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!
