The third of three Semifinals from the National Western is live on The Cowboy Channel+ at 9 PM ET and on The Cowboy Channel at 11 PM ET as the last spots in the Finals are clinched.
BAREBACK RIDING
No. 1s old and new are on display Saturday night as 2022 World Champion Jess Pope and current first-ranked cowboy Cooper Cooke both compete.
| Ethan Mazurenko | Make Your Move |
| Ethan Crouch | Wyatt Earp |
| Cooper Fillipek | Daddy’s Girl |
| Cooper Cooke | The Duke |
| Colt Eck | Mad Muddy Monkey |
| Jess Pope | Ruby Girl |
| Taylor Brousssard | Organic Outlaw |
| Tanner Aus | Honcho |
STEER WRESTLING
Speakong of World No. 1s, the guy who set a new regular season earnings record in 2023, Dalton Massey, headlines the bulldogging.
| Dalton Massey |
| John McGinn |
| Kalane Anders |
| Jace Melvin |
| Brayden Tanner |
| Charlie Smith |
| Stetson Jorgensen |
| Travis Munro |
TEAM ROPING
The Yazzie boys split the overall Round 2 win with reigning World Champions Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp.
| Andrew Ward | Kollin VonAhn |
| Doyle Yazzie | Hiyo Yazzie |
| Kolby Krieger | Jacob South |
| Zane Huffman | Blake Ash |
| Marcus Theriot | Cole Curry |
| Devon Johnson | Lee Ray |
| Jake Clay | Trey Yates |
| Brayden Fillmore | Josh Fillmore |
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
World No. 1 Kade Bruno and Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo Champion Statler Wright look to stay hot and punch their tickets to the Short Round.
| Bailey Small | Vintage Villain |
| Cameron Messier | Redial |
| Coleman Shallbetter | Storm Warning |
| Kade Bruno | Guns Blazing |
| Parker Fleet | Canyon Sunset |
| Sawyer Erikson | Bucket List |
| Statler Wright | Kiss My Ace |
| Traylin Martin | Small Town Scandale |
TIE-DOWN ROPING
At No. 4, Chance Thiessen is the only tie-down roper currently ranked in the Top 50 up Saturday night.
| Michael Jacobs |
| Colby Anders |
| Britton Bedke |
| Garrett Elmore |
| Cash Fuesz |
| Chance Thiessen |
| Tanner Green |
| Samuel Lewis |
BARREL RACING
Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi is the reigning World Champion, Lisa Lockhart is the reigning NFR Average Champion. Between them they have qualified for the National Finals 34 times.
| Tess Arnold |
| Lisa Lockhart |
| Andrea Busby |
| Ilyssa Riley |
| Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi |
| Rainey Skelton |
| Halyn Lide |
| Jackie Ganter |
BULL RIDING
Wyatt Phelps made the highest marked ride of the rodeo so far, but he’ll have to contend with four past NFR qualifiers - Brady Portenier, Chase Dougherty, Lukasey Morris and Trevor Reiste.
| Braydan Kilcrease | Thoedore |
| Brady Portenier | Wildside |
| Chase Dougherty | N/A |
| Jase Trosclair | Barracuda |
| Lukasey Morris | N/A |
| Wyatt Phelps | Mayhem |
| Trevor Reiste | Pickle |
| Tanner Schmidt | Too Tropical |
