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Coolaroo Alpaca Stud
PO Box 751,
Mittagong, NSW 2575
p +61 2 4878 5266
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coolaroo@hinet.net.au

Breeding Champions

Coolaroo Comes of Age..21 years of harnessing cutting edge  breeding technology merits show ring accolades.

Since 1987 Coolaroo has imported lineages of high impact genetics to ameliorate their herd selecting for SRS© traits and, culled with discipline, those negative traits alpacas with poor wools, or reproductive histories or weak conformation.

It has only been in the last 5 years though, since the advent of embryo transfer procedures, that the stud's hard years of selection has come to the fore, as they spread their top genetics into the herd by harvesting embryos from their donor or elite hembras.   At the same time, culling poor quality animals out of their gene pool, as they become recipient dams only, has taken the level of follicle density and other attributes ahead in leaps and bounds.

Throughout their history, hand in hand with advanced breeding techniques, and with respect for Australian judges views, the stud has never shied away at competing for the front lines in any show ring, and learning by the experience, win or lose.

It has been an exciting journey.    Since 1992 when Coolaroo won Grand Champion female at the inaugural alpaca exhibit at Sydney Royal, the stud has gone on to win Supreme, in 2001 with Coolaroo Queen of the Desert, unusually a female, and, at a time where Peruvian imports usually championed most showrings.    Purrumbete Minderoo & Coolaroo Jaminu both also won Grand Champion titles in 1998 and 2000, at the Sydney Royal, the largest Agricultural Show in the Southern Hemisphere.

In recent years, adding Embryo transfer to their breeding toolbox, and applying it intensively, the multigeneral improvement  of Coolaroo's hembra population has moved into such advanced levels that is rare to see Coolaroo progeny outside a front lineup.   Further,  Coolaroo females are sort for embryo transfer donor procedures, at their annual auction and via private sales, from some of the most respected breeders throughout Australia and internationally.  

In the current Spring & Summer Show circuit in NSW Coolaroo results stand testimony to the stud's focus on advancing the breed and depth of quality genetics in their herd.

Highlights of 2008/9 Show circuit:     

Coolaroo Miss Minda ET (Fawn)

Supreme (Female) & Champion Intermediate Female

Camden March 2009

Coolaroo Violator ET

Champion Int. Male

Camden 2009

Coolaroo Eaga Warrior (Fawn)

Res Champion Adult Fe

Camden 2009* Snr Female Champ Canberra Royal 2009

Coolaroo Amber Moonrise

Champion Mature Female

Camden 2009

Judges

Rick Hodgeson

Karen Caldwell

Coolaroo Coorie's Luna

Coolaroo Pharisee

Supreme

Champion Junior Female

Camden 2008

Camden, Res Champ Canberra Royal 2008

Coolaroo Miss Jalamin ET

Champion Int Female

Castlehill Show March 2009

Coolaroo Eaga Warrior

Champion Adult Female

Castlehill Show 2009

Coolaroo Amber Moonrise 

Champion Mature Female

Castlehill Show 2009

Judges

Natacha Clarke

Pam Baxter

     

Coolaroo Wallarenya Orb

Champion Int. Female

Sydney Royal 2008

Coolaroo Cuzconito

Adult Champion Male

Camden 2008

Coolaroo Violetman

Champion Junior Male

Charles Ledger 2008

Coolaroo Miss Mindy

Champion Junior Female

Charles Ledger 2008

Coolaroo Marco Rising

Res Champion Male

Charles Ledger 2008

Coolaroo Miss J'Minda ET 

Reserve Champion Junior Female

Charles Ledger 2008

Judge

Wendy Billington

 

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