NFR Barrel Racing Results, World Standings and Aggregate Recap 2024

Andrea Busby and Jets Top Gun Benny NFR barrel racing

Check out the full NFR 2024 barrel racing results, including who placed in or won each round, the average and the updated 2024 World Standings as the best 10 days of barrel racing begins. Full 2024 NFR Barrel Racing Results, round-by-round Full NFR Results Round 1 Round 1  Name Horse Time Earnings Placing 1 Hailey […]

Running Order: See the Draw for NFR Barrel Racing 2024

Ashley Castleberry barrel racing

The 2024 National Finals Rodeo, better known as the NFR kicks off on Dec. 5, 2024, and here’s the nightly lineup for barrel racers. Barrel racers are loaded in by order of their World Standings ranking from the ProRodeo regular season. So No. 1 (Hailey Kinsel) will be first out each night, down to No. […]

NFR Barrel Racing Horse List, Rounds 1-5

Lisa Lockhart barrel racing Levee

The official list from the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association staff has kept us in the loop on developing horse changes each night during NFR 2024, and here’s the lightly lists. See the full list of horses (with pedigrees) that the top 15 took to Las Vegas in 2024. Round 1 Hailey Kinsel DM Sissy Hayday […]

How Much Does NFR Barrel Racing Pay?

Kassie Mowry and Force The Goodbye winning Round 9 NFR 2023

The 2024 National Finals Rodeo boasts a record-breaking payout of $12,376,504, marking the fourth consecutive year of increasing prize money for all of the seven approved ProRodeo events, including barrel racing. From 2015 to 2020, the NFR payout was set at $10 million, comprising $8.8 million in competition earnings and $1.2 million as guaranteed prize […]

Emily Beisel and Leslie Smalygo Bring Fresh Takes, NFR Horse Tuning Sessions to BarrelRacing.com’s Ride TV Channel

Emily Beisel and Leslie Smalygo instructing barrel racing

Albuquerque, NM—November 21, 2024 — Multi-time NFR qualifiers Emily Beisel and Leslie Smalygo are now coaches on BarrelRacing.com’s Ride TV channel, adding their unique skillsets and winning expertise to the online barrel racing and Western performance training platform. Watch now. Emily Beisel Emily Miller Beisel qualified to to her sixth National Finals Rodeo in 2024. […]

Hit the Books: College Rodeo 101

Taycie Matthews barrel racing

As young adults embark on the best four years of their lives as they head to college each fall, thousands of young rodeo athletes are also preparing for the next step in their budding careers: college rodeo.  Since 1949, the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association has given college students the opportunity to develop their skills inside […]

Meet the 60 Horses Beginning Their Barrel Racing Careers in the BFA $uper$takes

On Nov. 20, 2024, 60 of the most anticipated 3-year-old horses will make their debut barrel racing trip down the alleyway inside the Lazy E Arena during Barrel Futurities of America week for the 2024 $uper $takes. Here’s the highly ancicipated running order, thanks to our friends at BFA and the EQN Sportsdesk. 1. Dials […]

Barrel Racer Economics, with Cheyenne Wimberley

Cheyenne Wimberley turns a barrel

Cheyenne Wimberley has maintained dominance across decades of barrel racing, and she’s shifting her strategies as big-money jackpots and rodeos outside of the traditional NFR track to win big.

Hailey Kinsel Youth Barrel Race Results 2024

Hailey Kinsel poses with kids

The 2024 Hailey Kinsel Youth Barrel Race, presented by Yeti is happening at the San Antonio Rose Palace, and here’s everything barrel racers want to know, from how to watch to results. How to watch the Hailey Kinsel Youth Barrel Race The Hailey Kinsel Youth Barrel Race is streaming live on Teton Ridge Plus. Click […]

Lockhart and Blazin Ta Betty Win $60K at Inaugural Hondo Rodeo

Lisa Lockhart barrel racing at The Hondo

The inaugural The Hondo Rodeo Fest brought a $1 million payout to Phoenix, Arizona, Nov. 7-9, 2024, and here’s everything you need to know about the world class rodeo for barrel racers, including results and more. Who won the inaugural Hondo Rodeo Fest barrel racing? The 2024 Hondo Rodeo took place on the home of […]

Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi Sweeps Mountain States Circuit Barrel Racing Honors 2024

Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi running home barrel racing Sir Epic

The 2024 Mountain States Circuit Finals took place on Oct. 25-26 in Loveland, Colorado, and saw the crowning of the year-end champions and circuit finals aggregate winners. The multi-time World Champion Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi entered the Mountain States Circuit Finals barrel racing with a $10,824 lead on the pack of 12 barrel racers. Although she […]

Setting the Pocket for Each Barrel

Sharin Hall explaining barrel racing pocket

There’s a razor-thin line between a tight, fast turn and one that knocks a barrel. That’s where perfecting your pocket approach during practice sessions can make a big difference. Leading futurity trainer and million-dollar barrel racer Sharin Hall explains how she sets the pocket for each barrel and calculates the perfect distance. Watch the complete step-by-step […]