
RV hookups are limited and are first come/first served. Shavings must be purchased through CRC using the Stall & RV registration form. No outside shavings allowed. Hay will be available through CRC for online order.

As this is our big production of a year end show, the Rendezvous requires pre-paid pre-entries. Pre-entry date TBA. $40/class after deadline! For information on registering for the show click here to watch a video on entering the show via Equiscribe.

CLINIC DAY SIGN UP IS OPEN!!!
The 2026 Rendezvous Clinic Day TBA!

Sign up for free exhibitor potluck Thursday at 6:30p with main dish, dessert and music provided! Bring a chair! Sign up to bring a dish to share! Sign up free for the 6th annual chili cook off!
Enter the Freestyle Ranch Riding Competition held Friday and sign up to be in the free Costume Parade & Contest! Register to compete in the Cherie
Sign up for free exhibitor potluck Thursday at 6:30p with main dish, dessert and music provided! Bring a chair! Sign up to bring a dish to share! Sign up free for the 6th annual chili cook off!
Enter the Freestyle Ranch Riding Competition held Friday and sign up to be in the free Costume Parade & Contest! Register to compete in the Cherie Vonada Ranch Trail Competition on Thursday! Many fun events!

Purchase Saturday Rendezvous Dinner Tickets, by (date TBA). Featuring cocktail reception, freestyle ranch riding competition and costume parade/contest held in covered arena followed by catered dinner, silent auction, concert and cash bar in Western Town. Individual tickets and VIP tables available!

Now in our 7th year! The Rendezvous Gift Show is well attended by members and the general public. Sell your wares or services throughout the popular event with weekend only options available as well! Vendors are located central to the covered arena!
The Rendezvous has a lot going on for all 4 days! Use this checklist (including links) to make sure you don't miss a thing! Click below!
For easy sponsor sign up, we’ve created a form with clear sponsorship levels (link below). We are also collecting donations for prizes & silent auction items. Sponsors receive premium stall and RV placements! Thank you for your support!
AQHA classes run concurrent with the WCRH All Breed classes. You must enter the WCRH class in order to show in the AQHA class (unless you are ineligible for the concurrent WCRH division. For example, if you are still AQHA L1 Am eligible but are not WCRH Am Limited eligible, then you can enter the AQHA class only.)
Lindsay Jerome Memorial Futurity and Maturity classes Friday and 2 judge All breed & AQHA Approved Special Event weekend show with buckles in each division! Tons of awards (see 'Ways to Win')! Conformation is Sunday only and double judged to make your Saturday show day easier! No cross entry between Ranch Prospect and Futurity riding classes. Judges - Clint Fullerton & George Hernandez
Ranch Suitability is used for all Maturity & Futurity classes. It is a WCRH created class with a standard pattern combining Ranch Riding and Ranch Trail. Each rider will perform an abbreviated Ranch Trail pattern followed by an 8 maneuver Ranch Riding pattern. Exhibitors will be scored separately for the two portions of the class.
Ranch Work Team Challenge begins 5pm on Friday, 10/17. Open, Amateur & Youth Divisions with Buckles. $100/team. Teams of two judged on their ability to navigate simulated ranch tasks efficiently such as roping, trailer loading, fence building/repair, covering ground in the pasture, dragging calves to the branding fire, working gates, etc. Spectators welcome - food truck & bar.
Mikey Harchol Memorial Open Disciplined Rail Class with custom buckle & $500 gift certificate to Hayes Hat Company!
See you at the Rendezvous! (*All exhibitors and clinic participants must be current WCRH members)
The Ranch Horse Rendezvous is our annual year end event including a full day of clinics, 2-day weekend ranch horse show with divisions for all levels, Futurity & Maturity Day with futurities for 2 & under prospects, 4 & under and 5/6 yo horses as well as a maturities for horses 7& over, Rendezvous Dinner (Saturday) featuring a ranch riding freestyle competition, costume content, silent auction, live music, Cherie Vonada Gamblers Choice Ranch Trail Competition, new Ranch Work Team Challenge as well as nightly activities! Now also an AQHA Special Event! (AQHA classes run concurrent with WCRH all breed classes)
Vendors and the general public are invited to attend for our Rendezvous Gift Show. See showbill, schedule and special events below for all the happenings!
Dates: October 8th-11th, Thursday - Sunday
Location: California Ranch Company, 43101 Anza Rd, Temecula, CA, 92592
California Ranch Company is a beautiful location with a covered arena and multiple outside arenas and riding areas. It is also a premier wedding venue which will be perfectly suited for our special event. RV hook ups (limited #), dry camping and stalls available.
Judges: Chele McGauley, others TBA
Scribes: TBD
Announcer: Sean Dawson
Clinicians: TBD
Photographer: Brooke Louise Creative
For Show Fee Information Click Here
Awards & Prizes:
- Futurities & Maturities: Champion buckles, neck sashes, award banners, huge ribbons through 10th and prizes through 5th!
- Weekend show: Fancy ribbons through 6th. Ribbon raffle for 7-10th (Drawing mid-day Sunday). Circuit champion awards for every class (except stakes). Buckles for division champions. Awards for division reserve champions, Daily high points! AQHA class winners receive 5 raffle tickets, 2nd-8th place will receive 1 raffle ticket (no ribbons, points only). See "Ways to Win" for more info!
- High point & stakes awards galore!: Top Hand $1000 prize sponsored by Winchester Western, Saddle Blankets, buckles, silver platters, chairs, stools, jewelry, gift certificates, romel reins, neck sashes and more!
Each exhibitor will receive a t-shirt and special WCRH branded bag sponsored by Cowley Performance Horses with sponsor "swag" and materials upon check in (while supplies last). We will be announcing "Lucky Exhibitor" prizes throughout the day during the weekend as well!
CRC has many options for stalls available but stalls are sold in blocks. Sponsors receive priority stalls. Nightly stalls are not available.
The Rich Group (Green Acres Ranch) also welcomes WCRH members attending the Ranch Horse Rendezvous looking for nightly stalling and dry camping options. This facility is about a two minute drive from CRC. Contact Caitlyn Showalter 951.534.6613 for Green Acres stalling options.
The Ranch Horse Rendezvous is open to all breeds of equines and all levels of riders plus offers AQHA points as a special event (classes run concurrent)!
Cherie Vonada Gamblers Choice Competition Thursday! Ranch Work Team Challenge Friday! Chris Slauson Memorial Open Ranch Rail Stakes Saturday. Mikey Harchol Memorial Open Disciplined Rail Sunday. Many Ranch Rail and Ranch Trail Stakes with $$$ and prizes!
Pre-paid, pre-entries were due by (date TBA). The WCRH class fee is now $40/class and AQHA is $25! Stalls & RV spots are available.
For assistance using Equiscribe, please call us at 951-595-7536. It's very easy once you get set up!
The Ranch Trail stakes patterns run concurrently with the corresponding Saturday Ranch Trail classes.
Prospect Longe Line Time limit is 2 minutes.
Thursday 10/16: Exhibitor dinner and bonfire with songs around the campfire and chili cook off. Starts around 6:30pm. Bring your singing voice, your instrument of choice and your appetite. Free for exhibitors, guests welcome for a small fee!
Join us Thursday for the 3rd annual Cherie Vonada Memorial Gamblers Choice Ranch Trail Competition held in honor of our friend and WCRH judge. Cherie loved ranch trail and was a talented course designer.
For this special competition, exhibitors will choose their own path through a set course. The first 10 obstacles will be judged. Silver platters awarded to Open, Amateur and Youth Champions! Medals given through 6th place! Sponsored by Cathy Hanson. Judge - George Hernandez

Friday 10/17: Ranch Work Team Challenge - Join us for a great new event! In 2025 we offered the Ranch Work Team Challenge for the first time and it was a hit, so we decided to make a night of it! The Ranch Work Team Challenge begins 5pm on Friday, 10/17. We will offer Open, Amateur & Youth Divisions with Buckles & neck sashes to the Champions. $100/team. Teams of two are judged on their ability to navigate simulated ranch tasks efficiently such as roping, trailer loading, fence building/repair, covering ground in the pasture, dragging calves to the branding fire, working gates, etc.
Spectators are welcome and we will have food truck, a cash bar, Mike Scully & his band, and shopping with the Challenge as our main event.

Saturday 10/18: Rendezvous Costume Parade & Contest
Halloween is approaching! Come dressed to impress in your scariest, cutest, or most original costumes with your horse! Best overall $100 and best group costume prizes also!
Parade in covered arena preceeding freestyle competition immediately following show day. Approx. start time 5:30p. Free to participate, no pre-entry required. WCRH membership req’d. Spectators welcome.

Ranch Riding Freestyle Competition
Approx 5:30p in Covered Arena - Buckles to Open, Amateur & Youth Champions. Peoples’ Choice Trophy. Create your own pattern set to music. Costumes/props encouraged. Spectators welcome, cash bar. See rules here: Freestyle rules.
Saturday 10/18: Rendezvous Dinner featuring Bryan Gaylord and the Country Star Band! Starts around 7:00p, Catered dinner held after the Ranch Riding Freestyle and Costume Contest. Held at the CRC Western Town on the corner of Anza and De Portola. Come ready to bid on the Silent Auction and shop at Winchester Western. Ticketed event.

Join our talented judges, trainers and clinicians George & Sami Hernandez for a jam session around the bonfire starting at 6:30p. Everyone is encouraged to bring their guitar (or other instrument) and their singing voice for a fun time with two of our favorite people! WCRH will provide fried chicken, bring your favorite dish and a camping chair! Members only event.

Mike Scully and his band will kick off the night during the Ranch Work Team Challenge starting at 5p! There will be food trucks, an open bar, the Ranch Work Team Challenge in the covered arena and Mike & his band's soulful stylings! Free to public.

Join us in the CRC Western Town for live music from Recording Artist Brian Gaylord & the Country Star Band starting at 7pm! There will be catered BBQ dinner, silent auction and shopping at Winchester Western as well! Dinner tickets required.

Saturday, October 18th. Sponsored by Hayes Hat Company, Jewels Farmer & Molly's Custom Buckles.

Friday, October 17th
"Ride for Lindsay!"

Thursday Oct 16th, 2-4p. Sponsored by Cathy Hanson.

Sunday, October 19th. Sponsored by Dana Plowman & Puzzle Effect Escape Room.










Please note that there are many more awards and prizes that need to be added to this listing, but this gives you an idea so you can plan your entries.
Refer to the WCRH Rulebook (link at right) for a full listing of show rules. Supplemental, Rendezvous specific rules are listed below.
R1. Class fees are as listed on the showbill. $35/class pre-paid pre-entry, $40/class after entry deadline. There are no refunds for stalls, RV spots, dry camping, clinics or special event tickets. Scratches will receive a 100% refund up until the entry deadline (October 5th), minus $25 office fee. Between October 6th-10th , there will be a 50% refund for scratches with a vet or physician note. After October 10th, there will be no refunds. The only exception is that a 50% refund may be provided after the entry deadline in extenutating circumstances with a vet note for the horse or physician note for the rider. Please understand that we book venues, hire judges and order prizes/awards based on anticipated participation. If everyone were to be allowed to be refunded at the last moment, we would no longer be able to run WCRH or offer these shows. In the case of rescheduling due to weather or other unforeseen circumstance, registered competitors will have the choice to roll over to the new date or receive a full refund. In the case of show cancellation, competitors will receive a full refund.
R2. There will be no refund related to inclement weather, viral outbreak or other disaster unless your class or event is canceled by show management. Show management will modify the schedule of the show or event to move it out of the weather (between the hours of 7:00a and 12a as necessary).
R2. You may scratch via our online show system (Equiscribe) or replace the rider or horse for your entry by submitting the change to info@westcoastranchhorse.com or calling 951-595-7536. Entries are 100% transferable at the Rendezvous event. Please include rider name, horse name, class number and WCRH member number.
R3. In order to qualify for a division award, you must show in all of the classes in that division . Division awards are based on point total for all classes.
R4. The Top Hand award is awarded to the horse and rider with the most cumulative points according to the live show point schedule. Please see 'Ways to Win'.
West Coast Ranch Horse
info@westcoastranchhorse.com - 951-595-7536