There’s less than two months left to nominate to the WCRA’s Rodeo Corpus Christi, where a top prize of $15,000 awaits—and even better, a spot on the WCRA’s Free Riders team for Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo, where the winning team splits $500,000.

What’s the deal with Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo?

The first of it’s kind, Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo (KRRR) combines a team format with all eight rodeo events.

Five of the six teams are made up of hand-picked athletes; two in each event (four in team roping). The final team to compete is the WCRA’s Free Riders. Unlike the other teams, members of the Free Riders must win their way on to the team during Rodeo Corpus Christi.

So, how does one get in on this opportunity? The first step is competing in WCRA Rodeo Corpus Christi. The top 16 athletes on the leaderboard will travel down to South Texas in May. From there, the field is whittled to the top two, who will join the (reigning champions) Free Riders team.

Whats more, is that WCRA Rodeo Corpus Christi will use the drag racing-style light, going from a blue light to a single red light, double red lights, yellow lights, and a final green light. Once the light turns green, the athlete’s time will begin. This is the same system that will be used at KRRR, giving the Free Riders team members experience just a week before the event.

Important dates:
— Nominations for Rodeo Corpus Christi close April 6, 2025
— Rodeo Corpus Christi is May 7–11
— Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo is May 16

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WCRA Rodeo Corpus Christi Leaderboard

As of 2/19/25. Top 16 advance

2024 Champion: Bayleigh Choate Turned $500 into $57,278. Here’s How She Did it.

Rodeo . . .  a top financial investment strategy?

OK, so your friendly local Merrill-Lynch professional would probably never recommend rodeo as a means to secure a high return on investment (ROI) given the costly nature of the sport.

But how does an ROI of 8006% sound? How about 11356%?

Unbelievable? Improbable? How about incredible?

Not to Jarvis Demery and Bayleigh Choate — those are exactly the numbers earned by these two athletes during a ten day span in May off their nomination fees and Last Chance Qualifier entries into the World Champions Rodeo Alliance (WCRA) events in mid-May 2024.

 For Choate, the winning spree was basically based on a whim.

The 20-year old cowgirl set the rodeo world afire in 2022, qualifying to the National Finals Rodeo as a rookie. After finishing second in Las Vegas, Choate rewrote the history books at the winningest Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) rookie of all-time.

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“I was so ready for a break,” Choate noted of her disappearance from the ProRodeo scene in 2023. “There was so much pressure and my horses were tired.”

So, the Georgia native returned home (she’d moved to the Fort Worth area while rodeoing) and took time off.

Eventually, the barrel racing itch returned and Choate was looking for smart opportunities for her main mount, TJR Stinson Blue, aka Boozer.

“My horse gives me 110% every time and I try not to take advantage of that,” she said. “I think a lot of times people get great horses like this and they use them too much.”

“So I try to run him where he gets to shine and let him live his best life the rest of the time; he’s like a mustang running around in his pasture most of the time.”