RODEOHOUSTON 2026: Full Results, Format, Payout, and More

RODEOHOUSTON 2026 kicks off inside NRG Stadium March 2-21, with this year’s payout totaling $2.5 million. Here is everything you need to know about the barrel racing and the 40 girls who are set to run at one of the biggest rodeos of the year.

Table of contents

• RodeoHouston Qualification Criteria
• RODEOHOUSTON Format
• RodeoHouston Payout Breakdown
• What barrel racers are competing at RodeoHouston 2026?
• Semifinals I (March 17)
• Semifinals II (March 18)
• RodeoHouston Concerts
• RodeoHouston ResultsSuper Series ISuper Series IISuper Series IIISuper Series IVSuper Series VSemifinalsWild CardFinals
  • Super Series I
  • Super Series II
  • Super Series III
  • Super Series IV
  • Super Series V
  • Semifinals
  • Wild Card
  • Finals

RodeoHouston Qualification Criteria

1. Past two RodeoHouston Super Series Champions (2024 & 2025).
2. One Special Invitation from HLSR Management.
3. 2025 Permit Finals Champion. If co-champions exist, the tie will bebroken based upon the tie-breakers listed in the Permit Finals GroundRules.
4. 2025 Waller County Fair & Rodeo Champion. If co-champions exist, thetie will be broken based upon the published 2024 official WPRA worldstandings.
5. 2025 Fort Bend County Fair & Rodeo Champion. If co-champions exist,the tie will be broken based upon the published 2024 official WPRA world standings.
6. Top 31 of the published 2025 official WPRA world standings.
7. Top three of the published 2026 official WPRA world standings (as of Dec. 1, 2025), excluding the circuit finals, not already qualified through the above criteria.
8. Any remaining or open positions will be filled from the published 2024 official WPRA world standings.

RODEOHOUSTON Format

• Kassie Mowry and Force The Goodbye Win RodeoHouston Barrel Racing 2025

RodeoHouston will feature five Super Series, each of which contains three rounds with eight contestants per event. The Top 4, based on total money won, in each Super Series will advance to the Semifinals.

There will be two Semifinal rounds with 10 contestants per event each round. The Top 4 in each Semifinals will advance to the Championship Round.

The remaining six girls from each Semifinals will compete in the Wild Card (a total of 12 teams). The top contestant out of each Wild Card round will advance to the Championship Round.

The Championship Round will feature 10 contestants. The Top 4 girls will return for the Championship Shootout Round that same day. The Shootout will begin immediately following the Championship Round.

RodeoHouston Payout Breakdown

RodeoHouston increased its total purse to over $2.5 million back in 2025. The breakaway has a purse of $563,000. In 2026, the RodeoHouston champions will pocket $65,000.

Go-Round (Super Series) Payout: $7,500
Three rounds per series, per event

1. $3,000
2. $2,000
3. $1,000
4. $750
5. $500
6. $250

Semifinals Payout: $6,750
Two semifinal rounds, per event

1. $3,000
2. $2,000
3. $1,000
4. $750

Wildcard Payout: $7,750
Two wildcard rounds, per event

1. $3,000
2. $2,000
3. $1,000
4. $750
5. $500
6. $500

Championship: $140,000
One payout/round, per event

1. $65,000
2. $30,000
3. $20,000
4. $10,000
5. $2,500
6. $2,500
7. $2,500
8. $2,500
9. $2,500
10. $2,500

What barrel racers are competing at RodeoHouston 2026?

Super Series 1: March 2-4

• Sue Smith
• Chloe Gray
• Lisa Lockhart
• Michelle Alley
• Alyssa Urbanek-Wade
• Carlee Otero
• Hailey Kinsel
• Katelyn Scott

Super Series 2: March 5-7

• Tayla Moeykens
• Steely Steiner
• Loralee Ward
• Sydney Graham
• Paige Jones
• Wenda Johnson
• Jordan Driver
• Andrea Busby

Super Series 3: March 8-10

• Emily Beisel
• Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi
• Emma Parr
• Gracen Harman
• Sharin Hall
• Katie Halbert
• Tricia Aldridge
• McKenna Coronado

Super Series 4: March 11-13

• Acey Pinkston
• Hailey Garrison Graham
• Keyla Costa
• Hayle Gibson-Stillwell
• Leslie Smalygo
• Makenzie Mayes
• Presley Smith
• Helen Nowosad

Super Series 5: March 14-16

• Halyn Lide
• Anita Ellis
• Julie Plourde
• LaTricia Duke
• Summer Kosel
• Megan McLeod-Sprague
• Kassie Mowry
• Tiany Schuster

Semifinals I (March 17)

Semifinals II (March 18)

RodeoHouston Concerts

• March 2: Riley Green
• March 3: J Balvin
• March 4: Rascal Flatts
• March 5: Russell Dickerson
• March 6: Lizzo
• March 7: Dwight Yoakum
• March 8: Forrest Frank
• March 9: Luke Bryan
• March 10: Megan Moroney
• March 11: Creed
• March 12: Chris Stapleton
• March 13: Shaboozey
• March 14: Kelly Clarkson
• March 15: Pepe Aguilar
• March 16: Cross Canadian Ragweed
• March 17: Red Clay Strays
• March 18: Koe Wetzel
• March 19: Lainey Wilson
• March 20: Parker McCollum
• March 21: Tim McGraw
• March 22: Cody Johnson

RodeoHouston Results

Super Series I

Qualifiers: 1. Michelle Alley, $9,000; 2. Lisa Lockhart, $4,000; 3. Hailey Kinsel, $3,875; 4. Chloe Gray, $1,875

Super Series II

Qualifiers: 1. Sydney Graham, $5,500; 2. Jordan Driver, $4,250; 3. Paige Jones, $3,875; 4. Loralee Ward, $3,500.

Super Series III

Third round: 1. Emily Beisel, 4.69 seconds, $3,000; 2. McKenna Coronado, 14.71, $2,000; 3. Sharin Hall, 14.89, $1,000; 4. Katie Halbert, 14.96, $750; 5. Tricia Aldridge, 15.12, $500; 6. Emma Parr, 15.75, $250.
Qualifiers: 1. Emily Beisel, $9,000; 2. McKenna Coronado, $5,000; 3. Katie Jo Halbert, $3,250; 4. Sharin Hall, $1,750.

Super Series IV

Qualifiers: 1. Acey Pinkston, $6,750; 2. Helen Nowosad, $6,500; 3. Makenzie Mayes, $3,250; 4. Keyla Costa, $3,000.

Super Series V

Qualifiers: 1. LaTricia Duke, $7,000; 2. Summer Kosel, $4,000; 3. Anita Ellis, $3,625; 4. Kassie Mowry, $3,250.

Semifinals

Semi-finals 1: 1. Hailey Kinsel, 14.48 seconds, $3,000; 2. LaTricia Duke, 14.61, $2,000; 3. Lisa Lockhart, 14.65, $1,000; 4. Summer Kosel, 14.70, $750.
Qualifiers: 1. Hailey Kinsel, $3,000; 2. LaTricia Duke, $2,000; 3. Lisa Lockhart, $1,000; 4. Summer Kosel, $750.

Semi-finals 2: 1. Kassie Mowry, 14.09 seconds, $3,000; 2. Chloe Gray, 14.52, $2,000; 3. Paige Jones, 14.58, $1,000; 4. Emily Beisel, 14.68, $750.
Qualifiers: 1. Kassie Mowry, $3,000; 2. Chloe Gray, $2,000; 3. Paige Jones, $1,000; 4. Emily Beisel, $750.

Wild Card

Qualifiers: 1. Loralee Ward, $3,000.

Qualifiers: 1. Katie Jo Halbert, $3,000.

Finals