A two-day horse auction in Dixon has netted nearly five million dollars, according to a U.S. Marshals Service representative. More than 300 of Rita Crundwell’s horses were sold Sunday and Monday. The former Dixon comptroller is accused of stealing more than 53-million dollars from the city. WNIJ’s Susan Stephens has more from Monday’s auction at Crundwell’s horse farm.
Crundwell Horse Auction Nets Nearly $5-Million
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Gabe Deckard of Marshall, IL makes friends at Rita Crundwell's horse auction.
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Painting of Rita Crundwell riding her star stallion, Good I Will Be. The horse known as Willie sold for $775,000 to a horse breeder in Canada. The painting is on the side of one of Crundwell's trailers.
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The award-winning stallion Execute, who went for $245,000 at auction, the second highest amount in the Rita Crundwell auction.
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Blackhawk College equestrians Abbie McCabe and Courtney Ewing working at the Rita Crundwell horse auction.
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Rita Crundwell's ranch in Dixon, site of the horse auction.
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The mare Absolute Iron.
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Horse handlers keep the horses flowing to the auction block.
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The horses were polished and their hooves were blackened before they made their way to the auction block.
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