C&I Q&A: Winning Reining Trainer Fernando Salgado
C&I talks with one of last year’s American Western Weekend reining champs Fernando Salgado on the eve of this year’s American Performance Horseman. The winning team at the inaugural American...
View ArticleA Sport Fit For A Queen With Paola Pimienta
Paola Pimienta is an official ambassador for the traditional rodeo event of escaramuza, popularizing vibrant traditional attire and unparalleled horseback skills in the United States. “What I’ve...
View ArticleStephanie Crowchild Takes Manhattan
C&I goes backstage with the First Nations designer to talk New York Fashion Week, her popular Pendleton coats, and what Barbie’s got to do with it. Since Native fashion designer and activist...
View ArticleC&I Q&A: Champion Cow-Horse Trainer Sarah Dawson
C&I talks with last year’s American Performance Horseman reined-cow-horse champ Sarah Dawson on the eve of this year’s competition. The winning team at the inaugural American Performance Horseman...
View ArticleAll-American Horsemanship
This March, The American Performance Horseman builds on its inaugural success in 2023, bringing exciting equine disciplines to wider audiences. Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, is typically home...
View ArticleRed Steagall’s Cowboy Gathering In Photos
Red Steagall’s Cowboy Gathering brings folks together to celebrate Western heritage through reading, rodeoing, chuckwagon cooking, and more. After 32 years, this beloved cowboy poetry event has morphed...
View ArticleTrailing Of The Sheep Festival In Photos
Navajo storytelling, culinary expertise, and a whole lot of sheep at this Idaho festival. Follow us through the Trailing of the Sheep Festival. Beginning on October 4, 2023, the Trailing of the Sheep...
View ArticleInside The Circle At The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Artist Gina Teichert takes us through her experience at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, where kismet and homecoming converge. Dinner service at the Star Hotel has ended. Family-style spreads of...
View ArticleCelebrating Over 100 Years Of The Ramona Outdoor Play
The Ramona Outdoor Play, based on a novel by early Native-rights activist Helen Hunt Jackson, has been performed in Southern California for more than 100 years. Appalled at the treatment of American...
View ArticleBeau Simmons Art Exhibition In Photos
Western art enthusiasts came together to celebrate the photographer’s latest work, Reflections of the West. Markowicz Fine Art showcased Reflections of the West, the latest exhibit from photographer...
View ArticleCowgirl Museum And Hall Of Fame Induction In Photos
Cowgirls from across the country gathered in Fort Worth, Texas, to honor 2023’s National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame inductees. Five women were inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of...
View ArticleWRCA 28th World Championship In Photos
Cowfolk, rodeo champions, and Western entertainers came together for the WRCA's 28th World Championship Ranch Rodeo. The Working Ranch Cowboy Association (WRCA) was established in 1995 and celebrated...
View ArticleWhat To Know About This Year’s Western Heritage Awards
Stay up to date on this year’s inductees, honorees, events, panels, and more at the 2024 Western Heritage Awards. This year’s annual Western Heritage Awards weekend kicks off April 12, celebrating the...
View ArticleResistol Presents The Cowboy Channel Rookie Roundup
The rookies are coming to Cowtown for the 3nd Resistol Rookie Roundup, hosted by the Cowboy Channel. Fort Worth has some fierce competition coming its way as the PRCA readies for the 3nd annual...
View ArticleThe Steadfast Partnership That Creates Diamond-McNabb Ranch Horses
The Diamond-McNabb Ranch Horse Sale enters its 16th year, and the talent is impeccable. At a time when Taylor Sheridan’s infamous Yellowstone television series has swept the nation and captured the...
View ArticleHell’s A-Roarin’ Horse Drive
Over Memorial Day Weekend, the Yellowstone gateway of Gardiner, Montana, goes all out for a great cause. Join us at Hell’s A-Roarin’ Horse Drive. Montana is as beautiful as she is unpredictable....
View ArticleHits And Highlights From The 2024 Western Heritage Awards
Reba McEntire, Mo Brings Plenty, and more Western legends mixed and mingled at the 2024 Western Heritage Awards. The Oklahoma stars shone bright over the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum as...
View ArticleInside Mount Isa Mines Rodeo — Australia’s Biggest Night
Get a look inside Australia’s Mount Isa Mines Rodeo and meet the Aussie athletes who bring the night to life. When I landed at the Mount Isa airport in Australia’s remote outback country of Queensland,...
View ArticleEditor’s Note: The West Is More Than One Thing
In our July 2024 issue, we are expanding the West and celebrating the magic of Western travel — from wild Idaho to UXU Ranch to historic Indigenous sites and beyond. “I was a little boy on a...
View Article75 Years Of The College National Finals Rodeo
In celebration of 75 years of the CNFR, C&I is looking back at where it all began. In east-central Wyoming, on the North Platte River, sits the city of Casper, a place where the prairie and the...
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