ABRA

Please Note

ALL Finals Requirements will be

due by our September 8, 2018

show in Crowley, LA

Minimum sponsorship/raffle ticket sales requirements of $50 per finalist, Bayou Classic raffle item ($50 with late fee if not previously turned in), and Finals Entries.

Our schedule change does not allow enough time for award orders if we wait until our October show.

Additional Open 5D entries and Sponsorships/Program Ads will be accepted until our 10/27/18 show for all previously entered.

Please plan accordingly.

Our last show was held at Acadiana Fairgrounds SugArena on 8/11/18. Dustin Angelle ran the fastest barrel time of the day on Smooth Movin Guy with a 15.723. Angelle Performance Horses is one of our Gold Sponsors and we appreciate the support. Fastest pole time of the day was run by Kaitlyn Ryder with a 21.090 on Fred. Our next show is on September 8, 2018 at the Rice Arena in Crowley, LA. All Finalist Requirements will be due by the end of the show on 9/8/18 - No Exceptions! This includes finals entries, minimum of $50 in sponsorships or raffle ticket sales, and Bayou Classic donation if not previously taken care of. Additional sponorships/program ads will be accepted until our last regular show on 10/27/18 for Extra Mile qualification. All finalists with $200 or more qualify for the Extra Mile Sponsorship award. Note that our September 29 show had to be cancelled due to the arena not being available. The rescheduled show will be held on Sunday October 14 at SugArena after our Saturday October 13 show at same arena.

BAYOU CLASSIC

2018 Printable Flyer

The 2018 Board of Directors have met and finalized rules for the 2018 show season. Changes for 2018 include: Exhibition Poles has been moved to Noon, prior to Pre-Show Exhibition Barrels. The Open 5D will take late entries until rider #50 Make plans to join us at our first show Saturday February 17 at SugArena in New Iberia, LA. See below for our complete schedule - note our Bayou Classic is April 6-8, 2017. We need everyone's help in securing sponsors for this fundraising event. Event sponsors, Barrel Sponsors and Gold Sponsors are included on event shirts. Please get with anyone that would be willing to advertise and support our organization. Early Bird bonuses are available for Sponsorships and Memberships. See below for full details.

2017 Finals program

Our 2017 Finals are one for the record books! We had 151 finalists compete over the weekend of November 11-12, 2017 at Acadiana Fairgrounds SugArena in New Iberia, LA. Over $140,000 in cash and awards were distributed. Katti Breaux started out the weekend with a short clinic before our 1st go round on Saturday. Special thanks to Danny Fitch for cooking our gumbo for Saturday evening and all those that contributed potato salad or dessert. We had plenty! Both our silent and live auctions were a success. Addison Krieg, Pam Denais and Tyler & Bailey Falcon donated the 3 items bringing in the highest bids. The 339 Feed Raffle was won by Phillip Joubert. Many classes were a fight down to the final average points and we congratulate all of our year-end winners. Fastest barrel time for the finals was a 15.647 run by Katti Breaux on Wimpys Haida. Fastest pole time was a 20.788 run by Shari Dartez on Bayou Cowboy Amour. Complete results and year-end standings are posted. Check out our full color finals program online and thank all that have supported the association. David Leadingham was our photographer. He will have pictures posted online soon. Our 2018 Schedule is posted. Make plans to join us.