Two tie for top selling horse at WYO Ranch Sale

WYO Quarter Horse Ranch held their fall sale last weekend at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds.

Carole and Bill Smith started holding their sales back in 1983, and have now become one of the premier horse sales in the country with their spring sale and fall sale.

"We had the biggest crowd in years," Carole Smith said. "Every horse sold, too."

There was a tie for top seller at this sale, "Oozin the Blues" and "Running Candy" both went for $35,000 each with one staying in Wyoming while the other is headed for Tennessee.

Seventeen states were represented at the sale including California, Arkansas, Nevada, South Carolina, Arizona and New Mexico.

The 27 geldings sold for an average of $15,343 with the top 10 geldings averaging $22,650. Top 20 geldings averaged $17,775.

There were 32 two-year olds who averaged $4,981 with the top selling two-year old bringing in $10,250.

Seven yearlings averaged $2,171 and the 26 weanlings brought in an average of $1,840 each.