As the opening of RodeoHouston nears, women's breakaway roping expands to more days. RODEOHOUSTON
Fan-favorite breakaway roper, Jackie"JJ" Hampton, will return to RodeoHouston following her victory in Houston's first-ever breakaway roping competition last year.The guitar that Jackie “JJ” Hampton won at last year’s Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s Super Series 1 sits displayed in her real estate office.
In the first year of this event, breakaway roping was only included in a single Super Series, giving contestants one shot at the cash prize. However, during the planning stages of this year’s rodeo, the executive committee approved expanding the event, giving Hampton and her fellow roping contestants the ability to participate in all three rounds of the Super Series.
This exposure is significant to women’s breakaway ropers, because although the sport was established on the collegiate and amateur level well over 30 years ago, it only recently cemented itself on the professional level. “When I graduated college, I would have called myself a breakaway roper, but there was no opportunity to progress onto the professional level and for me that was always something I strived for,” Schmidt said. “Wanting to participate in rodeos professionally, turned me into a barrel racer and that’s why I think this opportunity to have the breakaway roping at professional rodeos became a passion for me.
Additionally, by including the women’s breakaway roping in the rodeo’s full program, RodeoHouston is also providing added pay for the contestants. In Hampton’s experience, this is not always the case for every rodeo she has competed in.
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