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We are thrilled to bring Fernando into our stud row! His teddy bear face, elite fleece, and laid back personality make him a keeper. We absolutely love the Troubadour line, Fern is one of 3 from this line at our farm <3

Written by previous owner, Kitt Hollister at Howling Hill Alpacas
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Here we have a boy who is extremely cool, extremely unique, and extremely elite.

Fernando is 1/2 brother to one of our top herdsires, Troubadour's Riddler. I have two herdsires and three daughters of Dupioni's Vintage Troubadour, which should give an indication of how much I value his line. Why do I think so highly of Troubadour? ... Well, after I took some recent photos of Fernando, I went into the female paddock and got very confused as to why he was in there. He wasn't -- it was a 1/2 sister out of a totally different dam. They all look alike, see. They are all absolutely stunning.

Fernando is especially cool, because his dam line is also pretty powerful -- and very, very underrated. His mom is a full Bolivian (how often do you see THAT in an elite pedigree?) whose sire, Roman Candle, appears to have been a super duper sleeper. I have seen other seriously elite alpacas with Roman Candle very close up.

Riddler, Fernando's 1/2 brother, has been hands-down our best producing herdsire to date. He's been stamping that extreme head, great bone, and seriously serious fleeces onto his offspring. Fernando is an excellent compliment to his brother; both have stunning, ice-blue eyes that you can't see because of their tremendous coverage, and both have outstanding conformation and terrific density. Riddler is bigger -- not just because he is older; I expect Fernando to mature to a bit smaller frame -- and I don't believe that his fleece is quite as fine as Fernando's. Fernando has a higher-frequency crimp and superior brightness.

Fernando is also a minimally-expressed pinto. This is pretty cool, because I believe it should help him to produce the color that we are principally breeding for: Harlequin Appaloosa. And, because of the extreme pre-potency of both of his bloodlines, I expect him to produce.