Hooey Junior Patriot Timed Events Pay Out Big Money to Rodeo Youth in Fort Worth

The Hooey Junior Patriot, the main event of the Patriot in Fort Worth, offers young rodeo enthusiasts the chance to compete for a substantial amount of money. It creates a true rodeo atmosphere and gives them an opportunity to showcase their skills on a big stage.

The Hooey Junior Patriot offers multiple age divisions across all traditional youth rodeo events. Those events include barrel racing, steer wrestling, breakaway roping, tie-down roping, goat tying, team roping (Open and 10.5 incentives), and pole bending.

One thing that makes this rodeo unique is that it offers a $100,000 bonus round to the 19 and under-timed event contestants who can best the winning time from the finals round. The top 3 contestants from each event advance to the bonus round in hopes of posting the fastest time to receive their portion of the $100,000. Similar to The American, if multiple event winners accomplish this task, they split the $100,000 evenly. 

These competitors travel from all across the country and qualify through different qualifiers at multiple events throughout the year. Even a few have to qualify through a “last-chance qualifier” the week of the rodeo. 

The girl power reigned supreme in the $100,000 bonus round when goat tyer Alli Autrey and pole bender Merrick Moyer took home $50,000 a piece in addition to their winnings from the previous rounds. Autrey posted a blazing 6.33-second run to best her winning time of 6.40 from the previous final round. For the third year in a row, a pole bender came out on top in the bonus round, and Moyer put up an impressive time of 20.256 to capture the win in Fort Worth and add on to her $10,500 from the previous round. 

The Junior Patriot gives the youth of rodeo a chance to capitalize on some big-time money and huge opportunities to be in the spotlight early on in their careers. From 7-second tie-down runs in the 12 and under, to $50,000 payouts in the breakaway roping, and the 2024 JR Ironman taking home the Team Roping title, the future looks incredibly bright for rodeo. 

Hooey Junior Patriot Champions

19& Under Pole Bending: Worth Evans, 20.364, $18,000

19& Under Steer Wrestling: LJ Albisu, 5.56, $5,500

12& Under TieDown Roping: Blaze Carter, 7.93, $8,000

15& Under TieDown Roping: Layden Wynn, 9.06, $16,000

19& Under TieDown Roping: Dillon Grote, 8.19, $20,000

15& Under Goat Tying: Adrian Nelson, 6.67, $8,000

19& Under Goat Tying: Alli Autrey, 6.40, $10,000

10.5 Team Roping: Cade Ward and Hagen Wright, 5.95, $25,000

Open Team Roping: Ketch Kelton and Denton Dunning, 4.35, $25,000

19& Under Barrel Racing: Tana Trosper, 15.375, $40,000

12& Under Breakaway: Cash Friesenhahn, 1.94, $20,000

15& Under Breakaway: Kate Reynolds, 2.21, $30,000

19& Under Breakaway: Haiden Johnson, 2.03, $50,000

$100,000 Bonus Round Winners:

Merrick Moyer - Pole Bending - $50,000

Alli Autrey - Goat Tying - $50,000