Only one live qualifier remain on the road to breakaway roping’s $1 million championship, and for the first time, every cowgirl in the field will have earned her way there.
Kimes Ranch Jeans has restructured the qualifying system for the 2026 Million Dollar Breakaway, adding a coastal stop in San Luis Obispo, California, and a first-ever Canadian leg in Edmonton, Alberta, to a lineup that now runs seven distinct routes into the $1,000,000 event at WestWorld of Scottsdale. Produced by Kimes Ranch Jeans and CN Productions, the Million Dollar Breakaway bills itself as the richest breakaway roping in the world—a purse split between $825,000 in go-round money and $175,000 in aggregate payouts across the 10-round Finals, set for Nov. 25-29 at WestWorld of Scottsdale. It remains open to any female breakaway roper, no WPRA card or age minimum required.
The Seven Routes to Scottsdale
Two new stops in California and Canada headline the changes, alongside a season-long points leaderboard and the traditional Oklahoma, Last Chance and Buy Back rounds:
