With the World Champions Rodeo Alliance’s Rodeo Corpus Christi nomination period closed, now is the time to see which breakaway ropers made it into the May 10–13, 2023, rodeo.

Paying $550,000 to rodeo athletes, this is the WCRA’s first stop in the Triple Crown of Rodeo. The Triple Crown of Rodeo is a series of annual major rodeo events which includes an annual bonus that will pay $1 million to any one athlete or collection of athletes who win first place in any three consecutive WCRA Major Rodeos.

Rodeo Corpus Christi Qualifiers

How do I enter WCRA events?

The ticket to entry in the WCRA is the nomination process through their online system.

You can choose to just go to one and nominate for that single event, or you can nominate to multiple on one entry and try to hit all of their events in a given year.

Ropers can nominate any event, anywhere, any time. It could be a WPRA rodeo or open jackpot. The WCRA creates a double-dip effect using a points system.

So, how do breakaway ropers nominate and earn points in the WCRA?

The Virtual Rodeo Qualifier System

Think of the VRQ your call-in office to nominate for WCRA points. You can access the VRQ through the WCRA’s website or app. The site has a list of all rodeos, jackpots, futurities and other events that are in the database and you can select which event you’re attending.

If you don’t win money at the event, the WCRA will still award consolation points in small amounts. Think of WCRA or VRQ points as adjusted earnings to help rank WCRA members in a specific event segment leaderboard. The WCRA looks at the size of the event, total payout and number of places paid out to assign a point value to the athlete’s placing at the event instead of looking at dollars won. Athletes are ranked by total points in Triple Crown of Rodeo event leaderboards.

To read more about the ins and outs of the WCRA, check out the WCRA 101 article here.