In 2015 we decided the time was right to bring a herdsire of the highest quality into our herd. After much consideration we pulled the trigger and bought half interest (proudly co-owned with Snowmass Alpacas LLC) in Snowmass Velvet Touche (Son of Snowmass Touche (Sire) and Snowmass Royal Splendor (Dam)). We loved him SOOO very much we bought the other half. He is now solely owned by Happy Hounds Alpaca Ranch. AWARDS: 2010 Futurity Brown Reserve Color Champion, 2011 Futurity Brown Futurity Color Champion, 2013 IAO Brown Color Champion, 2014 Futurity Light Herdsire of the Year, 2015 Futurity Reserve Light Herdsire of the Year, 2015 Futurity 1st Place Get of Sire Dark. This extremely pre-potent male has gifted us with amazing cria's in every color from White to Rose Grey. He is currently closed to outside breedings but if you want to bring these awesome genetics home please look at our dams pregnant by him, ask about 2015-2017 cria crop sired by him, or bid high for and breeding to him for AOA. 2015-AFD-21.3, SD-5.1, CV-23.8%, >30-4.5%-Grid Sample 2016-AFD-21.5, SD-4.8, CV-22.3%, >30-3.9% 2017-AFD-20.9, SD-4.4, CV-21.3%, >30-2.5% 2018-AFD-20.7, SD-4.3, CV-20.6%, >30-2.4%

We have long been obsessed with Galliano's sire Sunny Mesa's Tuscan Gold, so when the opportunity to purchase Galliano arose, we couldn't resist. Galliano is the closest thing to Tuscan's clone, which is great given that Tuscan was still a 20 micron at almost 12 years old when he passed away. Galliano has strong bone, flat topline, stunning upright presence, straight legs, perfect bite, and a gorgeous head. He is just all cuteness wrapped up in an excellent package that sure has heads turning, and judges noticing. Besides his outward phenotype, when his fleece is parted it exceeds his looks. His fleece is extremely bright, super fine, high frequency with bundles inside of bundles, long staple with uniformity in micron. This fleece has a handle where the fleece seems to melt in your hand. His quality is not a surprise. His dam, Nicolette, a Royal Peruvian Apollo daughter out of an import female, has produced a number of stellar cria with Tuscan Gold Galliano hit the show ring in 2014 and the judges noticed! He won five banners in his show career and was still winning, TxOLAN 2017 Color Champion, when we was retired to herdsire row. We expect great things from this guy!