OUR GREY HERDSIRES
Huacaya, Herdsire (Male), Proven | Dark Silver Grey
AOA# 1140859 Â D.O.B. 7/15/2018
Full Peruvian
ASPENALPACAS EARL GREY
AspenAlpacas Earl Grey is an exceptional grey herdsire. Alpaca Country Estates is excited to add 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.
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.
He has already displayed his ability to pass these traits onto his offspring. A medium grey cria placed 2nd at the 2023 CABA halter show at only six months and five days old! With 12 cria on the ground, 11 are black or grey and the dams vary from grey to white! With this pedigree, show records, fleece traits, and progeny, what's not to like?
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Aspen Alpacas Earl Grey is currently standing stud at Alpaca Country Estates. Co-owned with Stan and Mary Miller of Aspen Alpacas.
OUR BLACK HERDSIRES
ALPACA PALACE ZAGATO'S JAY-Z
Huacaya, Male, Proven | True Black
AOA# 35460015 D.O.B. 10/12/2017
Closed to outside breedings!
We are very excited to announce our co-ownership of Alpaca Palace Zagato's Jay Z with Road Runner Rascals Alpaca Ranch.
Jay-Z is gorgeous 12X Black Champion with a bloodline comprised of incredible multi-champions. He is the son of 19X Champion, Sunset Hills Zagato, the 2019 Futurity Dark Huacaya Herdsire of the Year and 2019 Futurity Dark Mixed Get of Sire!! (As well as sire of the 2019 Futurity Judges Choice Huacaya Male, Alpaca Palace Zagato's Zumba!) In addition, Jay-Z's paternal grandsire is 382 Peruvian Zephyrus, a Full Peruvian, ½ Accoyo male with 10 Color Championship wins (including the 2002 AOBA National show, 2003 MAPACA, and 2003 PAOBA shows, as well as winning "Reserve Herdsire of the Year" at the 2005 All-American Futurity!)
Jay-Z's dam is CNTRL Man in Black's Beyonce, a multi-champion and blue-ribbon winner herself. She is the daughter of CCNF Man In Black.
Top 10% EPDs 2022 and 12 Championship Banners!
Jay-Z won best head at the 2020 Buckeye which was an amazingly large class along with his 11 champion black color banners makes him a very desirable male. He was still taking Color Champion after Color Champion at the very competitive Buckeye at 4 years of age! That is amazing. According to Amanda Vanderbosh Jay-Z displays the phenotype and fleece characteristics we are all looking for and it's amazing the fineness he is retaining at 42 months of age when she awarded him Black Color Champion at the 2021 Buckeye!
Jay-Z has gorgeous true black and silver-grey offspring that we can't wait to show off on our show string!
Update!
We are proud to announce that his son, 426 Hemi Velocity by Jay-Z, just won First place and Color Champion at the 2024 AOA National Show!
OUR BROWN HERDSIRES
ANDEAN'S PEGASUS OF COUNTRY ESTATES
Huacaya, Male, Proven | Dark Brown
ARI# 31991117 D.O.B. 12/2/2010
7/8 Peruvian
Top 10% EPDs in 2021!
Andean’s Pegasus of Country Estates is our superb brown male whose first crias hit our show string in 2015. 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, are key members of our show strings!
Pegasus has genetics from PPeruvian Caligula, 4Peruvian Andean Gold, & Snowmass Andean Bronze, & his sire, the stunning TB Snowmass Andean Midnight. His Sire is our own Snowmass Andean Midnight a beautiful, compact, true black “silky soft” male with an outstanding pedigree for fineness. 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!
Pegasus received blues in 2011, 2012 and 2013. He won Color Championship at the IAO 2012 and 2013!
PROVEN CHAMPION PRODUCER!
Pegasus' crias on the ground are dynamite, stamped with beautiful, soft crimp! At 2015 TxOLAN, Judges Amanda VandenBosch & Arturo Pena awarded Pegasus Get of Sire, 2nd Place in a class with white Get of Sires. Pegasus made a statement with his three dark progenies taking the Second Place Banner in a field of white! Bring the same advancements that we have witnessed in both light and color to your breeding program.
A Sample of Pegasus' Award-Winning Progeny Include:
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ESTATES LEGENDARY PICASSO - LF Male 4/19/16 - 9x Champion & Numerous Blue Ribbons!
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ESTATES MATTERHORN - MB Male 6/25/15 - 2x Champion & Numerous Blue Ribbons (including 1st Place, 2016 AOA National)!
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ESTATES CORBIN - MB Male 12/1/13 - Multiple Blue-Ribbon Winner!
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ESTATES LEILANI - LB Female 6/26/20 - 1st Place, 2021 TXOLAN
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ESTATES DURANGO - DB Male 11/23/13 - 1st Place, 2016 California Classic and 2nd Place, 2015 West Coast Alpaca Show (*our Estates Satin Cloud won First place and Color Champion)
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ESTATES HAWAIIAN KEOKI - MB Male 6/11/14 - 1st Place, 2015 California Classic & 2nd Place 2015 TxOLAN Alpaca Spectacular
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ESTATES MISS INDEPENDENCE - DB Female 7/9/14 - 1st Place, 2015 TxOLAN
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ESTATES PEGASUS' PEARL - MB Female 6/13/18 - 2nd Place, 2019 CABO *1st Place was Reserve Champ
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ESTATES SWEET CHARLEMAGNE - MB Female 3/23/17 - 2nd Place, 2017 ABI
OUR FAWN HERDSIRES
AMBER AUTUMN DIVINE INSPIRATION
Huacaya, Male, Proven | Medium Fawn
AOA# 35590767 D.O.B. 11/2/2018
Everyone who touches Divine loves his density! This outstanding male has FOUR traits with Top 5% EPDs and two in the Top 10% in 2022!!
Divine Inspiration possesses incredible Snowmass genetics on both sides of his family tree! He is the son of Snowmass Divine Love, the Judge's Choice recipient at the 2013 Futurity, and the High-Selling Huacaya Alpaca at the 2017 Futurity Auction. At 7 years of age, he is still boasting a 18.4 micron! Divine Love has a VERY dense fleece that is very fine also. He has a solid conformation with great bone density and a great phenotype.
Divine Inspiration's maternal grandsire is 8X champion, Snowmass Matrix, winner of Reserve Herdsire of the Year for Light AND Color in 2008, as well as Color Herdsire of the Year AND Light Reserve Herdsire of the Year again in 2009! His maternal great-grandsire is none other than Snowmass Quechua, the 2002 Futurity White Color Champion; 2006 & 2007 Futurity Herd Sire of the Year; 2006 International 1st & 2nd place Get of Sire and 2006 AOBA Nationals 1st place Get of Sire.
5X CHAMPION IN THE SHOW RING:
Divine Inspiration was one of our many champions on our 2023 show string! Judge Amanda VandenBosch awarded Divine Inspiration a Blue-Ribbon and Color Championship Banner at his first show, the 2023 Buckeye Alpaca Fall Fest. Judge's comments: "Extremely dense, very strong frame, great organization in his fleece, and beautiful style." He also brought home Color Championships from the 2023 VAOBA Alpaca Expo, 2023 VAOBA Fall Derby, 2023 A-OK Alpaca Blastoff shows. In addition, he brought home a Reserve Championship banner from the 2023 A-OK Rose Rock Alpaca Show as well as Blue ribbons in both halter and walking fleece.
This solid multi-champion male has settled females and is ready to work.
OUR WHITE HERDSIRES
Huacaya, Male, Proven | White
ARI# 31690911, D.O.B. 8/2/2009Â
1/8 Peruvian, 7/8 Chilean
PATAGONIA'S EL GALAN
4 x Color Champion!
Patagonia’s El Galan has an elegant, soft handle, buttery fleece, and is a strong-boned pure white herdsire that has recently had drop dead crias hit the ground. It is nice to finally select the right breedings for this magnificent male to see his full potential as a sire of champions. El Galan’s progeny truly remind me of what his sire, Patagonia’s Cayo, looked like when he was a juvenile. El Galan’s dam, Patagonia’s Fantasma, has a show record of her own, and is on our foundation herd. El Galan has a nice stature, very crimpy fleece that is remaining soft, bright, and silky. This sire is definitely passing on these wonderful characteristics to his progeny with bundling, beautiful structure, uniformity of micron count and color in their fleece, adding dense, dense fleece and staple length. During the 2017 show season, his stunning juvenile crias have received Color Champion, Reserve Champion, and Blue and Red ribbons.
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Some of Patagonia’s El Galan’s Award Winning Progeny:
** ESTATES WEDDING TAPISTRY - White Female 8/17/2016
Judge's Choice, 2017 ABI and 5X Champion
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** WHITECLOUD'S CHIQUITA - MB Female 6/30/14
2X Reserve Champion & Blue Ribbon WInner
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** ESTATES ASLAN OF NARNIA - LB Male 7/18/2016
Multiple Blue Ribbon Winner
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** ESTATES HI 5 GOLDEN BLOSSOM - MF Female 7/8/18
1st Place, 2019 CABO