With $2 million up for grabs at the 2026 American Rodeo, the lineup of team roping head horses is stout.
When The American Rodeo kicks off in Arlington, Texas’s Globe Life Field Friday, May 22, with the Semifinals, we will likely see former 2019 The American champion head horse Heisman with Coleman Proctor, as well as Clint Summers on WSR Hesa Alive—the horse Kaleb Driggers won the event on in 2023.
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The field is diverse from a pedigree standpoint, with no sire appearing twice across the entire lineup. Playgun is the only bloodline to bridge two columns. It appears directly as the sire of Proctor’s horse, and surfaces again as the grandsire of Coy Rahlmann’s DH Playguns Wave through the dam Playguns Rosebud.
| Qualifying Path | Header | Horse | Sire | Dam | Dam Sire |
| East | Luke Brown | DM Jet Off | Hand Off Boy | Rocket Jets | EASY JET |
| East | Owen Gillespie | Freeze The Scotch | SKIPPERS FREEZE | SCOTTISH VISION | SCOTTISH LARK |
| East | Clay Smith | TBD | — | — | — |
| East | Coy Rahlmann | DH Playguns Wave | EVELYNS WAVE | PLAYGUNS ROSEBUD | GRINGO PISTOLERO |
| East | Cory Kidd | Flowing Rex | DESIRES LITTLE REX | OH FLO | CATS QUIXOTE JACK |
| Central | Coleman Proctor | SCR Sporties Playgun | Playgun | HAIDAS SPORTIE | HAIDAS LITTLE PEP |
| Central | Billy Bob Brown | Going Where Its Hot | STARLIGHTS GYPSY | UNO CEELENA | SMART LITTLE UNO |
| Central | Conley Kleinhans | The French Mixer | THE SHINEY MIXER | ROCKIN T FRENCH KIZY | ROCKIN T FOX |
| Central | Chad Masters | TBD | — | — | — |
| Central | JC Yeahquo | Captain Playboy Chex | PLAYBOY ALICE | MJ SNICKELS DOLL | GREAT CAPTAIN JAC |
| West | Pedro Egurrola | RO Famous Hula | Smooth Dashof Fame | Hula Fly Angel | JK Angels Fly High |
| West | Dustin Egusquiza | Cajun Treat | Cajun Perks On Fire | Mis Leo Dun | Pepper Star Buck |
| West | James Arviso | TRAUADO LENA | Mifillena | QR Travelen Babe | Travalena |
| West | Trevor Brazile | Star Blue Holder | Bonsey Holder | Rose Star Holder | Peptos Starfish |
| West | Kellan Johnson | Four JR | PG Shogun | Four One Chex | Figure Four Chex |
| Invited (Top 5) | Andrew Ward | RLJ Cashnczechtafame | Vabellez | RLJ Jets Inthe Allie | Brays Moon Bug |
| Invited (Top 5) | Kaleb Driggers | Undecided | — | — | — |
| Invited (Top 5) | Clint Summers | WSR Hesa Alive | Hesa Sonofa Dun | Smokes Alive | Smokin 45 |
| Invited (Top 5) | Kolton Schmidt | SJR Diamond Bond | CD Diamond | ARC Its Go Time | One Time Pepto |
| Invited (Top 5) | Tanner Tomlinson | Missn Cowboy Sioux | Cowboys Missn 214 | CJ Sugar Sioux | CJ Charles |