Bracket 2
Qualifiers: 1. Hayle Gibson-Stillwell, $5,000; 2. Tricia Aldridge, $3,800; 3. Andrea Busby, $3,000.
Bracket 3
Qualifiers: 1. McKenna Coronado, $4,000; 2. Summer Kosel, $3,400; 3. Shelley Morgan, $2,625.
Bracket 4
Qualifiers: 1. Carlee Otero, $5,000; 2. Makenna Shook, $2,900; 3. Acey Pinkston, $2,025.
Bracket 5
1, Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, Texas, 16.56, $2,500. 2, Lindsey Muggli, Lane, Okla.,16.77, $1,900. 3, Tayla Moeykens, Three Forks, Mont., 16.85, $1,500. 4, Jayden Wilson, Gleichen, Alberta, Canada, 17.55, $1,000.
1, Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, Texas, 16.49 seconds, $2,500. 2, Tayla Moeykens, Three Forks, Mont., 16.50, $1,900. 3, Taylor Manning, Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, 16.52, $1,500. 4, Wenda Johnson, Pawhuska, Okla., 16.55, $1,000.
Qualifiers: Kinsel and Moeykens.
Wild Card qualifier: Lindsey Muggli, Lane, Okla.
Bracket 6
1, Michelle Alley, Madisonville, Texas, 16.51, $2,500. 2, Paige Jones, Wayne, Okla.,16.62, $1,900. 3, Dena Kirkpatrick, Post, Texas, 16.65, $1,500. 4, Julie Plourde, Krum, Texas, 16.75. $1,000.
1, Paige Jones, Wayne, Okla., 16.27, $2,500. 2, Julie Plourde, Krum, Texas, 16.40, $1,900. 3, Emma Parr, Greensboro, Ala., 16.53, $1,500. 4, Whitley Sharp, Caldwell, Idaho,16.59, $1,000.
Qualifiers: Paige Jones and Julie Plourde.
Wild Card qualifier: Michelle Alley, Madisonville, Texas.
Bracket 7
Second Round: 1, Kassie Mowry, Dublin Texas, 16.19, $2,500. 2, Makenzie Mayes, Scroggins, Texas, $1,900. 3, Leslie Smalygo, Skiatook, Okla., 16.48, $1,500. 4, Austyn Tobey, Bemidji, Minn.,16.68, $1,000. Semi-Finals qualifiers: Mowry and Mayes. Wild Card qualifier: Ashley Day, Volberg, Mont.
Wild Card
1, Katelyn Scott, Odessa, Texas, 16.22 seconds, $2,000. 2, Acey Pinkston, Stephenville, Texas, 16.34, $1,600. 3, Shelley Morgan, Eustace, Texas, 16.40, $1,100. 4, Andrea Busby, Brock, Texas, 16.45, $700.
Semifinals 1
1, Acey Pinkston, Stephenville, Texas, 16.30 seconds, $4,000. 2, Tayla Moeykens, Three Forks, Mont., 16.39, $3,000. 3, Makenna Shook, Needville, Texas, 16.43, $2,000. 4, (tie) Tricia Aldridge, Sanger, Texas, and Kassie Mowry, Dublin, Texas, 16.50, $500 each. Mowry advances on tiebreaker.
Semifinals 2
1, Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, Texas, 16.26 seconds, $4,000. 2, Makenzie Mayes, Scoggins, Texas, 16.31, $3,000. 3, Katelyn Scott, Odessa, Texas, 16.46, $2,000. 4, Summer Kosel, Glenham, S.D., 16.48, $1,000.
Finals
1, Kassie Mowry, Dublin, Texas, 16.04 seconds, $20,000. 2, Acey Pinkston, Stephenville, Texas, 16.19, $12,000. 3, (tie) Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, Texas, and Katelyn Scott, Odessa, Texas, 16.28, $6,000 each
There are 18 total performances in the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ProRodeo Tournament barrel racing, featuring seven brackets of eight barrel racers competing in back-to-back rounds during Performances 1–14.
The tournament includes:
- One Wild Card Round (Performance 15)
- Two Semifinal Rounds (Performances 16–17)
- An eight-cowgirl Finals (Performance 18)
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 (14 total) will advance to the Semifinals.
- The third-highest money earner in each bracket will advance to the Wild Card Round.
- Barrel racers who do not advance will be placed into a non-qualifiers pool.
At the conclusion of Bracket 7, the top money-earning barrel racer from the non-qualifiers pool will earn the eighth and final spot in the Wild Card Round.
From the eight barrel racers competing in the Wild Card Round, the top two money-earners will advance to the Semifinals.
All competitors advance on a clean-slate format, with no previous money or times carried forward.
Barrel racers will each make one run in one of two Semifinal performances, again on a clean-slate format.
- The top four barrel racers from each performance will advance to the Finals.
The top barrel racers will compete in the Finals with a clean slate — no previous times or money carried forward.
On that day, the fastest cowgirl will earn the title of 2026 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ProRodeo Tournament Champion.
What Is the Barrel Racing Payout at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo?
Barrel racing carries a $306,000 purse at the 2026 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo.
The barrel racing payout mirrors that of PRCA- sanctioned events at FWSSR. There is no aggregate payout.
Brackets (Progressive Rounds)
- $2,500
- $1,900
- $1,500
- $1,000
- $125
- $125
- $125
- $125
Wild Card Round
Finals
- $20,000
- $12,000
- $8,000
- $4,000
Who Qualified for Barrel Racing at the 2026 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo?
- The top 48 cowgirls from 2025 WPRA money standings who enter will be accepted.
- The champion barrel racers from each event at the WPRA-sanctioned FWSSR Rookie Rodeo will be accepted (drop-down until filled).
- The champion barrel racers from the following seven WPRA rodeos in 2025 who enter will be accepted (drop-down until filled): Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days and Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas) Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo Wichita Falls Rodeo Mineral Wells Rodeo Johnson County Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo (Cleburne, Texas) Ellis County Fair and Rodeo (Waxahachie, Texas) North Texas State Fair and Rodeo (Denton, Texas)
- Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days and Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas)
- Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo
- Wichita Falls Rodeo
- Mineral Wells Rodeo
- Johnson County Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo (Cleburne, Texas)
- Ellis County Fair and Rodeo (Waxahachie, Texas)
- North Texas State Fair and Rodeo (Denton, Texas)
