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Rookie bullrider Dominates at PRORODEO Tournament Bracket 5
FORT WORTH, Texas (January 31, 2026) --- Bracket 5 Round 2 at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s PRORODEO Tournament was held Saturday, Jan. 31 in Dickies Arena. A highlight of Bracket 5 was Hayden Welsh from Gillette, Wyoming being the most successful bull rider. Welsh, who is in his rookie year, finished at the top in both rounds of his bracket. On Saturday morning, he rode Boot Barn’s Southern Cowboy from Pickett Pro Rodeo for a whopping 90 points.
While Welsh was born and raised in Wyoming, he has strong Texas ties. He attended college at Odessa last year and qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo. He has aunts and uncles who live in Texas and are involved in rodeo, so for him to do well here is exciting for the whole family.
One reason Fort Worth’s rodeo is among the most popular among contestants is because they have a chance to qualify by winning a partner rodeo. That proved to be important in Bracket 5 as Trenton Smith from Bigfoot, Texas, finished at the top of both rounds in the tie-down roping. Smith qualified through the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo held last June in Weatherford. If Smith’s success continues here, it could be lifechanging.
Four-time world champion barrel racer Hailey Kinsel and her great mare DM Sissy Hayday “Sister,” also were at the top of Bracket 5. Kinsel, who is a ranch-raised cowgirl from Cotulla, Texas, and Sister won the FWSSR’s professional rodeo in 2019, the last year it was held in Will Rogers Coliseum. Then they came back and won it again the first year it was in Dickies Arena in 2020.
The following are unofficial results from Round 2 of Bracket 5 at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s PRORODEO Tournament, January 31, 2026.
Bareback Riding: 1, Tilden Hooper, Carthage, Texas, 85.5 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Trouble at the Top, $2,500. 2, Weston Timberman, Columbus, Mont., 85, $1,900. 3, Clay Jorgenson, Watford City, N.D., 84, $1,500., 4, Ben Kramer, Max, N.D., 82.5, $1,000. Semi-Finals qualifiers: Hooper and Sam Peterson, Helena, Mont. Wild Card qualifier: Kramer.
Steer Wrestling: 1, Landris White, Angleton, Texas, 3.4 seconds, $2,518. 2, Shane Frey, Duncan, Okla., 3.6, $1,918. 3, Tyke Kipp, Lordsburg, N.M., 4.5, $1,518. 4, Garrett Oates, Ballinger, Texas, 5.7, $1,000. Semi-Finals qualifiers: Oates and White. Wild Card qualifier: Boyd Sawyer, Thedford, Neb.
Breakaway roping: 1, Cali Griffin, Alva, Okla., 2.2 seconds, $2,518. 2, Braylee Shepherd, Fitzhugh, Okla., 2.4, $1,918. 3, Kelsie Domer, Dublin, Texas, 2.6, $1,518. 4, Jordi Edens-Mitchell, Stephenville, Texas, 2.9, $1,018. Semi-Finals qualifiers: Edens-Mitchell and Shepherd. Wild Card Qualifier: Griffin.
Saddle bronc riding: 1, (tie) Ryder Wright, Milford, Utah, on Calgary Stampede’s Glory Days; Brody Cress, Hillsdale, Wyo., on Stace Smith Pro Rodeo’s Buck Owens; and Kade Bruno, Challis, Idaho, on Calgary Stampede’s Gooses Alibi, 86 points, $1,985 each. 4, Lefty Holman, Visalia, Calif., 84, $1,018. Semi-Finals qualifiers: Bruno and Wright. Wild Card qualifier: Holman.
Tie-Down Roping: (three times) 1, Trenton Smith, Bigfoot, Texas, 8.9, $3,000. 2, Britt Bedke, Oakley, Idaho, 10.5, $2,400. 3, Luke Potter, Maple City, Kan., 15.8, $2,000. Semi-Finals qualifiers: Smith and Bedke. Wild Card qualifier: Potter.
Team Roping: 1, Kavis Drake, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Denim Ross, Botha, Alberta, Canada,, 4.1 seconds, $2,075 each. 2, Brady Tryan, Huntley, Mont., and Paden Bray, Stephenville, Texas, 4.4, $1,975 each. 3, Kolton Schmidt, Barrhead, Alberta, and Chase Tryan, Helena, Mont., $1,575 each. 4, Shay Carroll, Stephenville, Texas, and Denton Dunning, Surprise, Ariz., Semi-Finals qualifiers: Tryan and Bray; Drake and Ross. Wild Card qualifiers: Schmidt and Tryan.
Barrel Racing: 1, Hailey Kinsel, Cotulla, Texas, 16.49 seconds, $2,500. 2, Tayla Moeykens, Three Forks, Mont., 16.50, $1,900. 3, Taylor Manning, Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, 16.52, $1,500. 4, Wenda Johnson, Pawhuska, Okla., 16.55, $1,000. Semi-Finals qualifiers: Kinsel and Moeykens. Wild Card qualifier: Lindsey Muggli, Lane, Okla.
Bull Riding: (three rides) 1, Hayden Welsh, 90 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Boot Barn’s Southern Cowboy, $3,000. 2, Gavin Houk, Bandera, Texas, 84, $2,400. 3, Sam Southern, Weengallon, Queensland, Australia, $2,000. Semi-Finals qualifiers: Welsh and Hauck. Wild Card qualifier: Colton Coffman, Lusk, Wyo.