Skyline’s Hot Tamale is one of our outstanding up and coming Herdsires. We are very excited about his 5 upcoming 2018 cria. Hot Tamale has an excellent Genetic background. His Dam, Snowmass Tupelo Honey, was an amazing Modern Dark Rose Grey female whose sire was Snowmass Matrix and Dam was Snowmass Fineness Matters! Tupelo was not only gorgeous but also maintained fineness through out her life. We were so disappointed when she passed in 2016, as she was one of our best. Luckily for us, we had Hot Tamale, probably her best cria she produced and her first Grey! Hot Tamale’s Sire is Skyline’s Gunsmoke, now owned by Alpacas of Tualatin Valley. He is an impressive Reserve Color Champion, Light Silver Grey male out of ATV Silver Elation. Lona liked him so much she purchased him even though she is a part owner of Silver Elation. She tells me she loves his offspring! Well, we love Hot Tamale! AND the judges did too. He got a Blue at the 2016 CABA Classic as a Juvenile, then a Blue at the AOA National Conference as a yearling. His Histograms are impressive too: Fleece Sample Date AFD microns SD microns CV % % > 30 2016 15.1 3.2 20.9 0.4 2017 18.3 3.0 19.8 0.8