|
26th June 2010
"Thank you
Switzerland for inviting me to judge your recent fleece show and for
joining me for a seminar on the Sunday.
I had a great time and really
enjoyed judging a wonderful selection of fleeces".
|
It was with great pleasure that I accepted the invitation to Judge the Fleece Show in Switzerland at the end of June. I arrived on the Saturday morning and was taken to a lovely farm where we had a fantastic room set up to judge in. I had dedicated and enthusiastic assistants and we managed to finish the judging of the 50+ fleeces in just on 3 hours.
The fleeces were of a very high standard and I have to admit it was really a lot of fun and hardly felt like work at all!!
Congratulations to all the winning breeders.
On the Sunday I ran a Seminar for some dedicated breeders, where I discussed the experiences we have had over the 18 years of breeding alpacas in Australia and the UK, also giving a few secrets away on the ways to achieve successful breeding programmes.
Thank you to my hosts for looking after me so well.
|
CONTINUING THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ALPACA INDUSTRY
|
| EP Cambridge is committed to
advancing the alpaca industry and the quality of the alpacas we breed.
Each year we select a number of
ELITES from our Australian breeding program where we have been focusing
on breeding only the best since 1993.
With a herd of over 3000 in
Australia and the enviable position of owning some of the best Stud
Males the world has to offer EP Cambridge is about to welcome it's next
group to the UK from our Australian farm.
We have selected a number of males
that will be available either for sale or stud services so please do not
hesitate to contact us should you like to know more.
We always have available excellent
Australian imported females who are kept separate from the time they
arrive and are run as their own closed herd, peace of mind and quality
in one!
Here is a taste of what's on it's
way:
 
ST. PATRICK - The photos say it all !!
EP Cambridge Fortitude
|
EP Cambridge Litigator
|
EP Cambridge Strike Gold |
Elite 4 year old son of EP Cambridge Spartacus,
sire
of Cambridge Navigator, the undefeated
Supreme Champion UK 2009
and Supreme at the Spring
Fiesta 2010
FORTITUDE's SHOW RESULTS:
AAA
National Show and Sale 2007
Reserve Champion Junior Male
Bendigo
Sheep and Wool Show 2009
Reserve Champion Senior Male
Ballarat
Sheep and Alpaca Show 2009
Reserve Champion Senior Male
Fortitude
has passed BAS screening.
20.5u,
4.8 SD, 23.3 CV - Shorn December 2009
|
The product of two of EP Cambridge's most
prestigious breeding dynasties. Sire Jolimont
Gianmarco, half share sold in AUS for the record
price of
$150,000 AUD, Gianmarco was a mulitple
Supreme Champion is
his own right.
His dam is Jolimont Martana who is not only
the Cambridge herd matriarch but arguably
one of the alpaca
world's most successful
breeding females. She has produced 2
National Champion daughters who have
champion
cria of their own now. A rare release
from this most royal of
alpaca families.
21u, 4.5
SD, 21.5 CV - Shorn December 2009
|
Top 2 year old Fawn male with a super
fine, high
frequency crimp style. Excellent genetic
depth with the world recognized EP Cambridge
Peruvian
Spartacus as his grandsire.
His dam is a stunning fawn,
Peruvian
female who was hand selected by Matthew
& Cathy in Peru. Sired by EPC Valour,
The intermediate
male champion at the
Australian National in 2004.
Strike Gold has passed BAS Screening.
Due to arrive at EPC
UK in July/August 2010.
18.3u, 3.9 SD, 21.3 CV - Shorn December 2009 | |
News Flash
- FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITIES
ATLANTIC ALPACAS - OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE ELITE
GENETICS AT ONCE IN A LIFETIME PRICES!!!!
Click Here
| Atlantic Alpacas is happy to announce some
wonderful opportunities to acquire some much sort after alpaca genetics
at once in a lifetime prices.
Atlantic Alpacas Ltd. is currently
undergoing a restructure which has enabled EP Cambridge to market some
of their prime UK stock at fantastic prices on their behalf. EP
Cambridge as a shareholder in Atlantic has consistently refined and
improved the Atlantic herd giving unimpeded access to their Australian
bloodlines not to mention 20 years of experience in phenotype and
genotype "matching". This has resulted in a very even line of 2 year old
females being available for sale. All of the females are being joined
to some of the most sort after stud sires in Europe.
Please go to the newly added Atlantic Sales
page on the EPC website - click
here
to
view the females for sale who have their whole breeding life ahead of
them.
We welcome European enquiries
and do feel free to ask about "package discounts"!
BIOSECURITY:
Atlantic takes bio security very seriously
and as such have just completed a voluntary whole herd TB negative test
on all 600 alpacas on it's East Sussex operation. This enables
prospective purchasers to buy some superb young breeding females mated
to Australian and UK champions with complete up to date UK health
status.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CALL!!
|
|
EP CAMBRIDGE Elites sell at the 2010 Futurity
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SUCCESSFUL PURCHASERS |
  |
Cambridge Battle Cry £15,000 EP Cambridge Lady Ga Ga - £13,600
EP Cambridge BATTLE CRY WINS champion white male in the 2010 FUTURITY.
|
| Cambridge Navigator Sells for Record Price!! |
Cambridge Navigator imported to the UK in 2008 from EP Cambridge's stud farm in Australia.
Undefeated Supreme Champion in the UK 2009
|
In October 2009 The Australian National Show and Sale was held in Adelaide, South Australia.
Many European visitors attended and given EP Cambridge's Australian stud was only 30 minutes from the Show we welcomed a number on farm.
Mick and Liz from Houghton Hall dropped by to meet EP Cambridge Spartacus, the current sire of the winning progeny group at the National Show
where over 650 alpacas were shown.
Spartacus is also the sire of Navigator who we reluctantly sold to Houghton Hall after Mick and Liz twisted our arm!! |
 
Cambridge Navigator Matthew, Cathy - SPARTACUS (Navigator's sire), Mick and Liz from Houghton Hall
|
SOLD - SOLD - SOLD - HIGHEST PRICED FEMALE $39,000 AUD
Congratulations Graeme and Jenny of Fowberry Alpacas
|
SUNDAY 11th OCTOBER 2009
LOT 11 - EP CAMBRIDGE SOLOIST
A European Buyer???
We will deliver to our UK farm if you are successful !!
AUSTRALIAN ALPACA ASSOCIATION'S ELITE NATIONAL AUCTION
EP Cambridge Soloist is a combination of the most elite, high-impact genetics ever
released by EP Cambridge. Her Sire and Grandsire exhibit advanced fleece
characteristics. Both possess and pass on an extremely dense, lustrous fleece with fine, high frequency crimp
with definition that is simply exquisite. Soloist is no exception with each of these traits plain to see in her own fleece.
Her demeanour resembles her form – perfection. Soloist is a female destined to breed the exceptional.
Her dam EP Cambridge First Release is by EP Cambridge Savannah, one of
Australia’s most decorated show winners and dam to
EP Cambridge Savabeal (Super Stud Sire in the Making), recently sold to Europe for £40,000.
Do not miss this opportunity to own some of the best genetics the world of Alpacas has to offer!! EPC
recommends mating her to EP Cambridge Spartacus.
SOLOIST’S SHOW RESULTS:
Reserve Junior Champion Female Western Region Vic Alpacafest 2009
1st Junior White Female Colour Classic SA 2009 (No Age Championships)
Champion Junior Female Royal Adelaide Show SA 2009
DO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT IN AUSTRALIA!!!!
TELEPHONE BIDDING AVAILABLE:
by contacting the following Southern Australian Livestock
representatives: Bruce Redpath+ 61 (0)418 555 468,
Luke Crossling +61 (0)448 834 653 and Bob Atkinson
+ 61 (0)428 838 214 before 12.30pm Friday 9th October South Australian time.
(4am Friday 9th Oct. UK time).
|
|
| |
EP CAMBRIDGE HAS MOST SUCCESSFUL SHOW EVER IN AUSTRALIA
Royal Adelaide September 4th 2009
|
Stockjournal Article - click
|
 Following on from the successes of EP Cambridge's UK show circuit EPC's Australian show team continues to impress.
At the prestigious Royal Adelaide Show last week we had our most successful Show ever.
Check Out these Results:
Junior Champion Female - EP CAMBRIDGE SOLOIST ( Available for sale in this year's National Elite Auction, October 2009)
Sired by EP Cambridge Peruvian Stravinsky - Grand SIre EP Cambridge Peruvian Caesar
Reserve Junior Champion Female - CAMBRIDGE CLASS ACT
Sired by Cavalier - Grand sire Conquistador
Junior Champion Male - EP CAMBRIDGE JET SETTER
Sired by Gianmarco
Reserve Junior Champion Male - EP CAMBRIDGE RISKTAKER
Sired by EP Cambridge The Edge - Grand sires Commisario and Conquistador - Great Grand sire Ruffo
Dam is EP Cambridge Illustrious (One of the most decorated show winners in Australian history)
Intermediate Champion Female
Adult Champion Female - EP CAMBRIDGE ON A ROLL
Sired by EP Cambridge Tiberius and Grand sire Caesar
Adult Champion Male - EP CAMBRIDGE PREROGATIVE
Sired by EP Cambridge Peruvian Spartacus and Grand sire Conquistador
Reserve Adult Champion Male - EP CAMBRIDGE LET'S ROCK
Sired by EP Cambridge Peruvian Caesar
Senior Champion Female - EP CAMBRIDGE SNAPPY DRESSER
Sired by Spartacus and Grand sire Commisario
Reserve Senior Champion Female - EP CAMBRIDGE ILLUSTRIOUS
Sired by Ruffo
Senior Champion Male - CAMBRIDGE DEALBREAKER
Sired by EP Cambridge Peruvian Spartacus and Grand sire Conquistador
Mature Senior Champion Female - EP CAMBRIDGE SCULPTRESS
Sired by Commisario
GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE - EP CAMBRIDGE ON A ROLL
Sired by EP Cambridge Tiberius and Grand sire Caesar
GRAND CHAMPION MALE - CAMBRIDGE DEALBREAKER
Sired by EP Cambridge Peruvian Spartacus and Grand sire Conquistador
SUPREME CHAMPION - CAMBRIDGE DEALBREAKER
THE DENSEST ALPACA WE HAVE EVER BRED
|
EP CAMBRIDGE WINS SUPREME in AUSTRALIA
July 26th 2009
|
The Australian Show Season is well underway and on the weekend at the first attended by Matthew and Cathy since their return from the
UK proved a superb day out!
The Ballarat Sheep and Alpaca Show is an age Championship competition with the Supreme awarded a the end.
EP Cambridge won Junior Champion Female with a stunning EP Cambridge Spartacus daughter named Epitome ET - Spartacus just keeps
producing and continues to add championship ribbons to more and more of his progeny.
One of our young guns EP Cambridge The Edge had his first son on display who subsequently took Reserve Junior Male.
Commisario's progeny continued to impress and were awarded 1st Intermediate white male, Champion Intermediate Female and Reserve
Senior Female.
Our adult male EP Cambridge Let's Rock sired by EP Cambridge Caesar was the champion in his age group and was then crowned
Supreme to cap off an extremely successful show for EP Cambridge bloodlines.
|
 
|
EP Cambridge Spartacus sires more CHAMPIONS - In Australia this time!!!
EP Cambridge Prerogative has taken out the Intermediate Championship at Werribee in one of the largest classes in the show. Not only is he sired by EPC
Spartacus but the Reserve Champion Intermediate male owned by another breeder was also a Spartacus boy.
Spartacus is of course the sire of the undefeated CAMBRIDGE NAVIGATOR here in the UK in 2009.
The Judge was extremely complimentary about all aspects of Prerogative including his unbelievable evenness and softness of handle not to mention the well aligned staples of high frequency crimp!
This is all too familiar as the same types of comments were said of Navigator in his three shows here.
Spartacus is the star and his genetics are fast becoming the most desirable throughout the world!!
Cambridge Navigator - Undefeated Supreme Champion 2009
now available for services £750 + VAT |
|
BATH AND WEST 2009 - A HATRIC of SUPREME CHAMPION AWARDS
EP Cambridge continued to impress the Judges at the Bath and West Show winning six of the 8 CHAMPIONSHIPS as well as Champion Fawn and SUPREME CHAMPION with the undefeated CAMBRIDGE NAVIGATOR!!
Championships won:
Junior Champion Female - Cambridge Class Act (Sired by Accoyo Remarque)
Reserve Junior Champion Female - Accoyo Scintillate ET (Sired by Accoyo Remarque)
Junior Champion Male - Cambridge Battle Cry - (Sired by Accoyo Remarque)
Reserve Intermediate Champion Female - Cambridge High Roller (Sired by Accoyo Remarque)
Adult Champion Female
Reserve Adult Champion Female
Adult Champion Male - Cambridge Navigator
Reserve Adult Champion Male - Eringa Park Commandante
Senior Champion Female
Senior Champion Male - Accoyo Remarque himself at over 10 years of age
Champion Fawn - Eringa Park Commandante
SUPREME CHAMPION - CAMBRIDGE NAVIGATOR
A SUPREME START TO THE 2009 SHOW SEASON
SWAG Bristol Show 4-5th May 2009
What a way to start the Show season for 2009 with Cambridge Navigator being crowned SUPREME HUACAYA!!
The show on the weekend consisted of over 410 alpacas and started well for us with a number of ribbon winners throughout Saturday concluding with Champion Fawn Male - Eringa Park Commandante of ACC.
Sunday began well and just got better. Our junior white females placed well in very large classes and we won a first place for our older female Marala.
Then came the white males and the excitement really began - EP Cambridge Battle Cry won his class which was one of the largest of the show and then Cambridge Navigator won.
The Championship line up was excellent and EP Cambridge took both Champion white male with Navigator and Reserve Champion with Battle Cry!!
The icing on the cake for EP Cambridge's triumphant show was Navigator being crowned SUPREME at the end of the Show.
Here's hoping that the rest of 2009 is as succesful.
|
|
| Very Exciting Arrivals |
The wait is over and the Embryo Transfer babies have started to arrive!
After two succesful programmes last year the recipient mother's have all done us proud delivering some exceptional cria for next year's showteam.
We used a variety of Donors and Studs and therefore have a mix of coloured cria. Some gorgeous whites now grace the nursery paddock as well as a couple of outstanding blacks by Cambridge Centurian. It is a little strange to see blue black babes suckling from snow white mums and is taking some getting used to!
|
| Summer! WHAT Summer?? |
 Where was Summer hiding?
Although the sun may not have shone all that much this year some alpacas know how to take advantage of the few hours of rays that were seen.
'Pimms Anyone?'
|
|