Alpaca Country Estates, LLC

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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 2 Judge's Choice awards, 7 Championships, with 10 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 male 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 BOTH 2023 TxOlan shows, as well as 3 Color Championship banners! Judge Nasemann's comments: "A clear class winner. Look at this male! Look at his head style, its proportions. He's very correct, but the more exciting thing about him is the fineness. The quality of fineness & the density. You can see the staples in the structure which indicates the density & these are very easy to see across the whole blanket. 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."

With all of this going for this sensational male, Duke Malaga's offspring are destined to be Champions & Ribbon winners!