If you have ever dreamed of living the cowboy life with beautiful scenery, few bosses and great family values, then Amarillo is the place for you in November.

Cowboys and cowgirls from ranches across the western U.S. will be in town for the 10^th Anniversary World Championship Ranch Rodeo, sponsored by the Working Ranch Cowboy Association (WRCA). These men and women are the real deal, still patrolling the wide open spaces on horseback at all hours of the day and in all kinds of weather.

Each ranch qualifies for this event by winning a regional ranch rodeo sometime during the year. A team of 4-6 hands usually competes for the ranch, but frequently the entire ranch brings family and friends with them to the event.

The ranch rodeo events, such as team branding, wild cow milking and team penning, have their roots in the regular ranch chores of 100 years ago, many of which are still performed today.

Rodeo performances are in the evening of Nov. 10, 11 and 12 with a final matinee performance scheduled for 2 p.m. on Nov. 13. Other cowboy events include a top-notch cowboy art show and sale, an authentic bit and spur show, cowboy poetry and music performances, Pokey the Clown’s Jr. Ranch Rodeo and a ranch exposition trade show.

Naturally horses play a major role in ranching and ranch rodeo. As part of the World Championship Ranch Rodeo, visitors can watch the annual working Ranch Horse Show sponsored by the American Quarter Horse Journal. Great ranch horses ridden by the best cowboys, many representing legendary ranches, will go head to head in one of the toughest ranch horse competitions held in the country. The top horses will win an opportunity to compete at the RHAA Finals. (Ranch Horse Association of America). And ranch rodeo enthusiasts will enjoy the naming of the Best Remuda Award, sponsored by the American Quarter Horse Association, Bayer Animal Health and WRCA, and given to the ranch with the best horse program.

All events are under one roof in the Amarillo Civic Center and all events are included in one ticket price.

www.visitamarillotx.com or call 800-692-1338. Tickets are available through Panhandle Tickets either on-line at www.panhandletickets.com or over the phone at 806-378-3096. Ticket prices range from $14 to $23, depending on the date of the performance and the seat location. Saturday night’s performance usually sells out.For more information about these and other Amarillo attractions, visit

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Visit the Amarillo CVC web site at www.visitamarillotx.com
Visit the WRCA web site at www.wrca.org

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Western Heritage Classic Ranch Rodeo

Bar B Ranch
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Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Range Roundup

Tongue River Ranch
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Wild Horse Prairie Days

Buck Creek/ Scribner Ranches
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WyoBraska Championship Ranch Rodeo

Guitar Ranch & Clark Cattle Co
Haskell, TX
Colorado Championship Ranch Rodeo

Broken H/ Lazy B Ranch
Grenola, KS
Santa Fe Trail Ranch Rodeo

Sandhills Cattle Co.
Earth, TX
Ride for the Brand

Reeder Ranch
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Fort Sumner Ranch Rodeo

Paddy Creek/Black Diamond Feeders
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Tri- State Ranch Rodeo

Needmore Land & Cattle and Garson Ranch
Laramie, WY
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Masterson Ranch
Guthrie, TX
Big Bend of Texas Ranch Rodeo

W.T. Waggoner Estate
Vernon, TX
Texas Ranch Roundup

Rainbow Ranch 
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NM Championship Ranch Rodeo 

Sunlight Ranches
St. Xavier, MT
Western Dakota Ranch Rodeo

Arndt Ranch & Collinge Ranch
Emporia, KS
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Monroe & Timberlake Ranch & Aztec Cattle Co.
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High Plains Fall Classic Ranch Rodeo