CONGRATULATIONS to Lindsey Betz and the Betz Family Farm on the purchase of Vintage Cashmere's U-Taupe-ia. Taupie will be greatly missed at Rare Gem Alpacas but he leaves behind a number of lovely offspring to grace our herd for years to come! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Taupie is a striking appaloosa harlequin male that is on a roll for throwing spotted and harlequin offspring. He has sired 53 offspring and 74 percent are either appaloosa or harlequin! While dam selection has a significant influence on such outcomes, it should be noted that the majority of the dams Taupie has been bred to have no genetic influence on this outcome. So for those that don't have existing foundation girls with appy / harlequin lineage-- Taupie has proven to be capable of passing along his appy genetics and produce desired results. So how does this happen? Only part of that story is known, but what we DO know is that certain lines of known appy gene carriers are much more "expressive" than others. Taupie just happens to be one of those. His heritage boasts appaloosa genetics on both sides of his lineage with Aussie Rockford out of Hannahruh on his sire's side and Chiquita Import on his dam's side. In April 2016, Taupie's progeny debuted in the show ring taking a blue in walking fleece and the blue in halter at the California Classic. This first boy was then followed by another appaloosa female and then another appy male-- both very similar to the first. The fourth cria, however, is something extra special! This little girl has expressed every color on the chart, not one pattern-- just speckles and spots from nose to toes-- Rare Gem U-Taupe-ia's Appletini! The unique coloring of this cria looks as though the color from Taupie's Grand Dam, Chiquita Import, is coming through and producing the rarest of rare gems-- her beautiful color seems to morph before your eyes! As much fun as it is to talk about Taupie's progeny... more about him! Taupie has a spotted face, spotted belly, spotted legs, and a beautiful solid platinum-taupe blanket. His top line is a nice medium silver grey, then blending into light silver grey down the sides. UPDATE: 2/2019 Leoopard appaloosa offspring, Sleepy Acres App-solutely Adorable "Dorie", takes Reserve Color Champion at Txolan! Congratulations!!

Best description of Shalimar in a few short words: "Incredible Cria Maker". All of the crias out of this girl have been fabulous. Shalimar is a full Peruvian, beautiful lady! She was the first cria sired by legendary herdsire, Aladdin of KPR, a multi award winning, gorgeous chocolate brown colored male! And she's a grand-daughter of Royal Inca Legend, a rich silver legend! Shalimar's conformation and fleece are exceptional, she still maintains nice character and good fineness. This is one female that you will not spend years "breeding up". Shalimar produced a gorgeous boy from our sire, Annihilation. She was rebred to Annihilation for another fantastic cria, another adorable male that is even better than their first cria together. Shalimar has a completely colored genetic background except for one white grandmother. Her half-sister Black Diamonds out of her grandmother Selasia, bred to Aladdin, took 4 black Championships in 2005 including MAPACA, AWE & GWAS...so the genetics are there!!! She was bred to the ultrafine, multi-champion herdsire, Londondairy Ra, and had a gorgeous male cria on October 11, 2014. On January 19, 2017 Shalimar had a beautiful harlequin female who is the exact image of her harlequin grey herdsire, Taupie! Shalimar had a spotted male cria in April 2018, sired by our blue ribbon appy herdsire, Escher! This boy looks to have it all - beautiful fleece and spots!