All Things Mandan: 2026 North Dakota Roughrider Cup is Here

Mandan is also one of two last stops—Pendleton is the other—on the Cinch Playoff Series run before the Sept. 21 cutoff to get into the Governor’s Cup in Sioux Falls.

North Dakota Roughrider Cup FAQs

Who got into the North Dakota Roughrider Cup?
2026 North Dakota Roughrider Cup Results
2026 North Dakota Roughrider Cup team roping draw
What is the format at the North Dakota Roughrider Cup?
What is the payout?
When and where is the 2026 North Dakota Roughrider Cup?

Who got into the North Dakota Roughrider Cup?

The top 32 headers and heelers in the 2026 PRCA world standings as of 7 days prior to entries closing qualify. The winners of each of the following four Badlands Circuit rodeos will also qualify for a total of 36 teams.

Mandan, ND (July 2-4)
Deadwood, SD (July 21-25)
Aberdeen, ND (Aug. 10-11)
Rapid City, SD (Aug. 23-25)

2026 North Dakota Roughrider Cup Results

Place	Name	Time	Payout
1	Dustin Egusquiza/JC Flake	3.8 seconds	$9,856
2	Clay Smith/Coleby Payne and Nelson Wyatt/Jonathan Torres	4.0	$8,213
4	Derrick Begay/Colter Todd	4.1	$6,571
5	Cory Kidd V/Carson Johnson	4.2	$5,914
6	Korbin Rice/Cooper Freeman, Cody Snow/Lane Mitchell and Tyler Tryan/Nicky Northcott	4.3	$4,599
9	Brenten Hall/Wyatt Cox	4.4	$3,285
10	Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira	4.7	$2,628
11	Andrew Ward/Jake Long	4.9	$2,300
12	Tanner Tomlinson/Wesley Thorp	5.1	$1,971
13	Kolton Schmidt/Paden Bray	5.3	$1,314
14	Jhett Trenary/Braylon Tryan	7.4	$986
15	Lightning Aguilera/Kaden Profili and Riley Kittle/Trey Yates	9.7	$329

2026 North Dakota Roughrider Cup team roping draw

Performance 1, Sept. 18

1	Jhett Trenary	Tanner Braden
2	Shay Carroll	Landen Glenn
3	Coleman Proctor	Travis Graves
4	Kaleb Driggers	Lucinei Nunes Nogueira
5	Jaxon Hill	Logan Moore
6	Tyler Tryan	Nicky Northcott
7	Clay Tryan	Sid Sporer
8	Billy Smith	Douglas Rich
9	Korbin Rice	Cooper Freeman
10	Tucker McDaniel	Cash Hetzel
11	James Arviso	Levi Lord
12	Elvenee Dees	William Woodfin

Performance 2, Sept. 19

1	Andrew Ward	Jake Long
2	Cash Duty	Trent Vaught
3	Kolton Schmidt	Paden Bray
4	Tanner Tomlinson	Wesley Thorp
5	Derrick Begay	Colter Todd
6	Dustin Egusquiza	James Flake
7	Wenceslao Aguilera	Kaden Profili
8	Brye Crites	Ross Ashford
9	Clay Smith	Coleby Payne
10	Tee McLeod	Jake Edwards
11	Coy Rahlmann	Logan Medlin
12	Luke Brown	Hunter Koch

Performance 3, Sept. 20

1	Dawson Graham	Dillion Graham
2	Riley Kittle	Trey Yates
3	Kavis Drake	Denim Ross
4	Erich Rogers	Cory Petska
5	Clinton Summers	Jade Corkill
6	Brenten Hall	Wyatt Cox
7	Ketch Kelton	Denton Dunning
8	Cody Snow	Lane Mitchell
9	Riley Minor	Brady Minor
10	Jon Peterson	Riley Wakefield
11	William Wyatt	Jonathan Torres
12	Chester Kidd	Carson Johnson

What is the format at the North Dakota Roughrider Cup?

The North Dakota Roughrider Cup is one round of competition, spread out over three performances with 12 teams roping daily.

What is the payout?

While The Team Roping Journal hasn’t yet figured out the exact payout, we know the North Dakota Roughrider Cup has a $60,000 purse on both ends.

When and where is the 2026 North Dakota Roughrider Cup?

The North Dakota Roughrider Cup is headed to the Dale Pahlke Arena in Mandan, North Dakota, Sept. 18-20.

Friday, Sept. 18	6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 19	6:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 20	2:00 p.m.