The 2025 Cheyenne Frontier Days kicked off July 16 with the qualifying round of barrel racing slack. The first performance at the Daddy of ‘Em All begins July 19, and culminate with the championship round on July 27. The event will feature a $693,000 payout in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Cheyenne Frontier Days has a modified, tournament-style rodeo format. Every rodeo performance will see event money winners who will advance to semifinals and finals. Finals competition starts with a clean-slate on Championship Sunday, where the highest scores and fastest times will be crowned champion. Timed events slack serves as the qualifying round to make it into the rodeo performances.
Follow along here for all the 2025 CFD barrel racing results and updates.
Find full CFD results here.
Read about the 2024 CFD winners here.
Read about Sue Smith and Dashs Centerfold — Cheyenne Frontier Days Arena-Record 16.89.
Lisa Lockhart Wins Cheyenne Frontier Days
The winningest cowgirl in Women’s Professional Rodeo Association history, Lisa Lockhart of Oelrichs, South Dakota, made her own CFD history. Lockhart was the champion at Cheyenne in 2015 riding her famous buckskin horse An Oakie With Cash aka “Louie.” She joined the list of two-time CFD champions when she and another buckskin, Rosas Cantina CC, stopped the clock in 17.03. She is the first woman to win titles in Cheyenne 10 years apart.
Hailey Kinsel and DM Sissy Hayday Top CFD Qualifier
Hailey Kinsel and her four-time WPRA world champion DM Sissy Hayday turned in a 17.18 in CFD’s barrel racing slack qualifying round on July 16, earning $5,159 and an advancement to the performances. Kinsel earned her first Cheyenne Frontier Days championship in 2021. With money already on the board in Cheyenne, Kinsel and “Sister” can enjoy a confidence boost heading into the first performance on July 19. They’ll still have to battle it out through the tournament-style rode with hopes of claiming the championship in the clean-slate finals on Sunday, July 27.
2025 Cheyenne Frontier Days Barrel Racing Results:
First round: 1. Hailey Kinsel, 17.18 seconds, $7,834; 2. Anita Ellis, 17.26, $6,715; 3. Wenda Johnson, 17.27, $5,596; 4. Lisa Lockhart, 17.37, $4,850; 5. Katelyn Scott, 17.38, $3,731; 6. Kassie Mowry, 17.46, $2,985; 7. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 17.50, $2,238; 8. Michelle Alley, 17.57, $1,492; 9. Tyra Kane, 17.60, $1,119; 10. (tie) BryAnna Haluptzok and Halyn Lide, 17.65, $373 each.
Shootout: 1. (tie) Taylor Baize, Emily Beisel, Summer Kosel, Bristan McCarley, Alyssa Urbanek-Wade and Kimmie Wall, 17.44 seconds, $2,487 each; 2. (tie) Michelle Alley, BryAnna Haluptzok, Hailey Kinsel, Lisa Lockhart, Tayla Moeykens and Leslie Smalygo, 17.44, $1,865 each; 3. (tie) LaTricia Duke, Anita Ellis, Taylor Langdon, Avery Ledesma, Carlee Otero, Emilee Pauley, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi and Sue Smith, 17.60, $622 each; 4. (tie) Piper Cordes, Tyra Kane, Shali Lord, McKinlee Paschal and Hadley Tidwell, 17.56, $622 each.
Semifinals: 1. (tie) Michelle Alley and Emily Beisel, 17.09 seconds, $5,409 each; 2. (tie) BryAnna Haluptzok and Lisa Lockhart, 17.32, $4,477 each; 3. (tie) Summer Kosel and Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 17.33, $3,544 each; 4. (tie) Bristan McCarley and Carlee Otero, 17.35, $2,611 each; 5. (tie) Tayla Moeykens and Sue Smith, 17.55, $1,679 each; 6. (tie) Hailey Kinsel and Hadley Tidwell, 17.44, $933 each.
Finals: 1. Lisa Lockhart, 17.03 seconds, $10,819; 2. Tayla Moeykens, 17.19, $8,954; 3. Hailey Kinsel, 17.23, $7,088; 4. Emily Beisel, 17.31, $5,223; 5. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 17.39, $3,358; 6. Carlee Otero, 17.40, $1,865.
