The Team Roping Journal

Dear Roper, A memory came to me earlier this month as our team was finalizing its coverage of the Women’s Rodeo World Championships. You see, we decided to put the winners of the event on this cover of the magazine months ago, because we deeply valu

Adrian Palacios and Jesus Mendoza won the #7 Ariat World Series of Team Roping qualifier produced by Mathews Land & Cattle in Las Cruces, New Mexico, May 8. The roping paid $5,790 to first place for a time of 48.56 seconds on three head. ■

Brandon Foster and Logan H Lucy won $24,470 in the Ariat World Series of Team Roping’s Bloomer Trailers #11.5 qualifier in Ardmore, Oklahoma, May 7, roping four steers in 32.65 seconds. Lucy had a big weekend, winning another $3,700 in the #10.5 Add-

The #9.5 roping has historically been the largest division in the Ariat World Series of Team Roping, including the largest single-division payout each year at the Ariat WSTR Finale in Las Vegas. But in 2022, the ropers in the #8.5 are changing the fa

Ten-time NFR header Charly Crawford hosted his first United We Brand event May 22, welcoming veterans of the U.S. Military to a Texas ranch to help brand corriente cattle owned by ropers Tyler Schaffner and Lance Inderman. The event was an expansion

Quisto Lopez and Daniel Braman captured their first World Champions Rodeo Alliance Major event title in style on May 14, 2022, when they won their hometown rodeo, Rodeo Corpus Christi, after posting a 4.12-second run during the Triple Crown Round. Th

The Ariat World Series of Team Roping is excited to announce a new partnership with Superior Sleep Experience. Superior Sleep Experience is a sleep solutions company that offers mattresses, adjustable bases, pillows, linens and massage chairs at fact

The American Cowboy Team Roper’s Association will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2022, capped off by the association’s Wrangler/ Professional’s Choice ACTRA National Finals Oct. 15–22 in Reno, Nevada. The ACTRA is the largest non-profit team ropin

Based on how they entered the Reno Rodeo. Clay Smith and Jake Long*Clay Tryan and Jade Corkill*Tyler Waters and Matt SherwoodKolton Schmidt and Cole DavisonChad Masters and Paul EavesManny Egusquiza and Walt Woodard *Designates teams that have reun

Roping.com, the video streaming site powered by The Team Roping Journal, has a growing selection of ropings like the Danny Dietz Memorial Classic, the Lone Star Shootout, the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale and the USTRC’s Cinch National Fin

Q: Where exactly is Fort Ann, New York, and what’s it like there? A: Fort Ann is in Northeastern New York, about two and a half hours from the Quebec border. It’s a really rural part of the state, and there are a lot of dairy farms. We live out in

I was 20 years old when Allen Bach cracked me out in the summer of 1980. I’d barely been out of New Mexico and Texas, and hadn’t done much traveling. Fact is, I’d never been on an airplane until I flew to Colorado Springs to get my first PRCA (Profes

Some heelers tend to keep to the outside coming around the corner. That’s their style, and how they like it. Others want their horse to get to the inside as the steer squares up in the corner, so they’re on that left side and can see him clearly on t

May 31, 2022, marks the end of Greg D. Robertson’s lifelong career as Oklahoma’s Kiamichi Conservation District Manager. “When I was in college,” Robertson said, “the job became available and I applied and got it. I wasn’t planning on staying that lo

For many makers, the joy in their work is sparked when they’re called upon to build a particular piece or get to the part of the building process that called to them to become craftsmen in the first place. But for Cheyenne, Wyoming’s Justin Erickson,

AGE: 34 ROPE: Powerline Lite M/HM by Classic Ropes HOME: Stephenville, Texas NFR QUALIFICATIONS: 12 This is a series of pictures going back to 2012, and they really show how much the game has changed. Headers are turning steers faster—way faster—wit

I prepare myself for every possible situation on the ground so I’m never thinking about anything when I’m roping. It’s all been thought out long before I ever back into the box. I’ve roped the dummy to win the BFI thousands of times, and I’ve roped t

I want my kids’ horses safe. That comes above everything else. I don’t want those horses looking for them to be off center or ever get them in a jam. It’s no secret we’ve got a lot of good, young horses at the house. But Treston is on older horses ri

We always have a lot of horses tied up on the right fence at my place. There’s a reason for that—and it’s not just because we run out of room from riding so many every day. The horses will sit there and dig holes and you’ve got to clean it up. At lea

Kylie McLean and Megan Gunter hauled $128,500 out of the $750,000 Women’s Rodeo World Championship, which played out in May at the world-famous Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth. The cowgirl besties were thrilled to take the Showdown and Triple Crown of

In October 2021, Omar Benally and Curtis Imming—both Marine veterans and members of the nonprofit Warriors and Rodeo—were attending Charly Crawford’s American Military Celebration and roping school, where Benally seized the opportunity to approach fe

What keeps elite heading horses so sound of body and mind they can live a full decade on the highway? Only a handful have done it. It’s an even shorter list than the number of long-lasting heel horses (covered in our next issue). But we picked some b

It’s easier to count the rodeo records that don’t belong to Brazile than the ones he owns. ProRodeo’s only $7 million man earned an unparalleled collection of 26 gold buckles, including an unmatched 14 of them for all-around versatility. Trevor has h

Growing up in Cross Junctions, Virginia, Martha Angelone never dreamed she would be picking up $70,900 with a breakaway rope in one week. On May 18, 2022, the cowgirl now based in Stephenville, Texas, put a loop on in the WRWC Showdown round in 2.05

When a horse gets nervous and wants to run backward and hit the corner, your instinct may be to put your hand down since, ultimately, you wanted them to back up. But that’s the worst thing you can do. • Keep hold of the reins and ride your horse wit

You’ve got your rope, your horse, your saddle—all selected and purchased after meticulous research. You’re ready to embark upon a great breakaway career and solid practice is the first step. But do you have calves to rope? Owning and using a good set

As competitive as breakaway roping is, it pays to lock that tip-down angle into your muscle memory—but with a curl so you get a legal catch in no time flat. Enter the dummy. Heel-O-Matic’s NEX calf roping dummy is endorsed by the likes of Lari Dee G

“There’s been so many women fighting for it to get where it is and I think the whole end game is us wanting it to be in the NFR as an added event. We don’t want to take away from any other events. We just want to be part of the rodeo. So that’s our g

Ropers, Crack out the rope bags and the Gold Buckle Beer - it’s Cowboy Christmas Time! The 4th of July has always been one of the most memorable parts of the cowboy lifestyle. Highschool students are gearing up for the National Finals, the local rode