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The Exhibitor • 2026 The Run For A Million
How To Compete
Thirteen Events • Three Ways In • August 11 To 15
Want to compete at the 2026 The Run For A Million? Here is the process for every class, with links to host events, qualified riders, and entries.
13Events And Classes
3Ways Into The Event
May 31Reining Qualifying Ends
The Breakdown
Three roads to The Run For A Million
Every class fills its field one of three ways: qualify through the season, enter as a member, or ride on an invitation.
01 • Qualify Your Way In
Ten classes fill their fields through the season.
Million Dollar Competition
Limited to 16 riders who qualified at one of three events in the 2025 to 2026 show season: 2025 The Run For A Million, Las Vegas, Nevada (5 riders), 2025 Equita Lyon, Lyon, France (1 rider), and the 2026 Bosque Ranch Shootout (10 riders). Only nine qualifiers advance from the qualifier; Fernando Salgado, who was unable to compete in 2025, is the 16th rider.
More Information$250,000 Cutting Horse Challenge
Limited to 15 riders, an increase from 10, who qualified at the 2025 Brazos Bash.
More Information$125,000 Non Pro Cutting Horse Challenge
Limited to 15 riders who qualified at the 2026 Winter Bash.
More Information$250,000 Cow Horse Challenge
Limited to 15 riders who qualified at one of three events in the 2025 to 2026 show season: the National Stock Horse Association Pre-Futurity in Las Vegas (5 riders), the NRCHA Stallion Stakes (5 riders), and the NRCHA Derby (5 riders).
More InformationYouth Cow Horse Challenge
Invites the top ten finalists from the 2026 Western Bloodstock World's Greatest Youth Horseman to compete in Las Vegas in August.
More InformationBreakaway Roping Showcase presented by Shorty's Caboy Hattery
The twenty-roper field is set through Premier Women's Rodeo's program: eight invited champions plus qualifiers on aggregate from the Hamilton LCQ and the PWR Championship in Fort Worth.
More InformationThe reining challenges share one road
For the Non Pro, Rookie 1, Rookie 2, and Youth Reining Challenges, the qualifying period for the 2026 TRFAM runs through May 31, 2026. Riders first compete at approved host events, with the top five from each slate advancing to the Semi-Finals, held in conjunction with the 2026 6666 NRHA Derby presented by Markel. From there, the top riders in each class qualify to compete at the 2026 TRFAM in Las Vegas.
02 • Enter Directly
Membership is the ticket.
$100,000 Open Shootout
The $100,000 Open Shootout at TRFAM is open to any NRHA member.
More InformationThe Race To The Slide presented by ThorSport
Open to members of one of the associations or organizations represented at TRFAM: NRHA, NRCHA, NCHA, and Heritage Ranches.
More Information03 • By Invitation
One event fills its field by the call.
Cowboy Heritage Ranch Challenge presented by Markel
An invitation-only event: ten heritage ranches each send one cowboy to represent the brand.
More InformationBefore You Haul
Three things to lock in early
Once the qualifying is done, the logistics start. Entries, stalls, and rooms all run through the show office and the South Point.
Every class has its own road to Las Vegas.
Reserve your stalls
Stalls at the South Point book through the show. Stall Reservations
Book the host hotel
The host hotel and the arena share one roof, so the commute is an elevator. Host Hotel
The Run For A Million is the richest event in the history of reining and the most exciting and thrilling event in cow horse and cutting. For anything the breakdown does not cover, Exhibitor Information and the show office have the rest.
2026 The Run For A Million
Earn it, enter it, or get the call.
Thirteen events, one arena, and every road to Las Vegas starts with an entry.