The Rundown June 2: The One With Virginia and Vegas

Carlee Otero’s $12,683 week between Music City Rodeo in Nashville, Tennessee, and Old Fort Days in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Shaeley Jenkins’ $40,000 win in the Virginia Barrel Classic High Stakes Slot Race, the Arkansas Elite Barrel Racing Finals in Texarkana and the NBHA Vegas Super Show at the South Point in Las Vegas headline this week’s episode of The Rundown on The Money Barrel.

From Otero vaulting from 15th to a projected 9th in the WPRA world standings on a single weekend to Shaeley Jenkins clearing better than $42,500 in Virginia and Taylor Armenta’s aggregate win at the NBHA Vegas Super Show, this week’s episode of The Rundown, presented by Chewy, breaks down the biggest barrel racing results from Virginia to Vegas. Listen to the full episode below.

ProRodeo Updates

• PROFile: The Carlee Otero Story
• Otero Owns Music City: May ProRodeo Barrel Racing Results, World Standings Updates

Carlee Otero owned Music City Rodeo in Nashville, going 1-1-1 across the first round, semi-finals and average on AM Regina George for three $3,223 checks and $9,669 on the weekend. She added a runner-up at Old Fort Days in Fort Smith on Slye Blingolena for another $3,014, pushing her week to $12,683 and vaulting her from 15th to a projected 9th in the WPRA world standings.

Makenzie Mayes and Rousey cashed more paychecks than anyone, about $10,076 across Nashville, Fort Smith and Mt. Pleasant, with the biggest rank jump inside the top 25.

LaTricia Duke holds No. 2 in the world. Emily Beisel holds No. 3 after a Flint Hills win on Pipewrench.

Full ProRodeo breakdown, the Canadian swing and the projected standings shifts on this week’s episode.

Virginia Barrel Classic (Lexington, Virginia)

The Virginia Barrel Classic ran a $15,000-added Futurity, a $15,000-added Derby and a $1,000-entry High Stakes 3D Slot Race that paid out $230,000 across 250 entries, plus an Open that drew 724 entries to Round 1.

Shaeley Jenkins and Hez Dashin For Money won the High Stakes 1D in a 14.515 for $40,000, with their slot race time rolling into Open Round 1 for another $2,566. That’s better than $42,500 on a single run, and it vaults a horse that came in sitting 22nd on the QStallion 2026 leaderboards into the top 10.

High Stakes 1D Slot Race (top 5):

• 1st ($40,000): Shaeley Jenkins & Hez Dashin For Money.
• 2nd ($23,000): Christine DeRenzo & My Flashy Jess.
• 3rd ($17,000): Julia Leao & Epic Storm.
• 4th ($12,000): Blaise Wheeler & Felice Seis.
• 5th ($10,000): Jamey Hunt & Gripe Gut.

Kelly Bowser and Quarento Tres set a new Virginia Barrel Classic arena record on Day 2 for the $6,375 Derby win, on a run that cashed across multiple programs.

Futurity, Open Average and the 2D / 3D Slot Race breakdown in the episode.

Arkansas Elite Barrel Racing Finals (Texarkana, Arkansas)

The Arkansas Elite Barrel Racing Finals brought $30,000-added to the Open 5D Finals in Texarkana. Qualifiers split into two sections ran Rounds 1 and 2 earlier in the week before everyone came back Sunday for a men-led top of the leaderboard.

Open Finals top 5:

• Champion: Lance Graves & Caught Matts King.
• Reserve: Josh Andrews & The Booty Bandit.
• 3rd: Maggie Peacock & Silver Charm Fling.
• 4th: Lane Smith & Flits Ace N The Hole.
• 5th: Harper Nuckles & “Scorch.”

Rounds 1 and 2 winners and more on the episode.

NBHA Las Vegas Super Show (Las Vegas, Nevada)

The NBHA Super Show ran at the South Point in Las Vegas. Taylor Armenta and Hes Got Cat Style took the Open aggregate title across three runs, winning Races 2 and 3 outright. Hailey Krahenbuhl and Saaul Good won Race 1.

An incident involving competitor horses at the Super Show is covered in BarrelRacing.com’s dedicated piece. Full Super Show breakdown on this week’s episode.