Shelby Boisjoli-Meged has punched her ticket to Fort Worth, Texas, securing her seventh appearance at the National Finals Breakaway Roping after wrapping up the 2026 regular season at No. 12 in the world with $110,203 earned.
The Stephenville, Texas, cowgirl has qualified for every NFBR since its inception in 2020, when she entered as the No. 7 qualifier with $11,946. Over her career in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association, she has accumulated $975,377 in earnings.
Her path to the 2026 finals required a late-summer surge. After welcoming her son, Wylder, on May 2, 2026, she returned to competition just three weeks later at The American in Arlington, Texas. By August, she swept Caldwell, Idaho, winning the first round, the finals, and the 4.5-on-two-head average to pocket $13,246.
That August victory pushed her from No. 19 into striking distance of the top 15, and she climbed four more spots before the regular season closed.
Looking back at her 2023 world championship run, Boisjoli-Meged credited her mount, No Wimpy Turns, known as “Onna.” After marrying Haven Meged, the 2019 PRCA world champion tie-down roper, in May 2023, she rode the two-time AQHA Breakaway Horse of the Year to a $197,706 season.
“Being No. 1 in the World was on my mind, and it’s crazy to me because, when I left for the summer, I didn’t think I had a chance for a world title,” Boisjoli-Meged told The Breakaway Roping Journal.
She altered her approach ahead of the 2025 season, working with mentor Joe Beaver, Haven Meged, and studying peers like Josie Conner and Cheyanne McCartney to overhaul her riding style for better longevity.
The adjustments paid off during a lucrative week in July 2025, when she won the NFR Open in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Sexy Lil Blue Blood (“Root Beer”) and captured the inaugural Calgary Stampede breakaway title on Onna, netting $81,125 across the two victories.
She finished the 2025 season ranked No. 2 in the world with $204,730 before returning to competition weeks after childbirth in 2026 to secure her latest qualification.
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