Dublin’s own rodeo star Kelsie Domer, 34, claimed her 10th world championship Monday, Dec. 2 at the Wrangler National Finals Breakaway Roping (NFBR) competition in Las Vegas.
The win came as she ended the season with $168,758 in winnings to claim the world title, edging out second-place Martha Angelone who earned $165,505 for the season.
“I just tried to stay focused and do what I prepared to do,” Domer said of her appearance in the big show. “I didn’t know I had won the world until they announced my name during the awards.”
The surprise shows the humility of a roper who already had nine world titles under her belt. The other title came under the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association, where she earned top marks in breakaway roping from 2017-2019, all-around in 2012, 2017, 2020 and 2021 and tie-down roping in 2012 and 2018.
This win marked her first title under the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.
Domer claimed top honors by taking the best average a 22.0 second time on nine head.
She placed 4th in Round 6 (2.7 seconds), split third in Round 7 (2.3 seconds) with Angelone; was fourth in Round 8 (1.9 seconds) and was sixth in Round 9 (2.7 seconds).
She was the top earner in the 2024 NFBR with $ 35,721.
Part of this success can be attributed to Little Man, the horse she’s owned since 2019.
“He’s a great horse and knows his job,” she said. “He makes my job much more simple.”
When asked her favorite part of the experience at Vegas, she said: “The best part was having family there and sharing these special wins with the people that I love.”
Domer was born and raised in Cherokee, Oklahoma and learned the lifestyle from her parents who were farmers and ranchers and competed in team roping.
“I started riding horses at a very young age and have loved it since day one,” Domer said.
Domer went to college in Weatherford, Oklahoma before coming to Stephenville.
Her family moved to Dublin in August 2020. It’s there where she and her husband, Ryan, raise their daughter, Oaklynn Rae.
The family homestead is also where she will start training for the 2025 season after taking a couple of weeks off.
“The 2025 season has already started,” Domer said. “Beginning of January, we will start going again.”