WHAT IS YOUR CLASSIFICATION?
The Barrel Racing, Breakaway Roping, Heading and Heeling are classified based on Pro, Challenger and Limited.
All athletes that purchase a WRC ID Card and enter an event or nominate will receive a Classification for the current segment and be placed on the respective leaderboard based on their individual discipline earnings.
PRO – CHALLENGER – LIMITED
As an athlete, there is a two-week deadline from the day you submit your first entry or nomination to dispute or accept your Classification per discipline. Once athletes have earned over 100 points on their respective leaderboard, they can no longer switch leaderboards
LIMITED
Limited classification targets athletes not yet Pros or Challengers, providing competition at Women’s Rodeo World Championship. It includes Breakaway Roping and Barrel Racing (No Team Roping). Limited athletes cannot compete on Pro or Challenger leaderboards in Barrel Racing or Breakaway Roping.
CHALLENGER
An athlete’s Challenger status is based on earnings at the segment start. Midway review (January 15, 2024) may promote you to the Pro leaderboard if earnings exceed requirements. Qualifier Series points will also move with you.
PRO
An athlete’s Pro status is based on earnings at the segment start. Qualifier Series points will also move with you.
LIMITED CLASSIFICATION
The Limited will include Breakaway Roping and Barrel Racing (No Team Roping). An athlete competing in the Limited cannot compete on the Pro or Challenger leaderboards in Barrel Racing or Breakaway Roping.
– Hasn’t held a Pro Card in over five years
– $20,000 or less in Lifetime Earnings (according to Equistat)
– Less than $5,000 annually from 2018 – 2024
– Over the age of 65 (optional)
– Hasn’t held a Pro Card in over five years
– $5,000 or less in Lifetime Earnings (according to ROLO database)
– Less than $3,000 annually from 2018 – 2024
– If no earnings to verify, must fill out a Breakaway Roping form to self-declare within 2 weeks of nominating. Otherwise, they stay on the Pro leaderboard
– Over the age of 50 (optional)
– #1 – #10 Limited Barrel Racers and Breakaway Ropers will receive a complimentary entry fee into the WRWC Limited Competition.
– Everyone outside of Top 10 will pay a $100 entry fee in Barrel Racing and $150 entry fee in Breakaway Roping to compete in the WRWC Limited Competition.
– Breakaway Ropers and Barrel Racers that receive a minimum of 50 points from the W25 Limited Leaderboard as of April 13, 2025 will be eligible to compete at the 2025 WRWC Limited Competition.
– Dispute window: All athletes classified on the W25 leaderboard will have 2 weeks upon their first nomination date to email classifications@rodeologistics.co to self-declare if they would like to move to the Limited Leaderboard.
– If at any time a Limited athlete competes at a W25 Open or Challenger Qualifier Series event and wins the QS spot, they are automatically promoted to the Challenger Leaderboard.
All athletes that submit their first nomination are defaulted on the Pro leaderboard until their Limited or Challenger classification has been confirmed.
– Once an athlete has been verified as a Limited, they have 72 hours of being placed on the W25 Leaderboard to clarify if they want to be changed and compete on the Challenger or Pro leaderboard or once an athlete has earned over 100 points on the Limited, Challenger or Pro Leaderboard, they can no longer switch leaderboards.
CHALLENGER CLASSIFICATION
An athlete’s professional status depends on their earnings at the segment’s start, and Qualifier Series points will carry over.
You are a Challenger if your earnings do not exceed the amount listed below in any of the one defined time periods:
· 2018= $20,000 Annually
· 2019= $20,000 Annually
· 2020= $20,000 Annually
· 2021= $20,000 Annually
· 2022= $20,000 Annually
· 2023= $20,000 Annually
· 2024= $20,000 Annually
· Lifetime Earnings = $100,000
Barrel Racing will use the Equi-Stat ranking system to determine the Challenger classification. Athletes are eligible to participate as a Challenger if their earnings for either (not both) time periods listed above are below the amount listed for that time period.
You are a Challenger if your earnings do not exceed the amount listed below in any of the one defined time periods:
· 2018= $6,000 Annually
· 2019= $6,000 Annually
· 2020= $6,000 Annually
· 2021= $6,000 Annually
· 2022= $10,000 Annually
· 2023= $10,000 Annually
· 2024= $10,000 Annually
· Lifetime Earnings = $30,000
Based on Virtual Rodeo Qualifier verified earnings in Breakaway Roping.
*Rodeo Logistics Athlete Classification (RLAC) is a proprietary rankings format developed by Rodeo Logistics and based on athlete earnings derived from select national and regional rodeo associations; select stand-alone events; WRWC 2020-23 events, and WCRA earnings from the 2018-23 calendar years. The RLAC database currently includes over 2,000 Breakaway Roping athletes.
You are a Challenger Team Roper if…
At or below a #4.5 Header
At or below a #4.5 Heeler
*Based on the Global Handicaps System
All team ropers MUST show proof of current Global Handicaps, or Wrangler Team Roping Championships membership with classification number included to verify Challenger classification.