GENOTYPE: Ee a1a2 Classic Grey We are so thrilled to have added this fantastic new classic grey male to our lineup! Plum Creek’s Taji made its way to Canada mid-summer 2022 and we are expecting his first offspring in 2023. Taji’s typey conformation, solid square frame and superior fleece qualities are everything we look for in a classic grey herdsire and he will certainly be a great successor to Wingman, our Bomber son, who is now back in the US. Taji is one of only 2 registered classic grey son sired by Bellarmine (ATV Adonnis)…the other one being Crescent Moon’s Emmaus! Taji’s MSG dam, Estates Yanni, has retained beautiful fineness and uniformity with age (4th fleece: 18.8 | 3.9 | 1.2% >30 | MC 47.4). No surprises here as she comes from prominent grey lineage in NS Magic Flight (Snowmass Enlightenment) and more great lineage in Patagonia’s Ernesto (Patagonia’s Lennox). Being the product of excellent bloodlines, it's no surprise that Taji has done extremely well in both halter and fleece shows and that his fiber stats are simply delightful! We cannot wait to start creating our next generation of awesome greys with this boy! Taji will remain exclusive for 2022 and will be opened to outside breedings in 2023. We wish to thank Brian and Valerie from Plum Creek Alpacas for allowing us to bring Taji into our program! UPDATE: Taji's first two crias in Canada both win Grey Colour Champion at their first halter show! The judge had very similar comments for both juvies pointing out a great combination of positive fleece traits and confirmation traits. Both juvies displayed a high degree of organization thanks to incredible fineness and uniformity of micron combined to above average follicular density; a combination that is more rarely found in classic grey! We are absolutely thrilled with these results and comments and we look forward to many more offspring from this amazing male!

GENOTYPE: coming Spring 2023! (We expect Shimmer to be an eeAa but we are mainly getting her genotyped to see if she is carrying the classic grey pattern from her dam...) Bingo! Genotype received March 2023: ee Aa1 Classic Grey!!! (We suspected this all the long but this is great news for our program, this girl is a cryptic grey!) A gorgeous little girl for Saona, our classic LRG multi champion female and sire Snowmass Divine Love…who requires no introduction! What an amazing result it is! We were obviously surprised to see a white cria out of this pairing but she’s is perfect and most importantly, does not have blue eyes! Definitely one of the most delightful fleece we have produced here so far. You can already see great organization within staple thanks to exceptional fineness and uniformity of micron. Density…check! Staple length…check! Conformation…check! Just wow! She might be a white girl but she is out of a multi Color Champ classic grey dam and a fawn 'lavender' colored male so she's certainly carrying the potential to throw color. Shimmer will get genotyped in 2023 so we can have a better idea of what this girl is potentially hiding which will help us make the best breeding decisions moving forward with her...stay tuned!