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!!

The lines of Hemingway cross beautifully with El Moustachio and this female, Our Shiloh's Pearl, is not an exception. If you believe in the "power of the pedigree," you will be very impressed by her. Some of the alpacas in her spectacular bloodlines are Derwydd Peruvian Inti-Sapa, Snowmass /Cchatanca, Peruvian Hemingway, Peruvian Felix, and Pperuvian El Moustachio!! And more!! It's not a surprise that she sports an absolutely gorgeous fleece and a wonderful phenotype. Her fleece is dense with high-frequency, high amplitude crimp and at age 7 she still maintains a 22.2 afd at 8 years!!! She is the total package. Our Shiloh's Pearl is the gorgeous daughter of Derwydd Inti-Taqna, acknowledged by many as one of the best sons of Cchauri. The numbers speak for themselves with Dewydd Peruvian Inti-Taqna coming in at Top %5 for afd and %F>30 and top 10% for sf and mc! He did quite well his first season on the show circuit. He displays a Hemingway-style crimp along with his fineness and maintains a 23 micron at 10 years old. His full Peruvian lineage has some great genetics. His sire is the famous Derwydd Peruvian Inti-Sapa who has been taking many awards on the west coast and producing many champions as well. His fleece displays the tight crimp that is so distinctive of the Hemingway line, his great grandsire. His great-grandsire on his dam's side is 4Peruvian Starr Kahn. Starr Khan is a son of Shere Khan, a stud in the world-famous Accoyo herd of Don Julio Barreda. Her bloodlines are packed with the likes of Derwydd Peruvian and Peruvian Hemingway on her sire's side. On her dam's side, her lines are the impressive Peruvian Snowmass, Snowmass Gabriel, 5Peruvian Chilligua, and Pperuvian Felix. Gardenia, has extremely white fleece, fine and high-frequency crimp. Gardenia's dam, VF Dawn, has produced award-winning offspring, no matter who she is bred to. Gardenia is sired by Snowmass Gabriel who has stamped each of his cria with fine, crispy, bright and dense fiber. Gardenia's 2007 micron count was 17.9 AFD, 3.8 SD, 21.2 CV, 0/7%>30. Her curvature was 58.9. At 5 years of age and through 3 pregnancies, she maintains a 19.7 AFD and 97.2 Comfort Factor. AMAZING! Offspring PBR Divine's Pearly Gait 11/10/20 Beige 361449552 Our Shiloh's Alysumm 06/3/2016 white 35106814 Dainty Opelousa Lady of PBR 07/29/18 White 32344585