Gracen Harman and This Guy Will Moonya won three of the four rounds at the 2025 Texas Circuit Finals in October, claiming $6,990 and set a new arena record inside theExtraco Event Center in Waco, Texas. In November they returned to Waco to win $13,067 at the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association World Finals. Now, they are taking on the winter pro rodeos like the National Western Stock Show Rodeo, San Antonio Stock Show Rodeo, The Tucson Rodeo and are on their way to compete in their super series at RodeoHouston.
Harman finished the 2025 pro rodeo season with $35,675. As of March 4, she holds the No. 5 spot in the 2026 WPRA world standings with $27,385.
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James Barnes trained and futuritied “King” to earn more than $119,000 before he went to National Finals Rodeo qualifier Sissy Winn. King is Barnes highest earning horse he’s competed on. Harman bought the gelding about two years ago to rodeo on and has won more than $68,000 with him.
What is “King” like to be around outside the arena?
“He loves to play and buck, do all of his things outside in the turnout. But he is kind of grumpy. He’s a grumpy horse. Some of them are just so loving and nice and he doesn’treally love for me to be affectionate. He kind of has his quirks and he’s a little grumpy, so I take all the love when I can get it.”
What has been your biggest challenge with him?
“I would say definitely the first barrel. He really does like a fence at that first barrel, so if we go outside and to bigger arenas or bigger setups, I found that’s been the struggle a lot. Every year he’s gotten better, I like to think we’re figuring it out.”
What makes him so competitive?
“He’s so fast and gritty to the second and third barrels. I’ve had to kind of go three quarter speed to the first barrel and he can compete with any of them, even going that three-quarter speed to the first barrel. He’s just wicked fast to the second and third.”
Describe King’s favorite set up to run in.
“I would say indoor, like smaller to medium size, that would be his ideal setup I would think. He really likes the fence to be able to see it and lock in and make his turns.”
What is King’s pre and post run routine?
“In the past couple months, I’ve started to get Equiscope done on him and he loves that. I do that a couple days leading up to a big run or rodeo. He loves his Beamer. Post run, just all the treats and electrolytes.”
What’s something about King that only someone who rides him would notice?
“I would say he gets back sore a lot, and so riding him is the only way you could tell if he’s back sore, because he’s super tough and he likes to grit through it sometimes, but when you’re on in on him and backing him up in a circle, that’s the only way I can know if he’s back sore. He doesn’t back up in a circle. Then I’ll take him to the chiropractor or the vet to do some work on him.”
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