Robin Hofmann - 2014-05-28 11:48 AM As most of you know RFD-TV announced the March 1, 2015 as the date of the 2nd American Rodeo. BBR is proud to be the sanctioning body of the barrel race qualifiers again this season. There will be 10 Qualifiers between now and Feb 1, 2015 for RFD-TV's The American Rodeo: BBR Qualifier Dates – Host Event - Locations • Sunday, June 29, 2014 @ 1pm / Producers Gone Wild Barrel Race-Pasco, Washington – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central JUNE 14th • Sunday, September 14, 2014 @ 8:30am /BBR NE Regional Finals & Best of The Best Barrel Race-Springfield, Ohio – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central AUGUST 30th • Saturday, September 27, 2014 @ 7:30pm /BBR Western Regional Finals & Mile Hi Finals-Loveland, CO – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central SEPTEMBER 13th • Saturday, October 4, 2014 @ 6pm /BBR Northern Regional Finals & R&J Arena Barrel Race-Verndale, MN – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central SEPTEMBER 20th • Saturday, October 11, 2014 @ 11am / Hawki Futurity & BB Barrel Bash-Lincoln, NE – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central SEPTEMBER 27th • Friday, October 17, 2014 @ 5pm / BBR Eastern Regional Finals & Horse Poor Barrel Race-Starkville, MS – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central OCTOBER 3rd • Sunday, October 19, 2014 @ 10am / Montana Barrel Daze-Silesia, MT – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central OCTOBER 4th • Saturday, November 1, 2014 @ 7pm / BBR OK-TX Regional Finals-Glenrose, TX – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central OCTOBER 18th • Saturday, Novemer 28, 2014 @ 8am / Fiddler’s Turkey Run – Jacksonville, FL – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central NOVEMBER 14th • Saturday, January 24, 2015 @ 12:30pm / PacWest Futurity & Open Barrel Race-Buckeye, AZ – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central JANUARY 10th QUALIFIER ENTRY FORMS AND COMPLETE GUIDELINES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT www.BetterBarrelRaces.com OR CALL ROBIN HOFMANN (405) 615-4998 9am-6pm. The top 10 finishers from each qualifier will move forward to the Semi-Finals. Following are some key points that sum up the qualifiers: • $500 entry fee • May enter as many of the 10 qualifiers as you want. • May enter each qualifier 2 times (may not ride the same horse 2 times in one race) • Each qualifier is one run (per entry). • Of the $500 entry fee, 25% is paid at the qualifier race, 25% will be carried over to the Semi-Finals, and 50% will be carried over to THE AMERICAN. • Contestants may qualify twice for the Semi-Finals, however a contestant may not qualify more than once on the same horse. • If fewer than 650 total barrel racing qualifier entries are receive only the Top 5 Semi-Finalists will move on to AT&T Stadium and the American Rodeo. 650-749 the Top 6 Semi-Finalists move on. 750-849 the Top 7 Semi-Finalists move on. 850-949 the Top 8 Semi-Finalists move on. 950-1049 the Top 9 Semi-Finalists move on. 1050 and above the top 10 Semi-Finalists will move on. Semi-Finals The Semi-Finals will consist of 100 contestants from the qualification races, plus the 2014 BBR World Champion, the 2014 College National Finals Rodeo Champion, the 2014 High School National Finals Rodeo Champion and the possible RFD-TV Exemption Match or Exemption contestant. These individuals have already paid their $500 entry fee at the qualification races, so there is no entry fee. Not including the possible RFD-TV Exemption contestants, 103 contestants will run one slack run. The top 20 times from slack will proceed to the Semi-Finals ShootOut Round where they will be split into two sets of 10. The Semi-Finals ShootOut round will be run as two rodeo performances. One set of 10 will run in one rodeo performance on Saturday at 7PM and the second set of 10 will run on Sunday at 2PM. After those 20 individuals run in the performances, along with the possible RFD-TV Exemption Match or Exemption contestant, the top 5 or 10 times (depending on the total number of participating contestants who entered a qualification race) and the possible Exemption Match winner, or Exemption contestant, will solidify their spot in THE AMERICAN. The pay-out at the Semi-Finals will come from 25% of the $500 entry fee that contestants paid at the qualification races. 20% of the total purse will be paid in the slack round. 80% will be paid out in the ShootOut round after both rodeo performances. Exemptions Every event has the right invite up to two exemptions that will be chosen by THE AMERICAN committee. If two contestants are selected there will be an Exemption Match between the two at the Semi-Finals. The winner of this match wins an automatic bid into THE AMERICAN, making the field of ___ competitors. If only one exemption is selected they have the opportunity to compete at the Semi-Finals and THE AMERICAN. The BBR 2014 World Champion, the 2014 College National Finals Champion and the 2014 High School Rodeo Champion will receive an invitation directly to the Semi-Finals. These contestants and the Exemption contestants must pay the $500 entry fee. THE AMERICAN THE AMERICAN will consist of the top 10 barrel racers in the world free of entry fees, as well as, the Exemption Match winner and the contestants that qualified through the Qualification races / Semi-Finals, with that number being determined by the total number of participants at the qualification races. All competitors will make one long round run, with the top 4 from the long round moving on to the ShootOut round where the Champion and Reserve Champion will be determined in a clean slate finals (there will be no average on two). The Champion will win $100,000 and the Reserve Champion will win $25,000. In the case that the Champion came from the Semi-Finals, they will place themselves in the pot for a chance to win $1,000,000, or share in a portion thereof with other qualifiers who win the Champion title in their event.

Robin Hofmann - 2014-05-28 10:48 AM As most of you know RFD-TV announced the March 1, 2015 as the date of the 2nd American Rodeo. BBR is proud to be the sanctioning body of the barrel race qualifiers again this season. There will be 10 Qualifiers between now and Feb 1, 2015 for RFD-TV's The American Rodeo: BBR Qualifier Dates – Host Event - Locations • Sunday, June 29, 2014 @ 1pm / Producers Gone Wild Barrel Race-Pasco, Washington – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central JUNE 14th • Sunday, September 14, 2014 @ 8:30am /BBR NE Regional Finals & Best of The Best Barrel Race-Springfield, Ohio – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central AUGUST 30th • Saturday, September 27, 2014 @ 7:30pm /BBR Western Regional Finals & Mile Hi Finals-Loveland, CO – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central SEPTEMBER 13th • Saturday, October 4, 2014 @ 6pm /BBR Northern Regional Finals & R&J Arena Barrel Race-Verndale, MN – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central SEPTEMBER 20th • Saturday, October 11, 2014 @ 11am / Hawki Futurity & BB Barrel Bash-Lincoln, NE – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central SEPTEMBER 27th • Friday, October 17, 2014 @ 5pm / BBR Eastern Regional Finals & Horse Poor Barrel Race-Starkville, MS – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central OCTOBER 3rd • Sunday, October 19, 2014 @ 10am / Montana Barrel Daze-Silesia, MT – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central OCTOBER 4th • Saturday, November 1, 2014 @ 7pm / BBR OK-TX Regional Finals-Glenrose, TX – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central OCTOBER 18th • Saturday, Novemer 28, 2014 @ 8am / Fiddler’s Turkey Run – Jacksonville, FL – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central NOVEMBER 14th • Saturday, January 24, 2015 @ 12:30pm / PacWest Futurity & Open Barrel Race-Buckeye, AZ – BOOKS CLOSE @ 9PM Central JANUARY 10th QUALIFIER ENTRY FORMS AND COMPLETE GUIDELINES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT www.BetterBarrelRaces.com OR CALL ROBIN HOFMANN (405) 615-4998 9am-6pm. The top 10 finishers from each qualifier will move forward to the Semi-Finals. Following are some key points that sum up the qualifiers: • $500 entry fee • May enter as many of the 10 qualifiers as you want. • May enter each qualifier 2 times (may not ride the same horse 2 times in one race) • Each qualifier is one run (per entry). • Of the $500 entry fee, 25% is paid at the qualifier race, 25% will be carried over to the Semi-Finals, and 50% will be carried over to THE AMERICAN. • Contestants may qualify twice for the Semi-Finals, however a contestant may not qualify more than once on the same horse. • If fewer than 650 total barrel racing qualifier entries are receive only the Top 5 Semi-Finalists will move on to AT&T Stadium and the American Rodeo. 650-749 the Top 6 Semi-Finalists move on. 750-849 the Top 7 Semi-Finalists move on. 850-949 the Top 8 Semi-Finalists move on. 950-1049 the Top 9 Semi-Finalists move on. 1050 and above the top 10 Semi-Finalists will move on. Semi-Finals The Semi-Finals will consist of 100 contestants from the qualification races, plus the 2014 BBR World Champion, the 2014 College National Finals Rodeo Champion, the 2014 High School National Finals Rodeo Champion and the possible RFD-TV Exemption Match or Exemption contestant. These individuals have already paid their $500 entry fee at the qualification races, so there is no entry fee. Not including the possible RFD-TV Exemption contestants, 103 contestants will run one slack run. The top 20 times from slack will proceed to the Semi-Finals ShootOut Round where they will be split into two sets of 10. The Semi-Finals ShootOut round will be run as two rodeo performances. One set of 10 will run in one rodeo performance on Saturday at 7PM and the second set of 10 will run on Sunday at 2PM. After those 20 individuals run in the performances, along with the possible RFD-TV Exemption Match or Exemption contestant, the top 5 or 10 times (depending on the total number of participating contestants who entered a qualification race) and the possible Exemption Match winner, or Exemption contestant, will solidify their spot in THE AMERICAN. The pay-out at the Semi-Finals will come from 25% of the $500 entry fee that contestants paid at the qualification races. 20% of the total purse will be paid in the slack round. 80% will be paid out in the ShootOut round after both rodeo performances. Exemptions Every event has the right invite up to two exemptions that will be chosen by THE AMERICAN committee. If two contestants are selected there will be an Exemption Match between the two at the Semi-Finals. The winner of this match wins an automatic bid into THE AMERICAN, making the field of ___ competitors. If only one exemption is selected they have the opportunity to compete at the Semi-Finals and THE AMERICAN. The BBR 2014 World Champion, the 2014 College National Finals Champion and the 2014 High School Rodeo Champion will receive an invitation directly to the Semi-Finals. These contestants and the Exemption contestants must pay the $500 entry fee. THE AMERICAN THE AMERICAN will consist of the top 10 barrel racers in the world free of entry fees, as well as, the Exemption Match winner and the contestants that qualified through the Qualification races / Semi-Finals, with that number being determined by the total number of participants at the qualification races. All competitors will make one long round run, with the top 4 from the long round moving on to the ShootOut round where the Champion and Reserve Champion will be determined in a clean slate finals (there will be no average on two). The Champion will win $100,000 and the Reserve Champion will win $25,000. In the case that the Champion came from the Semi-Finals, they will place themselves in the pot for a chance to win $1,000,000, or share in a portion thereof with other qualifiers who win the Champion title in their event.