WPRA National Breakaway Finals Tickets Now On Sale

The moment so many have been waiting for – The Wrangler WPRA National Breakaway Finals tickets are now on sale at Ticketmaster. The tickets for last year’s Finals sold out in less than 48 hours, so do not miss your opportunity to watch the best Breakaway Ropers in professional rodeo battle it out for the title of World Champion Breakaway Roper December 18th and 19th at the newly renovated Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, TX.

Walk-Up Guideline Reminders

To be eligible for a walk-up:

• Must have been eligible to enter the rodeo, which includes meeting the membership dues date for the rodeo.
• Members can walk-up and replace an open position (notified turnout or release) if they simply did not enter the rodeo or were drawn out due to preferences or a parameter.
• Walk-up replacements are only available in performances not in slack, and only if it states in the WPRA’s ground rules that the walk-up replacement policy is in effect on the WPRA website.
• To be a walk-up replacement, you are to physically check in with the rodeo secretary in the rodeo office no later than 2 hours prior to the performance by presenting your current active WPRA membership card to the rodeo secretary.
• If more people walk-up than positions are available, it will be a random draw for the open position(s) in the performance. Those who entered the rodeo and were drawn out due to a parameter/preference have priority over those who did not enter.
• Walk-up contestants must pay entry fees.
• Barrel replacements will be placed at the end of the draw and random drawn if more than one. Breakaway replacements will be placed in the open position and run in the position of the contestant that they are replacing and random drawn if more than one. 
• Members are NOT eligible to be a walk-up replacement at a rodeo if they are turning out of another rodeo on the same day. Keep in mind, a contestant can compete at a rodeo as a replacement and at another rodeo with a “same day” conflict as long as she does NOT turnout of either rodeo. If they do compete as a walk-up replacement AND are a turnout at another rodeo on the same day, they will be disqualified and fined. 

If a contestant is a walk-up replacement and is ineligible and competes at the rodeo, she will be drawn out of the rodeo, but will still be required to pay entry fees plus a rule violation fine. 

• If she won money, she will be removed from the results and all winnings, points, and prizes will be redistributed. In addition to this redistribution, the contestant will be subject to a minor per WPRA rule 9.2.9 or a major rule violation per WPRA rule 9.3.21., which is a minimum of a $1,000 fine. 

2026 Playoff Series Schedule

As a reminder for your summer run of rodeos to keep in mind the rodeos that are part of the Playoff Series which qualify contestants to Puyallup, Washington and Sioux Falls, S.D. at the end of the season.

• The cutoff date for Puyallup will be Monday, August 24 and will include points awarded for Caldwell, Canby, Gooding, and Moses Lake (and will not include points awarded for Kennewick, Bremerton, and Tremonton.)
• Entries for Puyallup will open on Friday, August 21 and will close on Tuesday, August 25.
• The cutoff date for Sioux Falls will be Monday, September 21, which will be the Monday after the completion of Mandan and Pendleton.

Please note the change to turn out fines at 2026 Playoff Series Rodeos:

Additionally, monetary turn out fines will be doubled at 2026 Playoff Series Rodeos. Contestants will be assessed a maximum 10-point deduction for turning out at a Playoff Series Rodeo (includes notified and non-notified TO’s, does not include VIR’s and DR’s).

Road to 2027 Utah Days of '47 Rodeo - Salt Lake City

It is never too early to start planning ahead for next year's rodeo run.

The Utah Days of '47 Rodeo in Salt Lake City takes place the third week of July during what is known as Pioneer Week in Utah. With it being a limited entry rodeo it has been determined the following Utah Rodeos that will serve as qualifiers for the 2027 edition of the Utah Days of '47 Rodeo.

The champion contestant at each of these rodeos in 2026 will earn a spot in 2027. Any ties will be broken by taking the contestant with the most money won in the year-end 2026 WPRA ProRodeo World Standings.

UPCOMING

Aug 5-8 - Logan, UT (breakaway only) - Entries closed

Sept. 4-5 - Manila, UT (barrels and breakaway) - Entries open Aug 12

Results: - unofficial pending audit

Moab, UT (barrels only) - Jordynn Knight

Eagle Mountain, UT - Kara Kreder (barrels), Makenna Ellerman (breakaway)

Monticello, UT (barrels only) - Emily Ward

Lehi, UT (barrels only) - Caitlyn White

Delta, UT - Molly Harper (barrels), Kaycie Ahlstrom (breakaway)

Rodeo listing for each below - simply click on button to be taken direct to rodeo listing on wpra.com

Rule Spotlight

10.7.1.1. If a contestant is releasing out of a PRCA / WPRA rodeo, she must notify Procom no later than three (3) hours prior to the performance or slack she is up in. The contestant must identify each rodeo she needs to release out of including rodeos within the seven (7) day ineligibility period. Releases carry a charge of $25 per rodeo released.

Morning Slack. If a contestant is releasing out of a morning section of slack, she must notify Procom no later than the turnout deadline of the previous evening’s performance or 5:00 pm Mountain Time the day prior to such section of slack if there is no performance the previous evening. 

4 Badlands Circuit Rodeos Selected as Qualifying Rodeos for North Dakota Rough Rider Cup in Mandan - September 18-20

The North Dakota Rough Rider Cup in Mandan, North Dakota the end of September will be limited to 36 in barrels and breakaway. The top 32 from the 2026 WPRA World Standings 7 days prior to entries open will earn a spot with the remaining 4 entries coming from the winners of the following 4 predetermined qualifying rodeos.

The 2026 Qualifying Rodeos Are:

• Mandan, ND – July 2-4 - completed
• Deadwood, SD – July 19-25 - completed
• Aberdeen, SD - August 10-11 - entries closed
• Rapid City, SD – August 23-25 - Entries open July 31

Click the buttons below to go directly to the rodeo listing on the WPRA website.

Results: - unofficial pending audit

*ties will be broken based on approved grounds rules for the North Dakota Rough Rider Cup

Mandan, ND - Hailey Kinsel (barrels), Haiden Thompson (breakaway roping)

Deadwood, SD - Emily Beisel (barrels), Kamie Joe Crouse (breakaway roping)

WPRA Circuit Directors

We recently saw on a Facebook post a member saying they didn't know who the director was in a certain circuit. We wanted to remind everyone this information is on our website. Simply click the office tab and About Us (https://wpra.com/about-the-wpra/). Their phone numbers and email addresses are listed there.

Here is a current list for reference as well:

Badlands - Nicole Bice - 605-553-4546 - nicole@wpra.com

California - Sheena Robbins - 559-940-2638 - sheena@wpra.com

Columbia River - Kacey Gartner - 509-492-1772 - kacey.gartner@wpra.com

First Frontier - Chrissy Chromczak - 581-369-4456 - chrissy.chromczak@wpra.com

Great Lakes - Melora Potter - 270-704-0865 - melora@wpra.com

Montana - Dillon McPherson - 406-650-8458 - dillon.mcpherson@wpra.com

Mountain States - Shelly Vossler - 307-286-1449 - shelly@wpra.com

Prairie - Cindy Gillespie - 785-731-5306 - cindy@wpra.com

Southeastern - Ashley Rogers - 985-856-0947 - ashley.rogers@wpra.com

Texas - Lois Ferguson - 254-744-2878 - lois.ferguson@wpra.com

Turquoise - Jenna Duhon - 602-615-7663 - jenna@wpra.com

Wilderness - Annie Rose - 801-369-1460 - annie.rose@wpra.com

Central Region Roping - Christi Braudrick - 918-207-9757 - christi@wpra.com

West Region Roping - Tibba Smith - 254-595-1109 - tibba.smith@wpra.com

East Region Roping - Danni Clover - 660-833-1399 - danni@wpra.com