Scoot over Celie. Same with you Molly. You have company.

For the past four years, the women’s all-around race has been a private party between the sisters from Choteau.

Celie Rogers (formerly Salmond) is chasing her sixth consecutive all-around buckle this year. She is third in the current all-around standings.

Molly Salmond leads this year’s standings.

The interloper is Brooke Billingsley. The teenager from Glasgow sits snugly in second place, trailing Molly Salmond by $196 with seven rodeos remaining on the regular season schedule.

“Oh, I don’t think they are worried about me,” said Billingsley with a good laugh. “Those girls are amazing.”

All three talented cowgirls compete in barrel racing and breakaway roping, chasing berths in the NRA Finals presented by nuWest Builders, Oct. 22-24 at Majestic Valley Arena in Kalispell.

“I knew I could do it if I had the horsepower,” she said.

While the others jockey for position, Billingsley will be busy with her studies in the dental hygienist program at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She also plans to compete for the rodeo program.

A healthy barrel horse and a clean mind have been the difference for Billingsley who wrapped up her regular season in Townsend.

“I don’t try to watch,” she said of the competition. “I focus on making the best run of my ability.”

Billingsley placed first or second in barrel racing at six rodeos, including wins at Poplar, Bozeman and Twin Bridges to put her third in the standings.

“I’m super-happy with my barrel racing mare,” she said of Electra, her nine-year-old horse purchased from Heather Crowley of Poplar. “We have a connection … a bond. I have all the confidence in the world in her.”

While Electra prefers turning barrels in large arenas, her breakaway roping horse Gibson makes more of a presence when chasing calves.

“He is a loud horse. You can hear him scream,” said Billingsley of the late blooming 14-year-old sorrel quarter horse. “We didn’t start using him until junior high and high school. We almost sold him. He’s rock solid.”

Billingsley’s rodeo roots run deep. Her father J is a long-time roper -- he won the tie-down roping at Twin Bridges and has competed at the NRA Finals in past years.

“He’s always in my corner,” said Billingsley.

His oldest daughter joined the Northern Women’s Rodeo Association in 2020 and won the junior barrel racing the next year.

“The NRA energy in the perf has always been my favorite,” she said. “It puts us young kids in the loud environment to get us ready to take on the pressure. The NRA is a great organization to help the up and coming cowgirls and cowboys get to the next level.”