Friendly Alpacas with Fabulous Genetics

Houghton Silver Dream - Mid Rose Grey

We've had our eye on this exceptional grey male for while; watching in admiration as his progeny win championship after championship in greys, browns & blacks.  When the opportunity arose to purchase him in Spring 2024, we jumped at the chance!   Co-owned with Holewood Alpacas, standing in East & West Sussex, Houghton Silver Dream, is available for hire for breeders in the South East for the first time.

SHOW RESULTS

Multi-Grey- Championship winner, Houghton Silver Dream, showcased on the UK show circuit in 2019, sweeping the floor at each Show in the Grey intermediate class and Grey Championship.

CHAMPION Grey Male - 2019 Yorkshire Alpaca Halter Show

RESERVE CHAMPION Grey Male - 2019 Midlands Champion-West Shire

1st Grey Intermediate Male - 2019 Yorkshire Alpaca Halter Show

1st Grey Intermediate Male - 2019 Midlands Champion-West Shire

1st Grey Intermediate Male - 2019 Eastern Alpaca Group Halter Show

1st Grey Intermediate Male - 2019 Welsh Alpaca Show

EXCELLENT GENETICS

Son of the Legendary Houghton Noah II who has been a great influence for grey alpacas in the UK and these genetics aren’t found easily.  

Sire: Houghton Noah II
Dam: Houghton Peony 

DOB: 03/06/2018

SPOT-FREE GREY BLANKET

He carries a very fine, dense uniformed fleece with one of his best traits being uniformity of colour. He has no spots at all on his blanket which is a very desirable trait.  He has a very high frequency crimp style showing good brightness and amazing staple length. He stands on a very correct frame with a short muzzle and true to type head.  

Fleece stats:
1st: Micron 17.4 SD 3.9 CV 22.5 CF 100
2nd: Micron 17.2 SD 4.3 CV 25.0 CF 100
4th: Micron 22.1 SD 4.6 CV 20.7 CF 94.4

CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING PROGENY

Silver Dream has produced numerous champions & reserve champions in grey, modern grey, black & brown.  This male is guaranteed to breed quality into any herd, no matter which colour you are breeding this boy can do it all!!   

Kurrawa Legends Bandido - Solid Light Fawn

We are very excited and proud to announce the purchase of Australian Import, Kurrawa Legends Bandido. With his strong conformation, exquisite fleece traits and fantastic genetics made him almost impossible to resist!! 

A super dark fawn male sired by the legendary Premier Kiwi Legend, he was originally imported from Australia in 2018 by Lane House Alpacas, he has had a huge impact on their coloured herd, consistently producing champions.

"FAULTLESS CONFORMATION"
Bandido is a stunning fawn male!  He is a perfect example of what a stud male should look like! His conformation is faultless - He has a fantastic build, amazingly chunky with great substance of bone! He is certainly one of those standout males. 

EXQUISTE FLEECE TRAITS
His fleece is very dense, fine and uniform with a beautiful soft silky handle. Showing excellent brightness and crimp all over and down into his extremities. He has a stunning and very distinct true to type head style and excellent fleece coverage. 

"LEGENDARY GENETICS"

 His sire is the one and only Premier Kiwi Legend - a multi-supreme Champion who is one of the most successful sires in Australia. Constantly producing champions and Supreme Champions! His dam is a beautiful brown female called Kurrawa Idaho who has plenty of colour and great genetics on her side! 

Sire: Premier Kiwi Legend (Australia), Solid White
Dam: Kurrawa Idaho (Australia), Solid Mid Brown

DOB: 13/12/2015

CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING PROGENY

Producing champion offspring and such quality throughout all colours from solid white to true black.  He has a high percentage of dark offspring so ideal for those wanting to advance the quality in their coloured herd.”

4 times CHAMPION BROWN FEMALE - Lane House Ophelia

CHAMPION LIGHT FEMALE - Lane House Aphrodite

3 times RESERVE CHAMPION LIGHT MALE - Lane House Defiance

2 times RESERVE CHAMPION FAWN FEMALE - Willowbrook Sugar and Spice

2 times RESERVE CHAMPION WHITE MALE - Lane House Kamikaze

RESERVE CHAMPION FAWN MALE - Lane House Cosmopolitan

RESERVE CHAMPION LIGHT FEMALE - Lane House Blinding Lights

Applegarth Rocky - True Black

Our home-bred stud, Applegarth Rocky, exhibits all the attributes of a large, macho stud male.  Carrying exceptional genetics on both side, if you are looking to expand & improve the black gene pool in your herd then Applegarth Rocky is the boy for you!  

SHOW RESULTS

Rocky's striking presence wowed the judges at the South of England show three years in a row!!

CHAMPION Black Male - 2022 South of England Show

1st Black Adult Male - 2022 South of England Show

1st Black Intermediate Male - 2021 South of England Show

2nd Black Adult Male - 2023 South of England Show

"SOLID FRAME"

Rocky is a magnificent male, he stands are a large correct frame, exhibiting great substance of bone, solid frame, broad chest and true to type head.  He carries a fine, dense uniformed fleece, showing good brightness and staple length. 

EXCELLENT GENETICS

Son of two-times Black Reserve Champion, Herts Alpacas Phoenix, and Grandson of Brown Multi-championship winning, Herts Alpaca Nigel.  

Sire: Herts Alpacas Phoenix (True Black)
Dam: Springfarm Ruby (Light Silver Grey)

DOB: 10/06/2019

TRUE BLACK PROGENY

Rocky's offspring are all true black, carrying his impressive frame and uniformity of colour & micron.  Applegarth Merlin, born in 2023, exhibits an ultrafine 1st fleece  MIC AVG: 17.9,  SD: 3.1 CF%99.9, exceptional stats for a black fleece. 

Fleece stats coming soon for 2024 progeny.

LANE HOUSE MIAMI HEAT - Solid Light Brown

Miami Heat joined Applegarth Alpacas' Stud Academy in Summer 2024, as an unproven 2-year-old male, hand-selected on the show circuit after his championship win in 2023.  His exceptional density, coupled with his dark colour potential from his true black sire Lane House Stormzy, Miami, has the potential to vastly improve our dark colour breeding programme.  Miami will be working for the first time in 2025.

SHOW RESULTS

CHAMPION Fawn Male - 2023 Ellingham & Ringwood short fleece

1st Fawn Intermediate Male - 2023 Ellingham & Ringwood short fleece

2nd Brown Intermediate Male - 2023 Yorkshire Alpaca halter show

2nd Fawn Intermediate Male - 2023 East of England halter show

2nd Fawn Intermediate Male - 2023 Somerset County show

2nd Brown Adult Male - 2025 HOEAG Spring Alpaca Fiesta

EXCEPTIONAL FLEECE DENSITY

Miami is a stunning true to type light brown male. His fleece is exceptionally dense, superfine with impressive staple length and uniformity of micron.  He has great fleece coverage with a nice short muzzle and true to type head style. 

EXCELLENT GENETICS

He carries exciting genetics from Kurrawa Legends Bandido (also standing at Applegarth Alpacas) and EP Cambridge Navigator.  With Lane House Stormzy (true black) as his sire he has some fantastic dark colour potential.

Sire: Lane House Stormzy (True Black)
Dam: Cedar House Sunkiss (Mid Fawn)

DOB: 15/07/2022