AUSTIN, Teas – The Women's Rodeo Championships (WRC) today announced that the world’s richest women's rodeo, Women's Rodeo World Championship (WRWC), will take return to Texas in May 2025, with the initial rounds held at Cowtown Coliseum from May 12-14 before concluding in Arlington at AT&T Stadium on May 17 alongside the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) World Finals: Unleash The Beast – Championship.

The 2025 Women’s Rodeo World Championship will also feature a record payout, set to award the hundreds of competing cowgirls $802,000. The announce of the historic purse comes roughly a week after WRC announced the addition of Goat Tying (Showcase and Limited) to the WRWC.

With the addition of the 2025 WRWC’s increased purse, the broader, 2025 Women’s Rodeo Week, also inclusive of APHA’s (American Paint Horse Association’s) Cowgirl Gathering, will now pay an unprecedented $1.25 million to female rodeo athletes from May 8-17, 2025.

In 2025, the Women’s Rodeo World Championship will debut a new format, with 20 athletes advancing for their chance to compete inside the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. Those advancing athletes will be:

Three Pros in barrel racing, breakaway roping, and team roping Three Challengers in barrel racing, breakaway roping, and team roping One Limited in barrel racing and breakaway roping

Please view the advancement chart HERE.

Athletes can nominate their efforts with WRC and earn points for the Leaderboard (W25) until the April 13 deadline. As of April 13, the Top 20 athletes in each discipline on the Pro and Challenger leaderboard will qualify for the 2025 WRWC. The Top 50 Limited athletes in the breakaway roping and barrel racing from the W25 Leaderboard will be eligible to compete in the 2025 event. For more information on limited, athletes can visit HERE.

Ladies Goat Tying is also now eligible for NIRA (National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association) members to nominate for the 2025 WRWC Leaderboard. The Top 20 goat tyers, as of the April 13 deadline will compete in a showcase event on Tuesday, May 13 in Fort Worth, Texas.

The payout breakdown by round is HERE:

For more information about the event including payout, overview schedule and format please visit wrwc.rodeo or contact support@wcrarodeo.com.

Since launching in May 2018, the WRC and its partners have awarded more than $3.75 million in new money to women’s rodeo athletes.

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