DATE
MAY 12-14 & 17
LOCATION
FORT WORTH/ARLINGTON
ARENA
COWTOWN COLISEUM/AT&T STADIUM
Payout
$803,000
PROGRESSION CHART
HOW YOU ADVANCE IN THE WRWC
PAYOUT BREAKDOWN
THE WRWC PAYOUT BREAKDOWN
2024 EVENT FACTS
The 2025 Advancement to AT&T Stadium will now offer 20 advancement positions, including:
– Three (3) Pros in Barrel Racing, Breakaway Roping and Team Roping
– Three (3) Challengers in Barrel Racing, Breakaway Roping and Team Roping
– One (1) Limited in Barrel Racing and Breakaway Roping
May 12-14: Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, TX (Qualifying Rounds and Semi-Finals)
May 13: Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, TX (Goat Tying Showcase)
May 17: AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX (Championship Round)
Athletes ranked in the top 20 of their respective leaderboards, any athlete with a Qualifier Series generic qualification and up to 8 Last Chance Qualifiers are eligible to enter the event.
The 2025 Limited Competition will qualify the Top 50 in the Breakaway Roping and Barrel Racing from the W25 Limited Leaderboard to compete at the 2025 WRWC event.
WRWC will now offer a Goat Tying Showcase on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
As of the W25 leaderboard deadline (April 13, 2025), the top 20 Goat Tyers from the segment leaderboard will qualify to compete at the inaugural Women’s Rodeo World Championship Goat Tying Showcase.
World Champions will be crowned in all disciplines from both the PRO Leaderboard and the Challenger Leaderboard. In addition, the All-Around World Championship will be awarded based on total points earned from the combined PRO/CHL Leaderboards.
World Championship cumulative points will accrue through the entire segment (April 15, 2024 – April 13, 2025) and extend through the WRWC Qualifying Rounds, Semi-Final Round, and Aggregate. Refer to the charts below to review the World Championship Points available during the WRWC event.
Each event Champion will walk away with $60,000 while the All-Around Champion will earn a $20,000 cash bonus. WRWC will also award each World Champion a $5,000 bonus per discipline per leaderboard along with a Jessie Jaymes Silversmith world champion buckle.
The Showdown and Championship Rounds occur after the World Championships have been awarded. These rounds will not be included in the cumulative points for the 2025 World Championships.
View event World Points HERE
The 2025 Women’s Rodeo World Championship will also feature a record payout, set to award the hundreds of competing cowgirls $802,000. The announce of the historic purse comes roughly a week after WRC announced the addition of Goat Tying (Showcase and Limited) to the WRWC.
With the addition of the 2025 WRWC’s increased purse, the broader, 2025 Women’s Rodeo Week, also inclusive of APHA’s (American Paint Horse Association’s) Cowgirl Gathering, will now pay an unprecedented $1.25 million to female rodeo athletes from May 8-17, 2025.
– World Champion – $5,000 bonus per discipline per leaderboard
– All-Around Champion – $20,000 based on total cumulative discipline points from combined leaderboards
– Event Champion – $60,000 per discipline
Payout Breakdown by round HERE
The 2025 Women’s Rodeo World Championship Leaderboard will remain open until April 13, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. PT
To participate in the WRWC, an athlete just needs to register as a user in the Virtual Rodeo Qualifier (VRQ). No membership dues or fees required.
REGISTER HERE
HOW TO NOMINATE
In an effort to create more opportunities for all women rodeo athletes, the Women’s Rodeo World Championship (WRWC) has launched a tiering system based on earnings and rankings in the respective disciplines at the WRWC. This tiering system will level the playing field by dividing the pro and challenger athletes into their respective pools in the 2024 WRWC qualifying rounds and give each group a direct path to compete at center stage.
Rodeo Logistics will update Challenger Classifications bi-annually. Athlete earnings in GBR and BAW will be reviewed annually to verify classification status. If an athlete is promoted out of the Challenger Leaderboard, the athlete’s total points and any Qualifier Series generic qualifications in that discipline will be moved to the PRO Leaderboard. Team Ropers will be required to show proof of their classification. Any roper classified as a #4.5 or less is eligible to compete as a Challenger. The WRWC Competition Committee reserves the right to verify or modify any classification based on known information.
The WRWC Competition Committee reserves the right to verify or reclassify any classification based on known information. Challenger Athlete Classification updates will be made based on data available as of the following dates: January 15, 2024
ALL CHALLENGER INFORMATION HERE
The world championship event is open to any biological female athlete over the age of 13 years old competing in breakaway roping, barrel racing, team roping is eligible.
Athletes are allowed one (1) entry per discipline in the 2024 WRWC event.
Athletes seeded in the Showdown Round (Leaderboard #1) are eligible to participate in the Qualifying Rounds for payout, World points and All Around points.
An athlete must nominate and earn points at any event with publicly verifiable results on the VRQ. Eligible events must be an OPEN event where all ages can compete. Once you pay your nomination fee, if you place in a paid position at the event, WCRA will input the results into its system, and your points will be applied during the weekly leaderboard update.
Athletes ranked in the Top 20 of their respective Leaderboard (Pro & Challenger) are eligible to enter the event.
WRWC Leaderboard #1-20 and Qualifying Series Winners: Complimentary Entry Fees
Leaderboard #1 (PRO & Challenger)
Seeded in Semi-Final Round
eligible to participate in Qualifying Rounds for payout, World Points and All Around points
complimentary entry fees
complimentary – one (1) hotel room (or RV spot) for up to three (3) nights
complimentary – one (1) horse stall with four (4) bags of shavings
Leaderboard #2-4 (PRO & Challenger)
Seeded in Semi-Final Round
eligible to participate in Qualifying Rounds for payout and All Around points
complimentary entry fees
complimentary – one (1) horse stall with four (4) bags of shavings
Leaderboard #1-20 and any athletes with a generic qualification (PRO & Challenger)
complimentary entry fees
competition order in Qualifying Rounds based on leaderboard rank
BAW/TR – reverse order of Leaderboard in Round 1
GBR – in order of Leaderboard
– Team Roping Leaderboard position based on combined athlete points, including #1
– Rope barrier to be used
– Heelers allowed to tie-on
Team Roping nominations are now organized in the Virtual Rodeo Qualifier (VRQ) by the class (division), rather than by the event. It is important that all team ropers select the class you wish to nominate. This will ensure that you will receive points for the roping class that you intended to nominate.
You can still nominate once for a class and receive points for your highest placing inside of that class. But you can no longer nominate an event and get points for your highest placing out of all of the classes.
This change was made because in some cases, jackpots were being ranked too high due to being grouped with multiple classes of ropings. So, moving forward Team Roping jackpots will now be listed in the VRQ separately by classes. This allows each roping class to be ranked by its total payout rather than including other roping classes, which may be affecting the ranking and making it too high.
Example: A World Series roping pays out over $200,000 on a weekend but the Open class may only payout $9,000. So, rather than an athlete paying a Division One $200 nomination fee for roping in the Open, the athlete would pay for a Division Four $50 nomination fee.