WPRA Barrel Racing
Professional barrel racing news, standings and updates from the WPRA.
Women’s Professional Rodeo Association
The WPRA is the oldest women’s sports organization in the country. With events at divisional barrel races and being the barrel racing sanctioning body at Professional Rodeo Cowboy’s Association events, women compete at these events in an attempt to qualify for their divisional circuit finals, circuit finals, and the National Finals Rodeo.

How the WPRA Will Move Forward After Recent Key Board Resignations
In a statement issued on Friday, May 26, four members of the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association’s 15-member Board of Directors […]

Best of 2022: The Top 10 WPRA Rodeos
Inflation and its effect on diesel prices may be dominating the financial news for rodeo folks in the first half […]

Rookie Rundown: Who is Bayleigh Choate?
If you caught yourself wondering where the slender blonde with enviable core strength flexing split reins and flying two-handed through […]

Sis Loves Guymon
Since her first trip to the Oklahoma Panhandle in 2017, Hailey Kinsel’s golden galloper DM Sissy Hayday (“Sis”) has loved […]

12 Things to Know About Guymon Pioneer Days
Steer Roping slack on Monday, May 1 in Guymon, Oklahoma signaled the beginning of the town’s ProRodeo, Guymon Pioneer Days. […]

Show Me The Money! Presley Smith and Jerry McGuire Cash In At Rookie Roundup
The Cowboy Channel Resistol Rookie Round Up, held April 29-30 at the famed Fort Worth Stockyards, was designed to showcase […]

Record Run for Rule
When Minco, Oklahoma, barrel racer Dona Kay Rule and her 13-year-old sorrel speedster High Valor (Valiant Hero x Rare High […]

Spring Thaw: San Angelo Barrel Racing Sizzles
The $45,000-added San Angelo Rodeo barrel racing got underway with slack on Monday, March 28, and upon completion of the […]

Double the Pleasure for World Champion Barrel Racer Jordon Briggs at RodeoHouston
Defending Women’s Professional Rodeo Association World Champion Jordon Briggs, Tolar, Texas, knew it was going to take an epic performance […]

WPRA Election Results Announced
According to official results released from the WPRA on March 4, the 2022 election results are as follows: President: Jimmie […]

San Antonio Spurs Kinsel To No. 1
Three-time WPRA and American Champion Hailey Kinsel was happy to be back in the AT&T Center for the San Antonio […]

Missouri Cowgirl Makes Noise in Two Events at San Antonio
Emma Charleston of Reeds, Missouri, fought an uphill barrel racing battle during the 2022 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, […]

Wrangler NFR Payoff Climbs Again in 2022, Now at Record $14.1 Million
LAS VEGAS (Feb. 23, 2022) – The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association® and Las Vegas Events announced today the 2022 Wrangler […]

Women’s Professional Rodeo Association Election Candidate Q&A, Part 2
WPRA Presidential candidates Jimmie Munroe and Becky Nix, as well as Vice Presidential candidates Heidi Schmidt and Jymmy Kay Cox […]

Women’s Professional Rodeo Association Election Candidate Q&A, Part 1
WPRA Presidential candidates Jimmie Munroe and Becky Nix, as well as Vice Presidential candidates Heidi Schmidt and Jymmy Kay Cox […]