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UPDATE: Crundwell Dispersal Sale Inventory List Now Available
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A live auction will be held at Crundwell's farm in Dixon on September 23 and September 24. Photo courtesy WREX.com
UPDATE August 8: The inventory list for the Online, Halter, and Performance horse auctions are now available. Horses offered online are at locations other than Dixon, IL and Beloit, WI. The tack inventory list as well as lodging and camper information is also available.

Click here to see complete inventory as well as sale info and FAQs.


August 3, 2012 - DIXON (WREX) -

The U.S. Marshals Service is moving forward with the auction of horses owned by former Dixon comptroller Rita Crundwell. 

A live auction will be held at Crundwell's farm in Dixon on September 23 and September 24. Performance horses will be auctioned off on September 23, and halter horses will be auctioned on September 24. The farm is located at 1556 Red Brick Road in Dixon.

An online auction will be held on September 11 and September 12. The auction will be held at professionalauction.com. Times for both auctions are not yet available.

Interest in the horses is coming from as far as Australia and Europe. According to the auctioneer, 29 world champion horses will be up for auction, with some top breeding stallions garnering over $300,000. However, there will also be horses that will probably sell for just a few hundred dollars.

Crundwell has been accused of stealing over $53 million from the City of Dixon from 1990 to early 2012. She has been charged with one count of wire fraud. Accusers say Crundwell used the money she allegedly stole to fund a lavish lifestyle for herself that included running a nation-wide horse breeding operation. Crundwell owned hundreds of horses all over the country at the time of her arrest.

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Added: August 15, 2012. 10:46 AM CDT
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IT WILL TAKE ALOT OF CASH TO GET HOLD OF HER STALLIONS LIKE MR TOUCHDOWN KID AND GOOD I WILL BE THEY WILL GO FOR THE BIG MONEY. NO DOUBT
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Added: August 11, 2012. 09:08 PM CDT
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I SOOOO NEED TO BE AT THIS AUCTION WITH CASH IN HAND !!!
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