This young male is an up and comer in the Rare Gem breeding program. We purchased his dam from the Alpaca Palace auction in Pennsylvania in 2019 when Cras-Z was "cooking in the oven". When born, Cras-Z had the bundles of curls and the "look" we get excited about. He has grown into a handsome body double of his daddy, Sunset Hills Zagato. Zagato was the 2019 Futurity Herdsire of the Year (dark) and has a proven track record of throwing the coloration of the dam while stamping the offspring with his superior fleece qualities. Cras-Z’s is a compact male with an advanced architecture fleece... brightly bundled and uniform with a high-amplitude crimp structure. Cras-Z's 2022 fleece was submitted to the Fall PNAA Innovative Fleece Assessment / Show. He placed 2nd out of 9 in a very competitive Grade 1, Medium Fawn category. Report is included under pictures... of special note, "Uniformity" across blanket = 15 out of 15! This uniformity extends out into Cras-Z's extremities. One of our favorite traits of Cras-Z is that he has an extremely clean apron and lower carriage and no halo. Cras-z has been color genotyped and is an ee a2a3 which is a genotype with dilute as well as two black alleles. This genotype carries a lot of variety in what it can produce. We are happy to discuss your goals and whether Cras-Z can stamp your female with his elite-fleece while producing the color you desire.

Trixie is a sweet grey girl with great markings and a beautiful, sweet face. Her grand-sire is the legendary SA Peruvian Black Epic, 7X banner winner and sire of offspring with over 150 champion wins. Trixie is a devoted mother with loads of milk that throws big, strong, healthy cria. Her dam, Bubbles, regularly produces grey offspring and Trixie did the same with her first two cria. One was sired by bay black Taos' Zeppelin and the second was sired by fawn FTAF's Privateer. The result is two beautiful grey boys. First Mate, Trixie's 2017 cria, made his show debut in Spring 2019. He made his mom proud with 3 Color Championships, and 5 blue ribbons. After breeding First Mate to 3 lovely Rare Gem girls, he was sold at the 2020 Amber Autumn Auction. Congratulations to Jayme and Dustin Haney of Alpacas of Aledo on their purchase of Trixie's champion offspring. He is now standing stud at their ranch in Texas. UPDATE: On November 17, 2021, Trixiebelle delivered a healthy 20 lbs fawn boy out of FTAF Privateer. Congratulations to Americalpaca on their purchase of Rare Gem Hooked on a Feelin’. UPDATE: On November 19, 2022, Trixiebelle delivered another big, healthy boy out of FTAF Privateer. He has beautiful, thick, organized staples! Trixiebelle is an easy keeper. She gets pregnant easily, stays pregnant and easily births healthy big-boned cria.