The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo is underway, and here’s what you need to know to keep up with the barrel racing in 2024.

Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo barrel racing results

Finals

Finals: 1. Sara Winkelman, 16.40 seconds, $20,000; 2. Sissy Winn, 16.46, $12,000; 3. Hailey Kinsel, 16.51, $8,000; 4. Ilyssa Riley, 16.86, $4,000; 5. Rainey Skelton, 21.02; 6. Lisa Lockhart, 21.46; 7. Andrea Busby, 21.75; 8. Sharin Hall, 22.25.

Semifinals Rounds

First Semifinal: 1. Sharin Hall, 16.29 seconds, $4,000; 2. Sissy Winn, 16.53, $3,000; 3. Hailey Kinsel, 16.54, $2,000; 4. Ilyssa Riley, 16.63, $1,000; 6. (tie) Ashley Castleberry and Leslie Smalygo, 16.75; 8. Stephanie Fryar, 21.46.
Second Semifinal: 1. Sara Winkelman, 16.26 seconds, $4,000; 2. Rainey Skelton, 16.28, $3,000; 3. Andrea Busby, 16.32, $2,000; 4. Lisa Lockhart, 16.50, $1,000; 5. Ivy Hurst, 16.76; 6. Preslie Reid, 16.78; 7. Summer Kosel, 21.55; 8. Emily Beisel, 21.60.

Wildcard Round

*bolded athletes advance to Semifinals.

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♬ How You Like Me Now – The Heavy

1. Stephanie Fryar, 16.44 seconds, $1,000; 2. Lisa Lockhart, 16.49, $600; 3. Tracy Nowlin, 16.52, $400; 4. Ashley Day, 16.58; 5. Sarah Rose Waguespack, 16.60; 6. Jimmie Smith, 16.63; 7. Ashley Rogers, 16.88; 8. Amanda Welsh, 21.86.

Progressive Rounds

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Bracket 1

First round: 1. Megan McLeod-Sprague, 16.43 seconds, $2,000; 2. Emily Beisel, 16.67, $1,500; 3. Kassie Mowry, 17.02, $1,000; 4. Ashley Rogers, 17.90, $500

Second round: 1. Kassie Mowry, 16.59 seconds, $2,000; 2. Emily Beisel, 16.67, $1,500; 3. Ashley Rogers, 16.93, $1,000; 4. Keyla Costa, 17.28, $500

Advancing: 1. Kassie Mowry; 2. Emily Beisel

Wildcard: Megan McLeod-Sprague.

Bracket 2

First round: 1. Sarah Waguespack, 16.48 seconds, $2,000; 2. Sissy Winn, 16.62, $1,500; 3. Sara Winkelman, 16.63, $1,000; 4. Abby Phillips, 16.68, $50

 Second round: 1. Sara Winkelman, 16.48 seconds, $2,000; 2. Sissy Winn, 16.56, $1,500; 3. Rachelle Riggers, 16.77, $1,000; 4. Abby Phillips, 16.86, $500

Advancing: 1. Sissy Winn; 2. Sara Winkelman

Wildcard: Sarah Waguespack

Bracket 3

First round: 1. Hailey Kinsel, 16.34 seconds, $2,000; 2. Lisa Lockhart, 16.66, $1,500; 3. Ivy Hurst, 16.73, $1,000; 4. Latricia Duke, 16.74, $500. 

Second round: 1. Hailey Kinsel, 16.48 seconds, $2,000; 2. Ashley Day, 16.60, $1,500; 3. Ivy Hurst, 16.61, $1,000; 4. Lisa Lockhart, 16.75, $500

Advancing: 1. Hailey Kinsel; 2. Ivy Hurst

Wildcard: Lisa Lockhart.

Bracket 4

First round: 1. Ilyssa Riley, 16.42 seconds, $2,000; 2. (tie) Andrea Busby and Jessica Routier, 16.85, $1,250 each; 4. Taycie Matthews, $17.41, $500

Second round: 1. Jimmie Smith, 16.54 seconds, $2,000; 2. Andrea Busby, 16.57, $1,500; 3. Molly Otto, 16.59, $1,000; 4. Jessica Routier, 16.60, $500

Advancing: 1. Andrea Busby, $2,750; 2. Ilyssa Riley, $2,000. Wildcard: Jimmie Smith, $2,000

Bracket 5

First round: 1. Ashley Castleberry, 16.57 seconds, $2,000; 2. Preslie Reid, 16.62, $1,500; 3. Kelly Allen, 16.71, $1,000; 4. Halyn Lide, 16.73, $500. 

Second round: 1. Ashley Castleberry, 16.31 seconds, $2,000; 2. Tracy Nowlin, 16.59, $1,500; 3. Ivy Saebens, 16.66, $1,000; 4. Preslie Ried, 16.74, $500

Advancing: 1. Ashley Castleberry, $4,000; 2. Preslie Reid, $2,000

Wildcard: Tracy Nowlin, $1,500.

Bracket 6

 First round: 1. Stephanie Fryar, 16.42 seconds, $2,000; 2. Rainey Skelton, 16.51, $1,500; 3. Stevi Hillman, 16.92, $1,000; 4. Leslie Smalygo, 16.98, $500

Second round: 1. Leslie Smalygo, 16.65 seconds, $2,000; 2. Rainey Skelton, 16.70, $1,500; 3. Loni Kay Yates, 16.82, $1,000; 4. Stevi Hillman, 16.86, $500

Advancing: 1. Rainey Skelton, $3,000; 2. Leslie Smalygo, $2,500

Wildcard: Stephanie Fryar, $2,000.

Bracket 7

First round: 1. Summer Kosel, 16.61 seconds, $2,000; 2. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 16.75, $1,500; 3. Amanda Welsh, 17.00, $1,000; 4. Kalli McCall, 17.33, $500.

 Second round: 1. Sharin Hall, 16.42 seconds, $2,000; 2. Summer Kosel, 16.48, $1,500; 3. Amanda Welsh, 16.80, $1,000; 4. Sydney Graham, 16.88, $500

Advancing: 1. Summer Kosel, $3,500; 2. Sharin Hall, $2,000

Wildcard: Amanda Welsh, $2,000

How do barrel racers qualify to compete at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo?

According to the WPRA ground rules, here’s how participants are selected to run in the ProRodeo tournament.

Group 1: Top 45 from 2023 WPRA ProRodeo World Standings will be accepted (drop down until filled). 

Group 2: The champion of the barrel racing from the following seven Texas Circuit PRCA rodeos in 2023 that choose to enter will be accepted: 

1. Ellis County Fair and Rodeo, Waxahachie, Texas
2. Mineral Wells, Texas, ProRodeo
3. Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo, Weatherford, Texas
4. Johnson County Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo, Cleburne, Texas
5. Gladewater, Texas, Round-Up Rodeo
6. North Texas State Fair and Rodeo, Denton, Texas
7. Wichita Falls, Texas, ProRodeo

Group 3: Top four contestants from the 2023 WPRA Tour Standings (drop down until filled).

HOW DOES THE FWSSR FORMAT WORK?

There are 18 total performances at the FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament with seven brackets of eight barrel racers competing in back-to-back rounds (Performances 1-14). There is one Wild Card Round (Performance 15), two rounds of Semifinals (Performances 16-17) and an eight-man Finals (Performance 18). 

PERFORMANCES 1-14: PROGRESSIVE ROUNDS

There will be seven brackets of eight barrel racers competing in back-to-back rounds. The top two money-earning barrel racers in each bracket will progress to the Semifinals. The third top money-earning barrel racer will advance to the Wild Card Round. The barrel racers who do not advance will be placed in a “non-qualifiers” pool. At the conclusion of Bracket 7, the top money-earning barrel racer from the non-qualifiers pool will fill the eighth position in the Wild Card Round.

PERFORMANCE 15: WILD CARD ROUND

From the eight barrel racers in the Wild Card Round, the top two money-earners will advance to the Semifinals Round with a clean slate format. 

PERFORMANCES 16-17: SEMIFINALS ROUNDS

Barrel racers will each make one run in one of two performances. The top four barrel racers per performance (eight total) will advance to the Finals. 

How are the Semifinals selected from the Brackets?

WPRA Ground Rules: The qualifiers for the two semi-finals performances will be seeded as follows: Semi-Finals number one (performance 16): #1 money winner from bracket 1, #2 money winner from bracket 2, #1 money winner from bracket 3, #2 money winner from bracket 4, #1 money
winner from bracket 5, #2 money winner from bracket 6, #1 money winner from bracket 7, #1
money winner from Wild Card Round. Semi-Finals number two (performance 17): #2 money
winner from bracket 1, #1 money winner from bracket 2, #2 money winner from bracket 3, #1
money winner from bracket 4, #2 money winner from bracket 5, #1 money winner from bracket
6, #2 money winner from bracket 7, #2 money winner from Wild Card Round. The actual
competition order will be drawn randomly. Qualifying contestants or teams will have until the
start of the 7th bracket to trade positions with another contestant from their bracket for the
semi-finals.

PERFORMANCE 18: THE FINALS

The top eight barrel racers will run in the Finals with a clean slate (no previous times carried forward). On that day, the fastest barrel racer wins the title of 2023 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ProRodeo Tournament Champion.

WHAT’S THE PAYOUT AT THE FWSSR PRORODEO TOURNAMENT? 

The barrel racing payoff will mirror that of breakaway roping and the six PRCA-sanctioned events. There is no aggregate payoff at FWSSR. Here’s how it breaks down.

PROGRESSIVE ROUNDS (BRACKETS)

1. $1,760
2. $1,320
3. $880
4. $440

WILD CARD ROUND

1. $1,000
2. $600
3. $400

SEMIFINALS PERFORMANCES

1. $4,000
2. $3,000
3. $2,000
4. $1,000

FINALS

1. $20,000
2. $12,000
3. $8,000
4. $4,000