Fallon County Fair & Rodeo Update and Breakaway Round 1 Highlights

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The breakaway ropers took over at the Fall County Fair Rodeo in Baker, Montana, on Thursday night. Facing some fierce competition, Jessica Magilke came out on top winning round one and pocketing nearly $1,800 for her run of 2.1 seconds.

Slack continues today with the perfs getting underway tomorrow afternoon at 3PM ET and airing live Saturday and Sunday on The Cowboy Channel and PRCA on Cowboy Channel+ app!

BREAKAWAY ROPING LEADERS

FIRST ROUND: 1. Jessica Magilke, 2.10 seconds, $1,795; 2. (tie) Joey Williams, Samantha Jorgenson, Willow Nicholas and JJ Hampton, 2.20, $1,210 each; 6. (tie) Macy Fuller, Tracey Bolich and Gracely Speth, 2.30, $390 each.

PRORODEO EVENT LEADERS

STEER WRESTLING: 1. Riley Reiss, 3.2 seconds; 2. (tie) Tanner Milan and Walt Arnold, 3.3 each; 4. Curtis Cassidy, 3.5; 5. Will Lummus, 3.6; 6. (tie) Cody Devers and Rowdy Parrott, 3.7 each.

TEAM ROPING: 1. Levi Simpson/Shay Dixon Carroll, 4.4 seconds; 2. Eli Lord/Levi O’Keeffe, 4.5; 3. Shawn Bessette/Matt Robertson, 4.6; 4. Riley Minor/Brady Minor, 4.7; 5. (tie) Jon Peterson/Cash Hetzel and Cory Clark/Wyatt Cox, 4.8 each.

TIE-DOWN ROPING: 1. Shane Hanchey, 7.7 seconds; 2. Marty Yates, 7.8; 3. (tie) Lucas Potter and Colt Papy, 7.9 each; 5. Westyn Hughes, 8.1; 6. (tie) Zack Jongbloed and Kyle Lucas, 8.3 each.

BARREL RACING: 1. Dona Kay Rule, 16.08 seconds; 2. Jessica Routier, 16.26; 3. Tiany Schuster, 16.28; 4. Lisa Lockhart, 16.38; 5. Ashley Castleberry, 16.46; 6. Ryann Pedone, 16.47.

STEER ROPING RESULTS: (Average on three) 1. Chet Herren, 34.9 seconds on three head, $2,671; 2. Rocky Patterson, 37.8, $2,211; 3. Shay Good, 39.3, $1,750; 4. Jim Locke, 39.7, $1,290; 5. Jess Tierney, 46.6, $829; 6. Connor McNeil, 52.5, $461.

Meet the NFR Athletes is presented by Montana Silversmiths
John Douch sat down to talk regular season, horses and his NFR game plan.
NFR veteran tie-down roper Shane Hanchey main trials of this season were horsepower.
Dean Thompson took notes on his performance and made some changes that reflect in his performance.
Tyler Wade and Wesley Thorp talked all things regular season, horsepower and 2024 NFR.