Crosby Ray Von, a 3-year-old mare, sold for $1.7 million at the Old West Roping Futurity Sale in Heber, setting a record for the highest-selling Western performance horse at public auction.
The blue roan filly was bred for team roping, a timed rodeo competition event that features a steer and two mounted riders.
Once the steer enters the arena from a chute, one rider ropes the animal’s horns and the other its back legs as fast as possible.
The Team Roping Journal reports the horse has champion blood.
Her father, Stevie Rey Von, is a National Cutting Horse Association Futurity Champion who earned nearly $421,000 in his career. His offspring have garnered almost $18 million in prize money.
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