The Horse Sale at Rancho Rio took place on March 8, in Wickenburg, Arizona, in conjunction with the National Team Roping (NTR) National Finals V, seeing record sales of more than $1.1 million.
With 60 consignments averaging $26,477, it continues to be the premier rope horse sale of the Team Roping Capital of the World.
Lot #20, Lets Roo It, was the top seller at $85,000. A full brother to the 2018 high seller, Im Brad To The Bone, the sorrel AQHA gelding, “Tank,” is a 2013 model sired by Roo Star out of Probably Not A Shiner. A finished head horse, he was consigned to the sale by Melissa Miller of Belton, Texas, ridden by La Cygne, Kansas horseman Brad Lund and purchased by Laurie Mills, Mills Livestock Company,…