The Calgary Stampede kicked off July 4 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at Stampede Park. Follow along here for all the barrel racing updates from the Calgary Stampede.
Find Women’s Professional Rodeo Association world standings here.
Each barrel racer competes three days in a row in their pool, with 10 barrel racers in each pool. The top three money earners over the three days from each pool progress to the semifinals. Out of the top nine in the semifinals, only four advance it to the finals. All of the finals and shootout money counts towards world standings, but only 70% of the winnings from pool placings counts.
Pool A: July 4-6
Pool A Competitors: Emily Beisel, Katelyn Scott, Andrea Busby, Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, Tiany Schuster, Shelley Morgan, Taylor Cherry, Anita Ellis, Jennifer Neudorf, Alyssa Urbanek-Wade.
Anita Ellis topped all three rounds of Pool A to earn $21,000 and advance to the semifinals alongside Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi who earned $11,000 aboard Cashen In The Fame (Seconds Ta Fame x Savas Miss Kayotoe x Sava Dee) and Emily Beisel who earned $10,000 aboard Namgis D 33. Ellis ran RV Two Dash Ta Vegas (French Streaktovegas x Two Dash To Fame x Dash Ta Fame) for her first two runs, winning round one and two with times of 16.88 and 16.96. She ran SGL Rico (The Goodbye Lane x Version Blue x Winners Version) in the third round, setting a new arena record, 16.79.
The arena record was previously held by reigning world champion Kassie Mowry and Famous Ladies Man (Dash Ta Fame x Lady Perks x Dash For Perks) when they ran a 16.86 in Pool B Round 4 of the 2022 Calgary Stampede. Emily Besiel and Namgis D 33, better known as “Chongo,” ran a 16.84 to break Mowry’s record just minutes before Ellis’s 16.79.
First round: 1. Anita Ellis, 16.88 seconds, $7,000; 2. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 17.17, $5,500; 3. Katelyn Scott, 17.28, $4,500; 4. Jennifer Neudorf, 17.37, $3,250; 5. Andrea Busby, 17.58, $2,000; 6. Tiany Schuster, 17.65, $1,000; 7. Taylor Cherry, 17.72; 8. Alyssa Urbanek-Wade, 18.42; 9. Emily Beisel, 22.54; 10. Shelley Morgan, 22.80.
Second round: 1. Anita Ellis, 16.96 seconds, $7,000; 2. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 17.19, $5,500; 3. Emily Beisel, 17.24, $4,500; 4. Tiany Schuster, 17.32, $3,500; 5. Taylor Cherry, 17.38, $2,000; 6. Andrea Busby, 17.54, $1,000; 7. Jennifer Neudorf, 17.80; 8. Katelyn Scott, 17.81; 9. Shelley Morgan, 17.82; 10. Alyssa Urbanek-Wade, 19.97.
Third round: 1. Anita Ellis, 16.79 seconds, $7,000; 2. Emily Beisel, 16.84, $5,500; 3. Katelyn Scott, 16.89, $4,500; 4. Tiany Schuster, 17.30, $3,2500; 5. Jennifer Neudorf, 17.15, $2,000; 6. Taylor Cherry, 17.29, $1,000; 7. Shelley Morgan, 17.48; 8. Andrea Busby, 17.73; 9. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 22.40; 10. Alyssa Urbanek-Wade, 22.60.
Pool A Qualifiers: 1. Anita Ellis; 2. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi; 3. Emily Beisel.
Pool B: July 7-9
Pool B Competitors: Megan McLeod-Sprague, Carlee Otero, LaTricia Duke, Bradi Whiteside, Lisa Lockhart, Lynette Brodoway, Ashley Castleberry, Taylor Manning, Hayle Gibson-Stillwell, Wenda Johnson.
Carlee Otero was the only barrel racer in Pool B to run a sub-17 second time, which topped the third round jockeying Am Regina George (A Smooth Guy x Pro Rose x Man In The Money) owned by Aftermath Performance Horses. After staying consistent in the first two rounds to also win checks, Otero advances with the most money won in Pool B, $16,000.
Megan McLeod-Sprague and Seis Corona (Dash Ta Fame x Tell Em Belle x Tres Seis) continued their winning ways after a dominant Cowboy Christmas run, taking the win in both the first and second round, adding $14,000 to their earnings and advancement to the next bracket of the tournament-style rodeo.
First round: 1. Megan Mcleod-Sprague, 17.11 seconds, $7,000; 2. Hayle Gibson-Stillwell, 17.23, $5,500; 3. Carlee Otero, 17.30, $4,500; 4. Taylor Manning, 17.31, $3,250; 5. Wenda Johnson, 17.34, $2,000; 6. Bradi Whiteside, 17.49, $1,000; 7. Ashley Castleberry, 17.63; 8. LaTricia Duke, 17.65; 9. Lynette Brodoway, 17.95; 10. Lisa Lockhart, 22.34.
Second round: 1. Megan Mcleod-Sprague, 17.21 seconds, $7,000; 2. Lisa Lockhart, 17.34, $5,500; 3. Carlee Otero, 17.42, $4,500; 4. (tie) Taylor Manning and Wenda Johnson, 17.48, 2,625 each; 6. Ashley Castleberry, 17.62, $1,000; 7. LaTricia Duke, 17.68; 8. Lynette Brodoway, 17.85; 9. Hayle Gibson-Stillwell, 17.87; 10. Bradi Whiteside, 18.36.
Third round: 1. Carlee Otero, 16.88 seconds, $7,000; 2. LaTricia Duke, 17.00, $5,500; 3. Hayle Gibson-Stillwell, 17.27, $4,500; 4. Wenda Johnson, 17.30, $3,250; 5. Ashley Castleberry, 17.31, $2,000; 6. Taylor Manning, 17.35, $1,000; 7. Megan Mcleod-Sprague, 17.47; 8. (tie) Bradi Whiteside and Lynette Brodoway, 17.53 each; 10. Lisa Lockhart, 22.14.
Qualifiers: 1. Carlee Otero; 2. Megan Mcleod-Sprague; 3. Hayle Gibson-Stillwell.
Pool C: July 10-12
Pool C Competitors: Halyn Lide, Leslie Smalygo, Kassie Mowry, Stephanie Fryar, Jeannette Etchebarne, Acey Pinkston, Dona Kay Rule, Tricia Aldridge, Hailey Kinsel, Abby Phillips.
Kassie Mowry regains her arena-record status at the Calgary Stampede in the second round of Pool C aboard reigning WPRA world champion mount Force The Goodbye (The Goodbye Lane x VF Forcit First x Burrs First Down) with a 16.74.
The arena record had already been broken once this year in Calgary with Anita Ellis and SGL Rico (The Goodbye Lane x Version Blue x Winners Version) in the third round of Pool A with a 16.79.
First round: 1. Hailey Kinsel, 17.16 seconds, $7,000; 2. Leslie Smalygo, 17.24, $5,500; 3. Tricia Aldridge, 17.30, $4,500; 4. Kassie Mowry, 17.31, $3,250; 5. Halyn Lide, 17.47, $2,000; 6. Acey Pinkston, 17.51, $1,000; 7. Dona Kay Rule, 17.59; 8. Jeanette Etchebarne, 17.66; 9. Stephanie Fryar, 17.99; 10. Abby Phillips, 22.49.
Second round: 1. Kassie Mowry, 16.74 seconds, $7,000; 2. Hailey Kinsel, 16.84, $5,500; 3. Acey Pinkston, 17.05, $4,500; 4. Leslie Smalygo, 17.11, $3,250; 5. Jeannette Etchebarne, 17.22, $2,000; 6. Halyn Lide, 17.23, $1,000; 7. Tricia Aldridge, 17.27; 8. Abby Phillips, 17.49; 9. Stephanie Fryar, 17.89; 10. Dona Kay Rule, 22.25.
Third round: 1. Leslie Smalygo, 16.93 seconds, $7,000; 2. Tricia Aldridge, 16.94, $5,500; 3. Halyn Lide, 17.11, $4,500; 4. Dona Kay Rule, 17.13, $3,250; 5. Kassie Mowry, 17.15, $2,000; 6. Acey Pinkston, 17.68, $1,000; 7. Hailey Kinsel, 17.96; 8. Jeanette Etchebarne, 22.57; 9. Stephanie Fryar, 26.80; 10. Abby Phillips, 27.10.
Qualifiers: 1. Leslie Smalygo, $15,750; 2. Hailey Kinsel, $12,500; 3. Kassie Mowry, $12,250.
Semifinals:
After winning both rounds of Bracket Two at the NFR Open at Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colorado aboard Cashien In The Fame (Seconds Ta Fame x Savas Miss Kayotoe x Sava Dee), Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi finished the rodeo on July 12 with Sir Epic, running the fastest time of the rodeo in the finals to claim $19,000.
She traveled back to Calgary, Alberta with Cashin In The Fame, and topped the semifinals to advance to the final round alongside Kassie Mowry riding Force The Goodbye (The Goodbye Lane x VF Forcit First x Burrs First Down) and Anita Ellis riding SGL Rico (The Goodbye Lane x Version Blue x Winners Version).
Semifinals: 1. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 16.97 seconds; 2. (tie) Anita Ellis and Kassie Mowry, 16.98. 4. Carlee Otero, 17.05; 5. Emily Beisel, 17.06; 6. Hailey Kinsel, 17.16; 7. Hayle Gibson-Stillwell, 17.42; 8. Leslie Smalygo, 22.20; 9. Megan McLeod-Sprague, 22.62.
Finals: 1. Anita Ellis, 16.956; 2. Kassie Mowry, 17.145; 3. Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, 22.095
