ESTATES PICASSO'S DUKE MALAGA Picasso's Duke Malaga is a gorgeous male; even the judges agree! This Jr Herdsire was on our show string holding an amazing show record of 3 Judge's Choice awards, 14 Championships, & 16 Blue Ribbons! He has it all: stunning phenotype, excellent frame, heavy bone substance, fabulous genetics, incredible depth in his pedigree - everything you want in a breeding male. Duke has expressive fine, uniform fleece, and softness to the hand. Duke is the son of our 9x Champ - Estates Legendary Picasso, a gorgeous light fawn possessing a fine, consistent & dense fleece; sired by our very own Andean's Pegasus of Country Estates. Picasso carries the impressive genetics from PPeruvian Caligula, 4Peruvian Andean Gold, Snowmass Andean Bronze, Patagonia's Ernesto, Patagonia's Lennox, Nishio & Cava Guivir Zorro! His dam, Duchess comes from outstanding Snowmass & Patagonia lines. Her sire is 6x champion, Snowmass Majesty in Moonlight, who has given us multiple champions & blue-ribbon winners. Her paternal grandsire, Snowmass Matrix Majesty, won the Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year award at the 2011 Futurity as well as the Fawn Championship at the 2010 Futurity. Her maternal grandsire is the legendary, Patagonia's Lennox. We are thrilled to announce that Estates Picasso’s Duke Malaga won JUDGE'S CHOICE at the 2023 FUTURITY and BOTH 2023 TXOLAN shows and has 14 Championship banners! Judge Nasemann's TxOlan comments: "A clear class winner. Look at this male -his head style, its proportions. He's very correct, but the more exciting thing about him is the quality of fineness & very impressed with that density, that amount of fiber. This male is packed in it! Well done! Just "super fine." He's really, really uniform of the micron. He is very fine, very soft. Super organized structure & he has that very correct type. A very nice conformation kind of style. I really like him! I was so impressed with that uniform micron. I took a second sample, & the belly is practically the same. Nice! That's awesome!" Judge Testa said: "This male really caught my eye when he walked in. I really appreciate the style of his head. He is very true to type. When I look at him conformationally, he checks all the boxes for me. When I look at the balance & proportion, he has good bone under him as well. He has a fine fleece, has good uniformity in the sample I pulled, as well as to my hand. I appreciate the length to the staple & the fact that he is carrying that length all the way down to his extremities. Such a soft, uniform, fine, dense fleece & it is really consistent. Just really super impressed with the fineness & uniformity that I'm seeing there." Congratulations and thank you to Rotten Mud Hodowla Alpak (of Zgnile Bloto, Poland) on their purchase of Estates Picasso's Duke Malaga! With all of this going for this sensational male, his offspring are destined to be Champions & Ribbon winners!

ESTATES ST CROIX PASSION St Croix Passion's famous daddy is Snowmass Pure Passion, our outstanding multi-champion herdsire. Passion represents 30 years of passion in breeding for the perfect-colored fleece on the most beautiful-bodied alpaca. He is a 7x Get of Sire Blue-Ribbon winner and has sired numerous champions as well as the 2019 California Classic Judge’s Choice winner, Estates Passionate Fever. Her ribbon winning dam, Ava Cactus descended from some of the most illustrious Canadian bloodlines. She is the daughter of the Peruvian black champion CAVA Guivir Zorro (from Ruth Elvestad's prestigious fiber farm in Alberta, Canada). Her maternal grandsire is CAVA Isaila Valentino. CHAMPION PRODUCER! St Croix Passion's 2018 son won a Blue Ribbon and Fawn Reserve Champion at the 2019 Gold Country Gathering show! Offspring: On 12/1/18, St Croix Passion presented us with a handsome medium fawn male sired by multi-champion, Estates Matterhorn. Her son, Estates Saint Croix, won Reserve Champion and 1st Place at the 2019 Gold Country Gathering, then helped Alpaca Country Estates Ranch win another Blue Ribbon as part of the Breeder's Best Three! On 11/1/19, St Croix Passion gave us a pretty light fawn female also sired by our multi-champion, Estates Matterhorn. On 9/18/21, St Croix Passion gave birth to a lovely white female sired by 9x champion, Estates Legendary Picasso. On 10/11/22, St Croix Passion gave us a good-looking light brown male sired by our newest ACE stud, Estates Electrojet (out of our top Lennox son, Patagonia's Antonio). On 10/2/23, St Croix Passion presented us with a beautiful medium brown female sired by our incredible Snowmass Pure Passion. On 9/17/24, St Croix Passion gave us a beautiful light brown female sired by Estates Picasso's Duke Malaga (now standing in Poland).