End Game

Last Hoorah Primer: Payout, Draw and What’s on the Line for the NFR Bubble
The Last Hoorah team roping pays $22,203.90 a man for a perfect day.
Trey Yates
Trey Yates—No. 13 in the world standings—will rope at Stephenville's Last Hoorah to fight for his spot inside the top 15. | TRJ File Photo

The 2026 ProRodeo regular season ends Wednesday at the 377 Last Hoorah, and both NFR team roping lines will be settled there.

Ninety teams will rope three go-rounds, a short round and an aggregate, starting at 1 p.m. Central. The roping streams live on Cowboy+ and XFactorRoping. With $37,500 added per side, it’s the richest open purse left, and every team on the NFR bubble is entered.

The money

Each go-round pays eight holes from a pool of $18,236 a man. The aggregate pays eight holes from double that, $36,472. The short round pays six holes from $4,250. A team that wins all three rounds, the short round and the aggregate takes home $22,203.90 a man.

PlaceEach go-roundAggregateShort round
1$4,194.28$8,388.56$1,232.50
2$3,647.20$7,294.40$1,020.00
3$3,100.12$6,200.24$807.50
4$2,553.04$5,106.08$595.00
5$2,005.96$4,011.92$382.50
6$1,458.88$2,917.76$212.50
7$911.80$1,823.60—
8$364.72$729.44—

Per man.

What’s on the line

Neither NFR line can finish lower than where No. 15 sits now: $114,982.73 in the heading and $118,253.36 in the heeling.

The heading race is three men inside $875. Ketch Kelton holds No. 15 after winning San Bernardino, Calif., on Sunday. Nelson Wyatt is $768.74 behind him, and Cory Kidd V is $874.03 back. If Kelton doesn’t cash, a seventh-place round check is enough for either Wyatt or Kidd to pass him. Kidd and Carson Johnson are 10th in the draw, Wyatt and Jonathan Torres are 16th, and Kelton and Denton Dunning are 31st, so Kelton will know what he needs by the time he ropes.

In the heeling, Colter Todd moved past Wyatt Cox for No. 15 at San Bernardino. Cox is $1,199.69 back, and a sixth-place round check covers it if Todd doesn’t cash. Cox and Brenten Hall are 52nd in the draw, ahead of Todd and Derrick Begay at 63rd. Torres ($4,039.37 behind Todd), Wesley Thorp ($5,246.66) and Johnson ($6,933.32) each need a big day to get past both of them.

Where the bubble teams are in the draw

DrawHeaderHeeler
2Dawson GrahamDillon Graham
10Cory Kidd VCarson Johnson
15Dustin EgusquizaJC Flake
16Nelson WyattJonathan Torres
26Jake SmithDouglas Rich
30Cash DutyTrent Vaught
31Ketch KeltonDenton Dunning
50Brye CritesRoss Ashford
52Brenten HallWyatt Cox
61Clint SummersJade Corkill
63Derrick BegayColter Todd
65Tanner TomlinsonWesley Thorp
69Cody SnowLane Mitchell
71Riley KittleTrey Yates
76Clay SmithColeby Payne
88Coy RahlmannLogan Medlin

Heading bubble

No.HeaderEarnings
13Clay Smith$118,436.32
14Dawson Graham$118,044.59
15Ketch Kelton$114,982.73
16Nelson Wyatt$114,213.99
17Cory Kidd V$114,108.70
18Brenten Hall$108,429.23

Heeling bubble

No.HeelerEarnings
13Trey Yates$123,488.75
14JC Flake$121,788.58
15Colter Todd$118,253.36
16Wyatt Cox$117,053.67
17Jonathan Torres$114,213.99
18Wesley Thorp$113,006.70
19Carson Johnson$111,320.04

The full draw

Ninety-one teams entered.

  1. Luke Brown/Hunter Koch
  2. Dawson Graham/Dillon Graham
  3. Slade Wood/Logan Moore
  4. Garrett Tonozzi/Cody Hogan
  5. Curry Kirchner/Belden Cox
  6. Payden Emmett/Chad Mathes
  7. Conley Kleinhans/Kyler Kanady
  8. Kolby Krieger/Brock Borkman
  9. Clay Tryan/Braylon Tryan
  10. Cory Kidd V/Carson Johnson
  11. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira
  12. Clayton Van Aken/Jaydon Warner
  13. Brayden Schmidt/Cashton Weidenbener
  14. Chris Francis/Cade Passig
  15. Dustin Egusquiza/JC Flake
  16. Nelson Wyatt/Jonathan Torres
  17. Jaxson Tucker/Clay Clayman
  18. Cory Smothers/Berry Johnson
  19. Colton Clayton/Justin Delagarza
  20. Forrest Fisher/Daniel Braman
  21. Zachary Small/Will Woodfin
  22. Tyler Tryan/Nicky Northcott
  23. Treyden Larmon/Tyler Hutchins
  24. Kreece Thompson/Kelby Frizzell
  25. Chace Thompson/Tyson Thompson
  26. Jake Smith/Douglas Rich
  27. Josiah Young/Kingston Chang
  28. Jeremiah Yeahquo/Luke Yeahquo
  29. Clay Adams/Cayetano Tijerina
  30. Cash Duty/Trent Vaught
  31. Ketch Kelton/Denton Dunning
  32. Bridger Ketcham/Corey Hendrick
  33. Roan Oldfield/Noah Jones
  34. Billy Bob Brown/James Blankenship
  35. Reid Valentine/Jeryn Ellerd
  36. Riley Minor/Brady Minor
  37. Manny Egusquiza/Cody Egusquiza
  38. Jeff Flenniken/Jake Minor
  39. Blake Van Stavern/Colby Scott
  40. Lightning Aguilera/Kaden Profili
  41. Tyler Magnus/Joshua Patton
  42. Austin Barstow/Hector Dukes
  43. Jaxon Hill/Jessen James
  44. Shay Carroll/Landen Glenn
  45. Cash Palmore/Blaine Vick
  46. Erich Rogers/Cory Petska
  47. William Masters/Jeffery Anderson
  48. Clay Robertson/Cole Rogers
  49. Andrew Ward/Jake Long
  50. Brye Crites/Ross Ashford
  51. Jr. Dees/Chris Young
  52. Brenten Hall/Wyatt Cox
  53. Walker Smith/Will Smith
  54. James Arviso/Levi Lord
  55. Tommy Buckaloo/Joseph Harrison
  56. Devon Johnson/Zane Pratt
  57. Cole Smith/Truman Magnus
  58. Casper Ringelstein/Cade Sandstrom
  59. Denton Parish/Buddy Hawkins II
  60. Kolter Jackson/Jud Jackson
  61. Clint Summers/Jade Corkill
  62. Corben Culley/Cordell Collins
  63. Derrick Begay/Colter Todd
  64. Kolton Schmidt/Paden Bray
  65. Tanner Tomlinson/Wesley Thorp
  66. Michael Livingston/Seth Smithson
  67. Rance Winters/Kaden Prince
  68. Mark Hebert/Montrel Gilder
  69. Cody Snow/Lane Mitchell
  70. Korbin Rice/Cooper Freeman
  71. Riley Kittle/Trey Yates
  72. Coleman Proctor/Travis Graves
  73. Tee McLeod/Jake Edwards
  74. Wyatt Bray/Sid Sporer
  75. Jhett Trenary/Jace Helton
  76. Clay Smith/Coleby Payne
  77. Kooper Huddleston/Maverick Lozano
  78. Kelvin Medeiros/Chad Cisneros
  79. Cyle Denison/Tanner Braden
  80. Charly Crawford/McCoy Profili
  81. Spencer Mitchell/Trey White
  82. Ramiro Gonzalez/Diego Rolon
  83. Ken Williams/Ken Williams
  84. Jace Mitchell/Quentin Pahi
  85. Kavis Drake/Denim Ross
  86. Jayse Tettenhorst/Bentley Curry
  87. Tyler Wade/Paul Eaves
  88. Coy Rahlmann/Logan Medlin
  89. Peyton Walters/Catcher Gasperson
  90. Joshua Torres/Jacob South
  91. Jacob Toberer/Ben Gambrell

Standings are unofficial TRJ math through Sept. 27.

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