2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular:

J.S. Bridwell Agricultural Center in Wichita Falls, TX

February 10-12, 2023

Judge:  Robin Nasemann

Judge's Choice, ESTATES PICASSO'S DUKE MALAGA - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Judges Choice Huacaya Male (Class of 7) (Judge: Robin Nasemann) Judge's comments: "It's been a really good weekend and I really enjoyed going through your alpacas.  The quality was really, really good.  I think this is the best sleeve I've ever had!  The samples, the fineness is just great.  The consistency and the quality in all the different colors is amazing, from the grey to the white.  It's really, really fine.  The top two are these in the middle.  I really like their fleeces.  the fineness, they are so, so uniform in micron and they are so fine.  Today this male has the advantage."

Color Champion, ESTATES PICASSO'S DUKE MALAGA - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Light Male Championship (Class of 21) (Judge: Robin Nasemann) Judge's comments: "That was very good.  That was extremely a lot of fun to go through the alpacas.  The champion here is just "super fine."  He's the finest of these.  He came from the yearling class.  He's really, really uniform of the micron.  He is very fine, very soft.  Super organized structure and 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 as you can see and the belly is practically the same.  Nice!  That's awesome!  Congratulations!"

1st Place, ESTATES PICASSO'S DUKE MALAGA - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Light Fawn Yearling Male (Class of 4) (Judge: Robin Nasemann) Judge's comments: "I start the class with a clear class winner.  Look at this male!  Just from the outside, 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 and the density.  The density is...You can see the staples in the structure which indicates the density, and these are very easy to see across the whole blanket now.  Very impressed with that density, that amount of fiber.  This male is packed in it.  Well done!"

1st Place,  ESTATES SAKIMA'S KARLENE - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Black Juvenile Female (Class of 6) (Judge: Robin Nasemann)

2nd Place, ANDINA EBONY ROSE - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Black Juvenile Female (Class of 6) (Judge: Robin Nasemann) *Ranch mate Estates Sakima's Karlene was 1st place winner.

3rd Place, ESTATES CAMERON SEBASTIAN - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya True Black Yearling Male (Class of 4) (Judge: Robin Nasemann) Judge's comments:  "not showing the same degree of organization as the first two alpacas, but he had a little bit more substance in the fleece and was a little finer."

3rd Place, ESTATES LOYAL JUSTICE XXX - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Fawn Juvenile Male (Class of 4) (Judge: Robin Nasemann) Judge's comments: "Micron was the placing point between 2nd and 3rd.  I was still very pleased with the fineness and brightness of this fleece, and you were more structured and also showing more brightness in that fleece."

3rd Place, ESTATES MATEO THE MAGNIFICENT - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Black Juvenile Male (Class of 7) (Judge: Robin Nasemann) Judge's comments:  "I like the structure and density from all of the animals at the top of the class...this male's staple is a little tighter, a little more fiber packed, softer fleece and finer also than 4th place."

3rd Place, ESTATES PICASSO'S FAMOUS PAINTING - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Brown Yearling Male (Class of 6) (Judge: Robin Nasemann) Judge's comments: "I really appreciate the fineness in this class.  I have to say I'm very impressed with this fineness. Jaw alignment is really, really good.  I like his head style.  I like his conformation.  I like his strength.  I was very pleased with his conformation."

3rd Place, THOR FARMS MORRIGAN BY INNSBRUCK - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Med. Brown Yearling Female (Class of 8) (Judge: Robin Nasemann).  Judge's comments: "This was a very good group all the way down to 6th place.  It was very tough to judge because they were so even in quality across the whole group.  Very, very beautiful in style and also very uniform in micron.  If you look at my sleeve, the samples are very similar in micron, thats very positive to see and also conformationally strong, so well-done.  She is very compact; I like the compactness of this alpaca.  I like the head style.  The proportions are very correct, so that's positive to see.  She was quite fine, nice staple organization, definition and density."

4th Place, ANDINA CINNAMON TOAST - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Rose Gray Juvenile Male (Class of 6) (Judge: Robin Nasemann) Judge's comments:  "This male is very uniform in micron, especially for a grey."

4th Place, ESTATES LEGENDARY PICASSO - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Get of Sire (Judge: Robin Nasemann)

4th Place, ESTATES PICASSO'S LEAH ROSE XXX - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Med. Fawn Yearling Female (Class of 10) (Judge: Robin Nasemann)

4th Place, ESTATES PURE GOLDEN HONEY - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Fawn Juvenile Female (Class of 8) (Judge: Robin Nasemann)

5th Place, AMBER AUTUMN CADENCE - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Brown Male Juvenile (Class of 8) (Judge: Robin Nasemann)

5th Place, ESTATES XXXTREME LEGACY OF PASSION - 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Medium Fawn Female Yearling (Class of 10) (Judge: Robin Nasemann)