Kassie Mowry won $147,449 at The Texan in Abilene, Texas, including $100,000 for the Open Overall 1D on Goodbye Sophie, and Morgan Addison and Sheza Epic Blonde won the Texas Circuit Finals average and year-end title in Waco, all recapped on this week’s episode of The Rundown on The Money Barrel.
The Rundown October 14: The One With Champions Crowned and $5 Million+ Paid Out
From Ava Campano and Shes Jess Smashed winning Saturday at Bucking Nightmare in Columbiana, Ohio, to what riders paid for their best horses, this week’s episode of The Rundown, presented by Chewy, breaks down the biggest results and what they mean moving forward. Listen to the full episode below.
The sections below run in the order the episode covers them, so they read as a companion while it plays.
The Rundown is presented by Chewy.
Texas Circuit Finals (Waco, Texas)
Four rounds and an average, $2,320 to win a round and $4,640 to win the average.
Every circuit’s results live in the 2026 WPRA Circuit Finals rolling results. The short version follows.
- Average and year-end champs: Morgan Addison and Sheza Epic Blonde, a round win and a check in all four rounds, more than $10,000
- Addison came into Waco No. 1 in the Texas Circuit and stayed there
- Kristi Cole: won Round 1, split Round 4 with Steph Fryar, second in the average, $8,410. Up from eighth to second in the year-end and into the NFR Open spot
- Gracen Harman: won Round 3, $4,060, third in the unofficial year-end
The Texan (Abilene, Texas)
Oct. 12-18 at Taylor Telecom Arena, more than $850,000 guaranteed and $1,042,199 paid. 695 Open entries, two runs each, and every run counted toward the Open Overall.
- Open Overall 1D: Kassie Mowry and Goodbye Sophie, 14.798, $100,000
- Mowry’s week: $147,449, with Goodbye Sophie and Famous Ladies Man first and second in the Texan Average 1D
- Molli Montgomery and Heavens Gone Wild: 14.800, two thousandths back, plus the final Open round, the Futurity 1D and the Senior 1D, $38,280.50
- Open Overall 2D: Brooklyn Stallone and Divide The Seis, 15.302, $75,000
- Sawyer Wilkerson: $63,281 across three horses, including the Texan Average 3D on KickintheBHRouttaya
- Open Overall 3D: Lorissa Jo Merritt and Too Kool For Traffic, 15.800, $50,000
- Open Overall 4D: Lori Zabel and This Buds For View, 16.298, $40,000
- Open Overall 5D: a tie at 16.802, Joao Leao and JL Sassy Dasher with Hadlee Landers and Freckle Me French, $25,000 each
Bucking Nightmare (Columbiana, Ohio)
Back at Garwood Arena, produced by Dreaming Of Three, a charity that brings children facing serious illness to barrel races and rodeos.
- Saturday: Ava Campano and Shes Jess Smashed (Jess Special x Seductive Dasher by Some Dasher), a 15.8, $1,383
- Sunday: Kadisson Shank and Biankus A Fortune, $1,300, after second Saturday for $1,015. They also topped the Future Fortunes pot
- Open poles: Brady Hart and Junior Tux, 20.546
- Friday beginner barrels: Addison Mccauley and “Jet,” 18.5
Blue Collar Breeders’ Best Buys: What Did the Best Horse Cost?
Blue Collar Breeders asked on Facebook what riders’ best horses cost. A few of the answers:
- Christina Porter: Xtrared, “Stitch,” $2,700 out of a racehorse dispersal. Three NFRs and more than $500,000
- Amelia McCumber: Aint Seen Famous Yet, about $5,500. Won $465,000 with her and has since earned well over $1 million
- Latricia Duke: Yeah Hes Firen, “Duke,” $3,000 and a world champion. Sign Of Passion, $1,600 and an NFR qualifier
- Jennifer Sharp: Mitos Cutter, “Commander,” $600 at the Lance Graves sale. Won the first go of the futurity the next year
- Lady Rompin: $400, and the dam of Happy To Run Em, My Lady Bug Leo, Aced My Bully and Blond N Rockin
- Heza Bug Leo: $800 at the Heritage sale, two NFRs
- More: Guys Voodoo Bug ($7,500, Monica McClung), JSYK Im Famous ($6,900 out of the BFA sale, Courtney Roberts), Show Mance ($2,000), Jethro ($3,100, Lynne Mays)
Industry Notes
- Blue Collar Breeders OKC sidepots: $100,000 Futurity, $45,000 Rookie, $20,000 Derby and $10,000 Open. Entry forms at bluecollarbreeders.com
- WPRA PESI auction: open through Nov. 30 at wprapesi.com
- Ride TV: the Angie Meadors shoot is rolling out, and Big Guns in Cowtown is on pay-per-view