Congratulations and thank you to Sunny Alpacas for their purchase of Snowmass Andean Midnight! SNOWMASS ANDEAN MIDNIGHT: "FINENESS in BLACK" Elite Ultra-Fine Blacks are hard to find! However, like many of our Snowmass studs, Andean Midnight has retained his Fineness, Brightness, and Handle with age! (Amanda VandenBosch valued him at $12K in 2019). Andean Midnight is a beautiful, compact True Black "Silky Soft" stud with an outstanding Royal Pedigree for fineness and should retain his fineness for years to come. Those who need to add proven genetics of fineness, brightness and handle will appreciate the Royal Blacks from Snowmass! He is one of their best! His fiber is incredibly soft and shiny with a silky look and feel. It has a uniform low amplitude high frequency style of crimp. You have to see it to believe it. His grandsire is none other than Andean Bronze, the sire of Royal Bronze – from Snowmass’ vicuna type alpacas who retain fineness under 20 microns after reaching maturity. CONFORMATION: GOOD BONE WITH EXCELLENT COVERAGE HANDSOME CORRECT WEDGED HEADPIECE DENSE TOPKNOT CORRECT BITE SUPERIOR ROYAL “Vicuna” Lineage: Snowmass Andean Night is a brother to Snowmass Royal Bronze (throws true blacks) and Snowmass Royal Flush (throws silver grays like Silver Signature). Snowmass Andean Bronze (Peruvian Andean Gold x Peruvian Croixen) is an incredible example of longevity in fineness. Fineness will be one of the most important ingredients in breeding elite blacks! ANDEAN MIDNIGHT IS 1/2 BROTHER TO SNOWMASS ROYAL BRONZE (VICUNA TYPE) SIRE: SNOWMASS ANDEAN NIGHT (Superb Brightness & Character Throughout the Fleece) DAM: SNOWMASS FINENESS MATTERS (The name says it all...fineness in Black does matter). THE REST OF THIS AMAZING ROYAL LINEAGE INCLUDES: Snowmass Andean Bronze, 4 Peruvian Andean Gold, 5 Peruvian Tapara, PPeruvian Croixen. 5 Peruvian Red Hot (1/2 brother to Snowmass Midnight Magic), 5 Peruvian Ajoyani, Snowmass Golden Paradise, Snowmass Legacy Gold, Snowmass Peruvian Paradise, and Accoyo Legacy! A FEW OF HIS INCREDIBLE CHAMPION PROGENY! ESTATES ANDEAN DAISANN - Judge's Choice & 2x Fawn Championships ESTATES STRADIVARIUS - 26x Black Champion & Numerous Blues ANDEAN'S PEGASUS OF COUNTRY ESTATES - 3x Brown Color Champion & Multiple Blue Ribbons ESTATES TAKAMI - 2x Champion & Multiple Blue Ribbons ESTATES CASSIDY - Black Color Champion & Multiple Blue Ribbons ESTATES ANDEAN KAIDAN - 2x First/Reserve Color Championships with Multi-Blue Ribbons ESTATES OBSIDIAN PALESIDES - First & Res Champion & Multiple Blue Ribbons ESTATES CHARLEMAGNE'S DREAM - Res Champion & Multiple Blue Ribbons ESTATES KEIKO MATSUI - Res Champion, 2012 IAO NANJING - Res Champion & Multiple Blues ESTATES VENETIAN - Best Bred & Owned Female and Multiple Blues Many of Andean Midnight's progeny are now champion producers themselves!

Congratulations and thank you to Sonoma Lavender Bnb Farm for their purchase of Pretapaloma of FRA! PRETAPALOMA OF FRA Pretapaloma is a gorgeous, crimpy, true black female, sired by Full Peruvian Aladdin of KPR (out of 5Peruvian Royal Inca Legend) and Patience’s Paquita, a multiple blue ribbon winner herself. Aladdin of KPR is well known in the mid-west for numerous show ribbons along with having many progeny who have taken many blues. He is definitely a producer of champions. His micron at 7 years is 23.8, with an SD of only 4.0 and CV of an astounding 16.8: fantastic for a busy breeding male. Preta Paloma is also the niece to Legend's Challenger of KPR. Her maternal grandsire is Saint Montenegro, out of 5Peruvian Silverado. Her maternal grandmother received many ribbons as a juvenile and yearling before starting her breeding career. How's that for some awesome genetics! Offspring: On 6/2/2011, Pretapaloma presented us with a handsome True Black male sired by Snowmass Rock Star XX. Palace of Justice won a Blue Ribbon at 2014 GWAS and 2nd Place ribbons at 2012 & 2013 GWAS shows. On 6/21/2012, Pretapaloma gave birth to a lovely true black female cria out of our Snowmass Rock Star XX. Estates Potent Potion brought home a 4th Place ribbon at the 2013 International Alpaca Odyssey (IAO) show. On 10/22/2013, Pretapaloma presented us with a lovely true black female cria sired by Snowmass Andean Midnight. Estates Paisley is now the dam of Multiple Blue Ribbon Winner, Estates Akiak on our 2017 show string. On 10/13/2014, Pretapaloma had a handsome true black male sired by our multi-generational silver NS Magic Flight. On 5/27/2018, Pretapaloma gave us a pretty true black female sired by 8x Champion, Estates Satin Cloud (now standing in Sweden).

AspenAlpacas Earl Grey is an exceptional grey herdsire and we are excited about adding him to our breeding program. He stands out with his statuesque silhouette, proud presence, and gorgeous phenotype. He comes by this naturally from breeding two multi-champions. Earl Grey has his sire's outstanding coverage, large bone, and macho, wedge shaped full head, and stunning classic dark silver-grey color. Earl Grey is sired by DSG multi-champion, Applewoods Phantom. His multi-champion fawn dam is Silver Rose Elegance (who has Cochiti and Legacy as close genetics). Not only are his dam and sire champions, all of his grandparents are champions as well! His paternal grandsire is Jerimiah’s Qualtrain and five-time champion grey. This makes for an impressive pedigree that boasts of Majestic Peruvian Jerimiah, MFI Peruvian Jericho, HA Shades of Grey, Peruvian Presidio, PPPeruvian Augusto, 4Peruvian Legacy, Augusto, Cochiti, Caligula, and Victor! Unfortunately, the covid pandemic limited Earl Grey’s show career. Earl Grey has a beautiful handling fleece in a uniform dark silver-grey color. The color is uniform across his body. The micron range is uniform between his white and black fibers. His first histogram displayed a 17.2 micron, 4.4 standard deviation, and 2.2% over thirty micron. He also carries a very long staple length. The crimp is consistent across his blanket and has a high frequency. The fleece shows great brightness with an excellent degree of density. MC1R + ASIP Genotype: Ee aa Earl Grey has already displayed his ability to pass these traits onto his offspring. His 2023 daughter, Estates Danish Silver Mermaid, is currently a 4x Champion with numerous Blue Ribbons. His 2022 son, AspenAlpacas The Duke, won 2 Color Championship banners & 3 Blue Ribbons in 2024. His 2024 daughter, Estates Colette's Shadow won 2nd Place at the 2025 AOA National Show, and just brought home a Blue Ribbon from the 2025 Golden West Alpaca Expo! With 29 cria on the ground, 24 are black or grey and the dams vary from grey to white! With this pedigree, show records, fleece traits, and progeny, what is not to like? CHAMPION and BLUE-RIBBON PROGENY! *Estates Danish Silver Mermaid - MSG Female 7/9/23 - 4x Champion & Numerous Blue Ribbons! *AspenAlpacas The Duke - MSG Male 10/5/22 - 2X Color Champion (2024 Alpacapalooza & 2024 Northwest Alpaca Showcase) *Estates Colette's Shadow - DSG Female 5/15/24 - 1st Place, 2025 Golden West Alpaca Expo & 2nd Place, 2025 AOA National Show!