Invester Maudie aka “Eeyore” was one of the high selling horses at the 2021 Black Hills Stock Show Truck Defender Horse Sale. Consigned by Ron and Jordanne Wells and shown by Paul Griemsman, Eeyore brought $38,000 to split the top of the weekend a year ago. “We knew he’d sell good–we didn’t know he’d sell that great,” Ron Wells says.
The 2010 American Paint Horse Association tobiano sorrel carries the name of his great grand sire, The Invester, an American Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame stallion. The sizable and handsome gelding served as a “family horse” for the Wellses. Ron and Jordanne, along with their three children aged 5, 7, and 8, manage a ranch for an absentee landowner near Springview, Nebraska. Everyone helps with the ranch work, and the family enjoys team roping together when time and work allows. “The kids get to ride most everything on…
