Texas Precious Metals Joins

WPRA Corporate Partner Family

The WPRA is excited to announce Texas Precious Metals as our official precious metals partner. Through this partnership, members and fans alike will be able to purchase and begin collecting pure silver coins featuring women’s barrel racing and breakaway roping. Texas Precious Metals will also be featured at the 2026 National Finals Breakaway Roping as the clock sponsor and go-round sponsor.

“We are excited to partner with Texas Precious Metals in celebrating WPRA athletes and providing a truly valuable keepsake,” stated Heidi Schmidt, WPRA President. “We are honored to have them join our team for the National Finals Breakaway Roping as well.” 

Texas Precious Metals was founded in 2011 with a simple mission: to provide real value in the precious metals market through fanatical customer service, low premiums, and superior speed. Based in South Texas, the company specializes in buying, selling, and securely storing physical gold and silver for clients across the country.

Over the years, Texas Precious Metals has expanded its lineup of commemorative bullion through partnerships with organizations such as the PRCA, UFC, and Texas A&M University. The partnership with the WPRA is a natural addition to its Pro Rodeo collection, celebrating the athletes and traditions that define the Western way of life.

“We are honored to partner with the WPRA and support the extraordinary women who embody the grit, discipline, and integrity of women’s rodeo,” stated Tarek Saab, Cofounder & CEO, Texas Precious Metals, “This partnership reflects our commitment to the Western lifestyle and to the athletes who carry it forward with strength and class.”

Texas Precious Metals is also a presenting sponsor of the Cinch Playoffs Governor’s Cup in Sioux Falls, S.D., the last weekend of WPRA’s ProRodeo regular season.

For more information visit https://texmetals.com

WPRA 2026 Election Ballots Due Back Feb. 23

Election ballots are due back to the election vendor by Monday, February 23, 2026, by 5pm MT. Please reference rule 3.3.2. in the 2026 WPRA Rule Book.

Election ballots will be certified by the election vendor on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, by end of day. Candidates will be notified the following business day. Please reference rule 3.4.1. in the 2026 WPRA Rule Book.

To learn more about each of the 2026 nominees click the button below:

Resistol Rookie Roundup - March 20-21

For the fifth consecutive year, Resistol, in partnership with The Cowboy Channel, the leading network for Western sports, owned by Teton Ridge, will host the Resistol Rookie Roundup at the iconic Fort Worth Stockyard Coliseum. The dates have been moved up a month as the 2026 event will take place March 20-21.

Sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA), 10 first year card holders in each event will compete for over a $100,000 purse. The Cowboy Channel will produce and broadcast the event. Another change for 2026 will be a straight two-head aggregate format with the leader after both days crowned the champion.  

The Cowboy Channel will also produce a special roundtable series, where participants in each event will sit down with past Resistol Rookie of the Year winners. These discussions, combined with media training and mentoring sessions, will equip contestants with valuable insights for their careers ahead. This will take place March 19 beginning at 9 a.m.

“Each year, the rookie class continues to impress. They come in prepared and willing to learn. They understand the importance of this weekend as they learn about sponsorships, interviewing skills, social media management and more. We want each rookie to leave prepared for their rodeo career ahead because these are the names we will continue to hear,” said Resistol Brand Director Mary Jane Carpenter.

Money won at the Resistol Rookie Roundup, presented by The Cowboy Channel, will count towards the Resistol Rookie standings but will not be credited towards the world standings for a Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualification.

Ground Resource Page

The WPRA Board has officially launched its second informational ground video featuring content from ground expert Jake Van and the new ground resources page on the WPRA website for committees and members to access our ground video library, informational articles, and other ground resources.

The WPRA is very passionate about improving ground, and we hope to continue to build our ground video library and resources each year to help provide educational content that can be used by all our committees to improve ground across the country.

The WPRA Board welcomes your feedback, questions, concerns, and ideas. Please reach out to your Circuit Director, and your emails will be shared with the Board.

Please see the link below to view the entire second video as well as the new ground resources page on wpra.com to select which chapters of the video you wish to view and check out the other available resources.

Friendly Reminder - Official Results & Standings

Members please note when looking up results from a rodeo for payout the ones listed on ProRodeo.com are often not accurate and not official. For official payout on WPRA events one is encouraged to reference WPRA.com for accurate information that will be reflected in the standings.

Rule Spotlight

Entry Fees

Entry fee amounts can be found in the listing for each rodeo at WPRA.com. If you do not pay your entry fee with the rodeo secretary, entry fees must be paid the Tuesday following the end of the rodeo by 3pm MT- no exceptions.

You always have the option to:

1. Pay on the membership portal- If you do not see your fees, you can always add a credit. If fees are not yet posted to a members account this does not give one longer to pay them as they are all listed for each rodeo at wpra.com.
2. Call the WPRA office

Failure to pay by the aforementioned deadline will result in a $50 fine per rodeo and your account will be marked ineligible until entry fees have been paid.

Please refer to section 10.5. in the WPRA Rule Book. 

Qualifying Rodeos Set for 2027 Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo

Now that the 2026 Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo has come to a close it is time to look forward to the 2027 edition. We wanted to make our members aware of the qualifying rodeos for the 2027 edition of this legendary rodeo in both the barrel racing and breakaway roping.

The champion contestant (winner of the barrel race and breakaway roping) from these 7 Texas Circuit PRCA Rodeos in 2026 that enter will be accepted (drop down until filled):

Mark your calendars now to take advantage of this opportunity.

Waxahachie, TX - March 26-28

Mineral Wells, TX - April 30-May 2

Gladewater, TX - June

Weatherford, TX - June 10-13

Cleburne, TX - June 10-13

Wichita Falls, TX - August

Denton, TX - August

2026 Circuit Resident/Non-Resident Count

The resident/non-resident circuit counts for all the circuits for barrel racing and breakaway roping are now listed at www.wpra.com. If your goal is to compete at your circuit finals be sure you know the number of rodeos you must compete in to be qualified if you finish in the top 12 of your respective circuit standings.