The 2024 NFR Open is one of the richest stops on the ProRodeo trail over the summer—paying out more than $85K to breakaway ropers—and is the crown jewel of the WPRA Circuit System.
The NFR Open powered by RAM will feature some of the best in ProRodeo starting Tuesday, July 9. Two breakaway ropers from each of the WPRA circuit, plus the national champions from Mexico, will take on the Norris Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs over seven performances July 9-13.
Here’s everything you need to know about the breakaway at the 2024 NFR Open.
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2024 NFR Open results
Pool A
First round: 1. Bethany Ferguson, 3.70 seconds, $3,000; 2. Christi Braudrick, 3.90; 3. Jackie Crawford, 4.20; 4. Jenna Dallyn, 4.40; 5. Bailey Patterson, 4.50; 6. Devan McAdow, 5.00; 7. Jessie Letzelter, 12.7; 8. Anna Callaway, 13.4; 9. Joslynn Masters, NT.
Second round: 1. (tie) Devan McAdow and Jenna Dallyn, 3.10 seconds, $2,625 each; 3. Jackie Crawford, 3.30, $1,500; 4. Christi Braudrick, 4.00, $750; 5. Jessie Letzelter, 4.10; 6. Bailey Patterson, 12.70; 7. (tie) Anna Callaway, Joslynn Masters and Bethany Ferguson, NT.
Qualifiers: 1. (tie) Jackie Crawford and Jenna Dallyn, 7.5 seconds on two head each; 3. Christi Braudrick, 7.9.
Pool B
First round: 1. Zoie Bedke, 2.7 seconds, $3,000; 2. Brooke Curechet, 3.2, $2,250; 3. (tie) Kassidy Dennison and Rylee A. George, 4.1, $1,125 each; 5. J.T. Acosta, 6.6; 6. Paige Pursel, 12.6; 7. Jordon Minor, 13.0; 8. (tie) Willow Wilson and Danni Clover, NT.
Second round: 1. Jordan Minor, 3.2 seconds, $3,000; 2. Brooke Curuchet, 3.4, $2,250; 3. J.T. Acosta, 3.8, $1,500; 4. Paige Pursel, 4.0, $750; 5. (tie) Zoie Bedke, Rylee A. George, Kassidy Dennison, Danni Clover and Willow Wilson, NT.
Qualifiers: 1. Brooke Curuchet, 6.6 seconds on two head; 2. J.T. Acosta, 10.4; 3. Jordan Minor, 16.2.
Pool C
First round: 1. (tie) Taylor Munsell and Eryn Maddock, 2.8 seconds, $2,625 each; 3. Martha Angelone, 3.2, $1,500; 4. Suzanne Williams, 3.8, $750; 5. Shaya Biever, 3.9; 6. Shelby Boisjoli-Meged, 4.0; 7. Laramie Johnson, 4.5; 8. (tie) Maddy Deerman and Sawyer Gilbert, NT.
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What is the NFR Open?
The NFR Open powered by Ram, formerly titled the RAM National Circuit Finals, is one of the highest paying events of the year with $1 million in payouts.
Where and when is the 2024 NFR Open?
The 2024 NFR Open will take place at the Norris Penrose Event Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado. July 9-13, 2024.
| Tuesday, July 9 | 7 p.m. (MST) |
| Wednesday, July 10 | 7 p.m. (MST) |
| Thursday, July 11 | 7 p.m. (MST) |
| Friday, July 12 | Noon (MST) |
| Friday, July 12 | 7 p.m. (MST) |
| Saturday, July 13 | Noon (MST) |
| Saturday, July 13 | 7 p.m. (MST) |
What is the payout?
The breakaway roping at the 2024 NFR Open has a purse of $86,000. There will be a payout for each long round performance and the Final round. There will not be an average payoff.
Payout for the go-rounds (six)
- 1st: $3,000
- 2nd: $2,250
- 3rd: $1,500
- 4th: $750
Payout for the Championship Round
- 1st: $13,000
- 2nd: $10,000
- 3rd: $7,000
- 4th: $3,500
- 5th: $1,500
- 6th: $1,500
- 7th: $1,500
- 8th: $1,500
- 9th: $1,500
The 2024 NFR Open format
The tournament-style NFR Open determines the national circuit champions in each event.
All 27 qualifiers from 13 circuits plus Mexico compete in the two long rounds with nine teams in each of the performances. The top nine from the preliminary rounds advance to the clean-slate Championship Round, with all previous times thrown out. This sudden-death round determines the national circuit champion in each event.
Playoff Series implications
While the NFR Open will not count toward the 2024 Playoff Series standings, the winners of the NFR Open will automatically qualify to the 2024 NFR Playoff Series Finale in Puyallup, Washington, in September.
NFR Open breakaway competitors
The year-end circuit champion and the circuit finals average winners from each circuit (13 year-end champs and 13 average champions) plus the national champions from Mexico will compete at the NFR Open.
*Listed are the pairs competing at the NFR Open together
Badlands Circuit
Brooke Howell – Year-End Champion
Sawyer Gilbert – Average Champion
California Circuit
Suzanne Williams – Year-End Champion
Rylee George – Average Champion
Columbia Circuit
Bailey Patterson – Year-End Champion and Average Champion
Jordan Minor
First Frontier Circuit
Jessie Letzelter – Year-End Champion
Paige Pursel – Average Champion
Great Lakes Circuit
Joslynn Masters – Year-End Champion
Danni Clover – Average Champion
Maple Leaf Circuit
Caitlyn Dahm – Year-End Champion
Lakota Bird – Average Champion
Montana Circuit
Shelby Meged – Year-End Champion
Anna Callaway – Average Champion
Mountain States Circuit
Willow Wilson – Year-End Champion
Devan McAdow – Average Champion
Prairie Circuit
Christi Braudrick – Year-End Champion and Average Champion
Taylor Munsell
Southeastern Circuit
Laramie Johnson – Year-End Champion and Average Champion
Bethany Stallons-Ferguson
Texas Circuit
Martha Angelone – Year-End Champion
Jackie Crawford – Average Champion
Turquoise Circuit
Maddy Deerman – Year-End Champion
Kassidy Dennison – Average Champion
Wilderness Circuit
Zoie Bedke – Year-End Champion
Eryn Maddock – Average Champion
