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)

SNOWMASS STARZ SUNRISE Snowmass Starz Sunrise has inherited some phenomenal genetics... She is the daughter of multi-champion Snowmass Conopa XXX, who took a first place in the AOBA World Fleece Show, and now resides Canada after being sold at the most recent Snowmass auction. Snowmass Starz Sunrise also ranked in the top 5% EPDs in 2021! Her dam, Snowmass Sizlin Starz, is a blue-ribbon daughter of Snowmass 'Sizlin Hot' (now standing in England as a leading genetic line for fine fleece improvement, which has been proven in his line 5 generations strong!) Her maternal grandsire, 5Peruvian Red Hot, is one of the finest and most consistent color studs Snowmass has ever produced. 2x Blue Ribbon Produce of Dam Winner! Judges Jude Anderson and Jill Marcellus awarded Snowmass Starz Sunrise a Blue Ribbon for Produce of Dam at the 2018 Alpacapalooza, with her offspring ESTATES PASSION'S NEW FALLEN SNOW (a White yearling) and ESTATES SHALIMAR (a Fawn who was almost four years old). She followed that up with a second Blue Ribbon for Produce of Dam at the 2018 CABA Classic show awarded by Judges Peter Kennedy & Diana Timmerman with those same two offspring. Offspring: On 8/19/2014, Snowmass Starz Sunrise gave us ESTATES SHALIMAR, a handsome MF male sired by Crescent Moon's Simtustus. Shalimar took 2nd place at the 2015 Northwest Alpaca Showcase and brought home a blue ribbon at the 2018 Alpacapalooza! On 8/28/2015, Snowmass Starz Sunrise had ESTATES SUNRISE LOVER, a handsome beige male out of Patagonia's Ernesto. On 8/14/2016, Snowmass Starz Sunrise presented us with ESTATES PASSION'S NEW FALLEN SNOW, a lovely white female sired by our magnificent Light Fawn Matrix son, Snowmass Pure Passion. New Fallen Snow brought home a 4th Place ribbon from her first show, the 2018 Alpacapalooza. On 11/29/2019, Snowmass Starz Sunrise gave us ESTATES SIZLIN HOT PASSION, a beautiful light brown female also sired by Snowmass Pure Passion. Sizlin Hot Passion won 4th Place (out of a class of 9) at the 2021 Gold Country Gathering!