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Stock Show Kicks Off With Ranching Heritage Weekend

Fort Worth, Texas - Historic ranches, outstanding horseflesh and top-notch working cowboys will arrive in Fort Worth on January 11 at the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show to kick off the 112th edition of the legendary Stock Show & Rodeo. A major attraction for Stock Show visitors, Ranching Heritage Weekend, sponsored by Western Horseman magazine, features the “Best of the West” Ranch Rodeo, Chris Cox Horsemanship Clinic, Invitational Ranch Horse Sale and special events of the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) generating lots of excitement during the event. This year’s Stock Show will run through February 3.

“Fort Worth’s image is wrapped up in cattle, ranching and the West so Ranching Heritage Weekend is a most appropriate lead into the Stock Show,” said Brad S. Barnes, Stock Show executive vice president / general manager. “Visitors can experience what makes our heritage so unique and special.”

Perhaps the marquee event of the weekend is the “Best of the West” Ranch Rodeo with performances January 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. Eight outstanding ranches will compete in events likened to traditional ranching chores such as: branding, sorting, bronc riding and the always entertaining wild cow milking. Providing attendees with his keen insights on training, Chris Cox stresses the development of a willing, working partnership between horse and human. Cox’s clinic will be held in Will Rogers Coliseum on January 13 at 10:30 a.m. At 1:00 p.m. that same day the Stock Show’s annual Invitational Ranch Horse Show and Sale will also be held in the Coliseum featuring 17 outstanding ranch geldings from some of the most noted ranch horse programs in the Southwest.

Showcasing the do-it-all ability of the American Quarter Horse, the Stock Show partners with AQHA to feature two outstanding events for equine enthusiasts. Selling horses from nine ranches who have won the coveted Best of the Remuda Award, the AQHA Best of the Remuda Sale will be held at noon on January 12. Approximately, 70 yearlings, two year-olds, stallions, mares and saddle horses will be available in this one of a kind sale. Ranches consigning horses include: 6666 Ranch – Texas; Bar-B Ranch – Okla.; Bogle Ltd. – N.M.; Haythorn Land and Cattle Co. – Neb.; Pitchfork Land and Cattle Co. – Texas; R.A. Brown Ranch – Texas; Tule Ranch – Texas; W.H. Green Cattle Co. – Texas. The Versatility Ranch Horse Class, which debuted at the Stock Show in 2002, will be held Friday, January 11.

Make plans to attend the legendary Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo - January 11 through February 3. Tickets to the “Best of the West” Ranch Rodeo, “Best of Mexico Celebración,” “Bulls Night Out” PRCA Extreme Bull Riding and the PRCA Rodeo are on sale by contacting the Stock Show Ticket Office at (817) 877-2420 or Ticketmaster at metro (972) 647-5700. Convenience charges are added at Ticketmaster.