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)

Congratulations and thank you to Kat Bouzos for her purchase of R&RR Oli's Sister! R&RR OLI'S SISTER 050R Oli's Sister is a beautiful brown female. She is gentle and an excellent mother. Oli's Sister comes to us from Ruth Elvestad's prestigious fiber farm in Alberta, Canada. She is the daughter of R&RR Alder 097L, who was one of the main herdsires at R & R Alpacas for many years. R&RR Alder is grandson of Jolimont Peruvian Pauco, considered to be one of the top 5 Australian herdsires. Oli's Sister won a Color Championship banner and Blue Ribbon at the 2006 Pacific Coast Show. With bloodlines like these, it is no wonder Oli's Sister was successful in the show ring. Offspring: On 10/21/2012, Oli's Sister had a wonderful TB female, sired by our Snowmass Rockstar XX. ESTATES ROCK STAR OCTAVIA took 1st place at the 2014 A-OK Alpaca Blast Off as well as 2nd Place at the 2014 TxOLAN Spectacular show. On 5/31/2014, Oli's Sister had a lovely Bay Black female sired by Snowmass Royal Knight. On 8/22/2015, Oli's Sister had a handsome MB male cria, sired by Patagonia's Ernesto our magnificent Judge's Choice, 7x Champion & 5x Get of Sire award winning light brown compact herdsire that improves every dam to her fullest potential. Ernesto improves on fleece crimp and uniformity; producing dynamite “best head” for all of his cria, and adding density to the amount of fleece per square inch.