Red Granites Gallagher is a solid (spotless) harlequin, taupe grey coloring male with a low AFD of 14.4 and a current high AFD of 23.5 microns, which is exceptional at his age. His coloring is becoming more and more prominent each year, and he has maintained such a soft handling and fine fleece even into maturity, which is one things we love to see in our working males. He is ranked in the Top 1% in AFD and SF for his 2023 EPDs.
His sire is the ever impressive SpringToo Jamal (aka JJ) who himself is an AOBA National Brown Champion winner. JJ is a paternal-grandson of PCA Accoyo El Niño and maternal-greatgrandson of 4Peruvian Black Magic, who has been said to be the main source of unique colored huacaya alpacas.
Additionally, his dam, Crescent Moon's Giselle, is a direct daughter of ATV Adonnis - one of the most influential gray breeding studs that the United States has ever seen. Giselle's dam was a chilean import bought by Crescent Moon Ranch, that same dam produced the incredible CM Golide Locks (dam of Crescent Moon's Lunar Breeze I & Crescent Moon's Blonde Bombshell). Gallagher has great proven genetics of color. Put him in a grey/fancy program and he will do great things folks!!!
In 2021, he went through a rough patch with his weight from both the cold and being picked on by other males. We moved him in with Matrix Rose and Premonition and he has since gotten back up to his normal weight and is back to being himself. Healthy, healthy boy. He has a very corrupt and balanced frame and stands on strong bones. To boot, he has a sweet and very gently nature to him.
In reality, we do not breed for "fancy" alpacas, ie. appaloosas, pintos, harlequins, etc., but sometimes we are blessed with them ever so often. We breed primarily for fine, high-frequency fleece types that stand on good frames. Gallagher is a proven male and has had a cria on the ground before, though the cria was a failure to thrive.
He is fairly priced and comes ready to improve your fancy herd.