Thomas Eichelburger (user 36knuck on Fauna) produces some outstanding lessers from his RDR line male. My male from him is gorgeous IMO (tho yeah, I'm biased like we all are ), and it seems all of the lessers I've seen from Thomas are exemplary examples.

I'm also very happy with the babies that my lesser male produced this year, and IMO that's what really says a lot. The dams he was bred to aren't all that special (not "ugly," but not knockouts), so I'm assuming the lovely pattern came mainly from the sire. I think that's what's really key to look for (and can be most difficult!) -- not just a nice looking animal, but a nice looking animal from a proven bloodline that is more likely to produce nice looking animals.

Here's my guy:



Here's a box of his get from this year (okay, so my sample size for the pattern on his lesser offspring is pretty tiny -- but still, it is nice tho ain't it? )