Cowboy Ben Goodman comes off his horse and grabs a steer in the steer wrestling event during last year’s Cowboys of Color Rodeo at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo.
Cowboy Ben Goodman comes off his horse and grabs a steer in the steer wrestling event during last year’s Cowboys of Color Rodeo at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. Star-Telegram archives
Cowboy Ben Goodman comes off his horse and grabs a steer in the steer wrestling event during last year’s Cowboys of Color Rodeo at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. Star-Telegram archives

Fort Worth Stock Show: A tribute to MLK

January 14, 2018 05:12 AM

The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo continues through Feb. 3 at Will Rogers Memorial Center, Lancaster Avenue and University Drive, just west of downtown.

Details: 817-877-2400 or www.fwssr.com. Apps are available for Apple and Android devices.

Grounds admission: $10 adults, $5 ages 6-16, free age 5 and younger

Rodeo tickets: $22 weekdays and $30 on Friday nights, Saturday and Sunday. Rodeo tickets are good for general admission to the Stock Show the same day. Some rodeo events are already sold out. Rodeo tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster or in person at the ticket office, 3401 W. Lancaster Ave., which is open 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily; 817-877-2420.

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Parking: $12 per vehicle

Shuttle service: The Rodeo Redline operates on Saturdays and Sundays during the Stock Show for $5 per car. The shuttle service takes you from Billy Bob’s north parking lot (in the Stockyards) to the Stock Show. The shuttles run every 20 minutes (Saturdays : 8:30 a.m.-10 p.m. and Sundays, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.)

Shopping: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday in the Amon G. Carter Jr. Exhibits Hall and Brown-Lupton Exhibits Hall (north and south).

Cowboys of Color Rodeo

It’s no coincidence that the Stock Show’s Cowboys of Color Rodeo is on the day our nation honors Martin Luther King Jr. The annual event at Will Rogers Coliseum is a celebration of competition on a day in which we honor King’s contributions to the civil rights movement.

The event features which features black and Hispanic cowboys and cowgirls testing their skills against broncs, bulls and roping stock.

Monday

8 a.m. Cutting Horse Classes (AQHA Quarter Horse Classes followed by APHA Paint Horse Classes) – Justin Arena

8 a.m. Texas State Brown Swiss Show and Guernsey Dairy Cattle – Open Show – Cattle Arena

9 a.m. 4-H and FFA Wildlife Contest – Botanical Research Institute of Texas

9 a.m. Equine I.Q. Contest – Richardson-Bass Building, Room C

9 a.m. Longhorn Cattle – TLBT Youth Division Show – Watt Arena

9 a.m. Southwestern Classic Dairy Goat Show – Swine Arena

11 a.m. Yellow Rose Classic Boer Goat Show – Sheep Arena

Noon Jersey Dairy Cattle – Open Show – Cattle Arena

2 p.m. Cowboys of Color Rodeo – Coliseum

3 p.m. Southwest Regional Holstein Dairy Cattle – Open Show – Cattle Arena

4 p.m. Open Braford Cattle Show – Watt Arena

Tuesday

Note: Wear Dickies clothing and get in free to the Stock Show (but no rodeo-related events)

8 a.m. Brahman Cattle Show – Watt Arena- West Ring

8 a.m. NCHA Cutting Horse Classes – Justin Arena

8 a.m. Other Purebred and Brown Swiss followed by Jersey Dairy Cattle – Junior Show – Cattle Arena

10 a.m. Braunvieh Cattle Show – Youth Division – Watt Arena, East Ring

11:30 a.m. Braunvieh Cattle Show – Beefbuilder Division, followed by Fullblood/ Purebred Division – Watt Arena, East Ring

1 p.m. Holstein Dairy Cattle – Junior Show – Cattle Arena

5 p.m. Longhorn Cattle – TLBAA World Qualifying Open Show – Watt Arena

7:30 p.m. Bulls’ Night Out – PRCA Extreme Bull Riding – Coliseum