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. Kathy Grimes ran a 16.31 at Burley, Idaho, on Aug. 22, 2026, and nobody in this country has ever […]
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 […]
Days of Summer: 2026 July ProRodeo Results Tracker

We’re watching all of the ProRodeo barrel racing action happening across the US and Canada all through the month of July. Looking for July 1-5? All of the Cowboy Christmas results live here. Looking for Calgary Stampede Results? They’re here. WPRA World Standings As of July 26, 2026 from WPRA.com 1 Kassie Mowry Dublin, TX […]
2026 NFR Open Barrel Racing Results, Info

TheFR Open runs July 14–18 at the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs, with $85,300 added in barrel racing and 27 circuit champions entered, among them Lisa Lockhart and defending champion Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi. Here is how the week works and who is running. What the NFR Open is The NFR Open is the […]
The Rundown July 13: The One With Calgary and the Minnesota Sweep

The Rundown is back once again with all the barrel racing news from the previous weekend, including Calgary Stampede and the Minnesota Breeders Futurity in this episode. THIS WEEK ● Calgary shakes up the top of the WPRA World Standings ● The Mega: a slot-race score and a world-champ mare back in the 1D ● Minnesota Breeders Futurity: […]
Inside the New 2026 Cheyenne Frontier Days Barrel Racing Format

The 2026 Cheyenne Frontier Days will feature a new qualification process and a new format, news that shocked much of the rodeo world earlier this year. Cheyenne Frontier Days has rebuilt its barrel racing for 2026, trading the old aggregate and open-to-the-world format with a long round of slack, for a bracketed Playoff Series format that runs […]
Kappie Bryant on Her $68K Win at PWR, ‘Pancakes’ And More on The Money Barrel

The industry fell for a buckskin gelding named Pancakes at the 2025 NFR, where he carried Halyn Lide to back-to-back second-place rounds in her first trip to the finals. Last month his owner, Kappie Bryant, won about $68,500 on him herself at the Premier Women’s Rodeo Championship. Kayla Jones got Bryant on The Money Barrel […]
Hailey Kinsel Wins Calgary Stampede 2026: Full Barrel Racing Results

The 2026 Calgary Stampede is in full swing July 3–12 in Calgary, Alberta, bringing 30 of the world’s best barrel racers north of the border to chase a share of the $310,250 in added money. Barrel racers are split into three pools—Pool A (July 3–5), Pool B (July 6–8) and Pool C (July 9–11). The […]
WCJR Pole Bending and Barrel Racing Results 2026

The 2026 Cinch World Championship Junior Rodeo is underway at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, with more than $145,000 in added money on the line. This page tracks the barrel racing and pole bending results as they happen, from the Last Chance Qualifier rounds July 8 and 9 through Friday’s semifinals and Saturday’s […]
2026 WCJR Barrel Racing & Pole Bending: Schedule, Divisions and How to Enter

The Cinch World Championship Junior Rodeo (WCJR), runs July 8–11, 2026 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, with more than $145,000 in added money and prizes across 11 events and two age divisions. Below is the who, what, when, where and why for the two fastest events on the ground, barrel racing and […]