The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo kicks off with Bracket 1, Round 1 Friday night at 8:30 PM ET on The Cowboy Channel and Cowboy Channel+.
The will bring you reigning Fort Worth Champions along with reigning World Champions. Over the next seven brackets, the competition will narrow down to two Semifinals and a Wild Card before we crown champions on Feb. 3.
BAREBACK RIDING
Rocker Steiner picked up the win last year and he is gunning for another one as he is set to compete in the event’s first bracket. His matchup Friday is a horse of Korkow Rodeo that Cooper Filipek rode for 83.5 points in Gillette over New Years.
| Tucker Zingg | Half Crow |
| Luke Thrash | Little Annie |
| Kory Hart | Cadillac Jack |
| Nick Pelke | Felisha |
| Shannon Warren | Dixie’s Gravy |
| Andy Gingerich | Spanish Onion |
| Dean Thompson | Coconut Jamboree |
| Rocker Steiner | I Fly Plane |
STEER WRESTLING
Jesse Brown returns to Fort Worth after having his best career finish at in 2023. He officially kicks off his 2024 regular season in Fort Worth after winning the Texas Champions Challenge earlier in the week. Although he stayed between 4 and 5 seconds here last year, he will need to be faster Friday and Saturday to advance.
| Kyle Irwin |
| Tyler Ravenscroft |
| Kodie Jang |
| Cash Robb |
| Joshua Hefner |
| Jesse Brown |
| Ryan Nettle |
| Eli Lord |
TEAM ROPING
Coleman Proctor and Logan Medlin are the pair to watch in team roping, but they have struck out since the Prairie Circuit Finals. In 2023, the duo advanced to the Semifinals in Fort Worth only to be stopped short of the Championship Round.
| Hagen Peterson | Chase Tryan |
| Chad Masters | Wyatt Cox |
| Kreece Thompson | Rance Doyal |
| Cutter Machado | Dalton Pearce |
| Coleman Proctor | Logan Medlin |
| Paul David Tierney | Carson Johnson |
| Kyon Kreutzer | Chancey Kreutzer |
| Dalton Turner | Clay Clayman |
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
Reinging World Champion Zeke Thurston will go toe-to-toe with Molly Brown. The horse has had one out this 2024 season and it was in the bareback riding, however, in 2023, it was Chase Brooks who rode her in Fort Worth for 80.5 points.
| Ean Price | Sly Eyes |
| Brandon Lansford | Bambino Vold |
| Q McWhorter | Call Me Kindra |
| Cole Elshere | Harriet |
| Cort Scheer | Trapper |
| Garrett Long | Honeymoon |
| Q Taylor | Innocent Dreams |
| Zeke Thurston | Molly Brown |
TIE-DOWN ROPING
Marcos Costa went all the way to the Finals last year tying his fastest time in Round 2 of his bracket with 8.7 seconds. Standing in his way this year is reigning Fort Worth Champion Westyn Hughes, who dominated this rodeo in 2023 when he earned the win with a 7.4-second run.
| Charlie Gibson |
| Marcos Costa |
| Kincade Henry |
| Randall Carlisle |
| Macon Murphy |
| Paul David Tierney |
| Westyn Hughes |
| Tom Crouse |
BREAKAWAY ROPING
Ashley Goforth found herself the Reserve Champion in Fort Worthin 2023 by just one tenth of a second. Joining her in Bracket 1 is 2022 World Champion Martha Angelone, who will be gunning for redemption.
| Martha Angelone |
| Ricking Fanning |
| Abbie Williams |
| Shai Schaefer |
| Chloe Lambert |
| Erin Johnson |
| Ashley Goforth |
| Josey Murphy |
BARREL RACING
Kassie Mowry is coming off an final few rounds at the NFR and the horsepower she chooses to run down any alley is always a topic of conversation. Last year, Mowry won two of the five Texas Swing stops.
| Ashley Parks |
| Kassie Mowry |
| Ashley Rogers |
| Steely Steiner |
| Emily Beisel |
| Margo Crowther |
| Megan McLeod-Sprague |
| Keyla Costa |
BULL RIDING
After one year away, Clayton Sellars is back in Fort Worth. Rafter G’s Bumpstock is his match up tonight and the bull is 1-for-1 in the 2024 season, however, Jace Trosclair rode him for 87 points in 2023. Also keep an eye on young guns Jestyn Woodward and Mason Moody in this bracket.
| Riggin Shippy | Western Hauler’s Hurricane |
| Jestyn Woodward | Bucking for Cash |
| Cody Russell | Swanky |
| Lucas Mooningham | Aces and Eights |
| Mason Moody | Peaky Blinders |
| Ernie Courson Jr | X-Factor |
| Clayton Sellars | Bumpstock |
