The Team Roping Journal

Dear Roper, We're working on this issue in September, as we watch the last weeks of the ProRodeo season play out in dramatic fashion—hence our wild cover of Clay Smith roping in a walking cast as he photo-finishes into the top 15. September was also

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ahw| Jake Barnes| Clay O| reeords| other gig| military salute| US programs Q: Where exactly is Angleton, Texas, and do you have siblings? A: Angleton is 25 miles south of Hous ton, near Galveston. I have two older brothers, Justin and Trent. Justin r

Horses are one of God's most amazing creations. And I'd say horses and dogs are the animals humans are the closest to. I loved listening to the grown-ups tell stories about the great cowboys—the Camarillos and best ropers from around our area in Sout

Junior Nogueira has changed the heeling game since exploding onto the ProRodeo scene at The American with Jake Barnes in 2014—setting records, winning every jackpot left to win and picking up two gold buckles along the way. And now, with a $3,600-a-m

Jarvis Russette grew up on Montana's Rocky Boy Reservation, a member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe. “I've been in the rodeo business since I was a kid,” the 15-year Army veteran explained. “Up there, we had a big spread. It's a pretty nice area there. W

There's not much Redgie Probst doesn't have his hands on, from four kids coming up in the youth rodeo scene to cow-calf operations to futurity horse hopefuls and a career managing the operations of a Fortune 200 company across the United States, Cana

Compared to the reporting for the October issue of The Team Roping Journal, the action was light in the USTRC Resistol Jr. Champion standings, but for North Carolina header Walker Guy, it was significant. This month, Guy made the only move in the hea

The top 5 order stays the same this month with Florida's Tracey Nelson leading the pack, but now with more points. Whereas Nelson held the lead by a mere point in The Team Roping Journal's October-issue reporting, she now has a 4-point lead with 38 p

| 5 flat | Brazile I freeze frame | roping.com | horsepower | Crossfiring isn't exactly what we're trying to do. But it happens when we put ourselves in less-than-ideal situations, and we have to use our ropes to overcome them. To me, 90% of crossfir

I've been watching a lot more roping lately as my son, Treston, has really gotten into jackpotting. And this will come as no surprise to anyone who reads this column regularly, but my biggest takeaway has been how much room for improvement there is i

We all watched in horror when disaster struck on Clay Smith's 2022 rodeo season at the World's Oldest Rodeo in Prescott, Arizona this summer. The freak neck-rope accident that broke both bones between Clay's right knee and ankle happened on June 28,

Freeze Frame with Coleman Protor Photo by Rod Connor SITUATION: Final Round, Cinch Playoff Series, Puyallup, Washington RESULT: 6.0-second run, worth $13,000 a man for first We were first out, and I told Jake Long that I hadn't made a good run yet, W

For most of the teams entering the 2022 Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale in Las Vegas this December, this sport isn't their main source of income. They're doctors, lawyers, construction workers, bankers or cattlemen and every career in betwee

Here in November, we're many solid weeks into fall, and winter, as they say, is coming, For much of the roping milieu, that means escaping, even temporarily, to the sunny roping haven of Wickenburg. In reality, though, most must weather the brunt of

Recreational team ropers like Phil Hooker are starting to realize that instead of buying a finished horse, they can buy a great prospect that actually makes money during the seasoning process. Born in Oklahoma and raised in Wyoming, Hooker now lives

Cadee Williams is raising the bar in both the WPRA and the PRCA for the ladies. Williams has punched her ticket to Las Vegas for December's NFBR—but that's not all she's been up to in 2022. She's been to the Montana Circuit Finals before in the break

November 2022 Cadee Williams Clinches NFBR, Montana Circuit Heading Berth ■

I've been riding an outside horse that would drop his hip in the corner, responding to the bang of the gate or the movement of the calf, rather than his rider's left hand. When he'd drop his hip and try to pull there, she'd feel late. So she'd drop h

This year, breakaway ropers will move to the South Point Hotel & Casino's Equestrian Center for the 2022 Wrangler National Finals of Breakaway Roping Nov. 29 and 30, 2022. It will be the third time the ladies of the sport have had the opportunity to

Jacey Fortier, of Billings, Montana, picked up the iconic Pendleton Round-Up title for roping two calves in 6.0 seconds on the grass, worth $8,515. Rod Connor Photo ■

“The truth of the matter is, being a horse trainer is something that you never really figure out. And when you get a good one, sometimes you just need to stay out of their way and let them train themselves.” — J.D. Yates, on Season 5 of The Score, av