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% 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 was Enchanted Hill LuTau, who is a beautiful stud himself! 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. Other crias include: Appsolutely Adorable DVAF Fancy Pants Maverick Plumb Creek's Honey Dijon Rose Rare Gem in the SPOT Light Rare Gem Lady London Rare Gem Medicine Man Take a look at all of them!

Noeme's Fairyglen Gemma is a well proportioned, young female, with a square frame, correct bite, solid color throughout, with excellent coverage. Her fleece is fine with a buttery feel, uniform, with a high degree of brightness and impressive staple length. Gemma has a very sweet temperament along with a great personality.

HGA is proud to announce its new standing 8X champion herdsire Snow Diamond Cadeau. If you look at Cadeau's 2019 stats he has an SD of 2.2 WOWIE!!! 20 of 25,949 animals. Cadeau's show record 2021: 2 show's (Nationals & GWAS) and 2 RC. He has a very uniform, fine fleece with great crimp style & staple length on a strong, correct, macho frame. Awarded for best in crimp & brightness! At the American Alpaca Showcase, Stephanie Glyptis said this in awarding Snow Diamond Cadeau the blue ribbon: "Beautiful fineness, uniformity, beautiful definition, dense, packs alot on, soft hand, beautiful overall frame." And this when awarding the color championship, "Great density in relativity to fineness. Great hand!" Can't wait to see his crias stamped with his amazing qualities! Love this male! 01/24/2019-AFD 15.3 SD 2.2 CV 14.3 >30 0.02 Fleece weight 2022: 9.46 lbs. Genotype eeAA ASIP alleles show he has no black alleles and his MC1R alleles show he has no dilutions. This genotype combination tells us he can produce offspring in lighter color ranges such as white, beige, and fawn HERDSIRE BREEDING: 1. Discount for multiple breedings 2. Reproductive and live birth guarantees