American Royal

This week Becca and I went on a little field trip. We went to KC to the American Royal. Here is a little bit about it for those of you that are not from around here:

History

The American Royal Association, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation and Kansas City's longest running show, has been a Kansas City tradition since 1899. During September, October and November, more than 250,000 people attend the American Royal.

The American Royal began in a tent in the Kansas City Stockyards as a national Hereford Show. This show has grown into the annual American Royal Livestock Show drawing an audience of over 69,000 including owner/breeders, future business and agriculture leaders (high school and collegiate) and animal enthusiasts from a 30 state region.

The horse show was added in 1905 and has grown to include five shows (Quarter Horse, Hunter-Jumper, Arabian, Saddle Horse and 4-H). The horse shows draw over 7,000 horse-enthusiasts, owners, trainers, grooms and riders nationwide and a 12,000+ ticketed audience of horse lovers.

The first Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) sanctioned rodeo was added in 1950.

We had a great day. We called some friends from church last minute and they were willing to go with an hour's notice. We met up with some friends from a church that we attended about 10 years ago. Fun to see folks that we haven't seen in a long time.We were able to watch the rodeo which is a "kids rodeo". There were kids as young as 4 years old riding (they were riding sheep and it was SOOOOO cute!) And they went all the way up to teens.
After that we walked around the AG building and there were lots of vendors, a petting zoo and some other livestock.We finished the day by watching some competition.~~Kathy~~~~