She Bought the Cripple Mare Nobody Thought Would Survive…The Foal She Carried Made Her Filthy Rich!

She Bought the Cripple Mare Nobody Thought Would Survive…The Foal She Carried Made Her Filthy Rich! Anna Price paid four dollars for a three-legged Thoroughbred mare at a Woodford County livestock sale in the spring of 1933, while every other bidder sat on their hands and the auctioneer called the lot twice just to be sure. The mare had lost her right front leg below the knee in a farm accident three months earlier and had been fitted with a rudimentary wooden splint. The previous owner said she was done. The county said she was done. Nobody bothered to ask for the registration papers. Anna asked for the papers. The papers showed the mare had been bred to a premium registered stallion in January — four months before the accident — and was carrying a foal that had nothing wrong with it. A registered Kentucky Thoroughbred from documented bloodlines sold to racing buyers in 1933 for two hundred to four hundred dollars, regardless of what condition its dam was in. The mare's injury was not the foal's inheritance. Anna Price had grown up on a horse farm. She had understood this before she raised her hand. This is a story about a woman who knew what she was looking at when nobody else in the room did, and was not afraid to be the only one who bid. 🌾 New stories every week — subscribe so you never miss one. #GreatDepression #AmericanHistory #Kentucky #DepressionEra #RomanceStories #HistoricalRomance #1930s #Heartland #SlowBurnRomance #FarmStories #AnimalStories #Thoroughbred #HorseBreeding #KentuckyHorses #RuralLife #FarmLife #FarmRomance #CountryStories #HorseFarm #DepressionEraRomanceLegal Disclaimer: This video and all content within it — including the story, characters, narration, images, and visuals — are entirely fictional and created for entertainment purposes only. All characters, names, locations, and events are products of creative imagination. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. They do not depict real individuals or real historical figures. This content is not intended to represent, document, or make factual claims about any historical events, persons, or communities. Historical details are used solely as a fictional backdrop for storytelling purposes. © [Prairie Stories] — All rights reserved.