How to Qualify
How to Qualify
The first chance qualifier was held in December 2026.
The second qualifying rounds (total of 3) with no limits will be held in conjunction with Oklahoma’s Richest October 16th – 18th at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, OK. We will advance the top 15 from each go round and the top 15 from the aggregate for a total of 60 ladies advancing to the Semifinals in Scottsdale, AZ on November 2026.
Kimes Ranch Million $ Breakaway will consist of the top 20 Breakaway Ropers on the Kimes VRQ Leaderboard running from April 2 – November 2, 2026.
The last Qualifying opportunity will be a Last Chance Qualifier held in Scottsdale, AZ in November 2026. We will advance the top 10 in each round and the top 10 in the aggregate for a total of 40 ladies and 5 PWR Challengers advancing to the Semi-Finals in November.
In addition, there will be a Buy Back Round advancing an additional 5 qualifiers and 1 PWR Challenger to the Semi-Finals that will also run on the 17th beginning at 1:00pm with the opportunity to enter twice.
Other ways to win include a Premier Women’s Rodeo (PWR) Challenger Incentive providing a tiered opportunity during the qualifying rounds, last chance qualifier, Semi-Finals and an exclusive Challenger Showcase during the first round of the Million $ Breakaway. In total, this Challenger Incentive will add $25,000. An athlete is eligible for the Challenger Incentive if they meet the Challenger requirements and they enter the PWR Package in the NextGen Rodeo App.
Who Can Compete
The Kimes Ranch Million $ Breakaway is an open, all ages, event for all female Breakaway Ropers with no membership required to enter.
Who Advances
The Kimes Ranch Million $ Breakaway Semi-Finals will consist of 20 qualifies from the 2025 First Chance Qualifier, 60 qualifiers from the Oklahoma Qualifier, the top 20 from Kimes VRQ Leaderboard, 40 qualifiers from the Last Chance Qualifier, and 5 qualifiers from the Buy Back Round, 5 qualify from 11th-15th World Standings, equaling 150 plus 16 PWR Challengers (5 from each qualifier & 1 from Buy Back Round). For a total of 168 total Semi-Finalists.
The Million $ Breakaway will consist of 10 go rounds. Rounds 1, 2 and 3 will be Thursday night December 18th 27th at 6:30pm. Rounds 4, 5 and 6 will be Friday night December 19th at 6:30pm. Rounds 7, 8, 9 and 10 will be Saturday December 20th at 6:30pm. For the last 4 rounds of the final performance, we will cut down from 25 to 15 finalist based on money won and average ranking over the first 6 go rounds.
