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	Name	Arcady Tarantino
	IAR	115296
	Sex	M
	Colour	White
	Sire	Camelot Tor (SW) by Jolimont Attitude
	Dam	Arcady Bossa Nova (SW) by Sh. Casanova
	DOB	06/07/2007
	Service Price	N/A
NB : Tarantino has been retired and is no longer available for services. He features as the sire of a number of our top males and females. JULY 2014 UPDATE : Tarantino progeny have been highly successful at the recent SA COLOUR CLASSIC SHOW. Arcady Quidam, won his M-DF class, then BEST M-DF MALE and then SUPREME M-DF HUACAYA. Arcady Rum Punch won his BRN class, then BEST BRN MALE and then SUPREME BROWN HUACAYA. The repeated comments from the judges Kylie Martin and Andrew Munn, praised the fineness, consistency and extent of quality fibre on the boys. UPDATE October 2013. Tarantino's progeny excelled at the AAA National Show 2013. In halter classes, Arcady Quidam was Taran's only representative. He is now a beautifully grown-out male of over 30 months. He won his competitive class of M-DF males, and it was between him and a younger male for the Best M-DF Male. No longer the 'bridesmaid' for Quidam ! In the Fleeces section, Arcady Rum Punch's 2013 fleece, Appaloosa Movie Star's 2012 fleece and Arcady Mr Brown's 2013 fleece were entered. Rum Punch won his class, then took out Best Brown Huacaya fleece in Show along with Champion Intermediate Fleece. That Championship is pretty good for a strongly-coloured fleece, as all alpaca breeders will know. Movie Star scored well in her Fancy section and won a 1st place, 2nd highest scoring Fancy fleece. Mr Brown scored quite well but was 4th in his class of Adult M-DF fleeces. Perusing all of the scores, it appears that Rum Punch's fleece was not only good in its age group, but was equal 3rd highest scoring fleece in the Huacaya fleece section. His fineness, handle, uniformity and lack of guard hair were all great features along with good weight. DO YOU WANT TO INJECT SOME UNIFORMITY INTO YOUR COLOURED FLEECES ? SEE TARAN'S FLEECE TEST (2011) *** UPDATE 2012 autumn. Taran has again astonished us with his ability to throw colour, this time siring a dark grey (or unusual dark mushroom roan) female, a full sister to Arcady Quidam (SDF). He has also sired a SL-MBR male from Arcady Sweet Pea, a good RG daughter of El Gordo. Taran's progeny have truly beautiful lustre and exceptional handle in the fleece. Taran has produced lovely crias in his first, limited season. We are especially pleased with the fact that he is throwing good coloureds, as we hoped, and we will be using him much more in future seasons. One of his first crias, Arcady Quidam, a SDF from a SDG dam, tested finest of all of our 2011 weanlings, with an ultrafine 17.1u midside test and 100% Comfort Factor. Another son, Arcady Saltimbanco, a SMF Roan from a SL-MF Roan dam, won his Jnr grey/roan class and was then awarded Best Grey/Roan in a competitive showing at 2011 Clare Show. The judge described him as a 'complete package'. Tarantino is a son of Camelot Tor - a superior Australian-born male of Peruvian genetics who has won many Supreme Championships and was sold at the AAA National Auction in 2006 for over $120,000 ! Tor's stud fee alone is ~ $2,000. Tarantino is available economically for ALL breeders to access Camelot Tor and Shanbrooke Casanova's genetics. Tarantino has a pleasant, friendly temperament and a solid mid-sized frame. Taran grows a remarkable staple length all over, has a higher-frequency type crimp and a low medulation factor in his creamy-handling fleece. All these traits, plus his genetics, makes him an attractive investment in matings for those wishing to breed highly usable, rather than just 'showy' fibre. His excellent uniformity across the fleece adds value to the end result. NB Taran is not quite solid-coloured, having a minute speck of dark fawn on his back. This would suggest he is likely to throw colour to coloured animals (now proven !!). However, with both white parents, we would still expect him to produce mostly white progeny to white females. Tarantino's fleece stats : 1st shearing at 4 months old (clean shorn) not tested. 2nd shearing at 15 months old (clean shorn). 2nd fleece : Midside test 19.6u, 4.0u SD, 99% Comfort Factor Fleece weight 3.6kgs for 11 months growth ~3.9kgs for 12 months. Midside staple length ~ 135mm for 11 months growth 3rd fleece : Midside test 21.5u, 4.37u SD, 20.3 % CV and Spin Fineness of 20.8u (OFDA 100) Total weight over 4.5kgs and saddle over 2kgs. Midside staple length ~130mm for ~ 12 months growth 5th fleece (2011) : We decided to do some more extensive testing, sampling 3 separate sites across the body and also sending various samples to different testing houses. The results are extremely satisfying ! Very few alpacas will test this even across their bodies but esp a testosterone-filled working stud male. Even more impressive is the fact that it represented an extended growing period of about 14 months (hence more seasonal variation) as Taran was shorn earlier than normal in 2010, but in October as usual, in 2011. These are really desirable results. Midside test 24.0u, 4.7u SD91.9% CF (OFDA 100) Midshoulder test 24.1u, 4.5u SD, 91.1% CF (OFDA 2000) Midside test 24.5u, 4.8u SD, 89.1% CF (OFDA 2000) Midrump/thigh test 24.1u, 4.8u SD, 89.9% CF (OFDA 2000) Midside test 23.7u, 4.4u SD, 93% CF (AWTA Laserscan) Fleece weight for combined saddle and neck fleece, 3.83kgs for 14 months adjusts to ~3.28kgs for 12 months Leg fibre plus all belly, chest and skirtings were NOT included or weighed. 6th fleece (2012) : Midside test 24.0u, 4.8u SD, 89.7%CF (OFDA 2000) Photo 1 Tarantino May 2010 Photo 2 Tarantino July 2010

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