Picasso's Duke Malaga is a gorgeous male, as confirmed by the judges! This young herdsire has an amazing show record, with 3 Judge's Choice awards, 14 Championships, and 16 Blue Ribbons! He has it all: stunning phenotype, excellent frame, heavy bone substance, fabulous genetics, and an incredibly deep pedigree - everything you want in a breeding male. Duke has expressive, fine, uniform fleece and is extremely soft to the touch.
Duke is the son of our 9-time champion - Estates Legendary Picasso, a beautiful light fawn male possessing fine, consistent, and dense fleece; sired by our very own Andean's Pegasus of Country Estates. Picasso carries impressive genetics from PPeruvian Caligula, 4Peruvian Andean Gold, Snowmass Andean Bronze, Patagonia's Ernesto, Patagonia's Lennox, Nishio, and Cava Guivir Zorro! His dam, Duchess, comes from outstanding Snowmass and Patagonia lines. Her sire is a 6-time champion, Snowmass Majesty in Moonlight, who has given us multiple champions and blue-ribbon winners. Her paternal grandsire, Snowmass Matrix Majesty, won the Reserve Dark Herdsire of the Year award at the 2011 Futurity as well as the Fawn Championship at the 2010 Futurity. Her maternal grandsire is the legendary Patagonia's Lennox.
We are thrilled to announce that Estates Picasso’s Duke Malaga won Judge's Choice at the 2023 Futurity and both 2023 TXOLAN shows and has 14 Championship banners! Judge Nasemann's comments from TxOLAN: "A clear class winner. Look at this male - his head style, its proportions. He's very correct, but the more exciting thing about him is the quality of fineness and very impressive density, that amount of fiber. This male is packed with it! Well done! Just super fine. He's really, really uniform in 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, and the belly is practically the same. Nice! That's awesome!" Judge Testa said: "This male really caught my eye when he walked in. I really appreciate the style of his head. He is very true to type. When I look at him conformationally, he checks all the boxes for me. When I look at the balance and proportion, he has good bone structure as well. He has fine fleece, good uniformity in the sample I pulled, as well as to my hand. I appreciate the length of the staple and the fact that he is carrying that length all the way down to his extremities. Such a soft, uniform, fine, dense fleece, and it is really consistent. Just really super impressed with the fineness and uniformity that I'm seeing there."
Congratulations and thank you to Rotten Mud Alpaca Breeding (of Zgnile Bloto, Poland) on their purchase of Estates Picasso's Duke Malaga! With all of this going for this sensational male, his offspring are destined to be Champions and Ribbon winners!
Judge's Choice, 2023 Futurity: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Male Judge's Choice (Class of 13) (Judge: Helen Testa)
Judge's Choice, 2023 TxOLAN Spectacular: Halter, Judges Choice Huacaya Male (Class of 7) (Judge: Robin Nasemann)
Judge's Choice, 2023 TxOLAN Bluebonnet Stakes: Halter, Judges Choice Huacaya Male (Class of 7) (Judge: Helen Testa)
Color Champion, 2023 Futurity: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Light Male Color Champion (Class of 13) (Judge: Helen Testa)
Color Champion, 2023 MOPACA Invitational: WF, Huacaya Light Walking Fleece Championship (Class of 11) (Judge: Helen Testa)
Color Champion, 2023 TxOLAN Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Light Male Championship (Class of 22) (Judge: Robin Nasemann)
- Judge's comments: "The champion here is just super fine. He's really, really uniform of the micron. Very fine, very soft. Super organized structure & he has that very correct type. A very nice conformation. I was so impressed with that uniform micron."
Color Champion, 2023 TxOLAN Bluebonnet Stakes: Halter, Huacaya Light Male Championship (Class of 22) (Judge: Helen Testa)
- Judge's comments: "Such a soft, uniform, fine, dense fleece and it is really consistent. He has a really pleasing style to the head, length of level of fineness that is top line. Just really super impressed with the fineness & uniformity that I'm seeing there."
Color Champion, 2023 TxOLAN Spectacular: Walking Fleece, Huacaya Fawn Walking Fleece Championship (Class of 21) (Judge: Stephanie Glyptis)
Color Champion, 2022 Gold Country Gathering: Halter, Huacaya Light Male Championship (Class of 9) (Judge: Stephanie Glyptis)
Color Champion, 2022 Alpacapalooza: Halter, Huacaya Light Male Championship (Class of 11) (Judge: Wade Gease)
Color Champion, 2022 Northwest Alpaca Showcase: Halter, Huacaya Light Fawn Male Championship (Class of 11) (Judge: Beverly Brehm)
Reserve Champion, 2023 Mid America Alpaca Challenge: Halter, Huacaya Light Male Championship (Class of 12) (Judge: Beverly Brehm)
- Color Champ won Judge's Choice
Reserve Champion, 2023 MOPACA Invitational: Halter, Huacaya Light Male Championship (Class of 11) (Judge: Helen Testa)
- Color Champ won Judge's Choice
Reserve Champion, 2023 AOA Nationals: Halter, Huacaya Light Male Championship (Class of 4) (Judge: Wade Gease)
Reserve Champion, 2023 AOA Nationals: WF, Huacaya Light Walking Fleece Championship (Class of 21) (Judge: Arturo Pena)
- Color Champ was AOA National Supreme Champion
Reserve Champion, 2022 Alpaca Fest Northwest: Walking Fleece, Huacaya Light (Class of 10) (Judge: Wade Gease)
Reserve Champion, 2022 Alpacapalooza: Walking Fleece, Huacaya Light Color Champion (Class of 10) (Judge: Wade Gease)
1st Place, 2023 Futurity: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Light Male Yearling (Class of 4) (Judge: Helen Testa)
1st Place, 2023 Mid America Alpaca Challenge: Halter, Huacaya Light Yearling Male (Judge: Beverly Brehm)
1st Place, 2023 MOPACA Invitational: Halter, Huacaya Light Yearling Male (Judge: Wade Gease)
1st Place, 2023 MOPACA Invitational: WF, Huacaya Light Yearling Walking Fleece (Class of 4) (Judge: Helen Testa)
1st Place, 2023 AOA Nationals: WF, Huacaya Light Yearling Male Walking Fleece (Class of 5) (Judge: Arturo Pena)
1st Place, 2023 TxOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Light Fawn Yearling Male (Class of 4) (Judge: Robin Nasemann)
- Judge's comments: "A clear class winner! He's very correct, but the more exciting thing about him is the quality of fineness & the density."
1st Place, 2023 TxOLAN Bluebonnet Stakes: Halter, Huacaya Light Fawn Yearling Male (Class of 3) (Judge: Helen Testa)
1st Place, 2023 TxOLAN Spectacular: WF, Huacaya Light Fawn Yearling Walking Fleece (Class of 5) (Judge: Stephanie Glyptis)
1st Place, 2022 Gold Country Gathering: Halter, Huacaya Light Yearling Male (Class of 3) (Judge: Stephanie Glyptis)
1st Place, 2022 Alpacapalooza: Halter, Huacaya Light Yearling Male (Class of 5) (Judge: Wade Gease)
1st Place, 2022 Alpacapalooza: Walking Fleece, Huacaya Light Yearling (Class of 6) (Judge: Wade Gease)
1st Place, 2022 Northwest Alpaca Showcase: Halter, Huacaya Light Fawn Yearling Male (Class of 3) (Judge: Beverly Brehm)
1st Place, 2022 Alpaca Fest Northwest: WF, Huacaya Light Yearling (Class of 6) (Judge: Wade Gease)
1st Place, 2022 California Classic: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Light Male Juvenile (Class of 5) (Judge: Laurel Shouvlin)
1st Place, 2022 TXOLAN Spectacular: Halter, Huacaya Light Fawn Juvenile Male (Class of 6) (Judge: Amanda VandenBosch)
1st Place, 2022 TXOLAN Blue Bonnet: Halter, Full Fleece Huacaya Light Male Juvenile (Class of 7) (Judge: Diana Timmerman)
2nd Place, 2023 AOA Nationals: Halter, Huacaya Light Male Invited Champion (Class of 4) (Judge: Wade Gease)