Los Tres Toños Charro Championship 2026: El Quevedeño Turns 40

Los Tres Toños charro championship 2026: dates, place and price

The Los Tres Toños charro championship 2026 takes place on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14-15, 2026, at Lienzo Charro Los Tres Toños, the home arena of Rancho El Quevedeño in Tepic, Nayarit. It marks the ranch's 40th anniversary, and NTV reports that admission is free.

The event's full name is Campeonato Nacional Los Tres Toños. "Nacional" here is part of the name of the ranch's own anniversary tournament. It is not the Federation's annual national championship, which is a separate event.

Nothing has been run yet. Everything below is the program as published on Nov. 11, and it can change.

Schedule: what each day looks like

A Galope Tendido, a specialist charrería outlet, is the only source with the draw and the Sunday timetable. It reports that 12 teams were drawn on Tuesday, Nov. 10, for Saturday's charreadas.

Saturday, Nov. 14

• All 12 teams compete in the day's charreadas.
• Meridiano reports a 10:00 a.m. start at El Quevedeño and a finish close to midnight.
• The day closes with a coleadero, a stand-alone steer-tailing contest. A Galope Tendido says at least 25 participants are expected.

Sunday, Nov. 15

This is the timetable A Galope Tendido published:

Meridiano gives a slightly different Sunday start of 11:00 a.m. If you want to see the first team ride, plan around the earlier time.

Both NTV and A Galope Tendido report that El Conde has been invited to face a bull in the ring on Sunday; only A Galope Tendido gives the 16:45 time. If that isn't for you or your children, the gap before the third charreada is a natural break.

How a two-day aggregate charro tournament works

The title goes to the team with the most points across both days, according to A Galope Tendido. NTV described the same format in October: each team's scores are added up. That makes this an aggregate tournament: Saturday's score and Sunday's score are added together.

Here is how the pieces fit:

1. The draw decides which charreada and which turn each team gets on Saturday.
2. Saturday produces a first score for every team.
3. The best Saturday scores get to choose their charreada and their turn for Sunday, A Galope Tendido reports. That is a real advantage, because teams can pick the hour and the order they like.
4. Sunday produces the second score. The two are added and the highest total wins.

Why both days count

In a charreada, each team runs the same set of suertes, from the cala de caballo to the paso de la muerte. Judges award points for what each charro executes, add extras for style and difficulty, and subtract for infractions.

One missed suerte can swing a result. In the 2021 national final, the Federation's report shows El Quevedeño and Charros de La Laguna level at 308 points going into the last suerte, the paso de la muerte. El Quevedeño's paso scored 22 and took the team to 330. La Laguna's was disqualified, which left it on 308, behind Las Cuatas' 312. A further five-point infraction after a protest was rejected dropped La Laguna to 303 without changing the placings.

Now carry that pressure over two days. In an aggregate format every suerte in two full charreadas about a day apart goes into the total. A big day can make up for a weaker one, but a team that stays sharp on both days gives itself the most room, and that tests the depth of its riders and horses.

Our guide to how charrería is scored breaks down the points suerte by suerte. The coleadero explainer covers Saturday night's contest.

Who Rancho El Quevedeño are

The Rancho El Quevedeño charrería team is a charro association from Tepic and one of three Nayarit teams that Meridiano counts as national champions. It is also a family project that, by NTV's account, has reached its third generation.

The key dates, with their sources:

• 1981: the ranch was bought, Meridiano reports from a talk with the founders held in Tepic this week. The property was then called Los Limones.
• June 14, 1986: the Asociación de Charros del Rancho El Quevedeño was officially born, driven by Antonio Echevarría Domínguez and a group of charrería enthusiasts, according to NTV. Meridiano gives the same date for the opening of the lienzo. This is the 40 years being celebrated.
• 1990: first state championship. NTV lists state titles in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1995.
• Nov. 21, 2021: national champions at the LXXVII Congreso y Campeonato Nacional Charro in Aguascalientes.

The first team had 15 charros, Meridiano reports. Antonio Echevarría García, the founder's son, later took over as the association's president, Meridiano adds, and NTV describes the arrival of a third generation as the project's continuity.

The 2021 national title

The Federación Mexicana de Charrería's own report gives the final scores from Arena San Marcos:

Two Nayarit teams finished first and second. Meridiano counts three Nayarit teams as national champions: Rancho Las Cuatas, Charros de Puente de Camotlán and El Quevedeño.

Why the anniversary matters

Both A Galope Tendido and Meridiano report that the team stopped competing for a time and then came back with new members, though they differ on the year: A Galope Tendido puts the pause in 2024 and Meridiano in 2025. The anniversary tournament puts the rebuilt team in front of its home crowd.

The lienzo's name fits the family: NTV's profile names three Antonios, from the founder to his grandson. NTV also lists the Torneo de los Tres Toños among the competitions in the team's history, so the Tres Toños name already had a place in the team's story.

How to attend

• Cost: free entry, per NTV. Bring cash anyway for food and drinks.
• Where: Lienzo Charro Los Tres Toños, Rancho El Quevedeño, Tepic. The outlets we read do not publish a street address, so confirm the location on a map app before you leave.
• Arrive early. Free events fill fast, and the good seats over the ruedo go first.
• Dress for a long day. A hat, sunscreen and closed shoes for the daytime, and a light jacket if you stay for the 8 p.m. charreada.
• With children: sit high and away from the fence, and keep them out of the pens and warm-up areas.
• Around horses: ask before touching one and never walk behind it. Our safety basics cover the rest.

None of the three outlets mentions a broadcast. If you can't travel, watch A Galope Tendido's social channels, where the outlet posts charrería coverage.

What to watch next

• Saturday night: which teams post the top scores and earn the right to choose their Sunday turn.
• The coleadero: whether the field reaches the 25 or more riders expected.
• Sunday at 8 p.m.: the final charreada, where the two-day totals are settled.
• The hosts: how a rebuilt El Quevedeño squad measures up at home against visiting teams.

We'll treat results as official only once the organizers or the specialist press publish them. For the wider season, see our guides to the Charrería National Championship 2026 and the National Senior Charro Championship. You'll find more charro terms in the glossary.