Four-time world champion Hailey Kinsel and 2014 world champion Fallon Taylor trade the barrel pattern for the fence Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the NRCHA Foundation’s Big Guns in Cowtown, live on Ride TV pay-per-view from Cowtown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyards.
They’re two of 22 rodeo athletes in the foundation’s fence-only reined cow horse showcase, and every one of them is paired with an NRCHA Professional coach. The winning athlete and coach team takes home $25,000, with $10,000 for second and $5,000 for third.
More than $100,000 has been raised or pledged so far, with half going to causes the athletes chose. Proceeds benefit the NRCHA Foundation and those charities.
How to Watch Big Guns in Cowtown
- Ride TV pay-per-view: $39.95 here. It’s a one-time purchase you keep to watch again after the live show, separate from a Ride TV membership, and you don’t need a membership to buy it.
- Pre-show: 6:30 p.m. CDT
- Big Guns in Cowtown: 8 p.m. CDT
Attending in Person
Tickets are sold through AXS. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. at Cowtown Coliseum, 121 E. Exchange Ave., Fort Worth. Can’t make it but want to give? Donations go through nrcha.com/foundation/give.
The Barrel Racers
Kinsel, of Cotulla, Texas, won WPRA world titles in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022 and rides with Abbie Phillips. (Read more: PROFile: The Hailey Kinsel Story)
Taylor won the 2014 WPRA world championship on Flos Heiress, “BabyFlo.” Her coach is Clayton Anderson.
The women’s side of the roster runs deep in the roping events, too. Jackie Crawford, a 24-time WPRA world champion, rides with Erin Taormino. Shelby Meged, the 2023 WPRA world champion breakaway roper, works with Todd Bergen, and 2022 WPRA all-around champion Sarah Angelone is paired with Ben Baldus. Four-time NFBR qualifier Hali Williams rides with Sarah Dawson, and PWR Commissioner Linsay Rosser-Sumpter is paired with Brendon Clark.
For the tie-down side, see CalfRoping.com’s Down the Fence: How to Watch Shad Mayfield and Haven Meged at Big Guns in Cowtown.
Big Guns in Cowtown Lineup
- Hailey Kinsel, coached by Abbie Phillips
- Fallon Taylor, coached by Clayton Anderson
- Linsay Rosser-Sumpter, coached by Brendon Clark
- Jackie Crawford, coached by Erin Taormino
- Shelby Meged, coached by Todd Bergen
- Sarah Angelone, coached by Ben Baldus
- Hali Williams, coached by Sarah Dawson
- Shad Mayfield, coached by Trevor Carter
- Haven Meged, coached by Justin Wright
- Paden Bray, coached by Nick Dowers
- Joseph Harrison, coached by Matt Koch
- Luke Branquinho, coached by Todd Crawford
- J.D. Struxness, coached by Clay Volmer
- Clayton Hass, coached by Tyler Merrill
- Sage Newman, coach TBA
- Wyatt Casper, coached by Jay McLaughlin
- Ben Andersen, coached by Chris Dawson
- Tilden Hooper, coached by Kelby Phillips
- Jacob Lees, coached by Clayton Edsall
- J.R. Vezain, coached by Taylor Gillespie
- Clayton Sellars, coach TBA
- Chancey Williams, coached by Russell Dilday
Big Guns in Cowtown goes live at 8 p.m. CDT Wednesday on Ride TV pay-per-view. Get it here.