2023 FUTURITY AUCTION - April 22, 2023
The American Royal • 1701 American Royal Court • Kansas City, MO
Lot 1: ESTATES PRETTY WOMAN - Pretty Woman has a long staple length with great coverage, a rock-solid frame, upright and beautiful phenotype. On his assessment of Pretty Woman, Judge Arturo Pena commented, "don't be fooled by her exterior coloring!" If you take the time to peek inside that amazing fleece, "you'll find extreme fine, bright fleece, plus density" in rich dark hues "on a solid frame," plus 10% EPD's.
Pretty Woman comes from multi-champion genetics! Her sire is our wonderful dark brown herdsire Andean's Pegasus of Country Estates, a 3x Color Championship winner at IAO (2012, 2013 & 2014!). Pegasus has genetics from PPeruvian Caligula, 4Peruvian Andean Gold, Snowmass Andean Bronze, and his sire, the stunning Snowmass Andean Midnight, a beautiful, compact, true black “silky soft” male with an outstanding pedigree for fineness. Pegasus has passed along brightness, fineness, & density to each cria that has hit the ground so far. His offspring have been awarded Color Championships, Reserve Championships and multiple Blue Ribbons, have been key members of our show strings! One of our favorites is 9x Champion, Estates Legendary Picasso (now standing as a top hersdire at our ranch)!
Pretty Woman's dam, Estates Passion's New Fallen Snow, is the daughter of Snowmass Pure Passion, our most proven champion producer at ACE. Passion has been recognized with multiple Get of Sire blue ribbons! Out of our 1,000 alpacas, we selected our top quality 250 to be part of our breeding program and Passion's genetics are in approximately 50% of this group. Do we need to say more about this incredible male? Passion's New Fallen Snow also has two very accomplished grandsires...Her paternal grandsire is Snowmass Matrix who passes on his genetics for high curvature and ultimate fineness. (Matrix was the Reserve Herdsire of the Year for Light and Color in 2008, AND Color Herdsire of the Year and Light Reserve Herdsire of the Year again in 2009!) Her maternal grandsire is multi-champion Snowmass Conopa XXX (who took a first place in the AOBA World Fleece Show).
For Pretty Woman's first breeding, we selected Judge's Choice & 3X Champion, Gibraltar of FJA, who descends from generations of elite Snowmass genetics! (Gibraltar’s sire is 5X champion Snowmass Best in Velvet whose offspring have earned a judge's choice award and amassed numerous color championship banners. The accolades of his sensational paternal grandsire, Snowmass Velvet Touche, include 2014 Futurity Light Herdsire of the Year, 2015 Futurity Reserve Light Herdsire of the Year, and 2015 Futurity-1st Place Get of Sire-Dark!) The Snowmass Velvet Touche - Snowmass Best in Velvet - Snowmass Best Man line is one of my favorites and includes some of the most noteworthy names in the alpaca industry! Pretty Woman's August 2023 cria should be a knock-out!
Lot 24: ESTATES PASSION'S ROSE - This beautiful lady has it all with a powerhouse of rich genetics! Her fleece is extraordinarily fine, gloriously bright, and extremely dense. Judge Arturo Pena pointed out she has "good uniformity of micron across the blanket," is "dense and fine on a solid frame, with 4 teats" on his assessment. Look at that staple length, leg coverage, and crimp at her belly and legs!
Passion's Rose is the daughter of our amazing stud, Snowmass Pure Passion, a proven champion producer who has been recognized with numerous Get of Sire Blue ribbons. No matter who we breed to this out-of-the-world male, he is like a magician and creates a spectacular, darn close to "perfect" alpaca. Rose's paternal grandsire is Snowmass Matrix who passes on his genetics for high curvature and ultimate fineness. Matrix was the Reserve Herdsire of the Year for Light and Color in 2008, AND Color Herdsire of the Year and Light Reserve Herdsire of the Year again in 2009.
Passion's Rose's maternal grandsire is 4x champion and Judge’s Choice award winner - Snowmass Paso Robles, a proven Futurity and National Champion male who carries extreme density on a compact frame. Paso Robles’ offspring have won multiple awards, including 2019 AOA National Dark Supreme Champion!
For her first breeding, (with the suggestion from judge Arturo Pena), we have chosen the strong black genetics of Black 6x Champion, Patagonia Estates Sakima, our gorgeous jet-black male with fabulous dense bundling from head to tail. Genetics for Sakima include Snowmass Andean Midnight and Patagonia's Lennox. Sakima's progenies have won numerous awards on our show string, including BOTH Male & Female 2021 AOA National Invited Champion Banners; BOTH Male & Female Black Color Championship banners at the 2020 A-OK Blast-Off Halter show; Black Color Champion & Reserve Champion banners for the 2020 A-OK Blast-Off Walking Fleece Show! Sakima's progeny continued to shine in 2022, bringing home many championship banners and ribbons. (His son, Estates Zorro the Magnificent was a 5x Champion in 2022!) We are disappointed we were unable to show this outstanding female but bet your bottom dollar that you will want to show her cria, due in September 2023. It should be stunning!