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)

NEVERSUMMER'S ABIGAIL Abigail, one of our lovely foundation females, has an absolutely luscious, soft-handling fleece! Her sire, Aussie .38 Special is a 17x Champion, 2x Judge's Choice, Herdsire of the Year; at the age of eight, he won the “Spirit of the Industry” recognizing the lasting quality of his fleece. Abigail was very active on the 2011 and 2012 show strings. She received 3 Championship banners at shows, including Color Champion, TxOLAN Alpaca Spectacular 2012; Reserve Championship and 1st Place at IAO 2012; Reserve Champion and 1st Place at the A-OK Alpaca Blastoff 2011; and multiple other ribbons! PROVEN CHAMPION PRODUCER! Award Winning Offspring: In 2013, Abigail gave us a beautiful DB female sired by 9x champion, A Paca Fun's Norrington. ATHENA OF COUNTRY ESTATES won a 1st Place ribbon at the 2014 TxOLAN Spectacular. In 2014, Abigail presented us with a gorgeous med. brown female sired by Chief Grey Feather, a proven champion producer with royal lineage. ESTATES ADORED ALIKA is a 5X Color/Reserve CHAMPION. In 2015, Abigail had Estates Amethyst Moonbeam, a lovely DB female sired by our Judges Choice & 7X Champion, Patagonia's Ernesto. In 2016, Abigail presented us with a handsome med. brown male sired by our 10x Champion herdsire, Patagonia's Antonio. ESTATES ANTONIO MIGUEL is a 6X CHAMPION and multiple Blue-Ribbon winner with exquisite fleece, who has now joined his father in our elite herdsire row! In 2017, Abigail had Estates Harley Rider, a handsome bay black male sired by our 8x true black champion, Estates Satin Cloud. In 2018, Abigail gave birth to a lovely true black female sired by 10x champion, Patagonia's Antonio. In 2019, Abigail presented us with an outstanding med. brown male sired by multi-champion Patagonia Estates Sakima. ESTATES ACROPOLIS won Res. Champion & 1st Place at the 2021 CABA Classic! In 2020, Abigail gave us a beautiful true black female sired by Andean’s Pegasus of Country Estates. In 2021, Abigail gave us a pretty bay black female also sired by Patagonia Estates Sakima.