PRORODEO Sports News - March 27, 2026 Digital Edition

Tie-down roper Riley Webb set a new arena record at RodeoHouston en route to the title. PRCA photo by Mallory Beinborn

JARVIS PAVES THE WAY FOR MOWRY TO DEFEND TITLE

PRCA photo by Mallory Beinborn

K assie Mowry gets the accolades, but she offers the credit where it’s due. “I love that my horse was able to come in here and defend his title,” said Mowry, the two-time defending World Cham pion Barrel Racer from Dublin, Texas. “His name is Force The Goodbye; we call him Jarvis. He is 8 years old, and he’s a two time world champion and now two-time Houston champion. “This means everything to me. Just seeing how he was a year ago and how much he’s grown, it’s just so cool to see how far he’s come.” It was fast. Mowry stopped the clock in 14.19 seconds to win the title, just three-hundredths of a second ahead of four-time World Champion Hailey Kinsel. Mowry’s final time in the arena was the fourth-fastest run of the 19-day rodeo: Mowry was 14.09 to win the second semifinals and 14.17 to win the third round of Super Series Five, and Jordan Driver was 14.18 to win the first round of the second set. This marks the third time in Mowry’s career that she’s won the title at NRG Stadium. She first won in 2017, which pro pelled her to the NFR for the second time. She’s competed in Las Vegas six times in her career. “This rodeo is like the gauntlet of rodeos,” Mowry said of RodeoHouston. “It’s tough to get through this. It’s grueling. It’s asking a lot of your horse. For one to come out on top, I feel that’s the epitome of a great athlete but also a good-mind ed horse that’s trying as hard as he can. It’s a lot to get through all these rounds.” She finished with $71,250 and pushed her season earnings to more than $105,000. She holds a solid lead in the world standings and has an old favorite, RodeoHouston, to thank for that. Like all barrel horse trainers, everything falls on her equine partner. “This kind of pattern … it’s not your normal set up that we’re used to,” Mowry said. “I just feel like it shows how versatile he truly is.”

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