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)

Vinson Massif is a little known diamond! He was Ernesto's rival in the show ring when Karen and Hugo were showing in 2010 & 2011. Ernesto and Vinson went back and forth in the show ring, each earning Color Champion when the other was reserve or 1st. Vinson's half share was purchased by a Colorado breeder in 2010, and he has been in CO for much of the time since 2010. We have had the privilege to purchase Vinson in full ownership, and is now a standing Stud on our Camano Island Ranch. We bred to Vinson 2014 season, and we were struck by his upright stature, solid bone, typey head, and his fine fleece! Check out Vinson's histograms below! He has very dark points and dark gums, so he will most favor dark colors, excellent combination with his fineness. Vinson Massif's biopsy results: 60.5 follicles SQ MM, S/P ratio of 12.7:1 and a micron variation between primary and secondary fibers of 8.1 These results are from his biopsy conducted at three and half years of age. Histogram: 2009 afd=16.7m, sd=3.6m, cv=21.8%, >30=0.6% 2010 18.5, 3.4, 18.6, 0.7 2011 22.0, 4.3, 19.5, 3.9 Lennox is Vinson's Sire, a well know Patagonia Champion and his Dam Patagonia's Rouge has fantastic coverage, typey female with a great head. He has been bred to white, fawn, brown, black and grey. He has consistently produced brown, black and gray. This year he has produced primarily True Black, and Dark Silver Gray. 2015 cria count is 6 females, 2 males. Vinson has multiple offspring on the ground including Color Champion- Back to Black TB son! PRODUCING CHAMPIONS!!!