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Rare Gem In the SPOT-light (Harlequin Appaloosa)

CABA AUCTION LOT 15, May 11, 2019

Alpaca , Huacaya , Bred (Female) |Unproven |White, Light Fawn, Medium Fawn, Light Rose Grey

AOA# 35365815 | DOB: 9/22/2017

Sire: Vintage Cashmere U-Taupe-ia

Update: Nov 2021... SOLD!

Vintage Cashmere U-Taupe-ia

Huacaya Herdsire (Male) Medium Silver Grey

AOA# 32132649 DOB: 8/28/201112 yrs
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 harlequi ...
  | AOA# 32132649 | Medium Silver Grey
Dam: AAV Flash's Faith (4 for 4 Appy-Harley Producer!)

Bred to Apache!

AAV Flash's Faith (4 for 4 Appy-Harley Producer!)

Huacaya Open (Female) Light Brown

AOA# 32644388 DOB: 5/6/201310 yrs
10/17/18 - Faith throws a handsome appaloosa cria. Faith likes to throw fully baked cria in record time. This little guy was born 15 lbs. at 323 days gestation. This makes 3 cria for Faith in 2 years!! And all three are harlequin / appaloosas. Faith has now proven that even though she has no appaloosa-harlequin gene carriers in her pedigree, when bred to the right boy... she can reliably produce exactly what is hoped for! As tempting as it was to breed Faith to Taupie again (the sire of the firs ...
  | AOA# 32644388 | Light Brown
Service Sire: Apache Gentlemen (Harlequin Appaloosa)

Handsome Appaloosa Harlequin Stud (SOLD)

Apache Gentlemen (Harlequin Appaloosa)

Huacaya Herdsire (Male) Medium Fawn, Medium Silver Grey, True Black

AOA# 35240655 DOB: 6/28/20158 yrs
CONGRATULATIONS to Roy Davis of R & K's Alpaca farm on the purchase of Apache Gentleman. Apache will be moving to their farm in Iowa in June 2022. Apache 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! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Oh, my oh my! Apache is a proven herdsire with 28 cria on the ground! Sometimes words just aren't e ...
  | AOA# 35240655 | Medium Fawn, Medium Silver Grey, True Black
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CABA AUCTION May 11, 2019

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In The SPOTlight is sired by Vintage Cashmere U-Taupe-ia. Taupie is a highly expressive harlequin stud that boasts a heritage of 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. For appy-harlequin breeders, this is an exciting proven genetic that has expressed >80% of the time!

SPOTlight is the paternal sister to a great line-up of harlequins, leopard appaloosas... and even a brindle calico, Ms. Fancy Pants. SPOTlight's dam, "Faith", is a vicuna pattern girl known for her dense, but fine fleece with substantial character and nice handle. Faith is part of the Rare Gem Foundation herd. Her first cria was a beautiful uniquely colored harlequin and now this gorgeous harlequin girl. Dam, Faith, is currently bred to Apache Gentleman, a wildly spotted appaloosa for a Fall 2019 cria. Let's see if she can throw 4 out of 4 appaloosa / harlequins?!

SPOTlight competed in her first show May 2018. Her fleece was entered in the Appaloosa class, but color check moved her to Light Rose Grey. I consider SPOTlight to be a classic appaloosa phenotypically... but you never know what is going to happen at color check with these unique ones! SPOTlight placed 3 out of 8 in the Light Rose Grey class. True to harlequin type, SPOTight is continuing to darken with age and her color will be different with each shearing these first few years.

2018 Fleece Show Judges' Feedback:

National Fleece Show - Fine fleece with excellent brightness. (Wini Labrecque)
PAOBA - Good uniformity, brightness and crimp. (Glen Finbow)
CABA/Palooza - Very fine secondaries! (Cheryl Gehley)

The plan was to keep this girl right here at Rare Gem Alpacas as she possesses everything we look for in our foundation program... but CABA Auction called and asked for the best of our appaloosa-harlequin program... so, SPOTlight will be available to the highest bidder on May 11, 2019. One day only ;-)

As an added bonus, SPOTlight has been introduced to Apache Gentleman for her maiden breeding. This boy brings all the phenotypical and fleece characteristics you want to see AND, on top of that, he is WILDLY spotted! Apache himself has a pedigree packed with harlequins and polkadots. Don't miss out on this exciting 2-in-1 package!

Scientific Data
Date Details/Notes
04/14/2018AFD 18.33, SD 3.7, CV, 20.2, >30=0.4%
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Updated 5/17/2019