Moving Up: Makenzie Mayes Banks $14,617 and Climbs to 10th — August 17-23 ProRodeo Results, World Standings Analysis
Makenzie Mayes climbed five spots to 10th and Andrea Busby won the Caldwell average as 25 ProRodeo barrel races paid $274,120. Full August 17-23 results, plus the projected top 70 world standings.
Morton, Wheeler Take First Titles of Week: 2026 Ruby Buckle East Results
Ruby Buckle East results 2026: every round, time and payout from Perry, Georgia, August 20-23 — derby, futurity, Breeder’s Open, Rookie Ruby, Youth, Open and Owner/Rider, plus the Sire Watch.
The Rundown August 18: The One With the Levi Wright Memorial
Taylor Miniat and Love Lane won five titles at the Levi Wright Memorial, Tricia Aldridge won the average at the $61,000 Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston, Oregon, and Carlee Otero drew a check at all three rodeos she entered to climb from fifth to second in the world, all recapped on this week’s episode of […]
Carlee Otero to No. 2 in World: August 10-16 ProRodeo Results, Standings Analysis
Otero drew a check at every rodeo she entered to climb from fifth to second, and Makenzie Mayes holds the final NFR spot by $11,085. Full results from the 26 ProRodeo barrel races finishing August 10-16, plus our projected 2026 WPRA barrel racing world standings top 70.
Cinch Playoff Series 2026, Explained: How Barrel Racers Reach Puyallup and Sioux Falls
The Cinch Playoff Series decides two fields, not one, on two different deadlines. The full points distribution, both cutoffs, and where the barrel race stands with Aug. 24 a week out.
The Rundown August 11: The One Across the North American Continent
Cassie Brantmayer cashed four checks off one 15.678 at the Fa$t Ca$h Barrel Bash in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, Kim Schulze and Jessie Ann Chrisman took the futurity and derby averages at the Cowboy State Futurity in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Jennifer Neudorf won both Pool A rounds at the Big Bang Barrel Race in Bowden, Alberta, […]
Graham Headlines Again: August 3-9 ProRodeo Results, World Standings Analysis
Sydney Graham won the richest barrel race of the week at Lovington, Emily Beisel climbed to third and Tricia Aldridge rode into the NFR top 15 in our projected 2026 WPRA barrel racing world standings.
The Rundown August 4: The One With Royal Crown and a New Record
Dusky Lynn Hall and Tornado Lane won the Royal Crown Futurity in Rapid City, South Dakota, for $64,125, Kennedy Smith and Sekret Agent Watson took the Breeders Elite Futurity Sweepstakes in Canada for $29,243, and Skyla Peters broke the arena record at the Expo Summer Classic in Glen Rose, Texas, all recapped on this week’s […]
Dog Days of Rodeo: 2026 ProRodeo Barrel Racing Results, July 26-August 2
Every ProRodeo barrel racing result from July 26-August 2, across the US and Canada, as the summer run turned from July into August. Looking for earlier results? All of the July ProRodeo results live here. Our world standings analysis for this week: Graham cracks $100,000 and Kosel holds down the NFR bubble. Cowley County Fair […]
The Rundown July 28: The One With Cheyenne and Red Rocket
Tayla Moeykens won Cheyenne Frontier Days on the sport’s new playoff bracket, KariAnn Cross turned the Days of ’47 in Salt Lake City into the biggest payday of the week at roughly $21,147, and Kappie Bryant swept the Red Rocket Futurity in South Jordan, Utah, all recapped on this week’s episode of The Rundown on […]
The (Unofficial) 20 Fastest Barrel Racing Times Ever Run on an (American) Standard Pattern
All the barrel racers are asking: What’s the fastest time ever ran on an American (or Canadian) standard pattern? Here’s the ones we know of. Research base compiled by Kayla Jones, host of The Money Barrel. Brandon Cullins and A Cornerstone stopped the clock at 16.457 inside the Lazy E Arena in February 2018, and […]
The Money Barrel: Trevor Jeffers on Understanding Ulcers in the Performance Horse
Most barrel racers can name omeprazole and sucralfate, but far fewer can say what each one actually does inside the horse, or why giving it on top of a full feed bucket can waste most of the dose. Trevor Jeffers can. He spent years as a clinical pharmacist in human hospitals, in the ICU and […]
The Money Barrel: Cheyenne Wimberley on Four Decades of Barrel Racing Knowledge, Iconic Horses
Cheyenne Wimberley bought her WPRA card at 11, qualified for her first National Finals Rodeo in 1997 on April Hemp, built a second career off the road, and came back nearly two decades later to qualify for the NFR again in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Few people have lived through as many eras of professional […]
The Money Barrel: Janie Johnson on Calling the Barrels at NFR, Calgary and Beyond
Janie Johnson is one of the most recognizable voices in barrel racing. Listen below. She’s the one fans hear over the biggest runs of the year, from The American to the Calgary Stampede to the NFR. But she never set out to be on camera. She grew up on a cattle ranch in Canyon, Texas, […]
Moeykens Seals the Deal: Cheyenne Frontier Days Results
Cheyenne Frontier Days ran its barrel racing on a new WPRA Playoff Series bracket in 2026, sending 72 racers through six first-round performances, three semifinals and a July 26 final for a share of $100,000 in added money. At the end of it all, Tayla Moeykens and KN Fames Best Yet earned the finals win […]