Every year on Labor Day the ranch holds a Santa Gertrudis Jr Show for kids. There are premium money prizes, trophies and a barbecue. More than anything else they will have fun making friends with other people who love raising cattle. It's just a little show before they go on to the big shows. But it gives them a chance to get their animals used to the spectator attention, and the ring.
Parents come with most of the children.
There is a place for them to sleep at the ranch, and more can stay in a motel just down the road. The sprawling ranch he runs looks just like the opening shot for an old John Wayne movie set in the high country. There are towering hills, sweeping valleys, and grazing cattle. There are knee-deep, clear mountain streams. There are little lakes and tall trees.