PATAGONIA'S ERNESTO: Patagonia’s Ernesto is a magnificent light brown compact herdsire that improves every dam to her fullest potential. Before I purchased Ernesto, I bred numerous females to this dynamic male just to see what he could do. I discovered that I could take an average dam, breed her to Ernesto, and voila, he would produce a stunning offspring. This feat was proven when we had hundreds of the females assessed with their juvenile crias. Time and time again, the cria scored better than the dam so I knew I had something special going on with this male and one way to obtain improvement in the production of our breeding program. In many ways, Patagonia’s Ernesto has surpassed his one of a kind sire, Patagonia’s Lennox, and what Lennox has been able to achieve in his life-time. Ernesto’s dam, R&RR Irishea, is a light fawn from Ruth and Rodney Elvestad’s Canadian breeding program whose goal was to have lasting fine fleece, yet have the fleece to be the ultimate in density as well. Ruth operates Olds College in Canada working with fiber. Irishea is out of one of my very favorite males, CAVA Guivar Zorro, a true black import. He has many good breeding years left and would love to have the opportunity to prove it! Ernesto’s Show Record shows for itself: JUDGE'S CHOICE, 7x CHAMPION & 5x GET OF SIRE RIBBONS Ernesto's first crias hit the show ring in 2012 and continue to perform! PATAGONIA'S EL CANTO DE CHILE - LF Male 8/5/11 (5x Champion & Numerous Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S BACCUS - TB Male 7/4/13 (3x Color Champ & Multi-Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S MANTECOL - MB Male 7/26/13 (3x Champion & Multi-Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S ENCHANTED LIGHT - LF Female 6/22/11 (2x Reserve Champ & Multi-Blue Ribbons) AUTUMNSUN'S MAJOR GENERAL - DRG Male 6/6/12 (2x Reserve Champ & Multi-Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S PERFECTION - DF Female 8/20/2013 (Color Champ & Multi-Blue Ribbons) ESTATES ERNESTO'S KEEP SAKE - DB Female 9/1/2013 (Color Champ & Blue Ribbon) LIBERTYS ALLEGIANCE - TB Female 8/12/2014 (2x Champ & Multi-Blue Ribbons PATAGONIA'S FRANCO - MB Male 6/12/12 (Reserve Champ & Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S DELFINA - MB Female 10/13/12 (Multi-Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S REGALONA - MB Female 6/12/11 (Multi-Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S ADELA - LF Female 6/30/12 (Blue Ribbon Winner) PATAGONIA'S ARIELE - MF Female 7/10/12 (Blue Ribbon Winner) PATAGONIA'S SHONSHONE - MF Female 7/16/12 (Blue Ribbon Winner) PATAGONIA'S ARCTICA - WH Female 9/11/12 (Blue Ribbon Winner) PATAGONIA ESTATES AZTEC - LB Male 6/27/2015 (Blue Ribbon Winner)

When we brought Carlie on our farm, she was the deciding factor to include her dam in the package, and her cria fleece was so nice that the selling farm stipulated that they had to keep it! Carlie went on to win show ribbons for us in the ring before settling into her breeding dam role in our program. Her fine fiber had a soft handle, consistent crimp with long staple and good density, and a healthy shine that the judges noted. Her crimpy & dense fiber with its good handle & staple length had not only garnered her ribbons, but also had prompted us to pair her with some of the best males we could find -- such as Crescent Moon's Gear Jammer, Mile High Toulouse Lautrec, and Patagonia's Ernesto! Her crias range from a beige to an light fawn to a rich medium brown. But all of her crias have been fine with good shine. Carlie's conformation and bite are good and her frame is solid. Her crias have heavy bone and a strong frame from her. Additionally, along with great fiber characteristics, Carlie's crias are embodied with her easy going personality traits. She is easy to handle and lead, and her crias are calm, too. Her first cria born in 2012, was a beautiful girl sired by Gear Jammer! This girl's fiber is extremely fine and long with a high frequency crimp style. We are thrilled with our Medal of Valor and the cria she produced. In 2013, sired by the 2011 GWAS color champion and judge's choice winner Mile High Toulouse-Lautrec, Carlie produced a sweet boy that stood with the carriage befitting his royalty. He was a great male with lots of fiber, a good example of the healthy, quality crias that Carlie produces. From her pairing with the amazing Patagonia's Ernesto she produced a beautiful medium brown boy! This shows that Carlie can let the service sire's coloration come through!