NEW! Rendezvous Exhibitor CHECKLIST
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!
Join us for the Ranch Horse Rendezvous ~ Oct 16-19, 2025
Reserve Camping & Stalls at CRC
Reserve Camping & Stalls at CRC
Reserve Camping & Stalls at CRC
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.
Rendezvous 2025 Show Entry
Reserve Camping & Stalls at CRC
Reserve Camping & Stalls at CRC
Rendezvous show pre-entry ends Sunday, Oct 5th! As this is our big production of a year end show, the Rendezvous is pre-paid pre-entries. Avoid the late fee! $35/class pre-entry, $40/class after deadline! For information on registering for the show click here to watch a video on entering the show via Equiscribe.
Register for Clinics
Reserve Camping & Stalls at CRC
Special Event Sign Up
CLINIC DAY SIGN UP IS OPEN!!!
The 2025 Rendezvous Clinic Day is Thursday 10/16! Clinicians Sami Hernandez, George Hernandez & Rosie Cowley! See schedule below or click the link to register!
Special Event Sign Up
Special Event Sign Up
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 and sign up to be in the free Costume Parade & Contest! Register to compete in the Cherie Vonada Ranc
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 and sign up to be in the free Costume Parade & Contest! Register to compete in the Cherie Vonada Ranch Trail Competition on Thursday and the Ranch Work Team Challenge on Friday! Many fun events!
Sign up by Friday 10/10 at 11:59pm.
Purchase Saturday Rendezvous Dinner Tickets
Purchase Saturday Rendezvous Dinner Tickets, by Tuesday 10/14 by 11:59pm. 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!
Register as a Vendor for the Rendezvous Gift Show!
Now in our 6th year! The Rendezvous Gift Show is well attended by members and the general public. Sell your wares or services October 16-19th with weekend only options available as well! Vendors are located central to the covered arena!
2024 Rendezvous Special Events (CLICK TO REGISTER)
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.
Live Music at the REndezvous
10/16: George & Sami Hernandez
10/18: Brian Gaylord & the Country Star Band
10/16: George & Sami Hernandez
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.
10/17: Mike Scully
10/18: Brian Gaylord & the Country Star Band
10/16: George & Sami Hernandez
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.
10/18: Brian Gaylord & the Country Star Band
10/18: Brian Gaylord & the Country Star Band
10/18: Brian Gaylord & the Country Star Band
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.
Memorial Events - Forever in our hearts
Mikey Harchol Open Disciplined Rail Stakes
Lindsay Jerome Memorial Futurity & Maturity Day
Lindsay Jerome Memorial Futurity & Maturity Day
Saturday, October 18th. Sponsored by Hayes Hat Company, Jewels Farmer & Molly's Custom Buckles.
Lindsay Jerome Memorial Futurity & Maturity Day
Lindsay Jerome Memorial Futurity & Maturity Day
Lindsay Jerome Memorial Futurity & Maturity Day
Friday, October 17th
"Ride for Lindsay!"
Cherie Vonada Gamblers Choice Ranch Trail Competition
Cherie Vonada Gamblers Choice Ranch Trail Competition
Cherie Vonada Gamblers Choice Ranch Trail Competition
Thursday Oct 16th, 2-4p. Sponsored by Cathy Hanson.
Chris Slauson Open Ranch Rail Stakes Trophy Class
Cherie Vonada Gamblers Choice Ranch Trail Competition
Cherie Vonada Gamblers Choice Ranch Trail Competition
Sunday, October 19th. Sponsored by Dana Plowman & Puzzle Effect Escape Room.
Thank you to OUR Rendezvous Sponsors!
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Get Ready for the 2025 Ranch Horse Rendezvous!
Our annual year end event including a full day of clinics, 2-day weekend ranch horse show with all breed and AQHA classes with divisions for all levels and many stakes classes, Futurity & Maturity Day, Rendezvous Dinner featuring a ranch riding freestyle competition, costume content, silent auction, live music, Gamblers Choice Ranch Trail Competition, new Ranch Work Team Challenge and nightly activities! See the Rendezvous page for info!
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Entries, Stalls & RV registration open now!