ESTATES GRAY BEARD Gray Beard is a handsome medium silver-grey male who has luxurious fine handle, bright, long staple length consistent into his legs and underbelly. He is dense with enormous coverage on legs and body. His crimp is everywhere - head, neck, into his legs, and belly. What a joy to work with! I admire his incredible good temperament for being a proven breeder. At 6 years of age he is winning Championships based on the ability to sustain these gorgeous qualities. Gray Beard’s sire is none other than 17x Color Champion and 2x Judge’s Choice Winner, Aussie .38 Special. .38 Special is known to pass on his fine traits of brightness, fineness, density, and uniformity to his offspring. Gray Beard’s dam is true black NeverSummer’s Havana Nocturne, and in our Foundation Herd. Havana and Aussie .38 Special were on Carol Collins grey breeding program. Havana is a sister to NeverSummer's Black Ice, 2008 Futurity Color Champion and International Supreme Champion. Blue Ribbon Progeny on the Ground! 2017 MSG daughter, Estates Silver Calliope won 1st Place at the 2018 Rockton Fair Alpaca Show! 2017 LSG Daughter, Structured Chaos Lizzy Swann won Blue Ribbons at the 2019 TXOLAN Spin Off & 2018 TXOLAN shows! Co-owned with Kathy McConnell of Hubbert Farms. Gray Beard is currently residing at Hubbert Farms in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

NEVERSUMMER'S LUCILLE Lucille has simply a stunning fleece! It is exceptionally dense with unworldly brightness. And with a SD of 2.9 and CV of 16.3 it also has a luscious handle. What an amazing end product it will produce! At the 2011 IAO, under a panel of 3 International judges, Lucille received the 1st Place (above the Futurity Black Color Champion!). Then, in her first fleece show, she was awarded the Reserve Color Champion (Scoring just 1/2 a point below the Color Champion!) Because Lucille's fiber IS so silky, her density is hard to assess while on her body. It doesn't have the "poofy" volume that is so often mis-leading. But when you go to lift the bag of it you are amazed at the weight. Very much like a Suri's fleece. Lucille is a daughter of the legendary Aussie .38 Special (17x Champion, 2x Judge's Choice, Herdsire of the Year; at the age of eight, he won the “Spirit of the Industry” recognizing the lasting quality of his fleece). Her paternal grandsire, Victor’s Hemiaccoyo Casanova, requires no introduction! Casanova has consistently produced offspring that are champions in the halter and fleece shows including his two most well-known sons - 10x Champion, Aussie Guns-N-Roses and 17x Champion, 2x Judge’s Choice winner, Aussie .38 Special. Casanova’s sire, PPeruvian Victor, was the youngest male that arrived in the Peruvian importation of 1994, and in the words of the late Dr. Jim Vickers, had the “most beautiful” fleece and was the only alpaca in that importation that ranked as a 4+ in fleece. Notable genetics also include the following: Peruvian Hemingway, PPPeruvian Royal Fawn, Show Me The Money, Aussie Harmony Rose, & Hannahruh. Lucille was bred to AspenAlpacas Earl Grey for a November 2025 cria. Offspring: On 9/7/14, Lucille had a handsome brown male sired by our incredible Snowmass Satin Reserve XX. On 10/30/15, Lucille gave us a beautiful LSG female sired by our NS Magic Flight. On 10/15/16, Lucille had a lovely MSG female sired by our Estates Avignon (NeverSummer’s US Steel son). On 6/9/18, Lucille gave birth to a beautiful LSG female sired by Estates Gray Beard, a beautiful-fleeced male with Aussie .38 Special genetics. On 6/19/19, Lucille presented us with a beautiful MSG female sired by our Champion/blue-ribbon winning US Steel son, Estates Silver Titan. On 7/4/21, Lucille gave birth to a handsome bay black male sired by Judge's Choice and 9X Champion, KVR's Peruvian True Eye Candy "Ike". On 4/24/24, Lucille presented us with a lovely MSG female sired by Crescent Moon's Casimir.

Troy is the product of a pairing between the legendary Snowmass MR Sizlin Rose & Zephyrus daughter, Amber Autumn Tehya. This male is truly the next generation herdsire for the absolute discerning breeder! We were thrilled at the opportunity to add this supreme quality & genetics to the ACE herd. Troy’s prestigious awards include 2019 AOA Nationals Color Champion & 2019 Futurity Reserve Champion! In all but one show, Troy won a banner! We have selected top quality females to breed to Troy, but his outside breedings are closed. We also have several extraordinary, beautiful females bred to Troy & select offspring available for sale. Troy's sire, Snowmass MR Sizlin Rose, is an exceptional 12X champion including the 2012 AOBA Nationals Color Champion & 2012 Futurity Color Champion. Sizlin Rose also won 2016 Huacaya HERDSIRE OF THE YEAR & 2017 RESERVE HERDSIRE OF THE YEAR. Sizlin Rose’s offspring have been awarded nearly as many banners as the number of his offspring (180+.) He has produced numerous AOA Supreme Champions. Troy is a paternal sibling to other top males (Red Granites Val D LSere, Crescent Moon’s Sizzlin Shak, Liberty’s Manifest-Destiny & Red Granites Innsbruck). Troy's maternal grandsire, 382 Peruvian Zephyrus, is a 10x Color Champion including 2005 FUTURITY RESERVE HERDSIRE OF THE YEAR! In Troy, we are not only getting Sizzlin Rose but the prepotent genetics of stud-dam Tehya. Troy's maternal great grandsire is none other than full Accoyo PPPeruvian Royal Fawn. Hand selected by the late Dr. Jim Vickers; Royal Fawn was the only light fawn Accoyo ever exported from Don Julio Barreda’s herd. According to Barreda, Royal Fawn ranked as one better than he had ever produced at Estancia Accoyo in Peru. PPPeruvian Royal Fawn was the 1999 & 2000 Get-of-Sire winner at the AOBA National Show & record-breaking highest selling male in alpaca history in October 2005. Tehya, Troy’s dam, has produced top-notch herdsires such as: Troy (Sizlin Rose,) Terrill (El Principio,) Taylor Made (Eclipse,) Turbo Tribute (Silver Signature,) Duke of Earl (Eros,) & Thunderstruck (Ameretto.) Showing the magnitude of the prepotency from his sire & dam’s genetics. Troy is exactly the exceptional herdsire expected from this prestigious pairing & premier ancestry. His phenotype displays extreme coverage, thick bone (tree trunk legs,) a broad chest, correct conformation & stellar head style. His legs are straight & bite correct. A very dense, true black fleece covers his compact & stout frame. That velvety fleece opens into a very uniform, bright fleece, displaying a beautiful consistent crimp style & very few large primary fibers. Troy has a wonderful temperament & is always ready to breed. Many of his daughters are retained in our herd & we are pleased to see Troy’s influences passing though his offspring to their cria. His son, Amber Autumn Ringmaster is in our stud row. Troy is throwing about 50% black or grey cria across all dams.