On Friday, April 14, Kassie Mowry turned in a 14.04-second run aboard CP He Will Be Epic, “Will,” to clinch the aggregate win at the San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo.
“I’m just in shock right now,” Mowry said in her interview after the win. “I’m just so proud of how my horse ran. He’s amazing and it was so much fun.”
Mowry went on to say that the win felt special because the first time she met Will because she met his previous owner in the parking lot of the San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo years before.
With Mowry’s aggregate win and placings in each of the three rounds of competition, she raked in a totaled $25,282.24 during the event.
The Final night of barrel racing in San Angelo had a star-studded lineup, but the performance win went to two-time world champion Lindsay Sears and SME One of a Kind with a blazing 13.88-second run—the fastest of the 2023 San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo. “Mojo,” a 2016 stallion by First Down Dash and out of the legendary Sugar Moon Express, “Martha,” turned heads due to his copper coloring and eerie resemblance to his world champion dam’s signature, snake-like turning style.
Sears’ 44.19 on three tied her for second in the aggregate with reigning world champion, Hailey Kinsel aboard DM Sissy Hayday, and 2022 San Angelo champ Dona Kay Rule rounded out the top four after her fourth-place finish in the round from the No. 12 position on the ground on High Valor.
BRM will follow this story as it develops and provide readers with updates on the San Angelo winners.
Read about record-breaking 2022 San Angelo Rodeo Champion Dona Kay Rule
San Angelo barrel racing results
First round: 1. Jimmie Smith-Tew, 15.80 seconds, $6,582; 2. (tie) Timber Allenbrand and Kassie Mowry, 15.82, $5,171 each; 4. Taycie Matthews, 15.83, $4,074; 5. Janet Staton, 15.89, $3,134; 6. Summer Kosel, 15.90, $2,507; 7. (tie) Nicole Driggers, Jackie Ganter, Katie Halbert and Amanda Welsh, 15.92, $1,175 each
Second round: 1. Kassie Mowry, 14.04 seconds, $6,582; 2. Shelley Morgan, 14.12, $5,642; 3. Dona Rule, 14.13, $4,701; 4. Summer Kosel, 14.16, $4,074; 5. Ilyssa Riley, 14.17, $3,134; 6. Hailey Kinsel, 14.20, $2,507; 7. Jennifer Driver, 14.22, $1,881; 8. (tie) Kelly Allen and Wenda Johnson, 14.23, $1,097 each; 10. Kaycee Killingsworth, 14.25, $627
Average leaders: 1. Kassie Mowry, 29.86 seconds on two head; 2. (tie) Jimmie Smith-Tew and Summer Kosel, 30.06 each; 4. Hailey Kinsel, 30.15; 5. Kelly Allen, 30.19; 6. Taycie Matthews, 30.20
Finals (UNOFFICIAL): 1. Lindsay Sears, 13.88 seconds, $4,875.40; 2. Kassie Mowry, 14.00; $3,656.55; 3. Hailey Kinsel, 14.04; $2,437.70; 4. Dona Kay Rule, 14.12, $1,218.85
Aggregate (UNOFFICIAL): 1. Kassie Mowry, 43.86 seconds on three, $9,872.69; 2/3. Lindsay Sears, 44.19, $7,757.11; 2/3. Hailey Kinsel, 44.19, $7,757 4. Dona Kay Rule, 44.34, $6,111.66; 5. Kelly Allen, 44.38, $4,701.28; 6. Jimmie Smith-Tew, 44.40, $3,761.02; 7. Timber Allenbrand, 44.49, $2,820.76; 8. Emily Beisel, 44.64, $1,880.51; 9. Shelley Morgan, 44.72, $1,410.38; 10. Taycie Matthews, 44.74, $940.25
How do barrel racers qualify for the San Angelo Rodeo?
In the barrel racing, the ladies all competed in one full go round of slack March 25, 2023, and the top 120 barrel racers were invited back for one of the 10 performances.
San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo format
San Angelo follows a more traditional rodeo bracket system including one round of slack, second go-rounds of 12 ladies each across 10 performances with the top 12 in the average advancing to the short go on April 14, 2023.
