Rare Gem Oz is a handsome young male with dense bundles of curly fleece from day one. Ozzy, as we call him, missed the memo on the spots, but makes up for it with his stellar fleece quality and outgoing personality.
Irish Meadows Freya, Ozzy's dam, is an elite-fleeced 3X champion daughter of Irish Meadows' Elite Max co-owned by Irish Meadows and Cas-Cad-Nac Farms. Elite Max is known for his very rare Merino type fleece and his illustrious show career which includes 28 championships including AOA National Supreme Champion Light Male and 9 Judges Choice Awards. Irish Meadows' Elite Max owners say, "You haven't seen light fleece until you have seen Elite Max! He has the fleece of the future!".
Ozzy's dam, Freya, has held her own in the shows with 8 blue ribbons and 3 banners. Not only is this girl fine, uniform and dense... she is bright, bright, bright! (See pictures of her fleece to the right). Even at a young age, Ozzy is already showing fleece characteristics similar to him mom's.
Ozzy's sire is appaloosa herdsire, Rare Gem X Man. Ozzy has a 50 percent of carrying the appaloosa gene with the ability to throw it if paired with the correct color genotype. The appaloosa genetic is descendant from the NGG Lional line-- one of our favorites.
In addition to NGG Lional, X Man carries elite-fleeced heavy hitters in his pedigree such as Legacy, El Nino, and Snowmass XXXtreme. These elite-fleeced alpacas are known for their lasting-fineness and density. Accoyo America Sai-Hoji was 21 micron at 11 years of age!
If you are interested in breeding for rare fleece colors, you can also read our recent article in The American Alpaca Journal: Breeding for Rare Fleece Colors by
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