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The National Finals Breakaway Roping (NFBR), organized by the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) and Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), is the premier championship breakaway roping event in the United States. It showcases the talents of the WPRA's top 15 money winners in the breakaway roping world standings at the end of ...
The National Finals Breakaway Roping (NFBR) has been held since 2020 to determine the Women's Professional Rodeo Association's world champion breakaway roper. The event is held in conjunction with the NFR. The inaugural NFR was held in 1959 in Dallas, Texas, at the Texas State Fair Coliseum and continued at that venue through 1961.
Barrel racing and breakaway roping are sanctioned by the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA). It also lists the all-around champion , awarded to the competitor who wins the most prize money in a year competing in at least two events.
Breakaway roping has been added to the St. Paul Rodeo. The event has existed for decades but is only now getting added to professional rodeos like St. Paul and giving women another chance to compete.
The breaking of the string marks the end of the run. In professional and collegiate rodeo, breakaway roping is exclusively a women's sport. Breakaway roping started becoming a regular event at some PRCA rodeos in 2019, making it along with barrel racing the two female events. As of 2024, it is held in approximately 500 PRCA rodeos.
The Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) is one of the largest rodeo sanctioning bodies in the world and is open exclusively to women eighteen years of age and older. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado , the Association currently has over 3,000 members from all over the contiguous United States , Canada , and Australia .
Hailey Kinsel (born October 3, 1994), is an American professional rodeo cowgirl who specializes in barrel racing and competes in the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA). She won the WPRA barrel-racing world championship in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR).
Breakaway ropes may also be flagged out (disqualified) for any catch other than a bell-collar catch—that is, a clean catch around the calf's neck. [1] At the collegiate, semi-professional, and professional levels, breakaway roping is exclusively a women's event, but at the junior and high school levels, competitors can be both male and female.