Josey Reunion Barrel Race &
High Stakes Barrel Race
May 1st-4th 2025
FEES:
$150 Open 4D Barrel Race
$25 One Time Processing Fee
Age side Pots: $50 Youth (18 & Under) $50 Adult (19-49) $50 Senior (50 and Over ) (Only for Friday/Saturday)
AQHA Sidepot $50: $1000 added by the AQHA. Membership must be up to date to be eligible for the sidepot. Must have membership number and registration number of the horse to be able to enter the sidepot. The sidepot will be for the 1st & 2nd Go. No sidepot for the final go.
**New this year 2D Josey High Stakes Barrel Race to be held on Thursday night! **
Josey High Stakes Race is open to everyone! You do not have to be a Josey student to be eligible to run. Limit to 100 entries. Starts at 6pm on Thursday. Entries close for this race at 5:30pm Thursday.
Fees: $300 for the Josey 2D High Stakes Race (Full Second Splits)
Exhibitions will start Wednesday from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm and Thursday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (Tickets are sold on site in the covered arena for $5 each)
Check-in begins Thursday, May 1st, at 9:00am-5:30 pm and continues May 2nd at 8:00 am until the 100th horse runs (usually around 11am)
Thursday: Josey High Stakes 2D Barrel Race starts at 6:00 pm (Books close at 5:30 pm)
Friday: Josey Reunion 4D Barrel Race starts at 8:00 am
Saturday: Josey Reunion 4D Barrel Race starts at 8:00 am **Reverse Order**
Sunday: Josey Reunion 4D Short Round (Top 20 from each division each day qualifying) begins after Cowboy Church.
IMPORTANT DATES:
- To be in the Pre-draw, entries must be in by 4/25/25 by midnight.
- No refunds after 4/25/25
- The pre-draw will be posted 4/28/25 by 5:00 pm
- If you do not get your entries in by 4/25/25 you will get your draw number at check in on Thursday, 5/1/25.
- All entry numbers will be given out at check-in, including entries after the cut-off for the pre-draw
- Pre-order your event t-shirts: $30 (includes sales tax) The cut-off is April 24th.
REUNION EVENT INFO:
Competitors must have attended a Josey Clinic.
Refunds, when approved by the Rules Committee, will be 75% of the total Entry Fee (processing fees are not refundable).
Every effort will be made to post the results of each Go immediately following the completion of the Go.
DRESS CODE: Race is full dress code. Long sleeve shirt and hat (or riding/safety helmet), jeans, and boots are mandatory.
Finalists are requested to be in dress code for final awards presentation and pictures.
Immediate family members are allowed to compete on the same horse.
Contestant must enter the holding pen the drag before their run order. If contestant chooses to scratch on any run, please notify the gate or arena staff of the scratch.
Contestants will be called three times, and if not ready to run when called, the contestant will be scratched.
Contestants must run the horse drawn in that draw number position.
The same horse must be run in the same draw position for each Go.
The 2nd Go will be run in reverse order.
RULES:
NO HORSE SUBSTITUTIONS after a horse has made its first run.
No one is allowed to assist the Contestant past the mouth of the arena.
Josey staff ONLY in the arena during competition.
Any knocked-over barrel will be a no time.
After the timer starts, breaking the timeline for any reason prior to the completion of the run is a no time.
Every effort will be made to follow NBHA guidelines.
Any dispute will be reviewed by the Rules Committee and all rulings will be final.
