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Patagonia's Tehuelche is a magnificent beast. Tehuelche's sire is Patagonia's Neruda, who has sired numerous national champions - Tehuelche being no exception. Tehuelche won color champion at the 2005 Futurity Show and Sale. He is extremely dense and crimpy, yet retains a fineness and handle rarely seen in true blacks. Tehuelche was the highest-selling alpaca at the Belleauwood Auction this year. He has been bred to a number of females back east, and his first crias are just about ready to hit the ground. We expect nothing but the best from this fine specimen! His West Coast Introductory breeding fees are $3500, and breedings are limited. In the spring, Tehuelche will be making a trip eastward for a stint at Twisted Lock Alpacas East.

Sequoia is a beautiful medium fawn suri. His lock structure and density are unsurpassed - traits he's sure to pass on to his crias. Sequoia has amazing presence. You'd think he'd sired every animal here, the way he parades around like a proud papa. As it turns out, he did sire one animal here - Coori's 2006 cria, who is a gorgeous white male with incredible conformation, that we are currently prepping for the show circuit. Sequoia has a perfect bite - rivaling that of much younger alpacas. You'd never know from his bite that he's 6 years old! Sequoia was only shown once, at AlpacaFest West 2003. He took the blue ribbon, naturally! Breedings to Sequoia are $2500. Sequoia is also for sale for the insane bargain price of $10,000.

Selecting the best herdsire for your female alpaca is critical to producing award-winning crias. At Twisted Lock Alpacas, we know a good thing when we see it. With perfect conformation, excellent luster, beautiful head shape, phenomenal phenotype, and those prized, tightly-penciled suri locks, Sir Keymaster of Twisted Lock is a real eye-catcher! Having taken a blue ribbon at the New Mexico State Fair and Alpaca Expo, a red ribbon at the ABR Fall Festival Alpaca Show, and a blue ribbon at AlpacaFest West, Keymaster is well on his way to a prestigious show and breeding career. We've decided to offer a limited number of breedings to this handsome guy at the insanely low introductory rate of $500 each. This price is only good through June of 2007, so reserve your breedings now!

UPDATE: Unfortunately, Sir Keymaster passed away at about 11:30pm on December 23rd, 2006. It was a heartbreaking loss, and his passing has left a huge hole in our show and breeding programs, but most importantly, a hole in our hearts. This guy had it all - including personality, spirit, and likeability that have left an indelible mark on our lives. Sir Keymaster will forever hold the key to our hearts. His picture will continue to grace the cover of our booklet: Alpaca Business - A Beginner's Guide to Early Success.

Now this guy is gorgeous! Copper Debut of Twisted Lock, with Black Debut as his grandsire and Trenton de Peru as his sire, turns heads everywhere he goes! There is such incredible, slippery luster to his coppery-maroon fleece, you could use his straight-as-a-board topline for a slip 'n' slide! Judge Sharon Loner deemed him definitely herdsire material, with "tight, pencil locks and really nice luster..." and proclaimed he was "really deserving of that blue ribbon." With his lineage, luster, and looks, as well as his blue ribbon personality, we look forward to big things from this little guy. Copper Debut has earned blue ribbons at the New Mexico State Fair and Alpaca Expo, and the ABR Fall Festival Alpaca Show, as well as a red ribbon at AlpacaFest West. We expect breeding to begin in late 2007.

Update: Copper Debut has been sold to our sister ranch, Twisted Lock Alpacas East. We still have access to him, and when the time comes, we'll undoubtedly breed him to some of our girls. He will probably be spending at least part of the year here at Twisted Lock in Southern California, so will be available for breedings. He has incredible bloodlines, and does very well in the showring, too!

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