BRYAN, TX – More than 19 million viewers will be able to watch highlights of this year’s Diamonds & Dirt Barrel Horse Classic.

The top 12 WPRA barrel racing finalist stook the Jerry Ann Taylor Best Dressed Award and the $5,000 check and plaque that went with it very, very seriously.  The award, which was sponsored by the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame and the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA), marked the second time a WPRA barrel racer has been awarded a $5,000 bonus for her outstanding western attire.  The first recipient was 2012 WPRA World Champion Mary Walker, who was presented with that honor at the 2012 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.  Following the judging during the WPRA barrel racing Finals at Ft. Worth, Kendra Dickson, Aubrey, Texas joins Walker as a Best Dressed Winner.

Taylor Jacob's WPRA card may say she's a rookie but she led the way during the Ft. Worth Finals and pulled off the average win like a seasoned pro.  Running the Finals in order from the slowest on two to the fastest, Jacobs was 10th to run of the 12 finalists.  She followed a tough act when six time Wrangler NFR qualifier and $1 million dollar barrel racer Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, S.D. went to the lead in the average with a total on three of 49.53.  She met the challenge head on and brought the crowd to their feet when she posted the rodeo's fastest time of 16.19.  Her total on three runs tallied 49.16 to take the lead.

Twenty-nine performances spread over 17 days and the final regular performance of the Ft. Worth Stock Show rodeo ended with the Saturday, Feb. 9, matinee performance.  The grand finale begins at 7:30 p.m. with the top 12 in all events competing in the Finals.  Although she wasn't able to advance to the Finals, Debra Thomas-Cooper was the fastest in the last group of Semi Finalists to run.  Posting a 16.56 aboard her 12-year-old brown gelding Rapid Firing Pass aka Jeffry.