 Born: December 6, 2006
Dark Brown Roan CERTIFIED MALE
Sire: Pinjarra Buenisimo MG
Dam: Benleigh Silver Cloud RG
Browning is a large-framed male with a dark brown roan fleece. He was awkward to show because the white fibres in his fleece are obvious but he does not have the grey pattern. Now, with the new roan class it might be possible. His fleece is heavy (over 4.2 kilos second and third fleeces), with good style. His first fleece tested 21.7µ SD 4.5µ CV 20.7% and second tested 22.2µ SD 4.4µ CV 19.8% (AWTA). He is an exceptionally docile animal. Again we are not using Browning much (one mating in last year) so would consider selling him. (Photo 2009)
IAR 122730 Born: February 20, 2007
Rose Grey CERTIFIED MALE
Dam: Morning Star Colette SMBRN
Sire: Forestglen Platinum LG
Pinkerton got his name because he is pink and is as solidly built as an armoured truck. Although he looks roan in the photo he does have the white face and neck front of the classic grey pattern--he is just discoloured by our red soils. His fleece is fine, very soft, fairly even over his body, long, dense, and with deep crimp at about 8 crimps per inch. His second fleece tested 18.6µ, 3.8µSD, 20.4%CV, 99.2CF and his third tested 20µ, 4µSD, 20%CV and weighed over 4.2 kilos. (AWTA November 2008, 2009) He has been on good feed throughout his life. He is for sale on sale page. (Photo 2010)
IAR 133460 Born: March 16, 2008
Medium Grey CERTIFIED MALE
Sire: Hope Downs El Gordo LG
Dam: Morning Star Titania LG
Our venture to share females with Arcady Alpacas produced this rare silver grey male by Hope Downs El Gordo. He is out of one of our best grey females (by Elysion Mercury and out of Morning Star Octavia), who still carries a long fleece with clearly defined crimp. Auberon's fleece is similar, with better locking now in his third fleece than earlier. His first fleece tested 20.2µ, 4.3µSD, 21.3%CV; and second tested 23.2µ, 4.4µSD, 19%CV (AWTA November 2008, 2009), weighing over 4 kilos. He was shown several times and came second at the Southern Region show in 2009.(Photo 2010)
IAR 133458 Born: April 22, 2008
Solid Black CERTIFIED MALE
Sire: Forestglen Platinum LG
Dam: Morning Star Veronica MG
Kir is out of an exceptionally pretty daughter of Elysion Mercury and Morning Star Blueberry, both grey. He himself is very attractive, with a short, well-covered head. His fleece is blue-black, fine and dense, though with white fibres. He was shown once at the Canberra Royal 2009, for a third place. His first fleece tested 18.7µ, 4µSD, 18.8%CV, and his second tested 21.7µ, 4.8µSD, 22.1%CV and weighed over 3.8 kilos. He is displaying excellent fertility.(Photo 2009)