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Rare Gem Alpacas

Breeding Harlequin, Appaloosa and Unique Colors!

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Journey by X Man Monet by X Man Newest Addition to the Rare Gem herd. Harlequin male, Camouflage! This is Camouflage! Young harlequin male available once he has confirmed breedings. Many appaloosas & harleys Hat Trick (Right) & Mr. Bigglesworth (Left) Click on “Products” for Beautiful Yarns! Meet the babies! Click on “Products” 1 of a Kind Hand Made Rugs Enchanted Hill Apple Dumpling Apple Dumpling & Iris (2021)
Darcy Phillips
Riverside County
Hemet, CA, 92543
707-295-8677
www.raregemalpacas.com
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    Featured Items

    Photo of Rare Gem Chunky Monkey
    Rare Gem Chunky Monkey
    Medium Fawn, Light Silver Grey, True Black
    Newest Harlequin Arrival!
    Photo of ~Apache's Free Spirit (Harlequin Appaloosa)
    ~Apache's Free Spirit (Harlequin Appaloosa)
    Medium Fawn, Medium Silver Grey, True Black
    Handsome Harlequin Appaloosa!
    Stud Fee: $2000
    Photo of ~Rare Gem Zilliebelle
    ~Rare Gem Zilliebelle
    White, Dark Silver Grey
    A Long Awaited Treasure...
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    Lavender Bliss
    Alpaca X Bamboo - oh, so shiny & soft!
    $32.00
    alpaca for sale

    CABA Auction, May 11, 2019

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    04/14/2018AFD 18.33, SD 3.7, CV, 20.2, >30=0.4%

    CABA AUCTION LOT 15, May 11, 2019

    Rare Gem In the SPOT-light (Harlequin Appaloosa)

    Huacaya, Female, Unproven | White, Light Fawn, Medium Fawn, Light Rose Grey

    AOA# 35365815   D.O.B. 9/22/2017

    Sire:
    Vintage Cashmere U-Taupe-ia 

    Update: Nov 2021... SOLD!

    Vintage Cashmere U-Taupe-ia

    Huacaya, Herdsire (Male), Proven, Medium Silver Grey, 5/8 Peruvian, 3/8 Chilean
    ARI# 32132649 | DOB: 8/28/2011

    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!

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    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 harlequ...
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    | 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, Female, Proven, Light Brown
    ARI# 32644388 | DOB: 5/6/2013
    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 fir...
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    | AOA# 32644388  | Light Brown 
    Service Sire:
    Apache Gentlemen (Harlequin Appaloosa) 

    Handsome Appaloosa Harlequin Stud (SOLD)

    Apache Gentlemen (Harlequin Appaloosa)

    Huacaya, Herdsire (Male), Proven, Medium Fawn, Medium Silver Grey, True Black
    ARI# 35240655 | DOB: 6/28/2015
    Apache was a cornerstone of our herd for over five years. He now has 41 registered offspring many of which are in our Rare Gem herd. Follow the links below to view his amazing, colorFULL progeny.

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    Oh, my oh my! Apache is a proven herdsire with 28 cria on the ground! Sometimes words just aren't enough. If you are looking for an appaloosa harlequin stud to cover your girls and crea...
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    | AOA# 35240655  | Medium Fawn, Medium Silver Grey, True Black 

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    Description

    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!

    Awards

    2019 California Classic Round Up - Dark Bred and Owned (1st)
    2018 PAOBA Fleece Show - Rose Grey (3rd)
    2018 AOA National Fleece Show - Rose Grey (4th)
    2018 Caba / Palooza Fleece Show - Light Rose Grey (3rd of 8)

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