ESTATES CREMONA CHALLENGE
Cremona Challenge is out of true black Color Champion Patagonia’s Baccus and true black Champion Estates Cassidy. She was named for the irreplaceable quality Cremona violin, a near by replica of the Stradivarius violin. Her sire is 3x Black Champion Patagonia’s Baccus. Judge Amanda VandenBosch assessed Baccus and noted his marvelous stature, phenotype, with above average in all aspects of fiber including fineness & handle, uniformity of micron & staple length, density, and coverage of fiber.
Her Champion dam, Estates Cassidy, is the 1/2 sister to 26x Champion, Estates Stradivarius, one of the most decorated alpacas in the country. Cassidy's sire is Snowmass Andean Midnight, our dynamite true black male with extreme fineness. His grandsire is none other than Andean Bronze, the sire of Royal Bronze - from Snowmass' vicuna type alpaca retaining fineness under 20 microns after reaching maturity. Her dam, Crescent Moon's Cassia is our 6x champion and multi-blue ribbon winning foundation female out of legendary multi-champion, Kirwin.
Champion and Multiple Ribbon-Winner!
Judge Ken Hibbits said that Cremona's fleece was a Knock Out when Cremona took home a Second Place Ribbon at the 2017 California Classic, in the Juvenile True Black Halter Class and went on to receive the Reserve Color Champion. (**1st Place & Color Champion winner was our Estates Takami). Cremona won a 2nd Place ribbon at the 2017 AOA National Show, where Jill MacLeod commented that Cremona had the softest, fineness and most dense fleece in the class. Cremona received another Second Place Ribbon at GWAS 2017 out of a class of 11. Comments from Peter Kennedy included fine, consistency with color and micron with bundling crimp, well deserving her Second Place Red Ribbon in such a large class.
Offspring:
On 7/24/19, Cremona gave us a handsome true black male sired by Snowmass Royal Knight.
On 7/3/20, Cremona gave birth to an attractive MB/BB male sired by our wonderful Estates Legendary Picasso.
On 7/7/23, Cremona gave us a good-looking true black male sired by Amber Autumn Ameretto.
On 6/19/24, Cremona presented us with a handsome true black male sired by multi-champion, Amber Autumn Troy. Judge Wade Gease awarded Estates Zephyrus of Troy a second-place ribbon at the 2025 AOA National show!
On 6/14/25, Cremona gave us a nice-looking bay black male sired by our champion producer, Amber Autumn Troy.
