Go For Broke Productions

10/15/2026

🏆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗚𝗙𝗕 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦! 🏆

What a season! Several races came right down to Tour Stop #7, but after seven stops the points are FINAL! Thank you to everyone who spent their season with Go For Broke! We can’t wait to hand out awards next weekend at the 10th Annual GFB Showdown Finals! ❤️

🎟️ OPEN TOP 5: You’ve automatically punched your ticket to the SHOWDOWN FINAL SUNDAY! (exact horse/rider combo only!) Your entry is NOT automatic, so get entered!

🏆 OPEN 1D CHAMP — Kari Diedrich / Hesa Vegas Fling — 232 pts
2. Jolene Hambley / Unn Break Able — 222 pts
3. Jamie Lenzner / A Lot Of Fight Left — 181 pts
4. Stephanie McCready / Jess Lovely — 147 pts
5. Duane Diedrich / Hes Perked Up — 105 pts

2D CHAMP — MJ Ralston / Notorious Cat — 85 pts
2. Jill Lewis / H***h — 84 pts
3. Kari Murty / Easy Rockin Winner — 71 pts
4. Bailey Desmarais / Strait Over The Moon — 71 pts
5. Misty Brents/Merri Me Iris - 60 pts

*Note Jolene Hambley / Unn Break Able — 73 pts was dropped due to the higher horse/rider combo placing in the 1D. Kari/Bailey tie breaker times placed in D. Misty/Duane tie breaker, shows attended overall.

3D CHAMP — Adaline Rolling / Georgia — 101 pts
2. Jeanne Lindblom / Ch Hocus Pocus — 99 pts
3. Kaylee Krekel / KK Cee Ya When Im Famous — 92 pts
4. Carrie Heeren / Gymme Three Steps — 75 pts
5. Grayson Holman / Cowboys Shinin Pistol — 69 pts

4D CHAMP — Shannon Smith / Guys Gotta Tari — 79 pts
2. Maci Heeren / HF Bugs In The Straw — 78 pts
3. Terri Campbell / Specially Smashed — 66 pts
4. Taylor Beller / Demi — 64 pts
5. Linda Janas / Guyzshezakeeper — 63 pts

5D CHAMP — Krista Meyer / Wilma Rose — 100 pts
2. Aly Anderson / Driftin Daisy Mae — 83 pts
3. Karrie Ballanger / Shieks Fancy Time — 74 pts *tie breaker on placings
4. Raelynn Hill / Double Deuce Cowgirl — 74 pts
5. Chantel Muttart / Fight On Penn — 70 pts

⭐ YOUTH 1D CHAMP — MJ Ralston / Notorious Cat — 170 pts
2. Bailey Desmarais / Strait Over The Moon — 147 pts
3. Charly Allen / Lizzys Fancy Skyline — 138 pts

2D CHAMP — Miranda Hambley / Steelin Firewater — 168 pts
2. Lacey Franzenburg / Chex Tuff N Rumble — 165 pts
3. Lydia Franzenburg / Go Junior Catalena — 146 pts

3D CHAMP — Maci Heeren / HF Bugs In The Straw — 183 pts
2. Linda Janas / Guyzshezakeeper — 131 pts
3. Kaylie Ryan / Dashin A Firewater — 92 pts

4D CHAMP — Aly Anderson / Driftin Daisy Mae — 120 pts
2. Mackenzie Offen / Juno Gator Magoon — 118 pts
3. Linda Janas / Frenchies Smoke Nine — 117 pts

⭐ ADULT 1D CHAMP — Jolene Hambley / Unn Break Able — 307 pts
2. Stephanie McCready / Jess Lovely — 183 pts
3. Jamie Lenzner / A Lot Of Fight Left — 173 pts

2D CHAMP — Carrie Heeren / Gymme Three Steps — 145 pts
2. Jill Lewis / H***h — 144 pts
3. Jolene Hambley / Sparks Fly Fame — 133 pts

3D CHAMP — Jennifer Landgrebe / JV Prill Ambrose — 103 pts
2. Corey Belcher / Colorbytechnicolours — 103 pts
3. Chantel Muttart / Memories Of Artie — 98 pts

4D CHAMP — Chantel Muttart / Fight On Penn — 166 pts
2. Kaeli Coohey / Frost Flash Hardwood — 114 pts
3. Maddie Jochimsen/Bump N Run - 109 pts
*bumped out due to 3D placing (same horse/rider) Chantel Muttart / Memories Of Artie — 113 pts

⭐ MASTERS CHAMPIONS
1D — Duane Diedrich / Hes Perked Up — 167 pts
2D — Kelly Cagle / Fired Up Beaches — 129 pts
3D — Terri Campbell / Specially Smashed — 158 pts
4D — Karrie Ballanger / Shieks Fancy Time — 168 pts

📌 Ties are broken by the number of placings in that division, then by Tour events attended. Horse/rider combinations placing in multiple divisions earn their award in their highest division only.

Congratulations to ALL of our 2026 Tour Award Winners! 🏆

Next stop: SHOWDOWN FINALS! 🎃🎄
2026 Go For Broke Showdown Finals | Cedar Rapids, IA | $20,000 ADDED

10/14/2026

THAT’S A WRAP ON TOUR STOP #7! 🏁
GFB Tour Stop #7 • Mason City, IA + 9 & UNDER P*E WEE CHAMPIONSHIPS | WPRA*, BBR*, IBRA*

Mason City gave us a little bit of everything — big runs, big checks, a NEW arena record, champions crowned and the final points settled on the 2026 GFB Championship Tour!

💰 $52,832 TOTAL PAYOUT
💵 117 individual check earners
🔥 1 NEW arena record
🏆 Top 5 9 & Under Champions crowned
⭐ 2026 Tour points finalized

**TOP 10 MONEY EARNERS**
1. Kari Diedrich — $5,748
2. Stephanie McCready — $4,099
3. Jolene Hambley — $2,449
4. Charly Allen — $1,712
5. Bailey DesMarais — $1,478
6. Misty Brents — $1,200
7. Brooke Vancil — $987
8. Wendy Brandt — $918
9. Sandi Brandli — $913
10. Jeanne Lindblom — $905

And we HAVE to talk about #1. 👀

Kari Diedrich is famous for NOT entering all the sidepots because, in her words, “I hit a lot of barrels.” 😂 But this weekend she had a feeling.

Rip loved this pen in April, so Kari went ALL IN — Adult, 2-Run Average, ALL IN Sidepot, 40+ & Fabulous High Stakes and Derby Sidepot.

Hesa Vegas Fling — “Rip” — went to work.

Friday night: **14.206 — NEW ARENA RECORD.** 🔥

Kari knew their margin for error was slim with Rip that dialed in.

Rip's answer? **I GOT THIS.**

They swept the Open, winning ALL THREE DAYS, earned Kari her first GFB 2-Run Average buckle sponsored by River Ridge Stables AND won the inaugural 40+ & Fabulous High Stakes.

Weekend total: **$5,748**, with Rip doing the heavy lifting and Zippin On Corona adding $250.

But there was one more prize...

That Open sweep gave Kari the points she needed to claim the **2026 GFB CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR OPEN 1D TITLE!** 🏆

Full Tour Points:
https://saddlebook.com/organizations/1231/points/leaderboard?point_category=Open26

THANK YOU to our contestants, sponsors, vendors, staff and families for another incredible weekend.

Next stop: **SHOWDOWN FINALS.** 🎃🎄

PHOTO CREDITS: Emily Kay Photography CHECK OUT the amazing awards photo albums (F-R-E-E downloads on awards albums!!)

10/14/2026

🚨 **𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗦 — 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘**🚨

Plans change. Horses change. Life happens. We get it!

If you need to request a refund for any portion of your **Showdown Finals** reservations or entries, please make note of this deadline:

⏰ **THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 AT MIDNIGHT**
**ALL REFUND REQUESTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THIS TIME.**
A few important reminders about how GFB refunds work:

⭐ Refunds may be requested **for ANY reason — no explanation needed.**
⭐ Refunds are issued at **90% of the original purchase price.**
⭐ **STALLS:** 𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥(𝐬), 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 **𝟏𝟎𝟎%** If we do not have a waitlist anylonger, the standard 90% refund applies.

⭐ All other refundable items included in your request — class entries, electric, exhibitions, etc. — are refunded at the **90% rate**. You are welcome to sell those on the FB event page if you'd rather.

🚨 **AFTER MIDNIGHT ON OCTOBER 15, ABSOLUTELY NO REFUNDS WILL BE PROCESSED THROUGH THE GFB OFFICE.**

After the deadline, you're still welcome to **sell/transfer your stalls, entries, electric, exhibitions or other eligible items to another contestant.** We recommend posting them for sale on the **Showdown Finals Facebook Event page** to connect with someone looking.

**Showdown Finals entries close the following day — October 16 — so please take a minute BEFORE the refund deadline to look over your reservations, entries and weekend plans.**

🎃🎄 **GO FOR BROKE SHOWDOWN FINALS**
📍 Cedar Rapids, Iowa
📅 October 23–25

Please don't wait until October 16 to decide what you needed to do on October 15. 😉

10/12/2026

SUNDAY NIGHT RECAP ❤️

As this weekend comes to a close, we hope 54 pretty special kids are headed home tonight excited to walk into school Monday morning and tell their friends ALL about their weekend at the 9 & Under Showdown Finals!

Because this weekend was built for THEM.

Thanks to our friends at River Ridge Stables, we had $250 added to the 9 & Under class EACH DAY, with $1,263 paid out every round!

But the racing was only part of it.

❤️ 54 contestants
🎁 54 jackets — one for every contestant
🎒 54 backpacks
🏆 FIVE buckle winners
🎁 Round prizes every day
🎬 Movie night
🔎 Scavenger hunts
🎉 Fun Zone
🐴 And THREE rounds of barrel racing just for them!

This morning they came back for Round 3 and put an exclamation point on the weekend! Our five buckle winners were determined by their Round 3 times, and money was paid through the Top 12:

🥇 Skyla Smedberg & Tm Check My Drift — 14.981 — $240
🥈 Elise Kaufman & Cc Diamondtwo Man — 16.030 — $189
🥉 Chloe Jo Broeking & Bit By The Moon — 16.166 — $152
4th — Grayson Krekel & Ginger — 16.764 — $126
5th — Jayden Blenner & Oakley — 17.340 — $114
6th — Kyan VanDerGeest & Rylie — 17.437 — $101
7th — Oaklee Huizenga & Aj — 17.548 — $88
8th — Kendalyn Moore & Sunfrost Kool Kat — 17.788 — $76
9th — Sterling Scott & Id Be Dots Bartender — 18.151 — $63
10th — Hadley Vandermyde & Tutti Fruity — 18.477 — $51
11th — Caitlyn Rozenboom & Alicia P — 18.517 — $38
12th — Eva Hummel & Missy — 18.608 — $25

Enjoy this fun video of our Top 5 buckle winners from today!

We hope every one of these kids goes back to school tomorrow with plenty of stories to tell — about their runs, their prizes, movie night, the scavenger hunt, the Fun Zone, the friends they made and maybe even that brand-new jacket they’re wearing. ❤️

This weekend truly was ALL ABOUT OUR LITTLES, and we couldn’t be more proud of them.

Thank you to River Ridge Stables, our buckle sponsors, prize sponsors, volunteers, parents, grandparents and everyone who helped make the 9 & Under Showdown Finals such a special weekend.

Way to go, kids. ❤️🐴

10/11/2026

9𝑈 𝐹𝐼𝑁𝐴𝐿𝑆 𝐷𝐴𝑌 𝐼𝑁 𝑀𝐴𝑆𝑂𝑁 𝐶𝐼𝑇𝑌!
𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝐹𝐵 𝑇𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑝 #7!

Mom's and Dad's roll those kiddos out of bed early! We've got P*e Wee Champions to crown today!

📝 7:30 AM — Show office opens
🚨 7:45 AM — Sunday late entries & changes CLOSE
🌟 𝟖:𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐌 — 𝟗 & 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 — 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃
💰 9:00 AM — NOT BEFORE — Open 5D begins
*estimate this to be about 9:15-9:30 start w/ 54 in the 9U

After Draw 50, we'll pause for our 9 & Under Showdown Finals Awards in the arena! 🏆🌟
*estimate this to take about 15minutes followed by a big drag.
Then we'll pick right back up with Open Draw 51+, followed by our Youth/Adult/Masters Combo Draw.

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬.
𝐀 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬.
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 #𝟕.

Let's make it a good one, Mason City! ❤️

10/11/2026

🔥 **𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥-𝟰𝟬 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗗 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧!** 🔥

Day Two at Go For Broke Tour Stop #7 wrapped up with our first ever 40+ & Fabulous High Stakes Race — and apparently age really IS just a number. 😉

**21 entries** and 100% payback made for **$4,200 in payout**, and these gals absolutely changed the game tonight. Not only was the competition in the 40+ race intense, but these runs shook up the **Open results and several of our side pots along the way!**

🏆 **YOUR FIRST-EVER 40+ & FABULOUS D WINNERS:**

🔥 **1D — Kari Diedrich & Hesa Vegas Fling**
14.274 | **$882**

🔥 **2D — Misty Brents & Merri Me Iris**
14.885 | **$756**

🔥 **3D — Jeanne Lindblom & CN Hocus Pocus**
15.296 | **$504**

🔥 **4D — Karrie Ballanger & Shieks Fancy Time**
16.092 | **$378**

And congratulations to our second-place money earners:

⭐ **1D — Stephanie McCready & Jess Lovely** — 14.568 | $588
⭐ **2D — Wendy Brandt & Easters Streakin Glo** — 15.006 | $504
⭐ **3D — Lynde Johnson & Smoken Cash** — 15.367 | $336
⭐ **4D — Kelly Heckart & Teller Im French** — 16.224 | $252

How much fun was THAT?! We loved getting to offer something just for the 40+ crowd, and these ladies certainly made the first one memorable. **Congratulations to all of our money earners!**

And now that the 40+ gals have had their turn, tomorrow morning we're rolling the clock allllll the way back. 😂

💗 **9 & UNDER — ROUND 3**
⏰ **8:00 AM SHARP**
➡️ We will run in **DRAW ORDER — Draw 1 through Draw 54.**

Set those alarms, grab the coffee, and we'll see you at the arena at **8 AM!**

10/10/2026

ANOTHER EXCITING DAY IN THE BOOKS FOR OUR 9 & UNDER YOUNG’UNS! 🤩

Two rounds DOWN — and these kids are making the absolute most of their weekend at Tour Stop #7!

🎬 They packed the house for a VERY successful Movie Night last night.
🔎 They’ve been busy working their way through the Scavenger Hunt today.
🎉 And at 2 PM, the FUN ZONE opens in the building directly across from the Curran Barn!

Seriously… what a weekend these kids are having! ❤️

And somewhere in between all that fun, they managed to get ROUND 2 of the 9 & Under Showdown in the books!

🔥 Skyla Smedberg & TM Check My Drift led the way with a 15.125 to take the Round 2 win and $240!

Additional round 2 money earners:
🥈 Elise Kaufman / CC Diamondtwo Man — 15.467 — $189
🥉 Koy VanDerGeest / Whytey — 15.970 — $152
4. Chloe Ehrnthaller / WRS Kool Date — 16.788 — $126
5. Grayson Krekel / Ginger — 16.927 — $114
6. Chloe Jo Broeking / Bit By The Moon — 17.196 — $101
7. Oaklee Huizenga / AJ — 17.258 — $88
8. Sterling Scott / Id Be Dots Bartender — 17.685 — $76
9. Kendalyn Moore / Sunfrost Kool Kat — 17.963 — $63
10. Hadley Vandermyde / Tutti Fruity — 18.186 — $51
11. Jayden Blenner / Oakley — 18.190 — $38
12. Klara Ackelson / Money Perks — 18.465 — $25

👏 Congratulations to ALL of our Round 2 contestants!

They’ve raced. They’ve watched movies. They’ve hunted for clues. Now it’s ALMOST time to hit the FUN ZONE!

📸 Be sure to check out your photos from ** EMILY KAY PHOTOGRAPHY** and head over to **SJ Visuals** for all your exciting runs! These are the memories you’ll want to keep from this weekend! ❤️

And we’re not finished yet — there’s still ONE MORE ROUND to go! 🏁

These 9 & Under kids have brought a whole lot of energy to Mason City this weekend, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. ❤️
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10/10/2026

Emily Kay Photography catching the BEST moments all weekend long! .
Make sure you head on over to her website to take a look!

I had a whole big fun post written this am and Facebook just never posted it.

WOMP WOMP.

Anyways, this is my LAST barrel race for the year as of now! To celebrate let’s do a FLASH SALE!

$50 weekend galleries. YUPP. That is a steal.
Galleries are per horse/rider combo but to add another horse is $20

Buy an adult package and get your peewees for $30

Let’s chase some cans yall.