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FILE photo – wanderluster/iStock(GOODWATER, Ala.) — A beloved Texas longhorn named Poncho Via has broken the Guinness World Record for its nearly 11-foot horns.

From tip to tip, Poncho’s horns measure in at 10 feet and 7.4 inches, which is more than twice the width of a concert grand piano, according to Guinness.

The steer belongs to the Pope family in Alabama, who have raised him since was a 6-month-old weanling on their ranch called Green Acres in Goodwater, southeast of Birmingham.

Jeral Pope Sr. said he and his wife first came across Poncho when they were riding a hay wagon “somewhere out west” and spotted a group of longhorns.

“They stood out like anything on the crest of that mountain — it was the prettiest thing,” Pope Sr. said. “I told my wife, we got to have one of them.”