The Run For A Million Breakaway Roping Showcase runs Friday, Aug. 14, at South Point Arena in Las Vegas, where 20 cowgirls—reigning world champion Taylor Munsell and world No. 3 Rylee George among them—rope for a $50,000-added purse.
This post will be updated live Friday night with times, placings and checks as they come out of the South Point.
What You Need To Know
The Basics
| Detail | Info |
|---|---|
| What | The Run For A Million Breakaway Roping Showcase, presented by Shorty’s Caboy Hattery |
| When | Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. Doors at 4:30 p.m., first run at 6 p.m. PT |
| Where | South Point Arena & Equestrian Center, Las Vegas |
| Purse | $50,000 added |
| Field | 20 ropers—8 invited, 12 qualified |
| Entry fee | $750 |
| Slot | First event of Cow Horse Night, ahead of the youth cow horse work at 6:30 |
| Watch | therunforamillion.com. Friday-night package $29, all-access $75. Not on CBS |
Format and Payout
The Run For A Million Breakaway has $50,000 added, 20 ropers, and $750 apiece to enter.
How the Field Got Here
Twenty ropers, two doors in.
Eight got invitations, and the criteria read like a who’s-who of the Premier Women’s Rodeo (PWR) season: the 2026 PWR world champions in the Pro, Challenger and Limited divisions, the 2026 PWR Championship event champion, the 2025 Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) world champion, and whoever sat No. 1 on each of the three 2027 PWR leaderboards as of June 14.
The other 12 roped their way in. Ten came out of the open aggregate at the last chance qualifier in Hamilton, Texas, on May 10—a $150 entry with a Las Vegas ticket on the other end. The last two came off the three-head aggregate at the PWR Championship in Fort Worth, May 12-15.
The Invited Eight
| Roper | Hometown | Invited As | Worth Knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha Angelone | Stephenville, Texas | 2026 PWR World Champion, Pro | 2022 WPRA world champion and the first Virginia native to win a breakaway gold buckle. No. 19 in the world with $61,197. |
| Kaitlyn Torres | Alice, Texas | 2026 PWR World Champion, Challenger | Topped the PWR Challenger breakaway leaderboard and finished No. 1 on the PWR Professional heeler leaderboard in the same season. |
| Clementine Teague | Tucson, Arizona | 2026 PWR World Champion, Limited | Made the championship round in Fort Worth in May, tying for No. 8 and $500. |
| Arina Dee Haugen | Sturgis, South Dakota | 2026 PWR Championship Event Champion | Placed third in the championship round in Fort Worth at 2.66 for $15,000. |
| Taylor Munsell | Alva, Oklahoma | 2025 WPRA World Champion | Owns the breakaway regular-season earnings record at $191,175 and finished 2025 with $209,021. No. 4 in the world right now with $111,954. |
| Hailey Jo Hall | – | 2027 PWR Pro Leaderboard, No. 1 | – |
| Jessie Hemphill | Stephenville, Texas | 2027 PWR Challenger Leaderboard, No. 1 | Fourth in the Fort Worth championship round at 2.71 for $7,500. |
| Cheyenne Claxton | – | 2027 PWR Limited Leaderboard, No. 1 | – |
The 12 Qualifiers
| Roper | Hometown | Via | Worth Knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Angelone | Lipan, Texas | Hamilton | Won the Hamilton aggregate outright. 2022 WPRA all-around world champion and the 2023 Betty Gayle Cooper fast-time winner with a 1.7. |
| Amy Ohrt | Victoria, Texas | Hamilton | Won the 2024 Women’s Rodeo World Championship at 1.76 for $60,000 at 18. Now a WPRA rookie sitting No. 24 in the world with $56,665. |
| Rickie Fanning | Spearfish, South Dakota | Hamilton | Three-time National Finals Breakaway Roping (NFBR) qualifier, No. 27 in the world with $51,631, and coming off a $6,855 week. Rides Lavaca Sting. |
| Timber Allenbrand | Stephenville, Texas | Hamilton | Won The American Rodeo central regional in Oklahoma City this spring. No. 53 in the world with $24,952. |
| Lari Dee Guy | Abilene, Texas | Hamilton | Nine WPRA world championships and a National Cowgirl Hall of Fame induction. Named the 2026 Art of the Cowgirl breakaway master. |
| Rylee George | Stephenville, Texas | Hamilton | No. 3 in the world with $122,207. Won Fort Worth in May at 1.93 for $60,000 on ‘Corona Colours,’ known as ‘Copper.’ Owns the NFBR average record at 29.0 on 10 head. |
| Jackie Crawford | Stephenville, Texas | Hamilton | Twenty-three WPRA world titles and breakaway’s first million-dollar cowgirl. Second in Fort Worth at 2.42 for $25,000. |
| Kennzie Nixon | – | Hamilton | – |
| Blake Weekley | – | Hamilton | – |
| Amber Crawford | Boyd, Texas | Hamilton | No. 297 in the world with $3,654. |
| Kirsten George | Nacogdoches, Texas | Fort Worth | No. 265 in the world with $4,472. |
| Harley Pryor | Moore Haven, Florida | Fort Worth | 2022 CINCH junior world champion and a WCRA DY Showcase winner at 2.08 on ‘SC Off Your Rocker,’ known as ‘Muffin.’ – |
Thirty-Two Gold Buckles in One Pen
Lari Dee Guy and Jackie Crawford, between them, own 32 WPRA world championships, and both drew into this field the hard way—through the aggregate in Hamilton. Guy has been roping at this level since before breakaway had a world title to win. Crawford became the sport’s first million-dollar cowgirl in May 2025.
Then there’s the youth end of it. Amy Ohrt won $60,000 at AT&T Stadium at 18 and is in the 2026 Resistol Rookie class. Harley Pryor was winning junior world championships at 14. Sarah and Martha Angelone are sisters, and both are here.
Where Breakaway Fits in the Week
The Run For A Million runs Aug. 11-15 at the South Point, and it is a reining, cutting and cow horse event—breakaway is the first rodeo discipline it has ever added. The week builds across three marquee nights: cutting Thursday, with a $250,000 Cutting Horse Challenge and a $125,000-added Non Pro Cutting Challenge; cow horse Friday, with a $250,000 Cow Horse Challenge, a $30,000 Cowboy Heritage Ranch Challenge and the youth cow horse work; and the $1 million Million Dollar Competition Saturday, the reining final the whole week is named after.
Our 20 cowgirls open Friday night. The breakaway is the first thing out of the box at 6 p.m., in front of a crowd that came for cow horse—which is the point of putting it there.
How to Watch
The showcase streams exclusively at therunforamillion.com. The Friday-night package runs $29 and covers the breakaway plus the $250,000 Cow Horse Challenge, the Youth Cow Horse Challenge and the Cowboy Heritage Ranch Challenge. All-access for all three nights is $75. Tickets to be in the building are through South Point.
One thing to be clear about: the two-hour CBS special on Saturday, Aug. 22, at 8 p.m. ET/PT is the reining Million Dollar Competition only. The breakaway is not part of that broadcast. Friday’s livestream is the only way to see it.
