Minnesota Horse Expo Rodeo

PRCA RODEO PERFORMANCES in COLISEUM
Friday April 24 at 7:30pm
Saturday April 25 at 7:30pm
Sunday April 26 - 3:00pm

PRCA Rodeo Performance tickets
are available for purchase now for all three performances.

Click here to purchase advance PRCA Rodeo tickets

Boxes 5-11 and Boxes 19-25.....$8.00
(Behind Chutes)

Sections 5-11 and 19-25.....$13.00
(Behind Chutes)

Sections 12-18; 1-4; 26-28....$16.00

Boxes 12-18; 1-4; 26-28.....$25.00

PRCA Rodeo tickets can also be purchased at the Expo
beginning April 24 at 10pm at the Coliseum Box Office.

Please note: MN Horse Expo gate admission is not included in the price
of the PRCA Rodeo Performances. Expo admission must be purchased to
attend the rodeo.

EVENT DESCRIPTION – BREAKAWAY ROPING

Don’t blink or you may just miss the run. In breakaway roping, the cowgirl has a flag tied close to the
end of her rope and a nylon string tied from the rope to the saddle horn. Once the barrier is released and the calf leaves the roping chute, the cowgirl gives chase throwing the loop around the calf’s neck. When the rope grows tight after the calf is roped, the string breaks away from the saddle horn and the flag goes flying, signaling the timer to stop the clock. The time in the breakaway roping can sometimes get as fast as 1.6 seconds and since it is a timed event, the fastest time wins. A broken barrier results in a 10-second penalty.

Photo credit WPRA photo

Women’s Breakaway Roping History

Girls’ breakaway actually first emerged in high school rodeo. The National High School Rodeo Association has been crowning a national champion since 1953. The event didn’t appear in college rodeo until 1969. The WPRA had tie-down roping dating back to 1948 but added breakaway roping in the 1970’s off and on until it was annual in 1989. The first-ever WPRA Breakaway Roping World Champion was Becky Berggen in 1974, followed by Becky Fuchs in 1975. A champion wouldn’t be named again until 1982 when Pam Minick won the title.

In 2017, the breakaway ropers of the WPRA began making efforts to introduce their event into Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) events in the Columbia River Circuit (that includes the states of Oregon and Washington) with the hope this small spark would light a bigger fire within the industry. They introduced breakaway into iconic rodeos like Ellensburg, Washington and Pendleton, Oregon, and by 2019 the WPRA was sanctioning up to 30 breakaway roping events at PRCA rodeos. In 2025, WPRA sanctioned 500 breakaway roping events at PRCA rodeos.

In 2020, the WPRA in partnership with the PRCA agreed to open it up to any sanctioned rodeo wanting to add breakaway roping to their list of events bringing a new spotlight to the event as never before. The WPRA started keeping standings for breakaway events held at PRCA sanctioned rodeos versus those events co-approved by the WPRA. As a result, in 2020 the WPRA World Champion Breakaway Roper was determined by the ProRodeo standings instead of the traditional WPRA co-approved standings. As a result of the WPRA and PRCA partnership women breakaway ropers now have more opportunities, and the two Associations are working to make the event more “rodeo mainstream.”

My name is Madison Schalla! I have been Trick riding since the age of 8 and I am now 22!!
I have performed all across the country at all sorts of events and I have even performed for Reba McEntire!

I actually grew up in a rodeo family, my dad was a professional bull rider and saddle bronc rider and my brother Wacey Schalla is now one of the top professional bull riders and bareback riders in the PRCA! When I’m not traveling the country trick riding I spend my time training barrel racing horses and also teaching the next generation of trick riders!!

Coming with me to St. Paul is Edyn Blum. She is a 18 year old from Costa Mesa, California. She actually grew up surfing, but decided to shift her love to horses and trick riding! She learned the art of trick riding and trick roping from the famous Riata Ranch in California. She has worked some of the best rodeos in the industry with them! This year she now finds herself traveling the US, trick riding with other PRCA trick riders, working hard to make a name for her self, hoping to accomplish even bigger dreams!!

These two will perform an act that includes a super action filled performance with high speeds! They do an act that incorporates trick roping and gymnastics horseback while their horses are flying around the arena!

Social Media : Facebook & Insta @ Madison schalla trick riding

Shawn Boom Boom Thompson, of Sidney, IA, has been entertaining rodeo crowds all over the United States for the last 30 years. His career began in his senior year of high school when a teacher asked him what he wanted to do after graduation. He immediately spouted off the funniest, dumbest thing he could think of and said that he wanted to be a rodeo clown. What was meant as a joke or so he thought, turned into him getting a phone call and was invited to attend a 3 day bullfighting school. He took that invitation and has been hooked ever since. Boom Boom not only embodies a huge,happy-go-lucky redneck character in the rodeo arena, but he also has an abundance of vibrant comedy, rodeo acts with pyrotechnic finales. Boom Boom feels very fortunate to be able to showcase his skills to rodeo enthusiasts around the country,as he truly believes that laughter is the key to happiness.

Giggle, laugh, cry and hold your breath. That's just some of what you will be doing when you see award winning Rodeo Clown Shawn “BoomBoom” Thompson in action. With his wireless mic and many props. he is a crowd pleaser. Boom Boom also has many special guest appearances in his acts such as Dolly Parton, David Copperfield and Cody Johnson, just to name a few. Shawn Boom Boom Thompson enjoys making people laugh and it shows. Shawn says after becoming a cancer survivor, he looks at comedy as a must in life. Yes, a Cancer survivor. In 2002, Boom Boom was diagnosed with NON-Hodgkin's Lymphoma(cancer). After treatments of Chemotherapy and some trying times in his life, Shawn believes he is here today to make crowds all over see the joy in living and what a better way to do it than in the arena of hooves, humps and horns. (Rodeo)

Kenney was born and raised in small town America where his family has resided for many generations,
in Southwest Missouri. There, the priorities were family, church, hunting & fishing, sports, agriculture,
horses, cattle, etc.

Kenney’s interest in rodeo came young and he started competing in high school, into college while simultaneously playing music in a country band. Ironically, at a local rodeo in 1995, the announcer ‘no showed’ and Kenney reluctantly filled in to help and from there, his career began. Working many different rodeos over the next few years and becoming the rodeo coach at Missouri Valley College, Kenney received his PRCA Pro Rodeo Announcer Card in 2000 (at 25 yrs old) and he’s worked between 75-100 performances annually ever since. Now, a PRCA Gold Card Holder, Kenney maintains a packed schedule of PRCA Rodeo's across the US.

Traveling literally from both oceans to both borders every year and nearly every midwestern state in between, his love for rodeo and the respect for rodeo fans is stronger today than ever.

With wife Amanda and now 9 yr old son Kolter, they still reside in Southwest MO., in the Stockton Lake area on their working cattle ranch, enjoying the ranch and rodeo life.

2025 will mark my 30th year on the road. I realize that I'm very fortunate to be able to do this for a living and we'll forever be indebted to many folks that have helped us along the way. We've made some amazing life long friendships and an endless list of memories on the rodeo trail.

God blessed me with a wonderful wife and son. Amanda appreciates and respects this lifestyle, she's our rock & the reason we were able to continue our career and start a family at the same time. We have a lot of 'moving parts' at home with the ranch, cattle, our son Kolter, etc. and she holds it all together.

This wonderful life wouldn’t be possible without all those who’ve helped us through the years. The list is long. Seeing and hearing these awesome rodeo fans love the sport as much as I do, still lights my fire! We've loved it since day one and still love it today. We're beyond grateful and humbled by it all.” says Kenney.