"Spots" is a new comer to the appaloosa alpaca scene. Spots' appaloosa gene comes from NGG Lional-- a known appaloosa carrier that has been well-proven in Canada but is rather rare in the United States. In the past... in the United States... the appy program has been focused on achieving the spots which required certain genetic combinations, but unfortunately... not always best known for outstanding fleece qualities. What is so special about Spots from an appaloosa breeder program perspective is that he carries elite-fleeced heavy hitter lines in his pedigree such as Legacy, El Nino, and XXXtreme (out of Hemingway) ALONG WITH the expressed appy gene! These elite-fleeced alpacas are known for their lasting-fineness and density. Not only does Spots sport a sweet, easy-to-handle disposition... his fleece is exactly what you would expect from such a stellar pedigree. He is dense and fine and FULL of crimp! Expect lasting fineness from this guy-- his sire, Sai-Hoji, was 21 micron at 11 years old! Spots dam is a beautiful Snowmass XXXtreme daughter that is currently listed on Openherd for $20,000 by Bella Fina Farm. Spots' first offspring arrived 10/17/18... a beautiful appaloosa male. Looks just like daddy... with even more spots! The dam, Faith, is a vicuna brown non-appaloosa gene carrier... so dad is responsible for the patterning. Way to go Spots! Skin Biopsy Results by Norm Evans: Density 69.75 follicles SQ MM, glandular presence 4 of 4, Avg. SP 12.7 to 1. Micron variation 11.3 with an AFD of 20.68. UPDATE / June 2019: Spot's now has 3 offspring on the ground. Two are classic appaloosa and one is a reverse appaloosa. All are exquisite in their own way and we couldn't be more pleased with this fabulous progeny beginning.

EPDs... Top 1% in 6 categories (2018 and 2017)! Sephora is a gorgeous STUD female and lives true to her name, "Stunning" Sephora. She has great bone substance, full coverage, and a long stapled fleece with brightness and uniformity. Sephora even at age 8, as a breeding female has stats we love. Take a look at her histogram for this year-- AFD 19.0 SD 3.9 CV 20.4% >30 1.4% Royal fineness @ age 8! No surprise given her great genetics: El Nino, Caligula, Hemingway and Legacy. Sephora's is a multi-champion producer. 2015 daughter, Charlotte, now has 2 championships under her belt, RCC at OABA and CC at VAOBA! 2017 daughter, Chenelle, took her first banner 2018-- CABA / Palooza Color Champion. Chenelle is sired by Starshire's Vicente and was born a healthy 21 lb. pound fawn over black! In October 2017, Sephora and her daughter Chenelle joined the Rare Gem Alpaca foundation herd (co-owned with Diamond Valley Alpacas). These girls are exactly what we look for in our foundation-- elite-fleece-- lasting fineness, density, temperament, proven champion pedigree producers. AND, the the icing on the cake with these girls?! Versatility-- these girls can take a color program in many different directions. When bred to color, Sephora has thrown color. Bred to white, she produced white. What fun we will have with these girls!! UPDATE: November 2019. Sephora delivers a lovely female appaloosa sired by Rare Gem XXXtreme Spots. UPDATE: December 2021. Sephora delivered a handsome dark fawn male with just one black spot sired by harlequin appaloosa Apache Gentleman.

Looking for appaloosa genetics that won’t compromise quality? Look no further than Chimbote from MaRS! 4th Generation Appaloosa! Stunning fleece with uniform crimp across all color spots. Exceptional staple length. Notable density, especially at a young age. Excellent fiber coverage. Chimbote has a handsome, compact phenotype-- straight front and rear, with heavy bone, perfect bite and a pleasing head style. We have followed Chimbote's genetics for years as his GDam- MaRS Dixie, is the closest appaloosa descendant to LF Del a Burl, the handsome appaloosa male that was exported to Germany. With his departure, these genetics were limited to just two females in the United States-- one of which is MaRS Dixie. Dixie threw Chimbote's sire, the handsome appaloosa stud, MaRS Whaoo. For the first time, these genetics have been made available through the Wahoo offspring. Wahoo is 7 for 7 producing appaloosa and GG-Sire, Burl, in Germany has produced 50+ cria-- the majority of which are appaloosa and/or patterned. This is a very prepotent line for throwing elite-fleeced appaloosas. Chimbote's dam, Liberator's Faith, is a lovely beige female with Snowmass genetics on the top. Special thanks to Alpacas from MaRS for producing this fine male and letting him join our herd. We are very excited to announce that Chimbote has settled his first ladies and is a natural. His first offspring will hit the ground in 2024.