RainbowRanch's Valentine

Willowwind' Magnificent Mystery looks more of a reverse appaloosa, but is clearly a harlequin. As a bonus, this guy has a good chance for being homozygous, which creates infinite possibilities in terms of development and harlequin expression...! His dam, Howling Hill Magnificent Maise, is a daughter of HWR Kismet who descends from Thompson Hollow Calico Princess (some very rare harlequin genetics on this side), and is sired by Howling Hill Tonka Struck, a highly expressive harlequin appaloosa male. His sire, Red Granites Man of Mystery is a true harlequin who descends from SA Peruvian Black Epc, one of the most prolific harlequin appaloosa producers out there. At 127.2 follicles/square mm density, Man of Mystery is the densest alpaca yet biopsied by Ian Watt in the USA, and I have not yet heard of a denser alpaca out there. With a primary SD of 2.5, secondary SD of 2.2, and fiber population differential of 3.5, he is also one of the most uniform. To quote Ian Watt directly, "overall this is the best alpaca I have tested in the US." His offspring are winning at a National & Futurity level, and are becoming highly desirable!! Magnificent Mystery had a first year histogram test that reads: AFD 18, SD 3.8, CV 21.2, and we would expect, like all other Man of Mystery progeny, that the uniformity will improve in year two with a slight increase in micron. He is maturing into a very beautiful male with a bright future.