Rodeo world champions visit Trump at White House after 40-year gap

The 2025 world champions of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) were President Donald Trump’s guests at the White House on Friday.

This marked the first time in more than four decades that a group of PRCA champions were hosted at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The last such visit occurred during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.

Friday’s visit featured several rodeo champions, including all-around and bull riding champion Stetson Wright, bareback rider Rocker Steiner, steer wrestler Tucker Allen and team ropers Andrew Ward and Jake Long.

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Barrel racer Kassie Mowry and roper Taylor Munsell were among the guests honored by Trump.

Wright arrived in the nation’s capital ranked No. 1 in the overall race. In individual competitions, Wright ranks 2nd in saddle bronc and tenth in bull riding.

President Donald Trump takes questions from the media during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House on March 3, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Allen won the 2025 world championship, while Ward and Long captured the first PRCA world title of their careers. The duo also won their first NFR championship together.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, center, speaks to members of the press outside the West Wing of the White House on March 13, 2026 in Washington, D.C., joined by National Finals Rodeo champions. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

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In a video In the speech shared by White House communications advisor Margo Martin, several guests in the Oval Office described the different types of rope commonly used in rodeo competitions.

“Very cool,” Trump replied in the clip.

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