A Career-Best 2025 Season

Kincade Henry’s 2025 season was the best of his career. He finished third in the PRCA tie-down roping world standings with $342,799—a personal best—and qualified for his fourth straight National Finals Rodeo. Along the way he stacked wins at the Governor’s Cup in Sioux Falls, the West Texas Fair & Rodeo in Abilene, the Horse Heaven Round-Up in Kennewick, the San Angelo Cinch Chute-Out and the Matagorda County Fair & Rodeo in Bay City.

After a rough 2024 NFR, Henry rebounded in Las Vegas. He won Round 4 with a 7.1 aboard Duals Crescent Boon, “Mario,” for $36,667.95—his first go-round win at the Finals since 2022—then added Round 8 with a 7.0 for another $36,668. Henry placed in five of 10 rounds and finished seventh in the average with 75.0 seconds on nine head, banking $156,080 at the 2025 NFR.

“I had a terrible NFR in 2024 and couldn’t ever get anything rolling,” Henry said at the 2025 NFR. “So when the first two rounds here didn’t place, it was like, come on. After last night, it felt like a monkey off my back. I’m excited now. I’m ready to roll.”

A Hot Start to the 2026 Season

Henry carried that momentum into a fast 2026, determined to win money early instead of playing catch-up.

“I’ve never gone into Odessa with $10,000 in the standings,” Henry said. “The last couple years you head to Odessa with $0 and there’s people that already have 10 or 12 thousand. I had to figure out how to do that.”

He figured it out, winning the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo in Odessa, the Walker County Fair & Pro Rodeo in Huntsville and Vernal, Utah, on his way to $154,943 won and a current No. 2 spot in the world standings.

In February, the Texas cowboy claimed a major at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, stopping the clock at 7.5 in the finals to win $20,000 on legendary announcer Bob Tallman’s final night announcing the rodeo—on the grounds where Henry grew up.

“Getting to win it on Bob’s last night announcing there, that’s something I think looking back in 20 or 30 years… that’s something to be able to say, ‘I did that’” Henry said.

Henry also broke through at The American Rodeo, where he set a Globe Life Field arena record with a career-best 6.57 aboard Mario to win $100,000 after three previous trips to the final four came up short—a rich payday, though The American’s earnings don’t count toward the PRCA world standings.

“That is the fastest I’ve ever been,” Henry said.

Breaking Through

Kincade Henry’s climb has been steady by design. He bought his PRCA card in 2020 and finished 31st in the world as a rookie, choosing the deep end over the comfort of his permit.

“What I learned that year, to me was more valuable than to win the rookie title,” Henry said.

A heartbreaking miss for 2021 Finals stung, but once he bought Mario that fall, Henry surged—a first NFR in 2022, another in 2023 and again in 2024 before his 2025 breakthrough.

Mario: The Horse of a Lifetime

Henry still points back to one horse. Duals Crescent Boon, “Mario,” the 20-year-old bay roan gelding, has been the backbone of his career since 2021—four NFR qualifications, a 2022 college national championship and that record 2025 season. Henry bought the roan from Wyatt Imus on the bubble in 2021 and now rests him through the summers to save his best for the biggest stages.

“Everything I own, everything I have, is because of that horse,” Henry said. “Whenever I bought him, I was a broke college kid trying to rope calves for a living. Everything I’ve won is because of him. Every calf I get to run on him is a blessing.”

The Mental Game

Henry has become as known for his mental approach as his horsepower.

“The main thing is just always being where your feet are, staying in the present, not looking too far ahead of yourself and just staying neutral,” Henry said. “Positivity is an awesome thing, everybody knows negativity kills, but don’t be so positive that you’re hyping yourself up for nothing.”

What’s Next for Kincade Henry

With Mario turned out until the fall and the rest of the string carrying the summer load, Kincade Henry sits No. 2 in the tie-down roping world standings and squarely in the world-title conversation—exactly where the kid from the baseball park always believed he’d be.

“It seems like when you’re hot, you’re hot, and that’s been the case for me this year,” Henry said. “It almost gets me more excited to get home in between these rodeos and get in the practice pen.”