ALLAN Flood gives a lot of the credit for his rope and tie success this year to Dakota, a horse owned by his daughter Bonnie.

Flood has moved into the top 10 in Australian Professional Rodeo Association rope and tie standings after his second place at the Warwick Rodeo at the weekend.

He finished second behind standings leader Shane Kenny, of Emerald, who has almost won twice as much money as the current runner-up in the standings.

"Dakota has been working really well and gives 100 per cent to me in the rope and tie and team roping," Flood said.

"Bonnie uses the same horse in breakaway roping.

"Not many horses are used for all three roping events."

Flood said it was always nice to place at his hometown rodeo.

"A place in Warwick is worth three or four elsewhere, especially as there is such tough competition at the Warwick Rodeo," he said.

The top 15 qualify for the APRA National Finals Rodeo and Flood reckons he needs another couple of placings to secure a spot.

"I am contemplating a trip down south for the Christmas Run in New South Wales and Victoria," he said.

Flood has competed in between 15 and 20 APRA finals in a 43-year career in rodeo.

Warwick cowboy Wade Eastwell went into the Warwick Rodeo in 14th place on APRA standings and is also a strong chance for the finals.

Eastwell recently placed at a pro rodeo at Tamworth.

One of the major movers in standings at Warwick was Moree cowgirl Wendy Caban who won the barrel race from Cherie O'Donoghue, of Lockington, Victoria.

Among the cowgirls at the Warwick Rodeo, Caban and O'Donoghue had won the most titles.

Caban is now likely to take the lead in all around cowgirl standings.

Placegetters

Open saddle bronc 1 Toby Collins 155, 2 Cody Angland 154, 3 Greg Hamilton 150, 4 Denny Swadling 149, 5 Cameron Webster 144.

Open bull ride 1 Troy Wilkinson 167, 2 Fraser Babbington 85, 3 Riley Carter 84, 4 Jack McArthur 80, 5 Jackson Felton and Shane Want 78.

Open bareback 1 Cody Angland and Clint Burton 152, 3 David Worsfold 151, 4 Cohen Collins 150.

Rope and tie 1 Shane Kenny 23.5, 2 Allan Flood 28.6, 3 Steve Augustin 30.95, 4 Luke Gall 33.1, 5 Shane Iker 10.35.

Steer wrestling 1 Clay Gordon 10.9, 2 Lee Kimber 11.6, 3 Shane Iker 11.7, 4 Terry Evison 14.05.

Team roping 1 Steven and Matthew Mapp 22.95, 2 Jordan Austin-Iker and Cameron Milner 23.9, 3 Troy Caban and Johnny Osborne 28.8, 4 Clancy Middleton and Aaron Bookluck 7.6, 5 Ben Smith and Ty Parkinson 8.0.

Breakaway roping 1 Cheyenne Whitwell 7.45, 2 Rachelle Carlo 8.05, 3 Katie Vaughan 9.25, 4 Jan Saunders 10.75.

Barrel race 1 Wendy Caban 36.077, 2 Cherie O'Donoghue 36.417, 3 Jan Saunders 36.524, 4 Tammy Woodall 36.733.

Junior barrel race 1 Montana O'Toole 17.257, Sally Malay 17.562, 3 Montana O'Donoghue-Kent 17.94, 4 Brittany Adams 18.136.

Junior breakaway roping 1 Jordan Austin-Iker 4.55, 2 Benjamin Gard 5.85, 3 Clay Lamb 8.55, 4 J. Malay Murphy 8.8.

Second division saddle bronc 1 Chris Ryan 126, 2 John McNamee 119, 3 Mark Edwards 113, 4 Jack Campbell 110.

Second division bull ride 1 George Chong 74, 2 Matt Dunn, 72, 3 Callum Miller 71, 4 Sam Champ 67.

Second division bareback 1 Brian Gill 130, 2 Jake Malay-Murphy 127, 3 Ian Newman 119, 4 Brennan Crawley 117.