Free Riders earn $500,000 for victory in landmark team-formatted rodeo ARLINGTON, Texas – At the first-ever Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo, the Free Riders rode lights out, winning three gold medals in Round 1 before cementing their title as champions by winning four of the disciplines in the championship round.  The team, under the leadership of four-time PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) bareback riding champion Bobby Mote and Women’s Rodeo Championship Commissioner Linsay Rosser-Sumpter, won $500,000 for the victory.  The Free Riders were the lone team not for ..read more

Led by four-time PRCA world champion bareback rider Bobby Mote, the Free Riders roster was assembled via the WCRA’s Rodeo Corpus Christi FORT WORTH, Texas (May 13, 2024) – With less than a week remaining before the inaugural Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo this Friday, May 17, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the 16-athlete roster for the Free Riders was today announced. Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo is a reimagined rodeo produced by PBR in partnership with Kid Rock. Six teams, each led by a legendary rodeo head coach, will compete head-to-head in bracket-style competition for a $1 million purse. W ..read more

–Barrel Racer Stephanie Fryar in Contention to Win The Final $1 Million Triple Crown of Rodeo — CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas –The World Champions Rodeo Alliance (WCRA) has announced the 63 athletes (seven athletes per discipline) who have qualified for the May 11 Showdown Round at the $550,000 Rodeo Corpus Christi. Barrel Racer Stephanie Fryar (Waco, Texas) approaches the intense battle to be crowned the final WCRA Triple Crown of Rodeo recipient and the opportunity to become the first female in rodeo history to become an overnight millionaire. The Triple Crown of Rodeo is an annual bonus that will ..read more

– Barrel Racer Fryar is in Contention to win the final $1 million Triple Crown of Rodeo bonus – Ahead of the WCRA’s (World Champions Rodeo Alliance) Rodeo Corpus Christi hosted on the bayfronts of Corpus Christi, Texas, May 7-11, the organization today announced the 189 athletes who will compete at the final Triple Crown of Rodeo (TCR) event. Barrel Racer Stephanie Fryar (Waco, Texas) approaches the event as the final competitor eligible to win the $1 million WCRA Triple Crown of Rodeo bonus, poised to become the first female in rodeo history to become an overnight millionaire. The Triple Cro ..read more

Let’s gamble! Who’ll wager four days in the arena for a potential max payout of $34,500? And then possibly double down for one more day for a big share of $1 million? Seem like a good bet? Jennifer Driver believes it is so the West Texas cowgirl has anted up in the World Champions Rodeo Alliance’s (WCRA) Last Chance Qualifier for the 2024 edition of Rodeo Corpus Christi to be held May 7-11 Jennifer Driver during the Barrel Racing progressive round at the WCRA Stampede at the E. Photo by Andy Watson Only the top 20 on the WCRA’s Rodeo Corpus Christi Leaderboard earn a spot to compete in that ..read more

Who wants to throw down in the dirt at AT&T Stadium for their share of a $1 million payout during the inaugural Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo (KRRR), a reimagined team rodeo hosted by Kid Rock in partnership with the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) on May 17? Plenty of ropers, steer wrestlers, barrel racers and bucking horse riders—almost 1,200 in fact—tossed their names into the pool for the draft but only two per event per team were chosen, leaving way more competitors standing on the outside looking in when the draft results were announced on March 12, 2024. But for all of those athletes faci ..read more

By: Jolee Jordan So far, Pecos Tatum has wasted no time. The Texan by way of New Mexico finally turned 18 on October 13 and got entered into his first Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) rodeo two weeks later in Lubbock, Texas. Cook Rodeo Days annually hosts some of the country’s top cowboys and cowgirls. Unfazed by the level of competition, Tatum took third in the rodeo in his favorite event, tie-down roping, beaten only by Riley Webb, who would go on a month later to claim the 2023 PRCA World Championship, and Shad Mayfield, who also owns a gold buckle won back in 2020. “That was ..read more

The $25,000 Reliance Ranches Virtual Rodeo Qualifier (VRQ) Points Champion bonus can change the trajectory of athletes, like Ryann Pedone’s season, especially when one wins it back to back. Ryann Pedone has made a career pursuing her greatest passion, raising and training barrel horses. Through the World Champions Rodeo Alliance (WCRA), Pedone has been able to continue pursuing her passions and bettering herself. Pedone also credits her strategic nomination strategy, which has pocketed over $50,000 in the past two years, with two Reliance Ranches VRQ Bonus titles and multiple event placements ..read more

The World Champions Rodeo Alliance (WCRA) has announced the 72 athletes (eight athletes per discipline) who have qualified for the January 6 Triple Crown of Rodeo Round at the $400,000 Stampede at The E Presented by Purple Wave Auction. The event will be the first major rodeo of the WCRA’s 2024 series. Only three contestants are left in the running for the WCRA Triple Crown of Rodeo Presented by Lazy E Arena and Ranches: Barrel racer Stephanie Fryer (Waco, Texas), Saddle Bronc Rider Gus Galliard (Morris, Texas), and tie-down Roper Trevor Hale (Perryton, Texas). If any of the three athletes ma ..read more

By Kendra Santos The World Champions Rodeo Alliance has provided rodeo athletes with opportunities never before experienced by even our sport’s cowboy and cowgirl greats. In fact, in its first five years since stepping out into the Western-world spotlight in May of 2018, the WCRA has shelled out a whopping $16.7 million to those who chose to take them up on unprecedented opportunities for windfall wins without excessive year-round travel. Breakaway roper Kelsie Domer and barrel racer Michelle Darling are just two of the working moms who’ve been big cowgirl beneficiaries. They’re far from alon ..read more