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	Aquaviva Titus a Brutus boy in medium fawn Now working in Europe IAR 86824 Born 7/11/2005 Having recommended the Brutus mating for Aquaviva Alpacas top girl who we imported for them, we feel like we already owned Titus's pedigree. When we saw him, we just had to have Titus in our stud stable. His sire, ILR Alpine Fiber's Brutus, retains 22 micron at 8 years old. His dam Eringa Park Aroma is the same micron at 6 years old. Titus has a certain "certainty" to him only devolved by pedigree.
Above: Titus as a young male with his ribbons from 2006	Below: Titus as a senior male with his 2007 fleece and 2008 broad ribbons.

Titus with his broad ribbons from the 2008-2009 show season.

Titus fleece was Champion Mature Male Fleece at Expo Nationals October 2011.

Titus was Champion Mature Male at
Expo Nationals September 2012.

Titus fleece Worlds

International Golden Fleece Show

World Alpaca Conference Oxford England

At this prestigious show in April 2012 the highest placed NZ-shorn fleece was from Southern Alpacas stud Aquaviva Titus.

Titus fleece took 2nd in the fawn senior class for alpacas aged 4 years and over, with his 7th fleece. The winner was only 4 years old, so Titus did very well for an older animal in this class.

Show Results: Reserve Champion Junior Male Ellesmere 2006 1^st in class Junior Male Fawn Ashburton 2006 Champion Intermediate Male Canterbury Royal 2006 1^st in class Intermediate Male Nationals 2006 1^st in fawn colour class, composite (fleece and conformation) Upper Clutha Show Wanaka 2007 Supreme Champion Fleece Auckland Royal Show 2007 Most Valuable Commercial Fleece, Coloured, Canterbury Royal Show 2007 Champion Fleece mid/dark fawn 24-36 months at Alpaca Expo 2008 Champion Senior Male Huacaya at Ellesmere Show 2008 ahead of Faberge who was Champion at Alpaca Expo. Reserve Champion Senior Male Huacaya at Christchurch Royal Show 2008 SUPREME CHAMPION HUACAYA Champion Senior Best Mid/Dark Fawn alpaca at South Otago Show in Balclutha 2008 SUPREME CHAMPION HUACAYA and CHAMPION HUACAYA FLEECE at Upper Clutha Show in Wanaka 2009 Reserve Champion Senior Male Huacaya at Christchurch Royal Show 2009 1st in his fleece class Christchurch Royal Show 2009 SUPREME CHAMPION HUACAYA Champion Senior Best Mid/Dark Fawn alpaca at South Otago Show in Balclutha 2009 Champion Mature Male Fleece at Expo Nationals October 2011 2nd in the fawn senior class for alpacas aged 4 years and over, with his 7th fleece International Golden Fleece Show at World Alpaca Conference Oxford England April 2012 Champion Mature Male at Expo Nationals September 2012
Fibre: Shorn at 15 months old 15.4 micron, 3.5sd, 22.5% cv, 15.2 micron SF and 100% cf. He cut 4.4 kg (annualised). These are excellent fleece statistics for a fawn alpaca. This fleece was Supreme Champion fleece at Auckland Royal 2007 and Most Valuable Commercial Fleece, Coloured, at Canterbury Royal Show 2007. His next fleece was Champion Huacaya fleece at Upper Clutha Show in Wanaka 2009. At 2.5 years old his fleece was 16.7 micron, 3.4 sd, 20.5% cv, 16.2 micron SF, 100% CF. High amplitude, 11 crimps per inch. A fine fleece with handle, uniformity and lack of guard hair.

Titus's fifth fleece is 18.6 micron, 3.2sd, 17% cv and 100% comfort factor. His 7th fleece remains at 18 micron.
	Progeny: Titus's first cria was a lovely golden fawn colour like him. He has had over 50 cria, mainly white or fawn cria, across fawn or white females, but also has thrown darker coloured cria when put across dark females.


Titus' cria are growing out well. His cria are extremely fine, with good density, a very high frequency crimp, which has high amplitude.

And two of Titus' cria took Sire's Progeny at Ellesmere Show October 2009 (pictured below)

Stud Fee: Eu 1,000 + TVA

Updated March 2015

Nic Cooper and Linda Blake
Main West Coast Road, West Melton, RD1, Christchurch, New Zealand
Phone 0064 3 318-1917 | fax 0064 3 318-1927 | email alpacasnz@xtra.co.nz