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By Bob Welch

As 2018 dawned, I checked my email to find the WRCA had sent out the 2018 Ranch Team Packets. It includes information on team qualification standards, defining what it means to be a “working ranch,” who among partners, employees and day workers are eligible to compete on a team, and regulations and expectations of team ... … Read More
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History Lesson

By Bob Welch

The cowboys on the Burns Ranch know something about history. In fact, the ranch can trace its history in Henrietta, Texas, back more than 125 years to 1890, when Aldolphus Raht first put the acreage together. The Burns/Johnson family has owned the ranch since 1928. Now, Graham Johnson represents the fourth generation of ... … Read More

Top Horse

By Bob Welch

Despite his registered name, John C. Brian isn’t exactly sure what Razzle Dazzle Rey did to catch the attention of the judges who selected him as the Top Horse at the 22nd Annual World Championship Ranch Rodeo in Amarillo last November. “I don’t know what made him stand out,” Brian said. “All those cowboys ... … Read More
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WRCA Foundation Year End Wrap-Up

By Bob Welch

As most folks in the ranching world know, 2017 was a year of tragedy for a huge swath of the Great Plains cow country. Devastating fires raged in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Montana, and Nevada. Somewhere near 2 million acres were burned and untold cattle were lost. While the record wildfires laid waste to prime ... … Read More

WCRR Top Hand Connor Grokett

By Bob Welch

Connor Grokett had cows to feed. After being at the World Championship Ranch Rodeo for five days, he and his wife, Kalyn, had a list of chores piling up back at the JLB Ranch in Fall River, Kansas, where he is the division manager. After rodeoing all week with the Robbins Ranch and Keith Cattle team (he day works for ... … Read More

WRCA Foundation #GivingTuesday

By Bob Welch

Most cowboys aren’t into Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, or Cyber Monday. Those days pass as most others in the fall: feeding cows or straightening out weanlings. Oh sure, if they get to the house before the evening news is over, they’ll see the crazed hoards trampling each other for the latest video game and ... … Read More

What a Week! | The WRCA Blog

By Bob Welch

As a rookie team at the 22nd World Championship Ranch Rodeo, I have to say that the experience was an incredible one. First, I’d like to thank the WRCA staff, board of directors, and volunteers for a great week. I’ve been to the WCRR enough to see that the contestants are well taken care of, but to experience it ... … Read More

Congrats to the 2017 WRCA World Champs

By WRCA

  It was lucky 13 for Canyon, Texas, cowboy Rodey Wilson and his ranch team. This year marked Wilson’s 13th qualification for the Working Ranch Cowboys Association’s World Championship Ranch Rodeo. His teammates have varied over the years, and in 2017, he was joined by several WCRR first-timers. But 13 was ... … Read More
WRCA Announcer Hadley Barrett

A Sad Silence | Remembering Hadley Barrett

By Bob Welch

  Hadley Barrett was the rodeo fans’ best friend. Not only is he perhaps the most-listened-to rodeo announcer of all time, he was the finest. Grandparents, parents, and children have all heard him describe the action on the arena floor during his 50-year career. None have done it with the dignity and class of ... … Read More
"The Duke of the Chutes" - Mr. Harry Vold

Into the Sunset | Remembering Harry Vold

By Bob Welch

They called him the Duke of the Chutes, but every year at the World Championship Ranch Rodeo in Amarillo, Texas, the late Harry Vold was more like a king holding court. And for four days every November, the 11-time PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year and ProRodeo Hall of Fame sat on a simple throne. Perched unassumingly ... … Read More