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 Dr. Kitt Hollister, of Howling Hill Farm, for her purchase of NeverSummer's Tularosa! Tularosa is an absolute jewel. Her lovely, fine, high-frequency crimped fleece is a rich mahogany roan. She has a white tuxedo and grey ears. She is a full sister to Pink Floyd, an award-winning rose-grey Silver Charm son. Tulrosa's dam is Peruvian Tiquina who was a producer of high quality offspring and a multiple time award winner in fleece. Her sire is Lanark's Silver Charm, a silver grey herdsire known for passing on his exceptional fleece to his offspring. Silver Charm's fleece retained its fineness well into old age. Her paternal great-grandsire is The Silversmith HST G452, perhaps the best known silver stud in the United States during the late l980s and early 90s. The Silversmith was an impressive looking animal - structurally flawless, with had above-average density. Medium silver grey, his color was consistent throughout his coat. Offspring: Tularosa's first offspring, NEVERSUMMER'S CHENEQUA a beautiful MB female sired by Aladdin of KPR, was born in 2005. Chenequa has the most luxurious fleece. Chenequa's first cria was .38 Special daughter, NeverSummer's Chautauqua - a multi time champion and the high selling alpaca at the 2011 Futurity Auction! In 2006, Tularosa had NEVERSUMMER'S TABERNASH, a TB male out of Aladdin of KPR. Tabernash won a blue ribbon at the 2007 Southwest Regional Alpaca Show. In 2010 Tularosa presented us with NEVERSUMMER'S COWGIRL, a CMRG .38 Special daughter. Cowgirl's 2011 histogram came back at: MFD 14.8, SD 3.2, CV 21.8, 0.3 %>30! She was SO fine and silky that we decided not to try to show her as a juvie. But at her very first show, the 2012 TxOLAN, she received the Blue Ribbon! In 2012, Tularosa gave us NEVERSUMMER'S THEA, a lovely BB female also sired by 17x Champion, 2x Judge's Choice, Aussie .38 Special. In 2014, Tularosa had ESTATES TABITHA, a lovely DB female sired by our Snowmass Royal Knight. Royal Knight exemplifies the fiber of the future on an alpaca that's here and ready for your girls today!! Sired by SM Royal Bronze & held tightly in the esteemed breeding program of Snowmass Alpacas, Royal Knight's son's are now servicing colored SM Matrix offspring at Snowmass. That's referral enough for most of us! On 8/8/2015, Tularosa gave birth to a pretty rose grey female, sired by Patagonia's Ernesto, our magnificent Judge's Choice, 7x Champion & 5x Get of Sire award winning light brown herdsire. Ernesto is well known for his ability to stamp his positive traits onto each of his offspring.

Bulleit is a striking stud with amazing confirmation. In 2018 he ranked in the top 5% EPDs for staple length (MSL- 3.654 / 0.239 / 869 of 24,439 / 3.56%). Bulleit's first 3 Cria have arrived; 10/24/18 True black female out of a LF Dam. Sold at one week old see photo! 10/28/18 LSG Female out of a Black Dam (see Back 40's Candy Apple) 7/11/19 LRG Female out of a MF Dam (see Back 40's Bulleit's Rose') If you're looking to improve staple length this is the Sire for you. Bulleit's cria are definitely portraying his incredible staple.