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!

FEB 2023 Qori is an excellent mother. Very attentive to her 5 month old female cria Arctic Princess. Princess was sired by Snowmass Matrix Belvedere, at Sopris Alpaca Ranch in Co. This Matrix son is sometimes over looked, which worked out well for us!! Princess has fine, dense well organized fleece, and well start her show career at the National Fleece Show in July. Qori is bred to Vintage Cashmere's U-Taupia for a Nov cria! Pray for spots!! JULY 2019 Qori was a highly anticipated birth, and she was well worth the wait! With her Papa being sold, having her on my ranch as a future foundation female is even more exciting than when she was conceived ! She was cria tipped at 2 months old and her regrowth is proving to be as exciting as I had hoped ! Tight high frequency bundles of blinding white! Qori is growing up and becoming all I had hoped for. I recently received her first years histogram and I am very excited about this young female. Must have been some pretty tough competition at the first fleece show to place 5th!! I am excited to see what happens in the show ring once we are cleared to start showing again.