Spring Farm Alpacas was again a bronze sponsor of the BAS National Show in 2025. This year, the BAS National Show was at the Staffordshire Showground. It has been in Telford the last few years. It has been an issue for the organisers as not only was it a new venue, but bluetongue restrictions added new complexity. Note that no alpacas in the UK have tested positive for bluetongue.

So how did we do? Spring Farm entered 7 alpacas for 2025. This is the maximum number we are happy to transport in our purpose adapted van. So, as always, the dilemma is who to take? We finalised the show team in January and decided to take 7 suri alpacas. In that, we took 4 juniors, two intermediates and one adult. Juniors are under 12 months, intermediates are 12 to 24 months and adults 24 to 48 months.

The showing is over three days so there are moments of frantic activity but also the time to socialise and see how our fellow breeders (and their alpacas) are doing. You never know how you will fair until you see the quality of the opposition! There is also the fleece show which is judged prior to the event. We sent 3 fleeces into that element of the show as well.

So…results!

Springfarm Prince Caspian – Champion Fawn Suri Fleece
Springfarm Prince Caspian – 1st Place adult fawn male suri and Champion fawn suri male
Springfarm D’Angelo – 1st Place White suri intermediate white male
Springfarm Digby’s Diamond – 2nd place intermediate light suri male
Springfarm Eirik The Viking – 1st Place junior fawn male suri and Reserve Champion fawn suri male
Springfarm Eureka – – 1st Place junior white suri male and Reserve Champion white suri male
Springfarm Edelweiss – 2nd Place Junior white female suri
Springfarm Emerald – 2nd Place Junior brown female suri and Reserve Champion brown suri female

And just a few of the 300 photos we took: