Five days at the Lazy E
Fifth in the #12.5 Riata and second in the heel horse incentive on Metallic Hot Mess, eighth in the #13.5 on Shadow. What Guthrie paid, and the film from both runs.
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The Riata Championships ran September 23 to 27 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Jayde Slade hauled two horses to Oklahoma and drew a cheque on both of them.
| Date | Event | Horse | Division | Placing | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | Riata Championships | Metallic Hot Mess | #12.5 Riata | 5th | $20,250 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | Riata Championships | Metallic Hot Mess | #12.5 heel horse incentive | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | Riata Championships | Jkstayahs Shadow | #13.5 National Rope Horse Rewards | 8th | $4,700 |
Rows post with an official source. Earnings on horse pages are summed from these rows.
Metallic Hot Mess
Fifth in the #12.5 Riata average — 31.61 on four head, heeling for header Santos Martinez. The team drew $40,500, half of it to the heeling end. JR Caldwell and Justin Copp won the division at 29.21 on four.
The mare was also second in the #12.5 heel horse incentive, an award that goes to the horse rather than the run: another $6,000.
That is $26,250 out of one week. Metallic Hot Mess is a 2021 red roan by Metallic Cat and out of Flat Baroque, and the week in Guthrie took the mare from $27,855 lifetime to $54,105 — near enough to double, in five days. Every figure on the horse's page is written by results, not by us.
Shadow
Jkstayahs Shadow — by Harlander Tony and out of Sissys Stout Shot — is Jayde's own horse, and rides in the Zona training program rather than standing in the herd. Eighth in the #13.5 National Rope Horse Rewards average at 30.06 on four, heeling for header Casey Hicks; $9,400 to the team, $4,700 to the heeling end. Cannan Wescott and Kase Key won it at 28.05.
The rest of the week
Colby Lovell and Ty Arnold took the Pro Futurity at 34.82 on five for $100,000. Clark Adcock and Ben Runyon won the #14.5 Riata at 27.46 on four for $133,200. The #12.5 was the richest round of the week at $151,200 to the winners.
Full 2026 Riata Championships results at the Team Roping Journal Every division, every placing, with times and payouts.
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