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 Sunday in Cheyenne.
Cheyenne ran its barrel racing on a WPRA Playoff Series bracket in 2026. Seventy-two invited racers went through six first-round performances July 17–22 and three semifinals July 23–25 before the 12-woman final on July 26, for a share of $100,000 in added money.
Click here for full tournament results.
Table of contents
All 12 Pedigrees at a Glance
Every horse that qualified for the 2026 Cheyenne Frontier Days final, with its three-generation pedigree in the format sire x dam x dam’s sire.
| Horse | Rider | Foaled | Sire | Dam | Dam’s sire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosas Cantina CC | Lisa Lockhart | 2010 buckskin mare | Corona Cartel | Dash Ta Vanila | Dash Ta Fame |
| TR Judges Doll | Hailey Kinsel | 2016 bay mare | Judge Cash | TR Dashing Badger | Mr Illuminator |
| Awesome Arlo | Andrea Busby | 2019 sorrel gelding | Blazin Jetolena | TA Wonder | Dash Ta Fame |
| Justa DTF Frenchman | Katelyn Scott | 2015 palomino gelding | Aint Seen Nothin Yet | Madeline Spade 410 | Justa Hickory Spade |
| Florari | Loralee Ward | 2017 sorrel mare | Metallic Cat | Flos Heiress | Dr Nick Bar |
| Rapidfire Daisy | Steely Steiner | 2017 sorrel mare | Fire Water Flit | Daisy Duke Dash | Dash Ta Fame |
| Dash Ta Fame Bardell | Taryn Boxleitner | 2015 chestnut gelding | Dash Ta Fame | Bardells Jubilee | Gray Bardell |
| Flashin Bills | Jana Bean | 2019 black gelding | First Moonflash | UX Sweet Vanila Fame | Born Ta Be Famous |
| Waylon J | Kailey Mitton | 2017 chestnut gelding | Conn Creek | Dashing Pup | Touchdowndash |
| Assuredly Epic | Kim Squires | 2020 sorrel mare | Epic Leader | Nothing Assured | Honors A Bounding |
| Wonder If Im Lucky | Heidi Gunderson | 2021 bay gelding | Lucky Wonder Horse | TS Sunnys Superstar | PC Mr Sun Peppy |
| KN Fames Best Yet | Tayla Moeykens | 2018 chestnut gelding | Dash Ta Fame | KN Fabulous N Khaki | Frenchmans Fabulous |
Rosas Cantina CC
Rider: Lisa Lockhart
Pedigree: (Corona Cartel x Dash Ta Vanila x Dash Ta Fame)
2010 buckskin mare · Owner: Alan Woodbury · Breeder: Alan Woodbury
Second dam SX Frenchmans Vanila, by Frenchmans Guy. Corona Cartel is by Holland Ease, a son of First Down Dash.
- PROFile: The Lisa Lockhart Story
- $22K Cheyenne Win on Rosas Cantina CC Puts NFR No. 19 in Reach for Lockhart
- Lisa Lockhart and Rosas Cantina CC Lead the 2022 Greeley Stampede Field
TR Judges Doll
Rider: Hailey Kinsel
Pedigree: (Judge Cash x TR Dashing Badger x Mr Illuminator)
2016 bay mare · Owner: Hailey and Leslie Kinsel · Breeder: Harry Thomas
Judge Cash is a son of Dash For Cash. Gray on both sides through Mary Mito and the Dick Badger line.
Awesome Arlo
Rider: Andrea Busby
Pedigree: (Blazin Jetolena x TA Wonder x Dash Ta Fame)
2019 sorrel gelding · Owner: Busby Quarter Horse LLC · Breeder: Jimi Lou Woodard
Blazin Jetolena is by Lenas Sugar Daddy, a son of Doc O’Lena, out of the Jet Of Honor mare Blazin Jennie Jet.
Justa DTF Frenchman
Rider: Katelyn Scott
Pedigree: (Aint Seen Nothin Yet x Madeline Spade 410 x Justa Hickory Spade)
2015 palomino gelding · Owner: Lorissa Jo Merritt · Breeder: Gary/Catherine Williams LVG TR
Florari
Rider: Loralee Ward
Pedigree: (Metallic Cat x Flos Heiress x Dr Nick Bar)
2017 sorrel mare · Owner: Jim P Ward · Breeder: Dian Taylor
Rapidfire Daisy
Rider: Steely Steiner
Pedigree: (Fire Water Flit x Daisy Duke Dash x Dash Ta Fame)
2017 sorrel mare · Owner: Kyle Edwards &/or Sue Smith · Breeder: Vickie Adams
Dash Ta Fame Bardell
Rider: Taryn Boxleitner
Pedigree: (Dash Ta Fame x Bardells Jubilee x Gray Bardell)
2015 chestnut gelding · Owner: Kari Boxleitner · Breeder: Beth Laine
One of two horses in the final sired directly by Dash Ta Fame.
Flashin Bills
Rider: Jana Bean
Pedigree: (First Moonflash x UX Sweet Vanila Fame x Born Ta Be Famous)
2019 black gelding · Owner: Jana Bean · Breeder: Megan/Bill/Susie Lewis
Born Ta Be Famous is by Dash Ta Fame out of SX Frenchmans Vanila, which makes him a full brother to Dash Ta Vanila, the dam of Rosas Cantina CC.
Waylon J
Rider: Kailey Mitton
Pedigree: (Conn Creek x Dashing Pup x Touchdowndash)
2017 chestnut gelding · Owner: J&J Atkinson LLC · Breeder: J&J Atkinson LLC
Assuredly Epic
Rider: Kim Squires
Pedigree: (Epic Leader x Nothing Assured x Honors A Bounding)
2020 sorrel mare · Owner: Kim Kerr Squires · Breeder: Kim Kerr Squires
Wonder If Im Lucky
Rider: Heidi Gunderson
Pedigree: (Lucky Wonder Horse x TS Sunnys Superstar x PC Mr Sun Peppy)
2021 bay gelding · Owner: Shannon Kulseth · Breeder: Stephanie E Langford-Cleveland
His sire, Lucky Wonder Horse, is by First Down Dash out of Rosas Cantina CC — the mare Lisa Lockhart rode in the same final. At five, he was the youngest horse in the field.
- Heidi Gunderson Clinches Victory: National Western Stock Show Rodeo Barrel Racing Results
- Wonder If Im Lucky Earns Futurity Title No. 6 Beneath Heidi Gunderson in Guthrie
KN Fames Best Yet
Rider: Tayla Moeykens
Pedigree: (Dash Ta Fame x KN Fabulous N Khaki x Frenchmans Fabulous)
2018 chestnutgelding · Owner: Deena and Tayla Moeykens · Breeder: Kenny Nichols or James Barron
- PROFile: The Tayla Moeykens Story
- 3 Horses Help Secure 2 Montana Circuit Titles for 1 Tayla Moeykens
Shared Bloodlines in the 2026 Cheyenne Field
The Rosa Connection
Heidi Gunderson’s Wonder If Im Lucky is by Lucky Wonder Horse, a 2015 buckskin stallion by First Down Dash. Lucky Wonder Horse’s dam is Rosas Cantina CC, the 2010 buckskin mare Lisa Lockhart rode in the same 12-horse final. Two generations of the same family made Championship Sunday in the same year, under different riders.
The family runs wider than that. Rosas Cantina CC is out of Dash Ta Vanila, by Dash Ta Fame and out of SX Frenchmans Vanila. Jana Bean’s Flashin Bills is out of a mare by Born Ta Be Famous, who is also by Dash Ta Fame and out of SX Frenchmans Vanila, making him a full brother to Dash Ta Vanila. Three of the 12 finalists trace to that one Frenchmans Guy mare.
Dash Ta Fame: eight of 12
Dash Ta Fame sired two finalists outright, Dash Ta Fame Bardell and the winner KN Fames Best Yet. He is the damsire of Rosas Cantina CC, Awesome Arlo and Rapidfire Daisy, the sire of Waylon J’s sire Conn Creek, and appears in the third generation of Justa DTF Frenchman and Flashin Bills. Eight of the 12 pedigrees carry him within three generations.
Frenchmans Guy and Sun Frost
Frenchmans Guy shows up in Rosas Cantina CC, Justa DTF Frenchman, KN Fames Best Yet and twice in Flashin Bills. His sire Sun Frost also reaches Wonder If Im Lucky through the dam’s sire PC Mr Sun Peppy.
Fire Water Flit, twice
Fire Water Flit, foaled in 1978, is the sire of Rapidfire Daisy and the dam’s sire of Epic Leader, who sired Assuredly Epic. He is the oldest sire represented in the field.
The outlier
Three of the 12 carry neither Dash Ta Fame nor First Down Dash within three generations: Florari, TR Judges Doll and Assuredly Epic. TR Judges Doll runs to Dash For Cash through Judge Cash, and Assuredly Epic to Special Effort and Fire Water Flit. Florari is the one true outlier, sired by the cutting stallion Metallic Cat and out of a Dr Nick Bar mare.
The field ran five mares, seven geldings.