Big Wins And Big Payouts As Added Money Fuels Intensity At The Cody Stampede

The Cody Stampede delivered another unforgettable Fourth of July run, drawing top rodeo athletes from across the country with high stakes and big payouts on the line.

Bareback rider Seth Lee Hardwick Meat Sweats | Ethan Hanson/Record Searchlight via Imagn Content Services, LLC

The Cody Stampede concluded its four-day rodeo on July 4. With added money of $388,664, let’s see how the results will shake up the world standings.

All-around cowboy Wacey Schalla took home a total of $3,183 between his two events bareback riding and bull riding.

Nick Pelke went 90 points in the bareback riding on Frontier Rodeo’s Gun Fire for a total of $10,610.

In the steer wrestling, there was a tie for the champion spot between Bridger Anderson and Luke Gee, each turning in a time of 4.2 seconds which was good enough for $6,909.

Ken Davis of Oklahoma City competes in the steer wrestling at the | Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Team ropers Clint Summers and Jade Corkill stopped the clock at 3.8 seconds giving them $8,111 each.

A three-way tie for first in the breakaway roping earned $7,623 each, with a time of 2.4 seconds by Josie Conner, Bradi Good, and Suzanne Williams.

Saddle Bronc Rider Brody Cress took home $10,462 aboard Frontier Rodeo’s Ed Bishop with his 90 point ride.

Tuf Cooper competes in tie-down roping | Charles Bryce/San Angelo Standard-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK

Tuf Cooper capitalized on his calf in 7.8 seconds in the tie-down roping to get $9,377, which was over half a second faster than second place.

No stranger to the winner circle, Hailey Kinsel, who just recently won a back-to-back title at Reno’s Rodeo, also scored the Cody Stampede Barrel Racing Champion title turning in a time of 16.87 seconds which was worth $11,400.

Jordan Spears took home $10,744 in the bull riding by riding Frontier Rodeo’s No. 500 in a score of 89 points.

The Cody Stampede is a staple rodeo during the Fourth of July run, and 2025 marked the 106th anniversary since their beginning in 1919. With its long-running record of this professional rodeo along with its “Cody Nite Rodeos,” which run every single night from June through August, which anyone can enter, it is no surprise how it has earned the title of “rodeo Capital of the World.”

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