From Fort Worth to San Antonio, Andrea Busby’s No. 1 and Just Keeps Winning

Andrea Busby cover collage
Andrea Busby | Click Thompson Photo

Andrea Busby maintained dominance from start to finish at the 2025 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo on Born On Derby Day to bank $27,700 throughout the ProRodeo tournament and overtake the No. 1 position in the 2025 WPRA World Standings.

At the FWSSR tournament, Busby and Born On Derby Day won both sections of their bracket and their Semifinals before facing off with the cutthroat field of barrel racers inside Dickies Arena. Coming down the alleyway with the No. 1 position on the drag, Busby had figured out the key to perfect angles in Fort Worth.

Andrea Busby barrel racing
Andrea Busby wins Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo | FWSSR photo by James Phifer

“Derby is a very sensitive horse,” Busby said. “There’s a fine line between not getting into it with her, but also not holding her too much and confusing her. I’d watched my videos back and figured right where the (brown alleyway panels) turn into (white arena panels) was a good starting point. I think this is a great pen to run a left-handed horse.”

With her successful 16.16-second run to kick things off, Busby had to sweat out the times behind her. And it was a horse race until the last runner, with Kassie Mowry and Jarvis going 16.27, Toria Madsen with a 16.31 and Megan McLeod Sprague and Jag last out going 16.21. But at the end, Busby’s time survived to earn the $20,000. See full Fort Worth tournament results here.

Born On Derby Day is a 2017 mare by Freckles Ta Fame out of decorated mare KR Last Fling. Bred by Spitz Quarter Horses and raised by Seth and Ashley Schafer, Derby had a successful futurity career with trainer Schafer before the Busby’s purchased her. In total, the 8-year-old racked up $351,290 in QData official earnings prior to her Fort Worth win. See Derby’s full QData report here.

For Busby, swapping between NFR aggregate champion, Jets Top Gun, or “Benny,” to Derby took work, as has seasoning the mare over the past few years.

Learn more about Jets Top Gun.

“Benny is a bigger, longer-strided horse with a rounder style, while Derby is smaller, shorter-strided, and turns best when she stays a little straighter,” Busby said. “That helps her keep reaching through the turn. It’s taken me some time to really get with her, figure out her style, and understand what works for her at the rodeos. She had a phenomenal futurity career with Ashley Schafer, and I can’t say enough great things about the few I’ve had the opportunity to ride behind Ashley on and how she prepares those horses.”

When the World Standings updated on Monday following the Fort Worth Finals, Busby’s name was comfortably at the top with $34,086.95 earned on the 2025 season.

The Brock, Texas, cowgirl isn’t slowing down after Fort Worth. She and Derby went straight down to San Antonio to win a Round, place reserve in another and advance smoothly out of her Bracket to the Semifinals with $4,727 banked. Keep up with San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo results here.

WPRA World Standings

As of Feb. 11, 2025 from WPRA.com

NameHometownEarningsRodeos
1Andrea BusbyMillsap, TX$34,086.955
2Carlee OteroPerrin, TX$26,758.136
3McKenna CoronadoKanarraville, UT$23,817.786
4Stephanie FryarWaco, TX$23,005.3813
5Megan McLeod-Sprague (G)Marsing, ID$19,446.335
6Katelyn ScottOdessa, TX$18,409.417
7Katie ChismTiskilwa, IL$17,859.293
8Emily BeiselWeatherford, OK$17,176.414
9Kassie MowryDublin, TX$16,044.784
10Acey PinkstonStephenville, TX$15,351.008
11Katie Jo HalbertPort Lavaca, TX$14,782.829
12Sharin Hall (G)Pilot Point, TX$14,016.315
13Jordan DriverGarden City, TX$13,560.858
14Ilyssa RileyHico, TX$13,311.739
15Brittany Pozzi TonozziLampasas, TX$13,206.378
16Emma Kate Parr (R)Greensboro, AL$12,850.9014
17Gracen HarmanHempstead, TX$12,348.8813
18Lisa Lockhart (G)Oelrichs, SD$12,013.115
19Oceane VeilleuxCommerce, TX$11,785.4210
20Toria MadsenBlackfoot, ID$11,671.332
21Tayla MoeykensThree Forks, MT$11,668.106
22Erin WetzelPlant City, FL$11,667.1510
23Hayle GibsonRedcrest, CA$11,566.944
24Kelly Yates (G)Pueblo, CO$11,424.825
25Austyn TobeyBemidji, MN$11,369.335
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