Meet our gorgeous light fawn 9x Champion, Estates Legendary Picasso. Senior AOA fleece judge, Diana Timmerman had this to say about him, "He has extreme density, superior fineness, beautiful length & brightness, & a well-built form." Judge Amanda VandenBosch assessed Picasso in May 2019 as an A- stating, "Picasso is maintaining fineness, has high frequency style crimp, uniformity across the blanket, good length to staple, use over color, and good cross back over Pure Passion offspring. " He was biopsied at 4.5 years by Dr. Norm Evans, DVM who said, "True Genetic Density: 80.5 follicles SQ MM; AFD: 16.53. Picasso's 250X scan which magnifies at 1000 times amazes me. Picasso shows only 20% of his secondary fibers have a degree of medullation. This male shows many strong genetic traits that should pass to his offspring. He has retained his fineness of fiber." Picasso is sired by our Andean's Pegasus of Country Estates, bringing genetics from PPeruvian Caligula, 4Peruvian Andean Gold, Snowmass Andean Bronze, & his sire, Snowmass Andean Midnight, a stunning, compact, true black “silky soft” male with an outstanding pedigree for fineness. His ribbon-winning dam is the daughter of Patagonia's Ernesto, our magnificent Judge's Choice, 7x Champion with 5x Get of Sire awards. Lindeza also gifts Picasso with the legendary genetics of her grandsires - Patagonia's Lennox & Nishio. We are thrilled to announce that son Estates Picasso’s Duke Malaga won Judge's Choice at 2023 FUTURITY & BOTH 2023 TxOlan shows! Judge Nasemann's comments: "A clear class winner. He's very correct, but the more exciting thing about him is the quality of fineness, the density & that amount of fiber. This male is packed in it! I was so impressed with that uniform micron, I took a second sample, & the belly is practically the same." Picasso's offspring first hit the show ring in 2021. To give you an idea of just how pleased we are with him, his daughter, Picasso's Charisma, represented our ranch (with Spirit Dancer & Passionate Fever), helping our ranch bring home a Blue-Ribbon for Breeder's Best Three at the 2021 Buckeye show! Of the Eight Picasso offspring that Competed in the show ring through March 2023, they won: 3 coveted Judge's Choice Banners; 9 Color Championship Banners; 6 Reserve Championship Banners; 24 Blue-Ribbons; 17 Second Place Ribbons; & 70/74 awards were for Third Place or Higher Placements! This Stunning Multi-Champion now has many Champion and Internationally Recognized Progenies. Here are just a few: ESTATES PICASSO'S DUKE MALAGA - 3X Judge's Choice Awards, 14X Champion, Numerous Blues (Poland) ESTATES PICASSO'S FAMOUS PAINTING - 2X Champion & Numerous Blues ESTATES PICASSO'S LEAH ROSE XXX - 2x BEST BRED & OWNED, Numerous Blues ESTATES GOLDEN MIRAGE - Color Champion & Multiple Blues ESTATES WHITE BUFFALO - Res. Champion & Multiple Blues ESTATES GOLDEN MOONLIGHT - Res. Champion ESTATES MISS IDAHO - (Poland)

Congratulations and thank you to Dianna Herschend of Olympic Ranch for her purchase of NPA Sydney and her 2021 male cria! North Plains Alpacas Peruvian Sydney is an excellent example of success in strategic breeding! We set out to breed Sydney’s fawn dam, Aconcagua to one of the “finest” dark males we could find, BMF Taos’ Zeppelin (owned by Delphi Alpacas). He is a male with extraordinary fleece qualities, consistent, low microns, low CV’s, and an impressive “zipper” style crimp character. Zeppelin may be a bay black, but it wasn’t the dark color that we were breeding for, it was fleece! Fleece! Fleece! Pedigree is an added bonus with Sydney as she comes from a line of well-known herdsires such as, Accoyo Legacy, El Moustachio, Peruvian Midnight Express, Caligula, Kilimanjaro, and Drambuie. A quality packed pedigree, beautiful fine fleece, along with natural good looks! Offspring: On 6/30/14, Sydney gave us ESTATES SILVER SIMONE, a beautiful MSG female sired by our Silverado's Peruvian Silver Fox. Estates Silver Simone started her show career in 2015 and is a multiple blue-ribbon winner (2017 Autumn Fleece Challenge, 2016 Heart of Virginia Alpaca Show, 2015 NEAOBA Alpaca Fall Spectacular, 2015 OABA Alpacafest, and 2016 Heart of Virginia Alpaca Show)! On 6/25/15, Sydney gave birth to ESTATES SUGAR PIE, a lovely beige female sired by our light fawn multi-champion herdsire, Patagonia's El Canto de Chile. On 9/14/16, Sydney gave us LAST MASTERPIECE OF COUNTRY ESTATES, a good-looking MSG male sired by Silverado's Peruvian Silver Fox. On 7/8/17, Sydney presented us with ESTATES SNOWY OWL HEDWIG, a handsome MSG male sired by Estates Gray Beard, our beautiful-fleeced male with the sought-after Aussie .38 Special genetics. On 9/13/19, Sydney gave birth to ESTATES TITAN'S EBONY BEAUTY, a pretty true black female sired by Estates Silver Titan, our wonderful medium silver-grey Color Champion out of Neversummer's US Steel. On 9/21/20, Sydney gave us ESTATES PERSEVERANCE, a wonderful white male sired by 8x Champion Estates Legendary Picasso. Estates Perseverance won a Blue Ribbon at the 2024 Houston Show: Halter. He also receive a 2nd Place ribbon for walking fleece and a 3rd Place ribbon for fleece at the 2024 Houston Show! On 10/4/21, Sydney gave birth to a nice-looking beige male also sired by our multi-champion Estates Legendary Picasso.