The Rundown Feb. 10: The One Where the Winter Rodeos Get Rolling
On this week’s episode of The Rundown, learn all about winter rodeo formats, the Kinder Cup barrel race and more Episode Recap: The Rundown – February 2025 Kinder Equinety Cup Recap Rapid City & Fort Worth Rodeo Highlights World Standings Update (As of Feb 5th) San Antonio Rodeo Breakdown Royal Crown Update The Rundown is […]
Hallie Hanssen Gets Kinder Cup Redemption on The Kandyman Kid, Wins $34K and Futurity Title
Hallie Hanssen jockeyed The Kandyman Kid to an impressive week of futurity barrel racing at the 2025 Kinder Cup Barrel Racing Championships in Tunica, Mississippi, finishing no less than reserve on any entry and earning the Futurity championship. In the slot race, The Kandyman Kid clocked a 14.773 to earn the reserve $15,000 finish behind […]
Retired School Counselor April Black Wins Kinder Cup Derby Round 1 on Homegrown Dash Ta Fiesta Dunit
Fans learned the name April Black quick, fast and in a hurry in Tunica, Mississippi, when she and Dash Ta Fiesta Dunit changed the leaderboard in Round 1 of the Kinder Cup Barrel Racing Championships Derby and held for the win on February 6, 2025. When the name April Black was announced inside the Tunica […]
Ashley Schafer and HP Hotrod Add Kinder Cup Slot Race Title and $22K to 4-Year-Old Stallion’s Resume
Ashley Schafer added the 2025 Equinety Kinder Cup slot race victory in 14.660 seconds on the futurity stallion, HP Hotrod’s already stacked resume in Tunica, Mississippi. Schafer’s 14.660-second run in the Feb. 5, 2025 futurity class, reserved for horses aged 5 and under in their first season of competition, bested Hallie Hanssen and The Kandyman […]
The Rundown Jan 27: The One With Denver and Rapid-Fire Races
On another week of The Rundown, presented by The Money Barrel, host Kayla Jones visits with BarrelRacing.com to go over all of the weekly news in barrel racing, from the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver, to East Coast futurities and more. Inside this week’s episode of The Rundown: Dive deeper into this […]
NFR Wrapped: How Each of the Top 15 Fared at National Finals Rodeo 2024
The 10 rounds of the National Finals Rodeo 2024 barrel racing came and went in Las Vegas at breakneck speed, but if you missed a second, here’s how the finals went for each of the 15 top barrel racers and their horses. 1. Kassie Mowry Year-end earnings: $457,808.86 NFR earnings: $295,526 Horses: Force The Goodbye […]
Carlee Otero Rocks First NFR in 10 Years, Competes With Fractured Pelvis
Carlee Otero burst back into the barrel racing spotlight after a 10-year gap between NFR qualifications in 2024 aboard the 6-year-old gelding Blingolena and has already proven her ability and grit across seven nights. Otero’s ProRodeo career began back in 2008. Even with her inexperience on the ProRodeo trail, her strategic prowess helped her learn […]
Jets Top Gun Cracks $1 Million LTE at NFR 2024, Breaks Aggregate Record With Andrea Busby
Andrea Busby’s Jets Top Gun has proven himself with multiple jockeys and at every level of barrel racing competition, and the gelding hit a career milestone at his second NFR appearance just as the curtain fell on the tenth round of competition. “I’m starting to think he’s not even real anymore,” Busby said. “That horse […]
From Rock Bottom to Top Gun: Kassie Mowry Wins First World Championship, Top Earner of NFR 2024
Kassie Mowry put her first World Championship on lock on Dec. 14 with an impressive finish in the No. 10 round of competition, closing out her fifth NFR appearance with $295,249 earned across ten days, a gold buckle and the RAM Top Gun Award. In a dramatic one-header in the tenth round, due to Mowry […]
Tiany Schuster Wins WPRA Jerry Ann Taylor Best Dressed Award at NFR 2024
Tiany Schuster looked good, felt good and did good at her 2024 NFR appearance, earning $51,345 in the first nine rounds of barrel racing competition and winning the WPRA’s Jerry Ann Taylor best dressed award. The Jerry Ann Taylor Best Dressed award is awarded to a barrel racer at NFR each year that receives the […]
The Closers: Rounds 6-10 NFR Horse List
The second half of NFR barrel racing 2024 is underway starting with Round 6 on Dec. 10, and the barrel racers have been carefully assembling their lineups all week long. See who the barrel racers selected in Rounds 1-5 here. Rounds 6-7 Eight horses have been selected for every NFR round so far, including Round […]
Kinsel Wins Round 9, World Champion Will be Determined in Round 10
The Round 9 NFR barrel racing kept fans on the edge of their seats throughout the entirety of the competition, but ultimately Hailey Kinsel and DM Sissy Hayday locked up their fourth NFR 2024 round win in 13.48 seconds and took charge of the World Standings race. Kinsel came from the No. 15 position on […]
Shelley Morgan and Kiss Get First NFR Win in Round 9, Splits with New World Standings Leader Kassie Mowry
Shelley Morgan and HR FamesKissAndTell earned their first career NFR round win in round 9 of the 2024 installment and split the win with Kassie Mowry and Force The Goodbye, nearly breaking Mowry’s history-shaping winning streak of barrel racing. “It was time for her to share,” Morgan said. “Getting a round win has been a […]
Dona Kay Rule Doctor Releases at NFR After Round 8 Injury
The official word came in from The Women’s Professional Rodeo Association that multi-time NFR qualifier Dona Kay Rule will not compete in Rounds 9 and 10 of the 2024 NFR barrel racing, marking an end to her NFR journey on the year. Dona Kay Rule, 66, received her injury in the alleyway before her Round […]
Everything Barrel Racers Need to Know About the World Champions Rodeo Alliance and Women’s Rodeo Championships
The World Champions Rodeo Alliance and the Women’s Rodeo Championships have awarded millions to women since its inception in 2018, so here’s everything barrel racers need to know about how to play in the WCRA and cash in for the big money. Overview Key Features Women’s Rodeo World Championship (WRWC) Overview Links: Key Features Partnership […]
