Here is how all 10 of the week’s top earners cashed in.
1. Madison Outhier—$12,702
Won Preston with a 2.1 for $5,866. At Dodge City she tied for third in the first round with a 2.5 for $1,796, placed third in the short go with a 3.1 for $998, then won the average at 8.6 on three head for $4,042—$6,836 from that rodeo alone.
2. Aspen Miller—$10,083
Won the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo in Castle Rock, Colorado, outright with a 2.3 for $6,853. Tied for fifth at Preston with a 2.4 for $1,857 and tied for sixth at the War Bonnett Round Up with a 2.6 for $1,373.
3. Rylee A George—$9,267
George was second everywhere she went. She tied for second at Preston with a 2.2 for $4,253, then finished second in both the Dodge City short go (3.0, $1,497) and the Dodge City average (9.2, $3,464). A 2.9 at Phillipsburg added $53.
4. Jade Mitchell—$8,751
Mitchell won the Dodge City short go with a 2.8 for $1,996 and was fourth in the average at 10.5 for $2,502. She also tied George for second at Preston with a 2.2 for $4,253.
5. Kirby Rawlinson—$8,715
The rookie was 1.8 to win Kansas’ Biggest Rodeo in Phillipsburg for $5,269, then placed third at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo in Abilene with a 2.1 for $3,446. Two Kansas rodeos, two of the week’s fastest runs.
6. Taylor Munsell—$8,340
Munsell was 1.9 to win Wild Bill Hickok for $5,302 and turned in the fastest run of the week anywhere—a 1.7 to win the second round at Dodge City—for $2,695 more. A 3.4 at Douglas County added $343.
7. Rickie Engesser—$7,086
Engesser roped in three states and cashed in all of them: a 2.1 to win the War Bonnett Round Up for $4,991, a tie for third at the Black Canyon Stock Show with a 2.7 for $1,519, and a tie for 10th at Big Sky with a 2.8 for $576.
8. Amy Ohrt—$6,380
Ohrt was 2.4 for second behind Miller at Douglas County for $5,482 and tied for fifth in the Dodge City first round with a 2.6 for $898. It was the biggest week of the year for the Victoria, Texas, rookie, and it reshapes the Resistol Rookie race—see our full rookie breakdown.
9. Taylor Engesser—$5,414
Engesser was 2.0 for second at Big Sky in Great Falls for $2,835 and tied for third at the War Bonnett Round Up with a 2.4 for $2,579.
10. Kenzie Hay—$5,250
Hay was 2.0 for second at Wild Bill Hickok for $4,241 and won Mesquite with a 2.2 for $1,009.
Top 10 Money Winners of the Week: Quick Reference
Money won July 27–August 2, 2026, per published payouts across all 22 rodeos that posted money, including the completed Dodge City Roundup.
The Rest of the Week
Four more rodeos paid out before the calendar flipped. Kiley Gibson was 2.7 to win the Jayhawker Round-Up in Hill City, Kansas, for $1,063. Josie Mousel took the Sac County Fair and PRCA Rodeo in Sac City, Iowa, with a 2.4 for $1,172. Britney Butzer won the Cecil County Fair Pro Rodeo in Elkton, Maryland, with a 2.6 for $1,036. And at the High Prairie Elks Pro Rodeo in Alberta, Keely Pugh and Longview, Alberta’s Bradi Whiteside split the win at 2.3 for $1,364 each—the biggest check of the four.
All in, breakaway roping paid out $302,257 across 22 rodeos from July 27 through August 2.
Projected Top 20
Note the window here is narrower than the money-leaders section above. The money leaders cover the full week; these projections only add rodeos concluding on or after July 31. Movement is measured against the July 31 baseline ranking.
Aspen Miller’s four-spot climb is the biggest inside the top 20, and it came at the expense of a cowgirl who did not rope for money all week: Jaci Hammons slips from No. 18 to a projected No. 21 on a blank week. Rylee George’s $9,267 moves her to No. 3, and Munsell’s two Kansas checks move her from No. 6 to No. 4, past both Cadee Williams and Jordi Edens-Mitchell. Cadee Williams’ $603 at West Yellowstone was not enough to hold No. 3, and she drops two.
At the top, nothing is close. McCartney’s projected $163,726.90 puts her $40,621.84 ahead of Hali Williams. But the third-place gap has tightened considerably: George’s week cuts Williams’ cushion to $9,434.64, down from more than $14,000.
Dodge City did the heavy lifting this week. The rodeo paid four of the top eight earners, and the average alone was worth $4,042 to Outhier, $3,464 to George and $2,887 to Josie Conner—which is what keeps Conner at No. 7, $8,979 clear of Outhier despite Outhier winning the rodeo.
The Top 15 Cutline
Maddy Jacobs’ $4,902 week—a tie for third at Douglas County and a tie for fifth at Phillipsburg—moves her past Jill Tanner and into the projected No. 15 hole at $68,932.14. Tanner, who has roped at 25 rodeos to Jacobs’ 45, sits $3,474.74 back at No. 16 without a check this week.
Behind them, Aspen Miller at No. 17 is now $4,175 from the cutline after one week. Amy Ohrt at a projected No. 22 is $12,704 out.
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