August Roll Call: Bubble Wars Break Out in All 13 WPRA Circuits
Nine of the 13 WPRA circuits have a new leader since May, and 749 barrel racers have now cashed a circuit check. The full top 20 in every circuit through August 4, 2026, plus finals dates, entry cut-offs and the minimum rodeo counts that decide who is actually eligible.
So You’re Ready to Turn Pro: The WPRA Permit-to-Card Guide for Barrel Racers
Everything a barrel racer needs to know before buying a WPRA permit, filling it and earning a pro card: what it costs, how to fill it, when to buy the card, and how to enter your first ProRodeo through ProCom.
Graham Cracks $100K, Kosel Holds Down NFR Bubble in This Week’s Projected World Standings
Sydney Graham breaks $100,000 and the fight for the 15th and final NFR spot comes down to $328, with Summer Kosel edging Tricia Aldridge in our projected 2026 WPRA barrel racing world standings.
Tayla Moeykens Wins Cheyenne Frontier Days Title on KN Fames Best Yet
Tayla Moeykens won the barrel racing title at Cheyenne Frontier Days on July 26, riding the gelding she calls Yeti to the biggest win of her career at the Daddy of ’em All. It was the third summer she has brought KN Fames Best Yet back to Cheyenne, and the year the climb finally paid […]
‘It’s Never Too Late to Start Again’ Kariann Cross and Star Celebrate $22K Week, Days of ’47 Victory
KariAnn Cross won the barrel racing gold medal at the Days of ’47 Rodeo in Salt Lake City on July 25, riding DK Star Biankus to $18,000 in the finals and the biggest win of a ProRodeo career that is only in its second season. She did it on a mare she raised, foaled out, […]
Hayle and Hailey Have Taken Over: WPRA Standings Shuffle After Cheyenne, Utah’s Pioneer Week
For the first time in 2026, the name at the top of the projected WPRA world standings is not Kassie Mowry, it’s Hayle Gibson-Stillwell. The last full week of July is the richest stretch of the summer run, and it moved the standings. Cheyenne Frontier Days crowned its champion under the new WPRA Playoff bracket, […]
The Horses of Cheyenne: 2026 CFD Finalist Pedigrees
Twelve horses ran in the final round of the 2026 Cheyenne Frontier Days barrel racing tournament on Sunday, July 26. Tayla Moeykens and KN Fames Best Yet won it in 17.41 seconds. This page is the pedigree record for all 12: sire, dam, damsire, foaling year, owner and breeder for every horse that made Championship […]
The Rundown July 21: The One With Colorado Springs and 5 States
Caitlyn White and Mr Soul won the NFR Open at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Tricia Aldridge took the California Rodeo Salinas average aboard Adios Pantalones, and the 5 States Breeders Futurity paid more than $225,000 across a loaded week in South Dakota, all recapped on this week’s episode of […]
Catherine Asmussen Making Moves Up Resistol Rookie Standings, Bagnell Still Leads Field
Morgan Bagnell keeps padding her lead at the top of the Resistol Rookie race, but the chase behind her looks nothing like it did heading into the summer run. Through July 14, Bagnell sits first with $57,035.00, a cushion of $25,756.79 over a brand-new runner-up. When we last checked the board on May 13, that margin was […]
Say Hello to Adios: All-Time Winningest Barrel Stallion Returns From Hock Fracture Beneath Tricia Aldridge
Adios Pantalones is back. The winningest barrel racing stallion of all time won the average at the 2026 California Rodeo Salinas, banking $14,420 for Tricia Aldridge, his first title since a fractured hock and the surgery that followed kept him off the rodeo road for roughly five months. The 6-year-old stallion (Tres Seis x French […]
‘I Just Let Him Do His Thing’: Caitlyn White and Mr Soul Win $16,750 and NFR Open National Circuit Championship
Caitlyn White won the 2026 NFR Open barrel racing championship Saturday night at the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs, riding the stallion Mr Soul to a 17.29 in the Top 9 Finals for $13,000 in her first trip to the circuit system’s season-ending finale. It was the fastest Mr Soul ran all week, […]
Tricia Aldridge and Adios Pantalones Seal the Deal on California Rodeo Salinas Win: Full Results
Tricia Aldridge was the top earner in the barrel racing at the 2026 California Rodeo Salinas, winning $14,420 across the week aboard Adios Pantalones. Aldridge took the average in 64.40 seconds on four head and won the finals round in 15.98, riding the winningest barrel racing stallion of all time. Sherry Cervi was the next-best […]
Six-Figure Shootout: Calgary Blows the WPRA World Title Race Wide Open
The way the 2026 season is shaping up, the WPRA world title is anybody’s to win. If 2025 proved anything, it is that the barrel race is not over until the tenth round in Las Vegas. T he NFR opened in chaos — an EHV-1 outbreak scrambled the barrel horses in the days before the […]
A Decade of Dominance: The Strategy That Led to DM Sissy Hayday’s 2026 Calgary Stampede Title
Hailey Kinsel and DM Sissy Hayday won the 2026 Calgary Stampede barrel racing championship Sunday, stopping the clock at 16.80 to collect $50,000 and set another bronze beside the four world titles the pair already own. Kinsel and Sister, the 15-year-old palomino mare the sport knows simply as “Sister,” or just “Sis,” won Pool C […]
Anneliese McCurry, 20, Gets First Big ProRodeo Win at St. Paul
Anneliese McCurry won the St. Paul Rodeo in 17.16 on Blazin Summer Shandy, banking $13,459 in the biggest week of her young career. She is 20, from Nampa, Idaho, in just her second season of pro rodeo, and it was the first time she or the mare had ever set foot in the St. Paul, […]