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
