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Breakaway roper Rylee George looks up at the scoreboard at the 2026 Governor’s Cup in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

HORSE OF THE YEAR

Rylee George’s “Copper” Voted 2026 Horse of the Year

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CAT COUNTRY

Cat Blood Runs Deep in Old West Breakaway Fields

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FOUR GENERATIONS DEEP

Meet Ducker, The Horse That Carries Suzanne Williams

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HOPE THEY LIKE THE MUD

Meet the Breakaway Horses of Puyallup 2026

Jordi Edens-Mitchell leaving the box on Cowtown at Hermiston, Oregon, in 2026

HELLO COWTOWN

Meet Cowtown, Jordi Edens-Mitchell's Newest Breakaway Horse

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Hope they like the beach

Meet the Breakaway Horses of Cheyenne Frontier Days 2026

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Good mares make the world go 'round

Built at the Rodeos: How Lexus Became Cheyanne McCartney’s Go-To Mare

Shalee and Major chasing down a calf in the 4-&-under old west futurity in Heber City, Utah, 2026

MAJOR MOVES

Four-Year-Old Major Trump Is Making Major Moves as a Breakaway Horse

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Checkers not Chess

Checkers Gets the Call: Josie Conner Loads New A-Team on the Trailer while Dutch Takes the Summer Off

Tauna Alcorn stops her horse after catching a calf in the breakaway roping.

Michael and JT in the House

Hali Williams Adds Two More Young Standouts to her String

Josie Conner proved that resilience is the key at The American Rodeo, besting her competitors in both the 10-and-4-man rounds for the $100,000 prize.

ON THE DIAMOND

Meet the Horses Heading to The American

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All is Gucci

Hope Thompson Wins Royal Crown 4-&-Under Breakaway on The Animal Mare Sheza Gucciful

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Samantha Fulton ropes a calf on her sorrel gelding Hank at the 2026 Badlands Circuit Finals breakaway in Minot, North Dakota

BADLANDS BOSS

Samantha Fulton Wins Badlands Circuit Finals Breakaway Average and Year-End Title

Rheagan Cotton riding out of the arena in Waco, Texas, during the 2026 Texas Circuit Finals.

CHACHING

Rheagan Cotton Ropes 4-for-4 to Win the Texas Circuit Finals Breakaway Average

Josie Conner and her two-time Horse of the Year "Dutch" broke the rope of in 1.88 seconds in Round 3 of the Kimes Ranch Million Dollar Breakaway.

QUALIFIED

Who’s Qualified for the 2026 Kimes Ranch Million Dollar Breakaway Semi-Finals

Big Guns In Cowtown

COW HORSE CROSSOVER

Jackie Crawford, Shelby Boisjoli-Meged and Three More Breakaway Cowgirls Ride at Big Guns in Cowtown

Haiden Thompson rides out of the arena at Cheyenne Frontier Days on gelding "Tom."

FIRST TRIP

Behind the Top 15: Haiden Thompson

Bradi Whiteside roped a 2.7 to win round 1 at the 2026 NFR Open.

OH, CANADA

2026 Canadian Finals Rodeo Breakaway: Qualifiers, Storylines and Results