Kassie Mowry added $12,940 to her lead in the WPRA World Standings on Famous Ladies Man in a triumphant barrel racing performance at the 2025 Greeley Stampede in July.
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Mowry kicked things off in the first round slack with a 17.05-second run on Greeley’s standard pattern, easily advancing her, along with 59 other cowgirls, into the semifinals and earning $3,481. In her second round run, Mowry’s 17.25 earned her the fifth-place finish, $1,658 and in a solid position for the finals on July 2.
The crowd nearly shook the grandstands when Mowry crossed the finish line in the final performance and showed a 16.75 on the timer—the fastest she’s ever clocked on a standard pattern on Famous Ladies Man, who boasts $747,462 in QData earnings and is listed as Dash Ta Fame’s No. 3 high money earning progeny of all time. That was good enough to win the finals for $2,579, finishing ahead of Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi and Andrea Busby, who tied with 17.15-second runs and enough to hold off Tonozzi’s 51.24 on three runs and earn the $5,222 aggregate title. In total, Mowry started her Cowboy Christmas earnings tracker off with a $12,940 showing in Greeley.
“He’s a horse that after some time off, he always needs a few runs to get back usually,” Mowry said after her win. “I didn’t even know if he’d come back after surgery. So I couldn’t be happier for him to come back so quickly, and just keep getting stronger. He never got sore between his runs, I never felt like I needed to back off of him. He goes in and clocks the fastest time he’s ever had on a standard, I’m pretty sure—on his third run? That’s crazy. I didn’t even know if I’d make the finals, and now I get to drive all night to Cody, Wyoming, because I’m up in the morning!”
Emmitt, a 2015 Dash Ta Fame son out of Lady Perks by Dash For Perks, didn’t just impress the world due to his stellar runs inside the arena, it’s what he had to overcome to run down the alleyway at all. The world watched Mowry and Force The Goodbye dominate on the summer run in 2024 en route to a World Championship in the midst of personal tragedy for Mowry, but barrel racing insiders knew that journey began when Emmitt’s career was hanging in the balance.
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“When I got on (Force The Goodbye in 2024), it was because Emmitt wasn’t right,” Mowry said. “I sent him home, and we figured it out. Dr. Marsh did surgery on him, and we gave him all of the time he needed to recover. I legged him up so slowly to get ready to come back, he went to two jackpots at Parker County a couple of weeks ago, and then Greeley.”
Mowry didn’t take Emmitt up to Greeley fresh because she wasn’t prepared. The $6 million lifetime earning cowgirl had a carefully calculated plan, structured around Emmitt’s needs.
“When I found out he was hurt and I got back home, I literally took his saddle and put it in a room in my garage with his pad, his headset, his gear, his bridle, all of it,” Mowry said. “And it stayed in there. I didn’t want to use it on any other horse. I didn’t want to have to remember how to readjust his bonnet, or how long my reins were. I just had it set up and ready for him when he came back. That made a huge difference. Then, when he was close to ready to go, I started watching a ton of old videos of him, from when he was feeling good. I just wanted my mind prepared, and to watch and remember what I did. He’s got a different style, and I have to ride him a lot different than my other horses. So I wanted to be ready for him, when he was ready to do his job.”
And now, Emmitt’s right back where he belongs: in the spotlight.
“I’m just so thankful to have him back on the trailer, and he’s so thankful to be here. Tonight, before he ran barrels, he was just fixated on the crowd, just staring into the arena. He thought every fan in those stands showed up just to see him run—it was like he was home. If they forgot about him, he’s going to make sure they remember.” “
Kassie Mowry
Famous Ladies Man has been a fixture on Mowry’s team for multiple years, while she’s been building up her own herd and finding herself training less and less for the outside world.
“(CP He Will be Epic) and Emmitt are both 10 years old this year,” Mowry said. “I’ve never had 10-year-old horses on the trailer, I’ve had to sell them, or they’d go home to their owners. It’s kind of fun, because they’re mellow, they’re seasoned and I’m really enjoying having to do less work out here. They have experience, and I have Jarvis and Emmitt both with a few years under their belt now on the trailer, so I’m really excited.”
Although Mowry doesn’t plan on hitting too many rodeos, she does burn up rubber over the Fourth of July along with the other ProRodeo athletes. At the time of her Greeley performance, she was seated firmly atop the WPRA World Standings with $132,972.09 won on just 10 rodeos, so her nearly $13,000 kickoff to Cowboy Christmas will help boost her up the standings. Mowry’s used to picking up momentum near the end of July, so she’s familiar with being on the losing side of the infamous two-week long rodeo list.
“It’s such a mental game over the Fourth of July,” Mowry said. “The NFR is a huge mental game, but it’s similar this time of year. You can really get on the wrong mental path easily. You’re tired, you’re worn out. You drive so far, you put so much into every run. It’s hard to stay positive if things aren’t going your way, but you have to keep giving it your best.”
Mowry had nothing but praise for the Greeley Stampede committee, ground crew and overall event production. She noted that in 2025, the enthusiasm for safe and fast barrel racing ground has been spreading at a rapid rate.
“It’s like the rodeos are trying to outdo eachother out here with who can have the best ground, and it’s the coolest thing ever. They want it to be so good for barrel racers, and they’re really trying! Greeley was absolutely on it with their ground. They took 45 minutes with three tractors during slack and drug it and took their time, and did everything they possibly could to make it safe for us. That really goes a long way for barrel racers. When you’re bringing a horse back from injury, you don’t want to hurt them on bad ground. And it just takes one run to completely lose confidence in yourself and your horses, so it really isn’t lost on all of us to see the effort these committees are putting in.”
Kassie Mowry
