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

Sixty-five more cowgirls punched their tickets to the 2026 Kimes Ranch Million Dollar Breakaway Semi-Finals at Oklahoma’s Richest Qualifier in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Oct. 15-18. That makes 131 qualified for Scottsdale, with 71 spots still to fill across three routes.

Quealy Probst’s 2.37 on Avila Beach, the fastest run of the Coastal Qualifier, won the clean-slate final on Sept. 24, $10,000 and the first automatic Finals berth. The Canadian broadcast performance on Oct. 9 and the Oklahoma’s Richest finals performance on Oct. 18 decided the other two. Nine unclaimed PWR Challenger berths—four from Coastal, five from Edmonton—are still open, too.

Every roper at the Semi-Finals on Nov. 25 has to earn her way in, because Kimes Ranch did away with the automatic bid for the top of the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) World Standings. Of those 211, 17 advance to join the three qualifier champions in the 20-woman Finals.

The Finals run 10 rounds over Nov. 26-28, with a cut from 20 to 15 after Round 6 and $1,000,000 on the line. The high-money title goes on cumulative earnings across the qualifiers, Semi-Finals and Finals. First Chance money from December doesn’t count this year; every qualifier counts starting in 2027.

First Chance Qualifier: 25 Qualified

Dec. 21, 2025 · Scottsdale, Arizona

Shania Johnston was the first one in. Her 1.89 topped a Round 1 that also sent Cloey Ketchum (2.03), Fallon Ruffoni (2.13), Taylor Girvin (2.15) and Alee Andrews (2.16) to the Semi-Finals. Johnston banked $2,021 for the round win.

Jackie Crawford, breakaway’s first $1 million ProRodeo cowgirl, made it on the aggregate. Two Thompsons are in, too: Haiden Thompson qualified in Round 2 and Hadley Thompson on the aggregate.

Coastal Qualifier: 21 Qualified

Sept. 23-24, 2026 · San Luis Obispo and Avila Beach, California

The first of Kimes Ranch’s two new stops opened Sept. 23 at Cal Poly with two rounds and a short go. Grace Sutton won Round 1 in 2.67 and Kimberly Williams won Round 2 in 2.42, each for $2,704. Lari Dee Guy won the short go in 2.81 and the aggregate with 9.49 on three head for $4,326.

The top 20 moved to the beach Sept. 24 to rope for a guaranteed $30,000. Grace Felton won beach Round 1 in 2.63 and Hope Thompson won Round 2 in 2.54, each for $2,500. That set up an eight-woman, clean-slate final, where Probst’s 2.37 beat Felton (2.67, $6,000) and Kaylee Hershberger (3.11, $4,000). Probst, who had already qualified on the First Chance aggregate, left with $13,596 on four checks, the most anyone won at Coastal. Because Coastal money counts toward the 2026 high-money title, she’s also No. 1 in that race.

The roll-down got a workout, too. K. Williams, Fallon Ruffoni, Josie Goodrich and Probst all placed high in Round 2 but already held First Chance spots, so those berths rolled to the next cowgirls in line. That opened the door for Elizabeth Miranda, Hope Thompson, Belah Brooks, Lari Dee Guy and Emilee Charlesworth. Jaycee Ware filled the one PWR Challenger spot claimed at Coastal. The other four went unclaimed.

Canadian Qualifier: 20 Qualified

Oct. 8-9, 2026 · Edmonton, Alberta

Kimes Ranch’s second new stop ran alongside the Canadian Finals Rodeo, and its Oct. 8 qualifier day sent 20 more cowgirls to Scottsdale. Aubrey Ross, Ellie Meeks, Addison Conway, Taylissa Lytle and Hailey Duncan qualified out of Round 1. Bradi Whiteside, Suttyn Volz, Dusti Bird, Alicia Bird and Cheyanne McCartney came out of Round 2, and 10 more got in on the aggregate.

Cut Bank, Montana, had a big day—five of the 20 call it home. No PWR Challengers qualified in Edmonton, so all five Challenger spots went unclaimed. The Oct. 9 broadcast performance decided the second automatic Finals berth.

Oklahoma’s Richest Qualifier: 65 Qualified

Oct. 15-18, 2026 · Guthrie, Oklahoma

The biggest single haul on the schedule filled every seat. Oklahoma’s Richest at the Lazy E Arena sent 15 cowgirls out of each of its three rounds and 15 more on the aggregate, and all five PWR Challenger spots were claimed.

ProRodeo’s heavy hitters came through Guthrie. 2025 world champion Taylor Munsell, Beau Peterson and Aspen Miller qualified out of Round 2. Hali Williams, Danielle Lowman, Jordan Jo Hollabaugh, Amy Ohrt, 2025 Million Dollar Breakaway average champion Maddy Deerman-Jacobs and Suzanne Williams came out of Round 3, and Bradi Good got in on the aggregate.

Kinsey Walz, Kynli Bannister, Kashlee Schumacher, Sage O’Loughlin and Kearstyn Betts took the five Challenger spots. The Oct. 18 finals performance decided the third and final automatic Finals berth.

Still Ahead: Three More Ways to Scottsdale

Kimes VRQ Leaderboard, closed Oct. 18. The top 20 on the Virtual Rodeo Qualifier leaderboard go straight to the Semi-Finals. The window opened Nov. 3, 2025, and closed Oct. 18, the same day Oklahoma’s Richest wrapped. The final top 20 had not been posted to the advancement list as of Oct. 19.

Then it’s back to Scottsdale for the Last Chance Qualifier, Nov. 23-24, with 40 spots plus five PWR Challengers, and the Buy Back Round on Nov. 24, where ropers can enter twice for the last five spots plus one Challenger.

PWR Challengers, who need a PWR ID card and a VRQ nomination, also rope for $25,000 in added incentive money. Semi-Finals entry is $750 (full rules on the Million Dollar Breakaway How to Qualify page), and the full field ropes Nov. 25 at WestWorld of Scottsdale before the 20 finalists get their back numbers that night.

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