History Made At Reno Rodeo As Cowgirls Deliver Record Wins And Career Highs

Reno is not known for being the “Biggest Little City in the World” for nothing. With $560,000 up for grabs for rodeo contestants, securing a paycheck at this rodeo can make a huge difference in the year end standings.

Kicking off the Fourth of July run with a win from Reno is a huge confidence boost for rodeo contestants before they begin their busiest season.

Over nine days, contestants were given two opportunities to nail down a spot in Saturday’s short go for their third and final run. The average time or score on three was crowned the famous Reno Rodeo Champion title and awarded Silver Spurs.

The women really shined at this event as defending champion barrel racer Hailey Kinsel and defending champion breakaway roper Taylor Munsell each locked down back-to-back titles. Kinsel took home just shy of $15,000, with a time of 50.97 seconds among three runs; while Munsell cashed out at over $11,000 for a time of 8 seconds flat on three.