The Team Roping Journal

Dear Roper, This editor’s letter is going to be… different. I hope you give me the grace for a little personal note. I have a story to tell you about the universe or God or a Higher Power—take your pick. In 2013, I’d been working for Spin To Win and

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| industry news | new products | The Ariat WSTR historically has been a pick roping with qualified teams moving on to the Finale together. Numerous ropers nation-wide have discussed and requested a draw-in option, and the WSTR and its producers have

National Team Roping (NTR) and CINCH announce a new multi-year partnership with CINCH taking the lead as the presenting sponsor of the association and the official apparel of the NTR. Since 1996, the CINCH brand has been creating quality jeans and sh

First Prize Diver x Smooth As A Merada x Smooth As A Cat Tate Kirchenschlager won the 2022 Royal Crown 4-&-Under Heading Futurity on Meradas First Diver, worth $9,300 for owners Lindsey and Brent Bartlett, plus $1,800 for breeders the Flag Ranch and

| at home with | Jake Barnes | Clay O | military salute | US programs | Q: What was it like being the oldest of Glenn and Hazel Motes’s five kids growing up in Mesa, Arizona? A: It was a great life. I enjoyed all of it, and the way my dad instilled a

With the last day of the regular rodeo season being September 30, guys who rope for a living are either glad or sad right now. Some punched their tickets to the 2022 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Others had their bubbles burst down the backstretch.

Jake (Barnes) and I entered the rodeo in Salinas (California) this summer, and watching the cowboys who are out there roping right now wowed me and took me back. For starters, guys like Wesley Thorp, Junior Nogueira and Levi Lord made some really ter

"It’s different than California, but at least I’m getting to rope.” Chief Warrant Officer Mike White, a 22-year Marine, is on the seventh deployment of his career, serving at the U.S. Department of Defense headquarters. He’s five weeks in and seems t

As of Sept. 1, 2022, Clay Tryan has won $3,073,681 in Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association competition—a new ProRodeo record for team ropers. This puts him inside the top 10 alltime PRCA money earners behind Trevor Brazile, Cody Ohl, Fred Whitfield

Texas’ Glover Coats has ceded her season-long occupancy as the No. 1 USTRC Cinch Ladies header to Florida’s Tracy Nelson, who now leads with 35 points. Alabama’s Carrie Blanton also made her introduction to the race with 34 points to assume command o

5 flat|archives|Brazile|freeze frame|inner strength|roping.com|horsepower Rhen Richard has been 2022’s Head Horse Master at the rope horse futurities, having won $126,044 at the three Royal Crown events alone. He’s pinging the barrier and getting his

Time with a solid horse trainer is one of the best investments you can make in this business. Everyone wants to talk about how high horse prices have gone, but what I don’t hear is people talking about the price of horse training going up. Training c

Handling steers is critical to a team’s success, and it’s not the sole responsibility of the header. If a heeler helps a header out, it’ll pay off when it’s time to throw his rope. You need to communicate with your partner. If a steer goes hard to th

Freeze Frame with Wesley Thorp Photo by Andersen/CBarC Photography SITUATION: High call at the Spicer Gripp RESULT: 42.88 seconds on six head PAYOUT: $70,000 a) GAME PLAN We were high call and had to be mid-8 to win the roping. There, if you draw a s

How Martin Lucero outworked the rest to get to 16 National Finals Rodeos and millions in team roping earnings. Earlier this summer, we were talking about the numbers game in rodeo, because, back in the day, we always said that it took averaging $1,00

Coleman Proctor considers every run on his palomino ace, Admiral, a gift. After a year on the injured reserve, he got six glorious weeks out of Lena Spark Dunit earlier this year. Sadly, a second related injury this summer sent the talented 13-year-o

The American Rope Horse Futurity Association has already paid out some $506,450 to ropers of all levels in 2022 across just four events, with a predicted purse of over $850,000 at this month’s ARHFA World Championship. With entries up 15% across the

HEELER'S EDITION “They must have his number wrong.” “It’s like her headers pull them into her loop.” “How many Legend ropings can one guy win in a year?” Last month, we tapped team roping experts to find out exactly why some lower-numbered headers ke

“I got a magic seat tied on my right thigh. When I put my foot in the stirrup, I tie a string to the D-ring of the front cinch to keep it from moving. Then I tie another string [from] the back cinch to the side of that stirrup that kind of opens my f