INSIDE: The Breakaway Roping Journal

TEAM ROPING
The
JULY 2022
JOURNAL

$120K! Longest-Lasting
Head Horses
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WARRIOR NATION
Erich Rogers, Aaron Tsinigine
and Derrick Begay joined
forces to teach a clinic in
Window Rock, Arizona, for
the Navajo Nation's military
veterans, hosted by Warriors
and Rodeo. Stories were
shared, thanks was given, and
horns and heels were caught.
In all, the day was good
medicine.
by G.R. Schiavino
ON THE COVER:
MEGAN GUNTER, WINNING THE WOMEN'S RODEO
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP; PHOTO BY BULL STOCK
MEDIA COURTESY WRWC.
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LIONS OF
LONGEVITY
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 a future
issue). But we picked some
brains on just how the likes of
Scooter and Walt, Marty and
Bob have done what they do
for so long.
by Julie Mankin
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THE TEAM ROPING
TIES THAT BIND THE
CLASS OF 2022
Four members of the
ProRodeo Hall of Fame’s The Gunslinger
Angelone Banks $70.9K at WRWC
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Class of 2022 have ties to | BETTER STARTS | ROPING CALVES: Ins and Outs
team roping as they look back
on their most memorable
moments riding into the 82
July 16 induction ceremony
in Colorado Springs: Trevor Breakaway Roping Journal
Brazile, Bobby Mote, Bobby
Harris and Mel Potter. News......................................84
by Kendra Santos Level Up ................................86
BA Calves 101 .......................88
Dummy Up.............................92
The Breakdown .....................94
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DEAR ROPER AT THE BARRIER COMPETITIVE EDGE

Note from Chelsea Shaffer 8 INDUSTRY NEWS 16 FIVE FLAT/Jade Corkill 42
NEW PRODUCTS 22 NEXT LEVEL/Andrew Ward 48
HIGH CALL TREVOR BRAZILE 50
Gated 10 /Junior Rodeo Horse Checklist
Cha-Ching! 12 ROPERS
United We Brand 14 AT HOME WITH/Jake Edwards 24 FREEZE FRAME/Cory Petska 52
JAKE BARNES/Rodeo Realities 30 GAME PLAN 54
CLAY O /Riding the Corner 32 /D. Kirchenschlager
ASSOCIATION OTHER GIG/Greg Roberston 34
SCHEDULES CRAFTSMAN/Justin Erickson 36 HORSEPOWER 57
WSTR 94 USTRC AWARD STANDINGS 38 /WRWC Mounts
USTRC 116
NTR 122 THE SCORE/Cade Rice 136

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JULY 2022 • VOL. 5 NO. 11
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World Champion Lari Dee Guy, Editor Chelsea Shaffer
APRIL 2013 • VOL. 17, NO. 2
who’d just won the Wildfire Ladies Senior Editor Kendra Santos
Only with Jimmi Jo Montera. Art Director Eva Young
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would be an option. He’d already
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Ultimately, we took the photo
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of the magazine months ago, because a few women on the cover as we’ve
we deeply value the growth of this sport transitioned to The Team Roping Journal,
and believe great events targeted at great and I’m looking forward to more like this
ropers are what helps make that happen. one from the $750,000 Women’s Rodeo
World Championship in Fort Worth.
Now back to the memory—I was Plus, you’ll again find The Breakaway Tom Winsor Chief Executive Officer
attending one of my very first events for Roping Journal in this issue on page 80, Dino Theofanous Chief Financial Officer
Spin To Win Rodeo back in 2013. It was with a cover of Martha Angelone, too. Connie Gentry Chief Human Resources Officer
the Wildfire Open to the World in Salado, We’ll see you on the road this summer. Colin Bunn Chief Technology Officer
when Chad Masters and Jade Corkill won Melissa Kitchen
the event. I’d planned for a photographer Chelsea Vice President, Marketing Services
to shoot a special cover photo of the two Bill Riss Vice President, Membership Services
of them, and as we were getting set up for Ty Yost President, Team Roping Events
the portrait, Chad and Jade came to me Connie Gentry
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UNITED WE BRAND
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 of
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The #9.5 roping has historically been
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roping has been constantly catching on
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HOMETOWN TEAM QUISTO LOPEZ & DANIEL BRAMAN
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LOPEZ AND BRAMAN ON THEIR WAY TO THE 2022
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| at home with | Jake Barnes | Clay O | other gig | craftsman | US programs

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ZACH KILGUS AND JAKE EDWARDS MAKING FAST WORK OF IT AT THE 2022 FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW & RODEO.

(At Home With) A: I moved to Texas when I was 21, and

Zach and I both live in Stephenville now.
Jake Edwards is a professional team roper from Fort Ann, New York. Now 23, Zach has an arena at his house, and we
the Empire State native is making his move on the professional rodeo trail. rope most days, if not twice a day. I live in
He’s been mixing it up with the best in the business the last few years, and an apartment with my girlfriend, Margret.
this year has his sights set on big things heeling behind Pennsylvania’s Zach
Kilgus. —By Kendra Santos Q: How old were you when you
started roping, and who taught you to
Q: Where exactly is Fort Ann, New Q: New York has not historically been rope?
York, and what’s it like there? known as cowboy country. Tell us A: I’ve always had a rope in my hand,
A: Fort Ann is in Northeastern New about your family’s rodeo roots. and started roping off of a horse at about
York, about two and a half hours from A: My whole family has rodeoed, and I’ve 7 or 8. My mom’s side of the family was
the Quebec border. It’s a really rural part been a part of it since I was a little kid. all calf ropers who team roped a little bit,
of the state, and there are a lot of dairy My grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, so I learned how to handle a rope being
farms. We live out in the country—a long cousins and half-brother have all rodeoed. around my grandpa and uncles. I’m the
way from the city. There were 25 kids in only full-time team roper in the family.
my graduating Class of 2017 from Fort Q: You’re surely not commuting from I’m a visual learner, so I’ve picked things
Ann Central. New York all the time. Where are you up here and there, and made my own
rodeoing out of now? style out of it.

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Q: Are there others who have since
influenced you in ways that have
made a big difference?
A: I grew up roping around a guy named
Shawn Quinn, who’s probably the best
heeler to come out of New York. He has
an indoor arena, and I got to go there two
or three days a week when I was young. I
was really fortunate to get to be around
him and watch him rope so much. All
the team ropers back home have been
very supportive of me, and had me set
my goals on the NFR (National Finals
Rodeo). They’ve always told me they can’t
wait to go to the NFR and watch me rope
someday. So that’s always been in my
head.
Q: Did you come up through the usu-
al rodeo ranks of junior high, high
school and junior rodeos?
A: No, I didn’t. When I was young, I
roped in an amateur rodeo association in
New York called the APRA—American
Professional Rodeo Association—and I
started going to APRA rodeos when I was
11. I only high school rodeoed my soph-
omore year. That was about it for me on
youth rodeo, except for going to the IFYR
(International Finals Youth Rodeo) one
time, which was a great experience. The
rodeo season in New York is only about
10 weeks long in June, July and August,
but since I was 13 or 14 I could make
enough money roping in New York to
keep going.
Q: Did you go to college and college
rodeo?
A: I went to Adirondack Community
College in Queensbury, New York, and
got an associate’s degree in business man-
agement. I didn’t college rodeo. I stayed WHEN HE’S NOT ROPING, JAKE LOVES TO GOLF WITH
around home when I was 18, circuit ro- HIS GIRLFRIEND, MARGRET.
deoed in the First Frontier Circuit, and
went to APRA and IPRA (International Q: How old were you when you set
Professional Rodeo Association) rode- your sights on becoming a profes-
os. When I was 20, I spent the winter in sional rodeo cowboy?
Florida and switched to the Southeastern A: I’d say I was 13 or 14. When I was
Circuit. I’m in the Texas Circuit now. 14, I won the year end in the APRA, and

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that was my first big win as a team roper.
It doesn’t seem like much now, but back
then it meant a lot to me.
Q: What roping accomplishment are
you most proud of so far?
A: When I won the 2020 Fort Worth
Stock Show & Rodeo with Canadian Clay
Ullery. That was the first time I’d ever won
or even placed at a really big professional
rodeo with the best guys in the world. To
get to win one of the biggest rodeos in the
world dang sure means a lot.
Q: Which team roper do you look up
to most today?
A: It’d be hard to pick one person. Mov-
ing to Texas and getting to be around all
those guys has really changed my outlook.
Once you get to know them, they’re all
pretty great guys. I ask a lot of questions,
and they usually have the answers for me.
Q: What makes you most proud about
your partnership with Zach, and what
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makes you guys tick together in the
arena?
A: I’ve known Zach my whole life. We
roped together when I was 20 in Florida
and Ohio. I roped with Billy Bob Brown
and Clay Ullery after that, then started
roping with Zach again last fall. We’ve
rekindled our partnership, and we’re chas-
ing our dream together. Zach has one of
the best horses in the PRCA, and Mufa-
sa’s one of the fastest horses I’ve ever seen.
EDWARDS FAMILY PHOTO
Zach doesn’t reach much, he turns 90%
of the steers, and I throw fast 90% of the
time. When our run clicks, we can go two
or three strides farther, and keep up with
the headers that reach.
JAKE EDWARDS HAS BEEN A WINNER ALL HIS LIFE,
Q: What else do you like to do be- AND IS THIS YEAR TAKING AIM AT HIS FIRST NFR.
sides rope?
A: I golfed in high school on our school’s and how fast do you think you can get
golf team. So when I have a little extra there?
time and money when we’re rodeoing, I A: The goal this year is to make the Fi-
like to go golf. nals. The end goal is to be a world cham-
pion someday. n
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| Ropers | Jake Barnes

IT’S A JUNGLE OUT THERE

By Jake Barnes with Kendra Santos

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 Tex-
as, 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 (Professional Rodeo
Cowboys Association) card, so I could
start entering rodeos.
My very first professional rodeo was
North Platte, Nebraska, and we went
straight from there to Grand Junction,

PRCA PRORODEO PHOTO

Colorado, then right into the Fourth of
July run. I was overwhelmed by the real-
ities of rodeoing for a living. The scores
were longer, and the all-night drives,
hopping on charter planes and some-
times competing at three rodeos in one
day were brutal.
Any of you young guns who think rop-
ing for a living sounds sexy should hear
the truth about the professional rodeo
lifestyle up front. Seeing us in that NFR
spotlight might look glamorous, but the
truth is, you better be able to survive on
very little sleep and truck-stop food. The
perspective I have after 27 NFRs makes
me tired just thinking about it.
Factoring in the business of entering
and trading that it takes to rodeo full time
is important and exhausting itself. Allen
was the master at scheduling, and after
that first half-year, we went to 120 rodeos
a year. It was crazy what we did.
We didn’t have the winter rodeos in
Fort Worth, San Antonio and Houston
back then. Team roping wasn’t a standard
event, and equal money—which still isn’t
everywhere—was not a thing. We were
scratching and clawing for scraps, by to-
day’s standards.
We could enter and count as many ro-
deos as we wanted, so we roped at a lot
of fair rodeos in Colorado, Nebraska and
Kansas in the summertime. It felt like
running a marathon. I was wide-eyed
and wiped out, and we didn’t have drivers
JAKE BARNES AND ALLEN BACH ROPING AT JAKE’S FIRST NFR IN 1980. THE TWO OF THEM EARNED 11 GOLD
BUCKLES AND 57 TRIPS TO THE NFR IN THEIR LEGENDARY CAREERS.
back then.
Professional team ropers today can
count 75 rodeos per year as official to-
ward the world standings. Anyone who
isn’t sure there should be limits should
think about how insane and expensive
it was when Al Bach and the Camarillos
were going to over 100 rodeos a year. The
profit margin when you drive the wheels
off of your truck, trailer and horses is ex-
tremely small.
When we were rodeoing for a living,
a lot of the rodeos were averages, and if
you made two good runs, they paid you.
A lot of committees have now gone to
one-headers or tournament-style rodeos
that are sudden death. Guys are having to
swing for the fences, and if you don’t draw
good and blitz one, you’re done.
When they started limiting the number
of guys who could enter a lot of rodeos,
it cut out a lot of entry-fee money in the
pot. Rodeo committees haven’t been able
to make up for all those other teams not
being entered. Call me old school, but I
hate to see limits on the number of teams
that can enter rodeos like Salinas and
Cheyenne. I miss the all-day slacks and
130 teams at Salinas. To me, limited en-
tries mean the top 30 teams are basically
just trading money. I’m almost thank-
ful that Father Time has caught up with
me. Sky-high fuel prices and so many
one-headers are making it so hard on the
best ropers in the world.
In our heyday, our strategy was to rope
smart, make good, solid runs and keep
consistent checks coming in. Guys today
don’t have that luxury. They have to be
like Babe Ruth and hit it out of the park,
because I don’t see any room for smart
runs anymore. I wish I had some help-
ful advice for how you young bombers
can keep your horses working, especial-
ly with horse prices being so high. But
I don’t.
Roping for a living has never been for
the faint of heart, but team ropers today
are really being tested. I know myself well
enough to know that I’d be too hard-head-
ed to take no for an answer if I was 23 now
instead of 63. Where there’s a will, there
really is a way. But no one said it would be
easy, so you better buckle up. n

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CORNER POSITION: IT’S UP TO YOU
RICKEY GREEN HEELING ONE ON COWBOY FOR THE LATE MARK ARNOLD AT THE BFI.
By Clay O’Brien Cooper with Kendra Santos
S ome heelers tend to
keep to the outside
coming around the cor-
ner. 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 the right side.
The style of how you ride position is a
personal preference, and there are pluses
and minuses on both sides.
I started heeling pretty young, and I
was watching and studying it before then.
I didn’t really think about my position in
the corner all that much in the early stages
of my roping career. Most guys back then
tended to get to the inside, and maybe
even a little more to the inside to where
they blocked ’em off. They used the old
saying, “block and tackle.” Leo and Jerold
Camarillo—who were the best heelers of
that era—used that style to ride position.
I can still see runs in my mind of Leo
riding old Stick in the corner. It seemed
like he would aim for the flanks or that
last rib on the steer, and as they squared
up, he’d be in there kind of tight. He’d let
the steer start to move away gradually, and
it was one-two-boom—make the shot. It
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RICH SKELTON, IN
THE RIGHT PLACE
AT THE RIGHT TIME.
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was a very consistent style.
When I started traveling a lot, and
watching some of the younger guys, one
I paid particular attention to was Rickey
Green. He wasn’t afraid to ride to the out-
side and almost ride by. He was coming
with his shot with the steer well to the
left of old Cowboy. Rickey was kind of
Helter Skelter, live by the sword, die by
the sword. But that was just Rickey’s per-
sonality—to try and win first every time.
Another guy who impressed me from
the first time I saw him when I was in my
teens was Mike Beers. He rode that out-
side position out there to a certain point,
but at the very last second let his horse
make the move to the inside right at the
right time. It was a precisioned, calculated
way to ride the corner.
As that steer squared up and left the
ground that very first hop, Mike’s way of
riding the corner had him in a spot for
a quick shot. If the first hop didn’t look
good, he could keep his horse moving
and still have a good shot on the second
hop. Sometimes Rickey’s style of being
a little bit too high left him with only
one shot, but Mike’s style was a little bit
more forgiving.
This all evolves as time marches on. I
adopted my jackpot style from watching
Leo, Jerold and Walt Woodard, who rode
inside position. But when I transitioned
into professional rodeoing, I thought Mike
Beers’ style was the way to go, because it
opened up the opportunity to rope the
steer fast, but was also fine-tuned enough
to give you a choice between the first, sec-
ond or third hop, if you did it right.
That’s the work part of you and your
horse dialing that corner in, so you’re on
the same page. It separates you from the
rest of the competition. No matter what
kind of spin you’re getting, you’re in the
right place at the right time and can close
the deal by roping that son of a gun by
two feet as fast as he can be roped, both
fast and consistently without mistakes.
In our younger years when we were go-
ing into a new breed of guys like Rickey,
Al Bach and me, it was about maximizing
your opportunity by the way you rode
your horses. If you look at the top guys
then and now, they all get to the inside at
the right time.
I always loved to watch Rich Skelton
ride his corner. He was just so good at be-
ing in the right spot when the steer turned
back. Some guys are just naturally good at
riding the corner. Others have to work at
it relentlessly to get to that very top level
of heeling that gets you the best headers.
You’re not going to get those guys if you
can’t ride your corner to set up a good
quick, consistent shot. The best guys have
it dialed in and make it look effortless. n
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CAREER CONSERVATIONIST
USTRC Cinch NFTR winner Greg D. Robertson didn’t plan on a career in conservation
management, but he’s just closed the books on a 40-year run. —G.R. Schiavino

M ay 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 long, but I ended up staying
for 42.5 years.”
The Kiamichi Conservation District
covers nearly a half-million acres (497,500
to be exact) in southeastern Oklahoma
and cozies up to the Texas state line a
notch west of the Arkansas state line.
“We do a little bit of everything,” the
4.5. heeler from Hugo said. “We rent
equipment out to the landowners. We

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“I ENJOYED THE WORK.
I ENJOYED WORKING
WITH THE KIDS.”
GREG D. ROBERTSON, A 4.5 HEELER FROM HUGO, OKLAHOMA, PUT A WINNING HEEL SHOT ON HIS USTRC CINCH NATIONAL
— GREG D. ROBERTSON FINALS OF TEAM ROPING STEER TO WIN THE #9.5 LEGENDS OVER 50 WITH HIS FRIEND, ROSS HARLEY, FOR $24,000.

The district works in partnership Over 50 at the 33rd USTRC Cinch

have programs to help them install con-
servation practices on their land. We do
conservation education.”
Despite his college-aged premonitions
of moving on, over the years, Robertson
developed a fondness for the work,
especially when it afforded him the
chance to work with his community’s
next generation.
“I enjoyed the work. I enjoyed working
with the kids. We have a speech contest, a
poster contest, a land judging contest and
a forestry judging contest. And we give
scholarships away.”
with the USDA’s Natural Resource
Conservation Service and, in some cases,
offers cost-share programs with the state.
“We go out to people that are having
problems on their land,” Robertson
explained, “and we tell them what they
need to correct the problem.”
As diverse as the work is, it would be
fair to assume that Robertson’s day-to-day
workload will ease up with retirement,
but he’s not so sure.
“I don’t know about taking it easy,” he
said. “I have a cow-calf deal, and it keeps
me pretty busy.”
Not to mention the roping. Robertson,
62, grew up roping calves and steers and
rodeoing, but has seen some pretty great
success heeling steers in the last few years.
Most recently he won the #9.5 Legends
National Finals in Fort Worth with his
friend Ross Harley. The pair were 36.89
seconds on four head for a winning check
worth $24,000. In December, he and
Tom White made good on his WSTR
Finale qualification by placing 17th in the
#8.5 for $6,500 and, in 2020, he kicked
off his Fort Worth Finals run with an #8.5
Legends win with lifelong friend Jack
Hicks for $7,260.
“So, about every two years I’m due,”
Robertson has decided, and we’re here
for it. n

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MAKING GOOD
Wyoming spur and buckle maker Justin Erickson believes in making quality goods, but gets the most
enjoyment out of using what he builds to do good. —G.R. Schiavino
F or 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, although the making part is
certainly enjoyable, it’s the opportunities
to contribute his work to the benefit of
others that win his heart.
“Probably my favorite thing to do is
build for benefits,” Erickson said. “I don’t
take nothing out of it. I don’t get paid
for them and I don’t expect to. It’s help-
ing the community out and donating to
a good cause.”
When he comes across the right oppor-
tunities, the benefits of doing the donat-
ed piece far outweigh the costs. First and
foremost, the donation helps a person or
organization in need, like the young boy
battling cancer and cost of care in Buffalo,
Wyoming, or the Miss Rodeo Colorado
organization to promote the sport of ro-
deo and the professional growth of the
young women who support it.
On the next level, however, crafting for
free allows Erickson a creativity that is
often hindered by more traditional, com-
missioned works.
“A lot of times, when you do a benefit,
you get to do exactly what you want to
do,” Erickson said. “You learn what you
can build for them benefits and what sells
for them. Like, Buffalo, Wyoming, you’re
going to build a little bit of a bigger rowel
for up there because they kind of like the
punchy stuff. Or, in Colorado, you build
a roper-style spur.”
Erickson’s style does lean toward cow-
boy, but by tapping into the leanings of
the folks supporting the benefit, he can
also up the chance of his work drawing
in bigger auction bids, for instance, which
then goes right back to what inspired him
in the first place: Doing good for the
cause.
“I’ll probably build a pair of Chihua-
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huas I [might] never ever build again. So,
they’re going to be 100% custom.”
On the cowboy maker timeline, Erick-
son is certainly on the making-a-name
side of the spectrum. A Grover, Colorado,
native, he committed the majority of his
adult years to a career in oil and gas that
supported him and his son, Lane. He was
a maker on the side until 2020, when all
roads pointed to him taking a leap of faith
and becoming a full-time craftsman.
His spurs and buckles—all hand-cut—
are his bread and butter, but he’s fully in
the business of crafting whatever his cli-
ents can dream up, from necklace pen-
dants to branding irons and a whole lot
in between. He’s rolled out a few bits, as
well, but he wants to pursue them more
before he’s really ready to stand behind his
COURTESY JUSTIN ERICKSON
TOP: SPURS #123 THAT ERICKSON BUILT TO BENEFIT A
BOY BATTLING LEUKEMIA IN BUFFALO, WYOMING.
LEFT: BIT #9 IS A FLOATING SPADE WITH LADY LEGS.
mark on them.
“I don’t want to be the maker that
screws up a horse,” Erickson offered. “I’ve
went back and done a lot of research on
Crockett bits and Bayers, so I know that
I’m building a bit that is going to work,
be functional and keep a horse healthy.”
Between his do-good aspirations and
commitment to quality, it’s no wonder
Erickson already has a cache of repeat
clients. He’s also offering entry-level
maker’s clinics, which he teaches regularly
at capacity.
“I do a two-day buckle class and a
three-day spur class. I love teaching these
students. They walk in not knowing any-
thing and they walk out with a finished
belt buckle [or pair of spurs] they built
themselves.”
Erickson shares his work often on his
Facebook and Instagram accounts for J.
Erickson Spurs & Buckles. Basic spurs start
at $500, or you can build your own in his
class for $650. Buckle classes are $325.
If his prices seem on the modest side,
they’re a good match for Erickson’s char-
acter, who finds the camaraderie and cre-
ativity within the craftsman community
invaluable.
“I don’t want to be the best maker out
there,” he said. “I want to be one of the
best.” n
| Ropers | USTRC Award Standings
THE USTRC AND RESISTOL PARTNER TO INTRODUCE A NEW
YEARLONG COMPETITION: THE RESISTOL JR. CHAMPIONS
Modeled after the extremely successful USTRC Cinch Ladies program, the Resistol Jr. Champions will be
determined by points earned throughout the year and at the 2023 USTRC Cinch National Finals.
New to the 2022-2023 USTRC roping season
is the Resistol Jr. Champions program. The
event which has previously existed as a stand-
alone roping held during the USTRC Cinch
National Finals will now run throughout the
roping season, with the top point-earning header
and heeler each winning a year-end award.
Ropers 18 years old and younger as of
May 1, 2023, are eligible to compete in the
2022–2023 standings race, which began on May
2, 2022. Points can be earned by competing
in At Home Challenges and USTRC Signature
Series events and in the Shoot-Out ropings at
the 34th USTRC Cinch National Finals, held April
23–April 30, 2023. Eligibility for the Resistol Jr.
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Champions year-end award is also contingent
upon participation at the US Finals, and ropers
must be current USTRC or Key Card/Key Card
Max members for points to count.
The points breakdowns mimics the Cinch
Ladies program and are as follows: 10 points
will be awarded to junior ropers who win the
At Home Challenges. No other points will be
awarded. At Signature Series events, points
will be awarded to those winning an aggregate
check. First place = 10 points, second = 9, and
so on. Points at Signature Series events will
only be given to the number of places paid at
those ropings. During the USTRC Cinch National
Finals of Team Roping, points are earned in the
Shoot-Out events and are simply doubled. First
will be 20, second = 18, and so on, as far down
as the ropings are paid.
The top points earners after the last Shoot-
Out Roping of the Cinch National Finals of Team
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Each champion will receive a bonus check of
$1,000, a 40X Arena Resistol Felt, a 20X Wild-
fire USTRC Resistol Straw and a Gist Trophy
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Best of luck as you compete at USTRC
events in the coming months. Make sure to
follow the points race and check back often on
Facebook, USTRC.com and monthly in The
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USTRC CINCH LADIES: 2022–2023
RULE CHANGES AND UPDATES
Changes to the Cinch Ladies High-Points Award for the 2022–2023 season are as follows.
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USTRC and Cinch are
pleased to announce the
continuation of the Cinch
Ladies Award program. This
has been a great program
targeted to lady ropers and the
program continues to evolve
with a slight change that
requires participation at the
2023 US Finals.
As a reminder, instead of
money won, the heading and
heeling award will continue to
be determined by accumulated
points earned throughout the
entirety of the team roping
season. This encourage
participation not only at the
Finals but also at the USTRC
Signature events and At Home
Challenges. This system levels
the field, but still awards
double the points for winnings
at the USTRC Cinch National
Finals.
New for the 2022–2023
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season, which started May 2,
2022, and culminates at the
34th USTRC Cinch National
Finals of Team Roping next
April 23–April 30, 2023, is
that ropers must be a current
USTRC or Key Card/Key
Card Max member for points
to count. Also, only those who
rope in the Shootouts at the
2023 USTRC Cinch National
Finals of Team Roping will be
eligible to win.
The points breakdowns are
as follows: In the At Home
Challenge events, 10 points
will be awarded to ladies
who win the Challenge. No
other points will be awarded.
At Signature Series events,
points will be awarded to
those winning an aggregate
check. First place = 10 points,
second = 9, and so on. Points
at Signature Series events will
only be given to the number
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HER 2021–2022 USTRC SEASON
ROPING IN THE #12.5 SHOOTOUT Roping on April 29, 2023,
AT THE USTRC CINCH NATIONAL will be crowned the USTRC
FINALS OF TEAM ROPING.
Cinch Ladies Heading and
Heeling Champions. Each
of places paid at those ropings. champion will receive a bonus
During the USTRC Cinch check of $1,000 and one year’s
National Finals of Team worth of Cinch clothing.
Roping, points are earned in Lady ropers, good luck
the Shootout events and are as you compete at USTRC
simply doubled. First will be events in the coming months
20, second = 18, and so on, and make sure to follow the
as far down as the ropings are points race and check back
paid. often on Facebook, USTRC.
The top points earners after com and monthly in The Team
the last Shootout Roping of the Roping Journal. ■
2022–2023 USTRC Cinch Ladies Leaderboard
(as of 5/31/22. Go to USTRC.com for current standings.)
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FLAT with Jade Corkill { Vital Stats }

Jade Corkill has been a member of the PRCA since 2005, with 12 National Finals Rodeo quali-
AGE: 34
fications and three gold buckles. In this month’s 5Flat, he talks about how roping has evolved
throughout his career and the new challenges ProRodeo heelers face. ROPE:
Powerline Lite M/HM by Classic
This is a series of pictures going back to 2012, and they really show how much the game has Ropes
changed. Headers are turning steers faster—way faster—without the opportunity to set up the run. The
HOME:
position heelers are required to ride goes against 34 years of my natural ability and what I’ve worked
Stephenville, Texas
on. What helped set me apart back in 2012 was that I was one of the guys comfortable riding a wider
position and allowing the run to develop, then coming in to take my shot. But today, it’s gotten hard NFR QUALIFICATIONS:
enough to win second that everybody is trying to win first. That means headers are turning steers 12
faster than ever, and as heelers we’ve got to ride to a closer spot and hope nothing bad happens. You
could win fourth every time you felt like it in 2012. Now you might win twelfth and rope the best roping
of your life, and that’s changed the sport and how we have to approach it.
I’m going to talk through each picture from different times in my career to explain a little better how
much has changed.

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2012—San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo
This picture shows me I had the best horse in the world
at the time. Regardless of who owned him, Caveman
was fundamentally the best horse there was. He had
the ability, no matter what happened—whether there
was a wall, a crowd, a heel barrier—to let me get to the
same spot on a steer. I could plan to ride to a position
to let a steer go straight that was supposed to step left,
and that steer could go left anyway, and I could still get
TRJ FILE PHOTO BY KERRI ALLARDYCE

there on Caveman. I had a one-track brain because he

KALEB DRIGGERS AND JADE CORKILL WINNING A GO-ROUND AT THE 2012 SAN
ANTONIO STOCK SHOW & RODEO.
literally took care of the rest. And you can see that even
in this fast setup at San Antonio, where I was 3.3 even
in 2012, that I had the chance to ride to a comfortable,
wider position before I had to commit and throw. Kaleb
Driggers gave the same sort of handles he’s giving Junior
Nogueira to win gold buckles, still controlling the steer
through the turn.

2012—Reno Rodeo
This shot shows that as I was getting to my ideal position,
Kaleb had the steer roped and was setting him up for me,
which gave me another couple clicks to get there. Now
in 2022, headers can’t afford to do that. By the time I’m
to this spot now, the head rope hits the horns and the
header already has the steer turned because he has to.
If you happen to get there before all that happens, it’s
great, but if you don’t, you never do. Ideally, I’m still trying
to get to this same spot to make the corner, but it doesn’t
happen nearly as often as it used to. I used to hit that
spot, check up and be ready for the header to turn the
steer. The hardest part today—if there’s no heel barrier—
is I can’t just forget my header and take the start I need.
I have to still let the steer leave, but then the header gets
there and turns the steer faster than ever because he
KIRT STEINKE PHOTO

throws the head rope farther than ever. The head rope
snaps on, I come blowing in there, and I’m two-and-a-half
DRIGGERS AND CORKILL WINNING THE 2012 RENO RODEO.
horse lengths behind because my header has pulled the
steer away as soon as the head rope hits.

2019—Oakdale Saddle Club Rodeo

I roped with Luke Brown there, and we won the day
money on a longer barrier. Huey is so fast, and I
was ahead of Luke when he headed the steer. That
shot looks like that because I was able to be so far
ahead. That was a practice shot. I wish there were
100 Oakdales. I was where I needed to be before the
header was. However far the header reaches, I have
to throw from that far, too. Now, all of a sudden, I’m
so far away from the feet, but he’s legal. You have to
have a fast heel horse. I know that for sure, because
I have a few not as fast horses, too. You only see me
riding Champ and Huey for a reason, even though I
do own seven heel horses.
HUBBELL RODEO PHOTOS

CORKILL HEELING BEHIND LUKE BROWN TO WIN THE GO-ROUND AND AVERAGE AT OAKDALE IN 2019.

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2021 Lone Star Shootout
This was a run with Clay Tryan. I wasn’t late, but
that steer stepped left. That’s a perfectly good
spot to be in. But if I’d have gone one more stride,
that steer would have gone straight in front of me.
Clay and I hit the barrier together, and he was
already throwing his rope. I honestly don’t know
how you’d create a run in this scenario like we did
in that 2012 picture from San Antonio, because
Clay had to be turning him because we had guys
like Dustin Egusquiza ahead of us in that roping.
We had to be fast, so the position I’m in here
gave me that shot on my next swing, because
that was the only option we had.
Now, the slightest little mistake can really make
you look like a fool. You’ve got to ride to a spot
to throw as soon as your header gets the steer
legal, but that spot can get you in trouble unless
everything goes right. In 2012 with Driggers, that
stuff could happen and it wasn’t so bad because I
could be far enough away from the steer and not
JAMIE ARVISO PHOTO

get in a bind. I was comfortable doing that. Now,

if I give myself enough room to not get in a bind,
CORKILL HEELING BEHIND CLAY TRYAN IN THE TOP 50 OF THE that is actually putting me in a bind. That’s what’s
2021 LONE STAR SHOOTOUT IN STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS. changed in my roping the most. I’ve had to ride a
completely different position. You have to almost
be too close and hope it goes your way.
ANDERSEN/CBARC PHOTO

CORKILL HEELING FOR CLAY SMITH TO WIN THE GO-ROUND AT THE 2022
BOB FEIST INVITATIONAL.

2022 Bob Feist Invitational

Only places like the Bob Feist and Oakdale allow for me to ride the position I’m most comfortable in—wider, far-
ther up the arena—like I could at the start of my career. My left hand is picked up, my left elbow is up. My chest
is out, and I’m ready to throw right now. The shot is set up, because that roping gave me time to beat my header.
The steer was stepping up to the right, and I was there. I had time to get up there and get around—which makes
it most like a 2012 picture. n

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Next Level with Andrew Ward

LEFT: WARD ROPING THE

CLICK THOMPSON COURTESY SMARTY (LEFT); ANDERSEN/CBARC (RIGHT)

SMARTY; BELOW: WARD AND

HAWKINS WINNING THE
ARIAT WORLD SERIES OF
TEAM ROPING GOLD BUCKLE
BEER OPEN QUALIFIER IN
ARDMORE IN MAY 2022.

APPLYING THE PRACTICE

Preparing to Win This photo is from Ardmore, Oklahoma,
at an Ariat World Series of Team Roping.
Andrew Ward talks about the groundwork that makes him the Buddy (Hawkins) and I had to be 11
catching-est man on the planet. to win it. People think that wouldn’t be
stressful for me. But they call me and
I prepare myself for every possible situation on the ground so I’m never thinking Buddy the catching-est team alive. To keep
about anything when I’m roping. It’s all been thought out long before I ever back up with that persona, we’ve got to keep
into the box. I’ve roped the dummy to win the BFI thousands of times, and I’ve catching. I’d be lying if I said that didn’t
roped the dummy thousands of times from every position so that my muscle mem- put pressure on me. But I can always go
ory knows how to react no matter what. back to my foundation on the dummy,
because I’ve prepared. I’ve thought about
DUMMY WORK where I’m putting my top strand and
On the dummy, I’m going to take the eye of my rope to the buckle of the horn bottom strand so much on the dummy,
wrap. I’m going to use my pinky, which is my bottom strand, to take it under the and how to pull my slack so as to not pop
right horn and push it forward through the horns. it off.
Always when I’m roping the dummy, I’m not swinging really fast, like I would On this run I’m thinking about catch-
be on a horse. When I get on a horse, my swing starts going faster trying to get ing, and I’m not going to reach. I put my
to the cow with my feet. When I use my legs, it makes me swing faster. But on honda to the back of the horns, right at
the dummy my focus is on intentional swings. On the ground, I’m trying to feel the buckle, and I pull it down tight and
all parts of my rope and place my rope where I want it, whether I’m going all the ease to the left. I don’t worry at all about
way to the hip with a high-percentage shot, to throwing from three coils away. I’m having a figure-eight in my rope—I don’t
focused on being able to hit the honda of my rope to wherever I’m wanting to hit care if it’s pretty. I want it to go on and
on the dummy. stay on. n

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| Competitive Edge | Trevor Brazile

JUNIOR RODEO
HEAD HORSE CHECKLIST
My son, Treston, competed in junior high rodeo this last year, and we were careful to make sure he was mounted
for the job. Here are the requirements Shada and I had for his head horse.

1. SAFE.
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.

2. CONFIDENT.
It’s no secret we’ve got a lot of good,
young horses at the house. But Treston
is on older horses right now. At the
level he’s roping, he doesn’t need to be
learning alongside of a horse to be able to
advance. I want to know with confidence

JENNINGS PHOTOGRAPHY
his horse will 100% do his job so he
doesn’t have to adjust to A, B and C to
get the horse to do X and Z. I can work
on teaching him to rope, and I don’t have
to worry for one second about that horse.

3. MORE COW, LESS RUN. experimenting to happen when we don’t

I’d rather my kids to learn on less run
because I want him to learn how to get
the run out of them first. Once they get
in the habit of using their feet, they can
disconnect that easier than they can try
to learn it after the fact.
4. GOOD SCORING.
I want him to get the feel of a good
one in the box—however that may be.
There’s no universal way to a score a
horse, and I’ve seen them score great a
lot of different ways, so having to adapt
to those various types is fine, as long as
there’s a set way to score the horse.
5. GOOD POSITION.
While I don’t want their horses to have
too much run, I want my kids to be able
to ride their horses the whole way to the
hip. I feel like, until you master going
close, reaching isn’t even an option. You
have to be able to control the whole
run and turn 10 out of 10 daily until
you start experimenting, and I want the
have somewhere to go. I don’t want to be
experimenting when we should be just
building confidence.
6. FREE ACROSS THE PEN.
Pulling a head horse back has always
been easier than having to push one up
out of it when handling a steer, and it’s
probably safer, too. Though, eventually,
I’ll want Treston to be used to both.
7. SOUND-ISH.
Soundness is great—I don’t care what
you’re doing—but sometimes solid and BRAZILE’S 14-YEAR-OLD SON HEADING
sound don’t go hand in hand. I’d rather ON “CRITTER” AT THE 2022 TEXAS HIGH
have one that takes maintenance to have SCHOOL FINALS RODEO.
one I can trust in any situation. At the
same time, it’s good to have a level of
soundness to allow my kids to be able
to take more exposure and more runs in
realistic situations like they’re actually
competing—say, at smaller jackpots rath-
er than just when it matters for points or
money at the junior rodeos. n

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Freeze Frame

f
Freeze Frame with Cory Petska
Photo by Dale Herschman

SITUATION:
Round 3, Guymon (Oklahoma)
Pioneer Days

RESULT:
7.4-second run to split third in e
Round 3, winning the average
with a 22.1 on three head worth c
$4,912 a man

{ Vital Stats }
AGE: 42

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Powerline Lite HM a
by Classic Ropes

HOME: d
Marana, Arizona

NFR QUALIFICATIONS:
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a) SITUATION
Everybody got a walking-fresh
steer every run. This one was
actually really good. He was trot-
ting and waiting for us. We weren’t
even trying to be fast. Chad did the
same thing on all three of them,
and he rode that new horse, Roy,
that’s so fast. Chad just pushed
forward every time. He made it
easy for me to throw fast. We were
just trying to make a run, and we
were 7.4 right there.
b) HEADER
Chad did an amazing job scoring.
He was the easiest guy to heel
behind there. He roped and pushed
them forward, almost like in a prac-
tice pen breaking fresh steers in. I
like all of my steers rolled, pushing
forward. That’s the way Rogers
handles them, too. That’s how I like
heeling them, and Chad gives that
same amazing handle and he’s fun
to heel behind. It makes you feel
like a real heeler when you can
heel behind guys like that.

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because she’s free. On Chumle, I

use a bigger loop because I need
more forgiveness. But on Annie,
I’m always ahead of the steer, so
I can get the same big gate I like
b with a smaller loop.

g) LEGS
Annie’s so broke that she’s up in
my hand but I don’t have to kick.
She’s so fast and so free that I
don’t really have to push.

h) BRIDLE
This is just a ported Petska my dad
makes. She just wants to be a little
heavy in the front end, and with
that bit she’s super light, so I have
to barely pull to keep her up. She’s
not naturally a big slider, so this bit
is the help I need. n

c) HORSE d) POSITION e) LEFT HAND

This is Annie (Driftin Orphan You couldn’t ask for a better I always have constant contact with
Annie), and right now she is the position. Annie’s right to the inside the horse. When I leave the box, I
best horse that I’ve got that’s for a clear shot of the steer’s legs. never give her head back. I’m not
sound. She’s amazing in all I stayed back and left the box the pulling, but I have constant contact
aspects of her life right now. She’s same time Chad did, and she’s so the whole time.
18, and I’ve always just jackpotted freaking fast that, when I needed to
on her. But now she’s just coming throw, she was already there. f) LOOP SIZE
into her rodeo prime. My loop size varies from horse to
horse. I use a smaller loop on her

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KYLIE MCLEAN AND MEGAN GUNTER ENLISTED RED CLOUD AND CROP TO GET
THE JOB DONE AT THE 2022 WOMEN’S RODEO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
HORSEPOWER HELPS HAPPY COWGIRLS
STRIKE IT RICH AT WRWC
By Kendra Santos
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-fa-
mous Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth.
The cowgirl besties were thrilled to take
the Showdown and Triple Crown of
Rodeo Rounds at event’s end with salty
7.02- and 6.65-second runs, respectively.
And as is almost always the case, they gave
most of the credit to their horses.
McLean’s a 5+ roper who now lives in
San Tan Valley, Arizona. She trains rope
horses for a living, and rode her 11-year-
old bay-roan head horse Red Cloud—
who’s registered name is Jackie Lee Val-
entine—at the WRWC, where she won
$63,400 heading for Gunter.
“His name is Red Cloud, because he’s a
fierce warrior,” Kylie said. “I saw him on
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horsepower
Facebook, and bought him sight unseen.
He has Hancock on his papers six times.
When I reached out to the girl from Texas
who was selling him, she told me he was
kind of a renegade. Her granddad had
ridden him in the feed yard, and she was
selling him because she was pregnant.”
Red Cloud was green as grass when
McLean bought him in the fall of 2019.
“He wanted to be a good head horse
from day one,” Kylie said. “He would al-
ways just pin his ears and run to a cow,
and he has so much natural rate. I ride re-
ally aggressively, and I love how he scores,
runs hard to my spot, then rates. He’s not
going to go by.
“Red Cloud worked amazing in Fort
Worth. Those boxes at Cowtown are
tight, and he walked in there so quiet,
then blasted out of there. The best thing I
love about Red Cloud is he’s a winner, and
never gets in your way of winning—ever.”
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McLean is partners with Roger and
Sheryl Sorenson in Bar Diamond Quality
Performance Horses, and ropes every day.
She swears she’ll never take a horse like
Red Cloud for granted, especially since an
injury sent him to the sidelines a year ago.
“Red Cloud tore the deep digital flexor
tendon in his back left leg below the ankle
in June 2021,” Kylie said. “I tried to get
him ready for the Title Fights in February
(2022), but he was a tad off. Before the
WRWC in May, I hadn’t roped a steer on
him since the NTR Finals the first part of
March. I loped him all of April, and Hai-
ley Shaffer swam him for a couple weeks
before we left for Fort Worth. I roped
four steers on him, and away we went.”
In his time of need, Red Cloud was un-
der the care of Dr. Mike Sorum at Sorum
Veterinary Services in Scottsdale.
“Having Red Cloud back is better than
Christmas,” Kylie said. “We gave him a
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lot of time off to get him healed, then his
stifles, hocks and SI joints were sore from
compensating for the deep flexor injury.
“Red Cloud’s a naughty boy. He’s a
spoiled rotten little brat, and he bites. I say
he’s like my weiner dog, Millie, only horse
size. Red Cloud’s an alligator. He was so
mad when he got hurt and saw us pulling
out with the trailer to go jackpotting. I
finally started hauling him to the ropings
even when I couldn’t ride him. He’s got a
personality like you can’t believe.”
The cherry on top of their bountiful
win was winning it together.
“When you get to win with your best
friend, it’s just so much cooler,” Kylie
said. “We all live on the East side in San
Tan Valley in the wintertime. We practice,
hang out, jackpot and eat dinner together
all the time.”
Gunter lives in McCammon, Ida-
ho, and snowbirds in San Tan Valley in
the wintertime. Including her heeling
win with McLean and heading for Kim
Grubbs, Megan dragged $65,200 out of
the WRWC. She roped both ends on her
old faithful bay horse, Crop, who’s 21.
His registered name is Hesa Smart Pep.
“Crop’s an old timer, and I was think-
ing about retiring him when he got a little
sore last fall,” said Gunter, who’s an insur-
ance adjuster by trade and a 6 roper. “I
turned him out last fall for five months,
and every time I’d leave with my good
head horse, Kelso, Crop would be doing
hot laps around the pasture wanting to
go. So I put shoes on him in January, and
have been riding him ever since.”
vet trends
The timing of returning to Crop was
not coincidental to Kelso getting hurt in
February.
“The first vet’s opinion was that Kel-
so tore the collateral ligament off of his
knee,” Megan said. “I was warming him
up at the Buckeye World Series, and af-
ter drawing some hard-running steers had
him looked at. They found bone spurs in
his right knee. But they said they can’t do
anything about it, because he has arthritis
in that knee and it’ll do more harm than
good.
“We’re expecting Kelso to be back.
I’ve started exercising him. Meanwhile,
Crop’s really been coming through for
me. I used to breakaway on Crop, too. I
started riding him my sophomore year in
high school in 2010, so have ridden him
12 years now. I made the high school and
college finals breakaway roping and head-
ing on him. Crop came from my grandpa
(Jan Price), so that’s special to me, too.”
How big a deal was the win with Mc-
Lean in May?
“It was enormous,” Megan said. “In the
past, unless you were from Texas there
weren’t huge events for women to go to.
You’d have to either wear out your truck
and trailer or move there. It’s just incred-
ible how the WCRA (World Champions
Rodeo Alliance) and PBR (Professional
Bull Riders) are looking out for us wom-
en. I thank them, and I thank Crop for al-
ways giving me his all. He’s nothing flashy
to look at, but he’s a warrior and he never
makes a mistake.” n
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To honor the service and sacrifice

of the military veterans of their
home Nation, Navajo ropers
Erich Rogers, Derrick
Begay & Aaron Tsinigine
partnered with Warriors and
Rodeo to provide a free clinic.
—G.R. Schiavino

n 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 fellow Navajo and World
Champion Erich Rogers to gauge his
interest in helping put on a WAR clinic.
A short six months later, on Saturday,
May 14, 2022, Erich Rogers, Derrick
Begay and Aaron Tsinigine hauled their
gear and horses into the Navajo Nation’s
Dean C. Jackson Memorial Arena to
spend the day roping with, instructing
and honoring 15 Native American
veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.

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 AIR FORCE VETERAN NATE KIRLIE
ON THE HEELS.
WITHOUT HESITATION
T hinking back, “without hesitation” is a phrase that stands
out in Benally’s mind. That’s how everyone accepted the
opportunity to make the clinic happen, starting with Rogers.
“Omar approached me the day of the ProAm roping,” Rogers
remembered. “I said, ‘Yea. Just let me know. Whenever.’ I didn’t
know if it was for real, but I gave him my contact info and then
talked to Curtis, and it was a pretty legit deal.”
“He was on board right away,” Benally added.
With an affirmative from Rogers, the rest of the planning
commenced. Benally and Imming approached the administration
running the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds and were told yes,
without hesitation. When they sought support from the Navajo
Nations VA and the Navajo Department of Behavioral Health,
they were told yes, without hesitation. When Rogers reached out
to Begay and Tsinigine and asked them to help teach the clinic,
they said yes, without hesitation.
Neither Benally or Imming had ever organized a clinic
before but, by April, they were up to their eyeballs in logistical
orchestration. The arena was under construction and when the
folks at the fairgrounds promised to have fencing up in time for
the clinic, all Imming could do was trust that the day would
come together.
“This is the first that I’ve ever done and tried to put on and
manage,” Imming said of the clinic, “so, there’s going to be some
speed bumps with it, but we’re trying to give full reign to those
three, to be able to run the clinic side of it.”
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The day, in fact, did come together, though the written agenda
was fully scrapped by the time the pros, organizers, volunteers
and participants all made it into the arena for introductions well
behind schedule.
“We may not be going according to this anymore,” Imming
said, pulling a folded piece of paper from his pocket and waving
it. He then continued, gesturing to the men and women circled
up around him, “But this is why we’re here.”
AT THE CENTER
M artin Wellito, a member of the Navajo Nation, is married
to Rachel, a 24-year Navy veteran. In their years together,
Rachel has taught Martin about military customs and culture
while, in return, Martin has shared with Rachel the teachings
of his Navajo culture. On the morning of the clinic, they pull
his jacket from a chair and explain the symbolism of the circular
design embroidered across the back.
“Everything leads to center, to home,” Martin said.
He explained that Navajo culture is matriarchal and the
significance of the familial clans within the tribe. That the
Navajo language, which was once forbidden, if lost, will lead to
a great ending and, perhaps, the inability to return home.
As this particular group gathered, however, almost all
demonstrated a knowledge of the language and gave voice to
their clan and home, including Jarvis Russette of Montana’s
Chippewa Cree Tribe’s Turtle Mountain clan, though he now
resides in New Mexico with his wife, who is Navajo. The
participants also spoke to their military affiliations: Army, Air
Force, Marines and Navy were all represented.
For some, like Nate Kirlie, the military offered an opportunity
for something much greater than what his hometown of Gallup,
New Mexico, seemed to offer.
“I couldn’t wait to get out of Gallup,” he said of his decision
to enlist in the Air Force as a high school junior. Kirlie traveled
extensively through different deployments and tours. “I was a
man of the world.”
His grandfather, Jeff King, is reportedly the only Navajo
buried at Arlington National Cemetery. According to a Navajo
Times article, King first enlisted as an Indian scout on July 23,
1891, and received an honorable discharge in 1911 as a sergeant.
Kirlie’s father, Leon Francis Curley, was also a member of the
Air Force, and his brother, also Leon Curley, is a Marine and
attended the May 14 clinic, too. Their military roots run deep,
and many in attendance shared that similarity.
“My dad was in the Army back in the day,” Rogers explained.
“He served his time in Germany. My older sister, she’s in the
Air Force Reserves and, then, my younger sister, she’s in the Air
Force, as well, and her husband is in the Marines.”
Rogers, with Begay and Tsinigine, joked that the only reason
they’re as good as they are in the arena is because they knew
if they couldn’t rope, then they’d have to join the military.
But, jokes aside, they acknowledged and revered the long and
honored history of Native Americans in service.
 “I don’t know what it was like for them guys,” Rogers said,
referring to the veterans at the clinic, “but for me, to see our
people in there, it’s an honor to be a part of a military branch.
And not only Navajo. There were quite a few people who weren’t
Navajo, but Native Americans, back in the day, who’d been to
war.
“To get to know a Code Talker was special,” Rogers continued,
speaking of the now-famed American Indians who employed
their native languages to send indecipherable communications
across the Pacific and European theaters during World War II.
“It was special to know who he was and what he went through.
When I was in my early 20s, I roped with his son, Kirk. Kee
Etsicitty was his name. He was a really nice guy. We’d talk every
time I’d see him at the rodeos. He was pretty fun to visit with
and he’d remember me and I dang sure knew him. So, to be a
Navajo and to have that as our background, I feel like it [makes]
people extra proud. I get chills on my back when I talk about it.”
GOOD MEDICINE
“A lot of you said it,” Tsinigine said to the group, “the live-
stock, the horses, is medicine.”
For many, the learning of the language and the roping began
in the same place: at home, raising livestock in the care of the
older generations. But as tours of duty and life-after-service
LEFT TO RIGHT: WAR’S OMAR BENALLY, ERICH ROGERS, DERRICK BEGAY, BUCKLE WINNER DWAYNE CHARLIE, AARON TSINIGINE, AND WAR’S CURTIS IMMING.
distanced the men from home, it also distanced them from what
kept them centered. Many have picked up ropes and started
riding again at the requests of their children or grandchildren.
Some even came to the clinic having no horses—it was enough
to rope the dummy in the company of fellow service members
and their favorite professional ropers.
John Benslow, a 22-year Army veteran, was one of those
men who, when he found out about the WAR clinic, decided
to see what he could get out of the day because “it’s never too
late.” What was also discovered, however, was the healing that
occurred.
“They tell us that we’re broken, but we’re not,” Benslow
stated as the day with the pros wrapped up. “This was healing.
Our livestock is our medicine and among the brothers, sharing
stories, and you guys helping us out, too, it’s part of healing, as
well, and it helps us get back on that path again. I know I came
over here without a horse, but this gives me a goal.”
A few weeks prior to the clinic, a 2022 report published
by the American Public Health Association’s official journal,
Medical Care, revealed that, during the five-year study, suicide
rates among VA-enrolled American Indians and Alaska Native
veterans increased by 146%.
“In contrast,” the article reads, “over a similar period, suicide
rates among all veterans enrolled in VA health care rose by just
over 30%.”
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 The Navajo VA and the Navajo
Department of Behavioral Health
attended the clinic to provide support
and suicide prevention services. They
communicated that, in the most recent
three months, there were three Navajo
veterans who had committed suicide.
When asked why Navajo veterans were
so much more susceptible to suicidal
ideations, Benally suggested isolation.
“A lot of those veterans come from way
deep in the reservation,” he said. “They
have to travel for hours. The nearest VA
hospital is in Albuquerque. Some of these
guys, that’s three or four hours, or five
hours to the Phoenix one. A lot of these
guys live in areas where there’s no phones.
You can’t talk to people without going
into town. I think that’s a big part of it.”
The camaraderie shared at the clinic
THE PROS SPENT THE DAY ENGAGED IN ONE-ON-ONE INSTRUCTION THAT
INCLUDED DUMMIES, SLEDS, BOX WORK AND ROPING LIVE CATTLE.
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was a huge part of its success. Of course,
the roping was successful, too—everyone
caught, Rogers stated, and he and Begay
and Tsinigine all gave their full attention
to the ropers—but the being together is
what captured the mens’ hearts for the
day. And being horseback.
“In the roping world, horses are our
partners,” Lorenzo Lee, Sr., said of the
animals which are of great importance in
Navajo culture.
“As warriors, our duty is to protect our
family, our land, our livestock, and that
was done on the back of a horse by our
ancestors,” Benally said. “They are just as
important as the weapons we use in battle.
A horse is also healing medicine, as well.
They have their own prayers and songs.
“Some of us veterans come back
from the military in need of that type
of medicine,” Benally continued. “The
ailments seem to disappear when you’re
running down the arena or even being
horseback. It helps to relieve some of that
pain. It was cool to be there to see that
unfold during the clinic. That is why I’m
a proud member of WAR.”
WARRIOR NATION
W arriors and Rodeo has operated as a
non-profit since its founder, Sheri
Smith, a Navy veteran, secured its 501(c)
(3) status in 2015, though, in recent years,
the organization has grown to include
operations for Warriors and Recreation,
as well as Warriors and Racing.
Regardless of iteration, WAR operates
in service to military, law enforcement,
EMS and fire fighters—the ones who
protect us here at home.
 “The Warriors and Rodeo Navajo
Nation Team Roping Clinic is part of
Operation Not Forgotten and Operation
Not on my Watch,” Smith explained.
“WAR clinics are a great opportunity
to not only improve roping skills but
to also remind those who serve they are
not forgotten, that the WAR and the
rodeo industry remember them and their
sacrifices for our country. WAR has found
that clinics and events like this one bring
the connections and friendships that later
on have proven to be critical in our war
against suicide and PTSD. This clinic is
part of a long line of other clinics and
events since 2015.”
As members and, now, volunteers for
WAR, Benally and Imming are charged
with leading various outreach programs
throughout the year and their hope is
offer this clinic annually.
“I feel like veterans, law enforcement,
first responders and the rodeo world think
the same,” Imming said. “Super patriotic.
When I go into a rodeo, what gives me
goosebumps is when they do the National
Anthem and they have guys that talk
about what freedom is and what we do.
“That’s probably the most exciting part
of rodeo for me,” he continued. “And
DWAYNE CHARLIE BROUGHT ROPING SKILLS AND STORIES OF SERVICE SPENT
IN COSTA RICA, IRAQ AND SOMALIA TO THE CLINIC. BOTH EARNED HIM A
WARRIORS AND RODEO BELT BUCKLE.
so, that’s my thought [on] having that.
Getting the Color Guard involved and
having a big opening.”
The clinic also featured a big closing,
with awards and pictures with Rogers,
Begay and Tsinigine. A WAR belt
buckle by Red Bluff Buckles was given
for bringing the most heart. Then, the ERICH ROGERS
dummy roping winners were awarded “I’d like to thank you guys for your services
beaver hats by Davis & Sons Hatting Co., and everything you’ve done for us as
while the Round Robin winners each won Navajo and Native Americans across the
breast collars made by Phil Bigthumb. country. It’s an honor and a privilege to
Classic ropes, WAR hats and Roping. be a Navajo and a Native going down the
com subscriptions were also shared, not road, hearing people talk about the Code
to mention WAR challenge coins, which Talkers and the military. That’s one feeling
have history dating back to WWI, but that you’ll never take away from me, from
generally, signify an elite membership. anybody.”
“I’d like to thank all of you for your
service,” Tsinigine said. “We couldn’t do
what we do without your service.”
“You guys are the real champions,”
Begay added.
In the end, though, the awards or
swag aren’t what mattered most to the
participants.
“The most precious thing to give is
time,” said U.S. Marine Erick Nez in
appreciation of the pros choosing to
spend a day with the veterans. “Because DERRICK BEGAY:
you can’t take it back.” n “You guys are the real champions. We’re
just here to help you through this day.
When Erich first asked me to help him with
a roping, the first thing that went through
my mind was ‘no.’ Then he said ‘It’s for the
veterans.’ And I said, ‘I’ll be there.’”
AARON TSINIGINE:
“I’d like to thank all of you for your service.
We couldn’t do what we do without your
service. We enjoy what we do. Like a lot
of you said, the livestock, the horses, is
medicine.”
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Lions of longevity
Pros weigh in on the magic sticks with staying power.
—By Julie Mankin
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 brains on just how the likes of Scooter
and Walt, Marty and Bob have done what they do for so long.

Innate
Today’s top 15 look around and agree Clay Tryan’s had more long-timers than any-
body. Is it coincidence that the three-time World Champ is also a four-time reserve
world champ and the high-money BFI leader?
“I’d like to tell you I know something that other people don’t about finding horses
that last, but no,” Tryan said. “It’s really just a horse that wants to be good. And you
know when you ride him, because he’s not hard to keep working.”
Of course, Precious Speck—the Hall-of-Famer and four-time Head Horse of the
Year known as Walt—belonged to Tryan’s brother, Travis, but Walt took both brothers
to the 2001 NFR after packing them to 100 rodeos—a piece—that season. In 10 years,
Walt won more than $2 million and 15 NFR go-round buckles under the Tryans (plus
a couple under Trevor Brazile, too), and was going strong at 20 until he died while
being warmed up for slack at Clovis, California. 
For Clay Tryan, Thumper—the crop-eared 2005 PRCA Head Horse of the Year
Dockalickin—was also tough as hell, lasting at least six years. He also got five years and
a season earnings record out of Bear’s Cash Partner, Cate. He got 11 years out of 2015
PRCA Head Horse of the Year “Dew” The Dash. Even his current 17-year-old sorrel,
Cee How Nifty (Johnson), is packing Tryan for the sixth year.
He can play the lucky card, but Tryan has been quoted in this magazine saying he’s
“not a horse-walker guy” and actually rides his good ones constantly to catch soreness
right off the bat. He keeps them in his control leaving the box to help avoid injury, and
the Montana native never overuses one. He makes practice easy on his good ones so
they keep enjoying it.
But to some extent, there’s also luck of the draw. Tryan and Smith—the pair of Clays
with five gold buckles between them—agree that humans have no hand in what truly
keeps a horse going.
“Those horses that have lasted the longest at a high level, they’re a different kind of
horse,” Clay Smith said. “They have so much heart that they keep trying. You can’t
breed that into them or train that into them.”

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 Smooth
Over roughly nine years, Speed Wil-
liams got a gazillion miles, a record eight
gold buckles and a Hall-of-Fame induc-
tion out of his two powerhouses, Bob and
Viper. Of course, there were two of them.
But they had that stocky build that stays
sound longer than it should.
Smith’s grade gray gelding, Marty, has
good bone, too. But his style is reminis-
cent of that other gray: Six-time PRCA
Head Horse of the Year Oklahoma Top
Hat, or Scooter, ridden by Charles Pogue
at a whopping 10 NFRs. Scooter was still
going strong when he died at 17 in 2001.
It’s no coincidence that no head horse ever
made it look more effortless than Scooter
or Marty (except maybe Walt).
Hall-of-Famer Tee Woolman said the
Dash For Cash. Minor’s Bob goes back to
Mr Bar None by Three Bars on both sides.
Another great that’s been rodeoing
hard for at least seven years? Jake Clay’s
Streakin Six grandson, “Sun” Streakin
Dew, 17, that just won the BFI for the
second time in April.
Double tough
“Thumper was really tough,” Tryan
said. “But Dew was sneaky-tough. He
was never sore, except for one abscess one
time. He was never hurt until maybe 10
years into it.”
That’s similar to Slim Shady, who never
collicked, never was injected, never had a
bump and never limped. To Tryan, they’re
that way because they’re great horses—like
Marty and Bob.

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reason Scooter made his job look so easy
was that he never “tried to get real strong.”
That, too, puts the 1990s superstar in the
same camp as Marty, who has packed
Smith to two world titles and $1 million
in 11 years. The other veteran who never
widens, never ducks: Riley Minor’s Bob—
RK Tuff Trinket—who’s still firing hard at
21 after two Head Horse of the Year titles
and two Head Horse of the BFI awards in
seven years of steady ProRodeoing.
“In my personal experience, horses that
pull across the arena sideways look real
pretty but never last,” said Smith. “Nei-
ther Scooter nor Marty would ever win a
Quarter Horse show because they never
drug an inside hind leg and crawled out of
there sideways. Their style is not as cool,
but it’s more functional and they last.”
They literally glide across the ground.
Also, they’re medium-sized. Walt was
15 hands and weighed 1,150 pounds.
Minor’s amazing Bob is another me-
dium-sized immortal. Not necessarily
“high-powered”—just pure effort and
honesty every time … with a little TB
blood mixed in.
Walt was out of a half-Thoroughbred
mare. Marty’s rumored dam, The Big
Fix, is straight Jet Deck and Three Bars.
Luke Brown’s late Slim Shady was a full-
on Thoroughbred that he rode at seven
straight NFRs—after Keven Daniel and
the Adams brothers had him. Dew is an
own grandson of the half-Thoroughbred
“I’ve never ridden him,” Tryan said,
“but out of all the horses I’ve ever seen
go, I think I’d have done the best on Bob.
He’s still just as awesome right now at 21.”
The hands-down champ of the longev-
ity contest has to be Swagger, the win-
ningest head horse to ever come out of
the Navajo Nation. The gelding’s been
in Derrick Begay’s trailer for exactly 15
years, through virtually all nine NFRs, up
through winning San Angelo in April for
$9,246 a man.
When Begay got home and watched
the TV broadcast of San Angelo, he heard
Joe Beaver say, “I wonder how much he’s
won on that old sorrel.”
“I wish I knew that, too” Begay ex-
claimed. “I wish I knew how old he was.
But maybe it’s a good thing I don’t. That
way, he’s just a horse.”
Letting him be “just a horse” has
worked beautifully for 15 years. Swagger’s
never worn a magnetic blanket nor a pair
of Soft Ride boots nor been hauled in
air-ride suspension. He’s never had a sup-
plement or even Senior feed, save some
hock injections last year. It’s just … Begay
understands that 45 degrees and windy is
perfect weather for a horse, when so many
other people blanket one. To him, you can
baby a horse so much that “it interferes
with them.” But don’t let him fool you.
“I probably like horses more than peo-
ple—especially the good ones,” he admit-
ted. “I’ll keep doing what I’ve been doing.
LUKE BROWN RODE SLIM SHADY AT SEVEN NATIONAL
FINALS RODEOS, LOSING HIM TO COLIC IN 2021 AT 28.
Because I know my horse and the things I
didn’t do for him, and he’s still the same as
he was the day I got him.”
That means avoiding all-night drives
and avoiding stalls. It means giving Swag-
ger a big pen with a big water trough and
a mare in it, and just throwing him some
hay, letting him be a horse. There’s one
thing Begay said he didn’t do: use that
horse up. The consummate wild-desert
cowboy, Yeti poster-boy and pickup-man
never even rode him outside.
“That stuff’s good for some horses, but
it doesn’t feel like it’s good for him,” he
said. “I knew him, and it wasn’t his thing.”
Just days before Swagger’s ninth NFR,
he wasn’t lame, per se, but definitely
“off.” Maybe out of alignment. So Be-
gay got off him and borrowed a horse.
Never took Swagger to a vet. Just took
him home, jerked his shoes and turned
him out. Then, he remembered that old
horses tend to go downhill not being rid-
den. This spring, he got him back in and
started riding him. The rest is history. As
of late April, Swagger felt great and Be-
gay figured “he still likes it,” regardless of

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whether he’s 20 or 25.
It’s worth noting, Begay has thrown the
same Coats saddle on Swagger’s back for
15 years. And Reinsman surely gets some
credit as the only maker of Tryan’s saddles
for 14 years. Plus, Marty has a hard-to-
fit back but stays pain-free thanks to his
own custom-made Tod Slone saddle and
CSI pad.
Also, conditions have improved even
more than tack and medicine over the
decades, considering the steers weigh half
as much and the trailers haul half as far.
“Tough” is truly a relative term.
“Guys go to 65 rodeos in a year now,”
said Woolman, for whom no head horse
lasted longer than a few years during his
30-year career. “In 1982, I went to 132
rodeos and turned out just two times. Leo
and I flew a lot. But still, that’s double the
rodeos they’re hitting now.”
Yesterday’s horses, he said, were just
as athletic as today’s superstars but were
bigger-boned and colder-blooded. Maybe
that made up for their lack of coddling.
Tryan can’t believe the story Junior Muz-
io told him about making the NFR three
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times in the 1960s. In his car, he towed
his one horse in his one-horse bumper-
pull trailer, saddled—because there was
no place to haul a saddle, much less any
hay.
World Champion Doyle Gellerman,
who went to 25 NFRs in 26 years (1973–
97), initially said genetics must be the key
to longevity, until he thought about it.
“Honestly, it’s just a big ol’ heart,” he
concluded.
Quirky
Toughness, it seems, is proportional to
heart.
“The ones that last so long just have a
lot of try,” Tryan said. “People or horses
that seem to go longer, they’re just wired
different.”
That wiring plays into their personali-
ties, too.
“Slim was tougher than nails,” said
Brown, who won two of his three NFR
average titles on the old sorrel. “He was a
little snorty and he never bucked, but he’d
run off. He did not like strangers or con-
crete—you had to shoe him on the grass.”
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Walt, too, would almost run off go-
ing to a steer before he’d ever get quick.
Very free, also, was Gellerman’s 15-hand,
1,200-pound dun, Coyote, that he final-
ly retired at 22 or 23 after riding him at
eight NFRs. The gelding wasn’t an all-
time great, he said, or even the best horse
he ever had.
“But he was the toughest horse I’ve ever
owned in my life,” recalled Gellerman.
“He could take all you could give. The
more you used him, the better he was.
Jesse James was at my house once when I
was practicing reaching on him. He asked
me, ‘Do you ever just kick him up?’ I said,
‘No, he gets too free.’”
Then there’s Bob, the horse that kicked
Riley Minor when he walked up to put on
a splint boot.
“We’re buddies, but Bob’s a strange an-
imal,” Minor said. “Some days he’ll snort
TRJ FILE PHOTO/JAMIE ARVISO
RILEY MINOR’S BOB HAS WON TWO HEAD HORSE OF
THE YEAR TITLES, IN ADDITION TO TWO HEAD HORSE
OF THE BFI BRONZES (TOP); CLAY TRYAN’S DEW CAR-
RIED THE CHAMP TO TWO GOLD BUCKLES IN 2013 AND
2014, AND HE WON THE HEAD HORSE OF THE YEAR
TITLE IN 2015 (BOTTOM).
at you. Not being sweet and kind, I think
that’s what makes him tough and good—
he’s watchy and catty.”
Swagger, the “friendly and easy-to-
catch” sorrel, is the exception to the rule
that most long-lasting horses have a dis-
tinct “stay away from me” personality.
“The safest place to be around Marty is
on his back,” admitted Smith. “He doesn’t
want anybody messing with him. All he
really wants to do is chase a cow. I feel
like the ones that lasted forever all had
that little quirk that makes them a little
tougher.”
Marty’s so tough that Smith unknow-
ingly rode him in December’s NFR with
a torn left hind suspensory.
“You don’t know he’s hurt until he starts
working different,” Smith lamented. “He
won’t necessarily stop working, but just
works different.”
Lucky for Smith (and his heeler, Jake
Long), Marty has made a full 100% re-
covery. The smooth-moving gray will be
in Smith’s trailer this summer. That might
be bad news for dozens of other teams,
but it’s great news for fans who can rush
to the fence or switch on the TV to watch
Marty, Bob, Sun or Swagger—and know
they’re watching pure legacy. n
GO FOR THE BUCKLE. GOLD BUCKLE BEER.
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THE TEAM ROPING
TIES THAT BIND
The Class of 2022
There could be no greater compliment in a cowboy career than being immortalized with
induction into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. It’s an honor reserved for a very rare few who
stand above the rest in their contributions to the sport. Ironically in a game where confi-
dence is a critical component of success, having your name etched in stone for the rest of
time has been described by all fortunate enough to experience the feat firsthand as the most
humbling honor of all. Four members of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 have
ties to team roping as they look back on their most memorable moments riding into the
July 16 induction ceremony in Colorado Springs. —By Kendra Santos
TREVOR BRAZILE he did his second Triple Crown season to be remembered as a father, husband
It’s easier to count the rodeo records that in 2010 heading for Patrick Smith) is and a good human. I’d like people to re-
don’t belong to Brazile than the ones he something I’m most proud of, because of member that I was a Christian who knew
owns. ProRodeo’s only $7 million man the competition I was up against. I had where all my gifts came from.”
earned an unparalleled collection of 26 all the respect in the world for the guys
gold buckles, including an unmatched who were at the top of their game in Talk about team roping’s role in your
14 of them for all-around versatility. both events.” life…
Trevor has headed, heeled, roped calves “The calf roping is what I loved,” Brazile
and steer roped at the National Finals, What word best describes the feeling said. “Team roping is something I found
and won the world in all but the heeling. you had when you got the call that along the way when I wasn’t big enough
His 54 National Finals qualifications and you’re headed into the Hall for the rest to calf rope. Team roping gave me the
74 National Finals go-round victory laps of time? ability to get ahead with my rope, and I
are additional examples of the countless “A mix of humbled and giddy,” Trev- think team ropers as a whole are better
accolades that put Brazile in a league of or said. “I guess it was a mix of both. with their ropes. Team roping helped
his own. When you’re retired, you aren’t winning me polish my skills with a rope, and that
anything anymore, and the magnitude of helped me in every event.
What accomplishment in your cowboy induction into the Hall of Fame is pretty “Team roping is different than any
career makes you most proud? humbling. So this news was like I just other event—it’s like the golf of rodeo. It
“The Triple Crowns (three world titles won something really big, only better.” brings people from outside the sport into
in one year), just because they’re pretty the sport, and you can be proud of your
rare,” said Trevor, who’s 45 now and lives What do you hope to be remembered success at every level. It’s one of the few
in Decatur, Texas, with his NFR barrel for 100 years from now? events where you can have success along
racer wife, Shada, and their kids, Treston, “In and around the arena, I’d like to be the way, stay connected with our indus-
Style and Swayzi. “The one in 2007 was remembered as a cowboy,” Trevor said. “I try and still have a full-time job. Team
cool (he won all around, tie-down and hope I’m remembered not as a tie-down roping has kept a lot of people in the
steer roping championships that year), roper, team roper, steer roper or specialist Western industry that would have had
but to win the world in the calf roping of any kind, but as a cowboy who could to say goodbye to rodeo a long time ago
and team roping the same year (like do it all. Outside of the arena, I hope had they only competed in other events.”

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Bobby Harris
Bobby Harris roped at 18 NFRs between
1981 and 2010, and won Round 1
heeling for Scott Laramore at that first
one when Bobby was 18. Harris won the
NFR team roping average three times—
twice with Tee Woolman, with whom he
won the world in 1991, and once with
JD Yates. Harris also competed at the
National Finals Steer Roping eight times
between 1986 and 2006. Dee Pickett
dubbed Bobby “Big Money” more than
30 years ago.
“The day after the 1990 Timed Event, I
flew into Phoenix and walked into slack,”
Harris remembers clearly. “I was roping
with Dee at the time, and he said, ‘Well
if it ain’t Big Money,’ and it stuck.”
What accomplishment in your cowboy
career makes you most proud?
“I’m most proud of winning a world
championship,” said Harris, who lives on
the family ranch in Gillette, South Dako-
PRCA FILE PHOTO/ HARRIS FAMILY PHOTO
ta with his wife, Colleen. “That’s the
lifetime dream when you start roping as
a little kid. I got my (PRCA) card when I
was 15. When you go from junior rodeo
to high school to jackpotting, then final-
ly feel good enough to take off rodeoing,
the world is what it’s all about.
74 TRJ | July 2022
“I was jackpotting with the grown-ups
in Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska,
Montana, and North and South Dakota
when I was 14 years old. There was a rule
back then that you couldn’t pro rodeo
and amateur rodeo at the same time, so
I never went to an amateur rodeo until
much later in my career when that rule
changed. I started college at Torrington
(Wyoming) when I was 18, and got
three calls the first week of school (from
Laramore, Mark Arnold and Roman
Figueroa). I took off rodeoing with Scott
the fall of my freshman year of college,
and never looked back. Winning the
world was the lifetime dream since I
was a little boy, and I accomplished my
dream.”
What word best describes the feeling
you had when you got the call that
you’re headed into the Hall for the rest
of time?
“Honor,” Harris said. “Everything else
we do in our career is competing. I feel
honor and awe trying to describe what
this feels like. It’s very special, and it
means a lot to my whole family. This is
the last thing I’ll ever win, and it’s the
most important thing. This isn’t really
something you win, but something you
earn—the hard way.”
What do you hope to be remembered
for 100 years from now?
“I hope to be remembered as a good cow-
boy and a good hand,” Harris said. “Peo-
ple have complimented me since I was
a little kid on how I swing a rope. That
means a lot to me. I remember a time in
my career when I was a little down, and
my dad (four-time NFSR qualifier Nick
Harris) telling me, ‘People really enjoy
watching you rope.’ So I guess I’d say
that I hope people remember that people
really enjoyed watching me rope.”
Talk about team roping’s role in your
life…
“Team roping has taken me all over the
United States, and introduced me to
fabulous people I’d never have met if I
had a 9-to-5 job,” Harris said. “The thing
about team roping is, you always have to
be grinding and every day’s a new day.
“I made a commitment along the way
not to whine or complain about being
out there rodeoing. I always told myself I
was going to go make the Finals. I wasn’t
trying to make the Finals. I was going
to make the Finals. In that era, guys like
Leo and Jerold (Camarillo) didn’t give
you an inch or pat you on the back.
It was tough. But I was determined to
make it.”
TOP LEFT, WORLD CHAMPION HEELER BOBBY
HARRIS WON THE NFR AVERAGE THREE TIMES.
LEFT, THAT’S COLLEEN AND BOBBY HARRIS
WITH SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM.

Bobby Mote
Bobby Mote is a four-time world cham-
pion bareback rider who qualified for 15
straight NFRs from 2001-2015, and won
25 go-rounds at the NFR. Bobby and his
wife, Kate, live in Llano, Texas, and have
three kids, Charlie, Laura and Trey.
What accomplishment in your cowboy
career makes you most proud?
“I’m probably most proud of winning
four world championships, because it’s
hard to win one,” Mote said. “The first
one (in 2002) was five years before the
second one (in 2007), and it’s really hard
to repeat (like he did with back-to-back
gold buckles in 2009-10). I felt like I ran
away with the first one, but the other
three were all different in different ways,
and special because of all the injuries I
had to fight through.
“There was sports-hernia surgery, from
when I tore the abdominal muscles away
from my pubic bone, and two neck sur-
geries that I had to bear through. Riding
with pinched nerves and bones spurs in
your neck isn’t much fun. But sometimes
it’s part of it, and I had to deal with a lot
of physical issues after that first champi-
onship to get the rest of them.”
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What word best describes the feeling
you had when you got the call that
you’re headed into the Hall for the rest
of time?
“Relief,” Mote said. “I’ve fought for
positive change in rodeo for a long time,
and that can come at a personal cost with
walls put up by some people who don’t
ever want to see any change. Getting that
call makes me feel like I can come out of
the corner and we can all get back to rais-
ing the rodeo bar for the rodeo athletes
who have always deserved continued
progress. Being part of the Class of 2022 TOP, BOBBY MOTE MAKES A MUD RUN WITH WORLD
CHAMP MIKE BEERS AT THE OAKDALE (CALIFORNIA)
is something to be celebrated, and I sure RODEO. ABOVE, MOTE WON FOUR GOLD BUCKLES
appreciate it.” AND 25 NFR GO-ROUNDS IN HIS HALL OF FAME
BAREBACK RIDING CAREER.
What do you hope to be remembered
for 100 years from now? Talk about team roping’s role in your
“I’d like to be remembered as someone life…
who did whatever it took to get the job “Team roping’s a great event for every-
done,” Mote said. “I wasn’t necessarily one, and I’ve loved to rope for a long
someone you would have hand-picked to time,” Bobby said. “Hard work pays off,
do what I was able to. Everybody said I and if you do the work, there’s a positive
was too tall (he’s 6’ 1”), and not enough outcome and you can see progress. In
of this or that. But I was an overcomer. that respect, team roping’s a lot like life in
Injuries could have ended my career a lot general. I enjoy learning and preparing to
earlier, but I wasn’t going to take no for compete, and team roping lets me contin-
an answer. I set my mind on something ue to compete and also gauge whether or
and found a way. Maybe I should be best not I’ve put in enough preparation.”
known for being stubborn.”
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Mel Potter has worn about every kind
of cowboy hat there is—from contestant
to stock contractor and PRCA Board
member—in his 87 years. He roped
calves at the first-ever NFR in Dallas in
1959, and team roped in and around
his native Wisconsin and Great Lakes
Circuit in more recent times. The Potter
Ranch in Marana, Arizona, is home to
Mel; his NFR barrel racer wife, Wendy;
and daughters, two-time National High
School Rodeo Association All-Around
Cowgirl Jo Lynn Alexander and four-
time World Champion Barrel Racer
Sherry Cervi and her World Champion
Team Roper husband, Cory Petska.
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What accomplishment in your cowboy
career makes you most proud?
“I won a lot of big rodeos—Denver,
Tucson, Phoenix, Odessa and Calgary
included,” Potter remembers. “But
winning a go-round in the steer roping
at Cheyenne when I was 60 and beat all
the kids might top them all. I’ve had an
interesting life in the rodeo world, and I
was fortunate to be fairly successful.”
What word best describes the feeling
you had when you got the call that
you’re headed into the Hall for the rest
of time?
“Surprised,” Potter said. “I never expect-
ed this to happen, because the family
cranberry business always came first and
rodeo was my hobby. My mom took me
to the Tucson rodeo when I was 9 years
old, and I was hooked. I joined the Ro-
deo Cowboys Association at 16 in 1951.
It cost me $25, and it’s been a heck of a
ride.”
What do you hope to be remembered
for 100 years from now?
“I want to be remembered as a friend
to the cowboys—riding events, timed
events, all of them,” Potter said. “I feel
like I helped a lot of them, and that
made me feel good. I helped keep the
PRCA from blowing up at times in our
history, and I’m pretty proud of that,
too.”
Talk about team roping’s role in your
life…
“My team roping goes all the way back
to the team tying days in Arizona, where
you had to get off and tie the knot on the
feet,” Potter remembers. “The first time
I ever dallied at a rodeo was roping with
(Hall of Fame steer wrestler) Harley May
at the rodeo in Clovis, California, and we
won second. I roped calves, bulldogged,
steer roped and team roped, and the last
thing I got to compete in was the team
roping.” n
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EVERY TIMED EVENT IN HIS COWBOY CAREER.
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Women’s Rodeo World Championship Domer to Bow Out of
Event Title in Fort Worth Rodeo’s Regular Season
With back-to-back breakaway runs in 2.05 and 2.04 seconds, Martha
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Angelone adds $60,000 to her total earnings in Cowtown Coliseum The 2022 ProRodeo regular season
over three days of 2022 Women’s Rodeo World Championship. is over for Kelsie Domer.
—Casey Allen Domer, who won Fort Worth in
January, has been to 13 rodeos and won
$42,192.88 as of May 20—second only
to Erin Johnson, who counted $25,000
of her $50,000 RodeoHouston win for
the standings. That brought Johnson’s
12-rodeo total to $50,249.66. Domer,
who has nine WPRA world titles, has
been roping with her saddle horn cut off
to make room for her stomach for the
last few weeks.
“I’ve felt great,” Domer, 31, of Ste-
phenville, Texas, said. “I’ve been pretty
lucky—I haven’t been sick and it’s all
been the same for me. It hasn’t been that
bad at all. Honestly, it’s different just be-
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I’m six months pregnant—I’m all there.
But I haven’t ever felt like I missed or
scored bad because I was pregnant.”
Domer’s due date is August 29, mean-
ing, theoretically, she could sneak back
into the saddle for the last few lucrative
stops of the rodeo season. But that’s not
Growing up in Cross Junctions, Virginia, Martha Angelone never dreamed she at all on Domer’s radar.
would be picking up $70,900 with a breakaway rope in one week. “I’m done for the 2022 rodeo season,”
On May 18, 2022, the cowgirl now based in Stephenville, Texas, put a loop on in Domer said. “I’m not going to try to
the WRWC Showdown round in 2.05 seconds to lead the breakaway ropers into the hustle back or anything like that. Being
Triple Crown of Rodeo Round, where she smoked a 2.04-second run to win $60,000. due the end of August, October 1 is so
Add that to her WRWC round winnings, and the $5,000 she won for the year-end close to that. I told myself I wasn’t going
championship, and you’ve got enough money to leave Angelone nearly speechless. to do that to myself. I’m happy with my
“They asked me how it felt winning $60,000 tonight, and I didn’t even know what winter, I’m happy with the rodeos so far,
to say,” Angelone admitted. “How do you even describe it? I’ve never had this much and I’m going to continue to be happy
money—I never thought I’d have this much money.” with that. I’m not going to have it in my
Waiting at the out gate were Angelone’s sister, Sarah, and friend, Danielle Lowman. mind that, as soon as little girl comes, I’ll
Both Angelone and Britta Strain roped in 2.04-seconds, and the alleyway was quiet as be pushing to be back. I want to spend
the announcer checked on the tie-breaker. It was determined that Angelone’s Show- time with her.” BRJ
down run, which topped the round ahead of Strain’s 2.25-second run, meant the
victory was hers. At that time, the ladies erupted into cheers as Angelone returned to
the arena for her televised interview.
“I’m just so proud of her,” Sarah said. “I love watching her win. It’s a blessing to
watch her rope and do good.” BRJ

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WHAT NOT TO DO
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.
WHAT TO DO
• Keep hold of the reins and ride your
horse with your feet into your hand.
• Pick up your hand and turn him and
keep him in the bridle—don’t pull back,
but keep him between your bridle reins,
into the bit.
You need to be on your feet and ma-
neuver the horse with your feet—not
your legs.
• Look where you want to go.
• Move your feet and put your front end
where you want him. Ask him with your
feet to get the speed you need.
• Relax down on your feet, but keep
using them.
• Engage his back end while you back
up, and keep the contact on the bridle—
don’t pull, just keep contact.
• Go one step at a time.
• Let him relax once you get to the
corner.
• When you pick him up to ride him
up, use your feet to make him go to your
hand, and put the front end where you
want it.
• When you want to walk forward, hold
the bridle and ride him forward—hold
up, not back, with your rein hand.
THE THEORY
No matter what, you have to have con-
trol of the bridle. That makes your horse
a lot less nervous, because he’s told what
to do. When they’re nervous, and you
let them make the decisions on a loose
rein, they’re even more nervous because
they want to be told what to do. Horses
are just like kids—they’re looking to you
for direction and guidance, and when
they don’t get that, they’ll be even more
nervous. BRJ

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Live calves are an integral part of breakaway roping—not only on competition day, but at home, too.
But what makes a good practice calf anyway? Two of the sport’s leading cattlewomen offer the 411 on what
it means to buy, feed and run breakaway calves. —Jolee Jordan
You’ve got your rope, your horse, your Expect to pay $350 for dairy calves in the “Every producer is different and it really
saddle—all selected and purchased after Northwest and $500-$600 for beef calves. depends on where you are,” Charity Hoar
meticulous research. You’re ready to In Texas, calves are running around $350- said. “For beef calves, if they’re bigger,
embark upon a great breakaway career $475. In Wyoming, corriente calves are healthier calves, you can get by in the
and solid practice is the first step. costing $550-$700 a head. winter, but the colder weather is harder
But do you have calves to rope? Leasing can be a legitimate option if on them. The altitude is harder on them.”
Owning and using a good set of practice you have a supplier in your area. Most Together with her tie down roping
calves can be a key in your development charge per head per month and again, husband, Stuart, Hoar produces bi-
as a breakaway roper and crucial to costs can vary. monthly jackpots from October to May
improving your horsemanship as well. in Wyoming and northern Colorado.
So what do you need to know before WHICH BREEDS ARE BEST? The Hoars also provide cattle to amateur
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winter,” she said. “They stay smaller
longer and we’ve found the corrientes are
honest and try harder—they want to live
so you don’t deal with as much loss.”
For practice, Jennifer Casey likes a dairy
cross and both ladies agree dairy calves are
best for beginners as they are slow and will
generally learn and stick to a pattern.
“They give you time to think and
correct mistakes for your horse, or you,
in the run,” she said. “I like slow and
medium calves. But I don’t think you
accomplish much with really fast cattle.
“Variety is important—a good set of
practice calves make a terrible set of rodeo
calves,” she joked. “I don’t mind a slow-
starting calf where the gate bangs and the
horse has to listen to me and wait.”
Casey is a past WPRA Columbia River
Breakaway Roping Champion and one of
the cowgirls who helped start the trend
of ProRodeos adding breakaway several
years ago. She is also a clinician.
Many of her clinics are taught with
Seth Hopper, a PRCA circuit champion
tie down roper, at Hopper’s place outside
of Hermiston, Oregon.
“I love doing clinics with Seth at his
place because he has a good feeling arena
and the right kind of cattle to learn on,”
she said. “If you don’t have the right kind
of cattle, I feel like the learning experience
isn’t as good.”
And, according to Casey, your arena
setup is just as important as the type of
calves you’re using.
“Your arena makes a difference, too, as
much as the type of calves. If you’ve got a
lot of left or right . . . I’ve got a wall on
the left on mine, so I don’t get much work
that way,” she said. “Both directions are
ok to have for practice.”
BREAKING IN YOUR CALVES
Both ladies wait a minimum of a week
before even taking a new set of calves to
the arena.
“I give them at least five to seven days
on my feed before roping or putting any
stress in that regard on them,” Casey said.
“We give them a week to a week and a
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half in the new environment before we do
anything,” Hoar agreed.
She stresses having the right help when
you do begin to break the cattle in is a
must.
“We have a handful of guys and girls
that are our go-to help,” she said. “We
string them through, two or three at a
time, and we’ll do that two or three times
before we ever rope them.”
Casey has a similar process and is also
picky about who’s in her arena when she
works her calves.
“We run them through two or three
times with liners, make sure they know
where the end is,” she said, adding that
she’s not afraid to put hay or grain at the
other end as well. “I want them to really
know the out gate.”
Once Hoar is ready to start running the
cattle individually, she has her helpers just
track them on the first pass.
“The second time through, we have ev-
eryone let them all the way out before they
go. The beef calves usually are going to
start getting stronger by the second or third
time anyway,” she said. “The third time, we
tell them to go out and make a run.”
“Then we’re done breaking them in.”
WHAT TO FEED?
Both Hoar and Casey give free choice
hay to their calves.
“You have to feed them right if you
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have pasture.”
Hoar takes advantage of local feed
company NexGen’s extruded corn feed,
which is 92% digestible—far higher than
other corn and grain products—making
it a cost effective option when you’re
feeding a big herd.
“It lowers our costs over COB and other
grain products and helps their digestive
systems,” she said. “We also feed an alfalfa
pellet and grain mix.”
Of course, veterinary care is
administered as needed, whether through
products like Auremycin, a medicated feed
additive, or other necessary medications.
KEEPING THEM GOOD
Casey has one suggestion for ensuring
your herd lasts.
“Own a sled,” she offered, laughing. “I
only run my calves two or three times at
once, give them good feed and rope the
sled.”
Even as a producer, Hoar agreed.
“Unless something is getting really
strong, in which case we might rope them
two or three times in the week prior to
a jackpot. otherwise, once they’re broke
in, they’re not touched,” she said. “I have
a separate set of calves for my personal
practice.” BRJ
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around on it. What sets this dummy
apart is the long neck, designed to allow
your curl to kick back up correctly,
while the angle of the head ensures you’ll
keep your tip down. The dummy runs
about $500, and you can get the sled for
around $550, which is unique for it’s
long tongue that sets it farther from the
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A bonus? This sled can also carry Heel-
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NHSRA sponsor Smarty already
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and now it has Smarty Junior, a calf
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polyethylene that can take plenty of
abuse in any weather, and is made in
Texas in green, black or pink. For about
$395, you can buy the Sidekick, which
is just the half or full body of the ground
dummy with an easy-grip handle. If you
already have a Smarty sled, the Smarty
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sled. Or starting from scratch, you can
get the dummy and new sled for around
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The San Antonio-based dummy firm
RopeSmart, a WPRA sponsor, has been
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founder analyzed the best ropers to find
common denominators in angle and
plane of swing, then designed dummies
to force you to develop those good
fundamentals as you isolate and elimi-
nate your bad habits. RopeSmart’s The
Runner calf dummy endorsed by John
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dummy, while the sled runs about $325.
The great part is you can add horns and
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Other options on the market include
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Their new GTS Ground Training System
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colors, for about $450. You can order
the dummy and sled for around $999.
(tufkaf.com; 307-217-0392)
Another possibility is Rope-Steer’s calf
dummy which, for $999, is mounted
permanently on a sled with four wheels,
eliminating drag so you can pull it fast
from a dead stop. (ropesteer.com; 480-
442-ROPE).
And Beastmaster Rodeo offers the
Stop N’ Clock life-size breakaway
dummy, which sits permanently on
steel skis and can be roped stationary or
pulled with a horse or ATV. For $999, it
has real cowhide around the neck and a
head-and-neck shape designed to make
you throw your rope deep and keep your
elbow up (beastmasterrodeo.com; 855-
763-3648). BRJ

92 BRJ | July 2022

 The Equinety Line of Products make for a solid supplement
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The Breakdown

COURTESY OF WCRA/ BULL STOCK MEDIA

“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 goal.
“We’re spending just as much money as all the other athletes out there, and we don’t rope for
near as much in our end game. [And we’re] so grateful for places like this, you know, to come here
and win $58,000 in two days and have had this experience. It’s unbelievable. And I know it can get
there cause these guys. These guys have done it for us, but we’re going to keep working hard and
keep pushing for it.”

—Hope Thompson addressing the trajectory of the sport after roping at the
WRWC on “The Breakdown” podcast, available to stream or download where you
listen to podcasts.

94 BRJ | July 2022

 STEPHENVILLE, TX
LONESTAR ARENA
4696 N US HWY 377
WSTR
2022

THURS JULY 14
Books Open at 10:00 AM Rope at 11:00 AM
july 14-17 2022
GOLDBUCKLEBEER OPEN WSTR
#15.5 ADD ON
$150/roper, enter 2x, No age or # cap, 80% payback
#14.5WSTR
#13.5PICKORDRAW
$100/roper, enter 3x

contact information
Books Open at 8:00 AM Rope at 9:00 AM
FRI JULY 15 Troy 575.574.8591
aaron 575.313.2506
#13.5WSTR
$300/roper, enter 2x, 80% payback, must be 21
#12.5 WSTR rv and stall info

#11.5WSTR #7 heeler cap 254.595.2868

#11.5PICKORDRAW $100/roper, enter 3x
payment information
Books Open at 8:00 AM Rope at 9:00 AM
SAT JULY 16 Cash or Credit Card
no checks
#11.5 HEARTLAND $500/roper, enter 2x, 80% payback, 4 steer
average, 3 full rounds, #7 heeler cap
#10.5 WSTR #6 heeler cap shelley sponsors

#10.5 PICK OR DRAW $100/roper, enter 3x

Books Open at 8:00 AM Rope at 9:00 AM
SUN JULY 17 WSTRQUALIFIERS
#9.5WSTR #5.5 heeler cap Open: $250/Roper, enter 2x, 5 steer
#14.5: $150/roper, enter 2x, no age or # cap
#8.5WSTR #4.5 cap both ends #12.5: $150/roper, enter 2x, no # cap
#11.5-9.5: $150/roper, enter 2x
#7WSTR #4 cap both ends #8.5: $150/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw
Must be 21 years old or turn 21 anytime during the calendar year to participate in WS qualifier (*except in the #7: $150/roper, enter 2x, pick or draw, 4 steer
Open and #14.5). A current WSTR or USTRC membership, Key Card or Key Card Max is required. WSTR membership, All WSTR Qualifiers are 80% payback
including Key Cards may be purchased online at WSTRoping.com, on-site before you rope, or renewing by phone,
505-898-1755. WSTR membership are free to renewing ropers 70 and older. WSTR membership or Key Card is
required for WSTR Finale accumulated earning discount. Global Handicaps only. Dress code will be enforced - NEGATIVE COGGINS REQUIRED
collared shirts, cowboy hats or no hats.
 ruidoso downs, nm
RUIDOSO DOWNS RACE TRACK ARENA
100 SERVICE LANE
WSTR
2022

FRI
Books Open at 8:00 AM Rope at 9:00 AM
JULY 29
july 29-31 2022
GOLDBUCKLEBEER OPEN WSTR
#14.5WSTR
#13.5 WSTR
#12.5 WSTR
#12.5 PICK OR DRAW
contact information
$100/roper, enter 3x, no age or # cap
Troy 575.574.8591
aaron 575.313.2506
Books Open at 8:00 AM Rope at 9:00 AM
SAT JULY 30 rv and stall info
575.654.4402
#11.5WSTR #7 heeler cap

#10.5WSTR payment information

$300/roper, enter 2x, 80% payback, must be 21, #6 heeler cap Cash or Credit Card
no checks
#10.5PICKORDRAW
$100/roper, enter 3x, no age or # cap
shelley sponsors

Books Open at 8:00 AM Rope at 9:00 AM

SUN JULY 31
#9.5WSTR #5.5 heeler cap
Open: $150/Roper, enter 2x, 4 head, no age or # cap
#14.5: $150/roper, enter 2x, no age or # cap
#8.5WSTR #4.5 cap both ends #13.5: $150/roper, enter 2x, no # cap
#12.5: $150/roper, enter 2x, no # cap
#7WSTR #4 cap both ends #11.5: $150/roper, enter 2x, #7 heeler cap
#9.5: $150/roper, enter 2x, #5.5 Heeler cap
Must be 21 years old or turn 21 anytime during the calendar year to participate in WS qualifier (*except in the #8.5: $150/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw
Open and #14.5). A current WSTR or USTRC membership, Key Card or Key Card Max is required. WSTR membership, #7: $150/roper, enter 2x, pick or draw, 4 steer
including Key Cards may be purchased online at WSTRoping.com, on-site before you rope, or renewing by phone, All WSTR Qualifiers are 80% payback
505-898-1755. WSTR membership are free to renewing ropers 70 and older. WSTR membership or Key Card is
required for WSTR Finale accumulated earning discount. Global Handicaps only. Dress code will be enforced -
collared shirts, cowboy hats or no hats.
 IGSKY
Double H e a de r
NTR | SEASON
BIG TIMBER MT NTR SATURDAY
IX

ENTRIES & BOTH DAYS!

August 6th
WSTR FRIDAY 80%
August 5th
PAYBACK IN
ALL WSTR
QUALIFIERS!
10.5 MEGABUCKS
12.5 • 11.5 • 10.5 • 9.5 • 8.5 • 7 PICK OR DRAW FOR $100 PER ROPER, ENTER 3X,
4-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 6.5 CAP, 75% PAYBACK

WSTR QUALIFIERS: $150/ROPER, 9.5 MONTANA 5000

$5,000 GUARANTEED TO 1ST
ENTER 2X (EXCEPT IN THE #8.5),
4-STEER, MUST BE 21
• 11.5 CAPPED AT #7 HEELER PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
• 10.5 CAPPED AT#6 HEELER ENTER 3X, 4-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 5.5 CAP
• 9.5 CAPPED AT #5.5 HEELER
• 8.5 PICK OR DRAW, ENTER 3X,
CAPPED AT #4.5 BOTH ENDS 8.5 BIG TIMBER CLASSIC
• 7 PICK OR DRAW,
CAPPED AT #4 TROPHY SADDLES TO 1ST
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160, ENTER 3X,
WSTR RULES: MUST BE 21 YEARS OLD OR TURN 21 ANYTIME DURING THE 2022 3-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 4.5 CAP
CALENDAR YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN WS QUALIFIERS (*EXCEPT IN THE OPEN & #14.5). A
CURRENT WSTR, USTRC, KEY CARD OR KEY CARD MAX IS REQUIRED. WSTR MEMBERSHIPS,
INCLUDING THE KEY CARD, MAY BE PURCHASED ONLINE AT WSTROPING.COM, ON-SITE 7 BUCKLE UP 2-STEER
BEFORE YOU ROPE, OR RENEW BY PHONE, 505-898-1755. WSTR MEMBERSHIPS ARE
FREE TO RENEWING ROPERS 70 AND OLDER. WSTR MEMBERSHIPS OR THE KEY CARD IS 8 TROPHY BUCKLES
REQUIRED FOR WSTR FINALE ACCUMULATED EARNING DISCOUNTS.
TO 1 ST-4TH IN THE AVG
TOP 30 TO SECOND ROUND!
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $120,
BIG TIMBER FAIRGROUNDS ENTER 3X, 4 CAP
FAIRGROUNDS ROAD, BIG TIMBER, MT 59011

PRODUCED BY GENERAL INFORMATION BOTH DAYS:

GLOBAL HANDICAPS ONLY. CURRENT GLOBAL HANDICAP CARD
NTR GENERAL INFORMATION:
2/3 CASH & PRIZE PAYBACK UNLESS NOTED. NTR MEMBERSHIP

YOST EVENTS, INC. REQUIRED. CASH OR CREDIT CARDS ONLY. TOP 20 TO THE SHORT
ROUND AT A MINIMUM. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO RE-
REQUIRED ON SUNDAY. NTR MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE ON-
SITE FOR $40. NTR VIP MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE FOR $140.
520.251.1495 CLASSIFY ANY ROPER. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE ANY
AND ALL NECESSARY CHANGES. WSTROPING.COM
NTR MEMBERSHIPS ARE COMPLIMENTARY IF YOU ARE OVER
70 YEARS OF AGE. NATIONALTEAMROPING.COM
 EVAD
Double H ea d er
SPONSORED IN PART BY THE
WINNEMUCCA CONVENTION &
VISITORS AUTHORITY

NTR | SEASON
IX
WINNEMUCCA NV NTR SUNDAY
ENTRIES & BOTH DAYS!
August 7th
WSTR SATURDAY 80%
August 6th
PAYBACK IN
ALL WSTR
QUALIFIERS!
13.5 MEGABUCKS SLIDE
12.5 • 11.5 • 10.5 • 9.5 • 8.5 • 7 PICK OR DRAW FOR $100 PER ROPER, ENTER 3X,
75% PAYBACK, HANDICAP UP & DOWN - 1.5 SEC PER
NUMBER, MAX OF 6 SEC +/-, 4-STEER
WSTR QUALIFIERS: $150/ROPER,
ENTER 2X (EXCEPT IN THE #8.5), 9.5 NEVADA 5000
4-STEER, MUST BE 21
• 11.5 CAPPED AT #7 HEELER
• 10.5 CAPPED AT#6 HEELER
$5,000 GUARANTEED TO 1ST
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
• 9.5 CAPPED AT #5.5 HEELER ENTER 3X, 4-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 5.5 CAP
• 8.5 PICK OR DRAW, ENTER 3X,
CAPPED AT #4.5 BOTH ENDS 8.5 WINNEMUCCA CLASSIC
• 7 PICK OR DRAW,
CAPPED AT #4 TROPHY SADDLES TO 1ST
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
WSTR RULES: MUST BE 21 YEARS OLD OR TURN 21 ANYTIME DURING THE 2022
CALENDAR YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN WS QUALIFIERS (*EXCEPT IN THE OPEN & #14.5). A ENTER 3X, 3-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 4.5 CAP
CURRENT WSTR, USTRC, KEY CARD OR KEY CARD MAX IS REQUIRED. WSTR MEMBERSHIPS,
INCLUDING THE KEY CARD, MAY BE PURCHASED ONLINE AT WSTROPING.COM, ON-SITE 7 BUCKLE UP 2-STEER
BEFORE YOU ROPE, OR RENEW BY PHONE, 505-898-1755. WSTR MEMBERSHIPS ARE
FREE TO RENEWING ROPERS 70 AND OLDER. WSTR MEMBERSHIPS OR THE KEY CARD IS 8 TROPHY BUCKLES
TO 1 ST-4TH IN THE AVG
REQUIRED FOR WSTR FINALE ACCUMULATED EARNING DISCOUNTS.

TOP 30 TO SECOND ROUND!

HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $120,
ENTER 3X, 4 CAP
1000 FAIRGROUNDS RD, WINNEMUCCA, NV 89445

PRODUCED BY GENERAL INFORMATION BOTH DAYS:

GLOBAL HANDICAPS ONLY. CURRENT GLOBAL HANDICAP CARD
NTR GENERAL INFORMATION:
2/3 CASH & PRIZE PAYBACK UNLESS NOTED. NTR MEMBERSHIP

YOST EVENTS, INC. REQUIRED. CASH OR CREDIT CARDS ONLY. TOP 20 TO THE SHORT
ROUND AT A MINIMUM. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO RE-
REQUIRED ON SUNDAY. NTR MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE ON-
SITE FOR $40. NTR VIP MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE FOR $140.
520.251.1495 CLASSIFY ANY ROPER. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE ANY
AND ALL NECESSARY CHANGES. WSTROPING.COM
NTR MEMBERSHIPS ARE COMPLIMENTARY IF YOU ARE OVER
70 YEARS OF AGE. NATIONALTEAMROPING.COM
wstr
2022 QUALIFIER

5-7 ROSE PALACE

AUGUST SAN ANTONIO, TX
2022

WSTR QUALIFIERS
Open- $150/Roper, enter 3x, 5 head, no age or # cap
#13.5-#9.5 $150/roper, enter 2x
#12.5 Heartland- $500/roper, enter 2x,
#8.5- $150/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw
#7- $150/roper, enter 2x, pick or draw, 4-steer
All WSTR Qualifiers are 80% payback

FRI AUGUST 5 SAT AUGUST 6 SUN AUGUST 7

Books Open 8:30-9:30 Books Open 7:30-8:30 AM Books Open 7:30-8:30 AM
Rope at 10:00 AM. Rope at 9:00 AM. Rope at 9:00 AM.

GOLDBUCKLEBEER #12.5 HEARTLAND #9.5WSTR #5.5 heeler cap

OPENWSTR $500/roper, enter 2x, 3 full rounds,
80% payback, must be 21
#8.5WSTR #4.5 cap both ends
#15.5PICKORDRAW
$150/roper, enter 2x, 80% payback, #11.5WSTR #7 heeler cap
no age limit #7WSTR #4 cap both ends

#14.5WSTR #10.5 WSTR #6 heeler cap

$300/ROPER, ENTER 2X, 80% PAYBACK, #9.5 SADDLE ROPING

MUST BE 21 #10.5SADDLEROPING $100/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw,
$100/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw no age limit, #5.5 heeler cap
#13.5WSTR
Saddles to Saddles to
#12.5 WSTR Average Winners Average Winners
Must be 21 years old or turn 21 anytime during the calendar year to participate in WS qualifier (*except in the Open and #14.5). A current WSTR or USTRC membership, Key
Card or Key Card Max is required. WSTR membership, including Key Cards may be purchased online at WSTRoping.com, on-site before you rope, or renewing by phone,
505-898-1755. WSTR membership are free to renewing ropers 70 and older. WSTR membership or Key Card is required for WSTR Finale accumulated earning discount.
Global Handicaps only. Dress code will be enforced - collared shirts, cowboy hats or no hat.

For More Information

Chris Francis RV & Stall reservations PAYMENT ACCEPTED INFORMATION
505-429-0164 210.698.3300 Cash or Credit Cards/no checks

www.WSTRoping.com Follow us on Facebook

 wstr
2022 QUALIFIER
LEVELLAND, TX
August
MALLET EVENT CENTER
2320 S HIGHWAY 385
WSTR QUALIFIERS
Open - $150/Roper, enter 3x, 5 head, no age or # cap
#14.5 - $150/roper, enter 2x, no age or # cap
#13.5-#10.5 - $150/roper, enter 2x
#8.5 - $150/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw
#7 - $150/roper, enter 2x, pick or draw, 4-steer
All WSTR Qualifiers are 80% payback
2 arenas will be used
saturday & sunday 12 -14 2022
FRI AUGUST 12 SAT AUGUST 13 SUN AUGUST14
Books Open 10:30-11:30 Books Open 7:30-8:30 AM Books Open 7:30-8:30 AM
Rope at 12 Noon. Rope at 9:00 AM. Rope at 9:00 AM.

GOLDBUCKLEBEER #13.5WSTR #9.5WSTR

OPENWSTR
$300/roper, enter 2x, #5.5 heeler cap
regular barrier #12.5WSTR 80% payback, must be 21
#15.5PICKORDRAW #11.5WSTR #7 heeler cap
$150/roper, enter 2x, 80% payback,
no age limit
#8.5WSTR #4.5 cap both ends
#10.5WSTRBIGMONEY
$250/roper, enter 2x, must be 21, #6 heeler cap
#14.5WSTR Gist Buckles to #7WSTR #4 cap both ends
Average Winners
#13.5BUCKLEROPING #9.5SADDLEROPING
$100/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw #10.5SADDLEROPING $100/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw
no age limit $100/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw no age limit, #5.5 heeler cap
no age limit, #6.5 heeler cap
Buckles to Saddles to
Average Winners Saddles to Average Winners
Average Winners
Must be 21 years old or turn 21 anytime during the calendar year to participate in WS qualifier (*except in the Open and #14.5). A current WSTR or USTRC membership, Key
Card or Key Card Max is required. WSTR membership, including Key Cards may be purchased online at WSTRoping.com, on-site before you rope, or renewing by phone,
505-898-1755. WSTR membership are free to renewing ropers 70 and older. WSTR membership or Key Card is required for WSTR Finale accumulated earning discount.
Global Handicaps only. Dress code will be enforced - collared shirts, cowboy hats or no hat.
must reserve stalls and rvs on openstalls.com
For More Information
Chris Francis RV & Stall reservations PAYMENT ACCEPTED INFORMATION:
505-429-0164 go to openstalls.com Cash or Credit Cards/no checks

www.WSTRoping.com Follow us on Facebook

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2022 QUALIFIER

GRADY COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS

500 E CHOCTAW AVE.

Chickasha, OK
UPCOMING
Aug 19-21 Athens, TX
Sept 16-18 adrmore, ok
oct 14-16 texarkana, ar 8-10 JULY
2022

FRI JULY 8 SAT JULY 9 SUN JULY 10

Enter at 11 am rope at 12 pm Enter at 8 am rope at 9 am Enter at 8 am rope at 9 am
GOLD BUCKLE #13.5 WSTR #9.5 WSTR #5.5 heeler cap
BEER OPEN
$250/roper, enter 2x, 5 steer average
#12.5 WSTR #8.5 WSTR #4.5 cap both ends
$300/roper, enter 2x, 80% payback,
#15.5 ADD-ON must be 21
$100/roper, Enter 3x, no age limit #7 WSTR #4 Cap both ends
Draw in option - (min 5 header/ 7 heeler)
#11.5 WSTR #7 heeler cap

#14.5 WSTR CLIMATE CONTROLLED

#10.5 WSTR #6 heeler cap
ARENA
#10.5 ADD-ON
#13.5 ADD ON SADDLE ROPING
will not start before 4 pm
$150/roper, P1/d1 or d2, enter 2x, handicapped, Thank You, to all of our
$100/roper, Enter 3x, no age limit
Draw in option #6.5 heeler cap Loyal Customers!

WSTR QUALIFIERS Must be 21 years old or turn 21 anytime during the calendar year to participate in WS qualifier (*except in the Open
and #14.5). A current WSTR or USTRC membership, Key Card or Key Card Max is required. WSTR membership, including
#14.5 - $150/roper, enter 2x, no age or # cap Key Cards may be purchased online at WSTRoping.com, on-site before you rope, or renewing by phone, 505-898-1755.
#13.5-#9.5 - $150/roper, enter 2x WSTR membership are free to renewing ropers 70 and older. WSTR membership or Key Card is required for WSTR
#8.5 - $150/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw Finale accumulated earning discount. Global Handicaps only. Dress code will be enforced - collared shirts, cowboy hats
#7 - $150/roper, enter 2x, pick or draw, 4-steer or no hat.
All WSTR Qualifiers are 80% payback
FOR MORE INFORMATION Watson team roping sponsors
James Watson RV & Stall reservations PAYMENT ACCEPTED INFORMATION:
903-816-0169 first come basis Cash or Credit Cards/no checks
www.WSTRoping.com Follow us on Facebook
 WSTR
2022
show low, az
Linden Valley Arena
hwy 260. turn at mile marker 35
WSTR QUALIFIERS july 29-31 2022
Open- $250/Roper, enter 2x, 5 head, no age or # cap
#14.5 $150/roper, enter 2x, no age or # cap
#13.5 - #12.5 $150/roper, enter 2x
#10.5 - #9.5 $150/Roper, enter 2x
#8.5 $150/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw
#7 $150/roper, enter 2x, pick or draw, 4-steer
All WSTR Qualifiers are 80% payback

FRI. JULY 29 SAT. JULY 30 SUN. JULY 31

Books Close at 8:45 AM Rope at 9:00 AM Books Close at 8:45 AM Rope at 9:00 AM Books Close at 8:45 AM Rope at 9:00 AM

GOLDBUCKLE #12.5 WSTR #9.5WSTR #5.5 heeler cap

BEER OPEN WSTR
#15.5ADD ON #11.5 WSTR
$150/roper, enter 2x, No age or # cap $300/roper, enter 2x, must be 21 #8.5 WSTR #4.5 CAP BOTH SIDES
80% payback 80% payback, #7 heeler cap

#14.5 WSTR #7 WSTR #4 CAP BOTH SIDES

#10.5 WSTR #6 heeler cap
#13.5 WSTR
#12.5 SADDLE ROPING #10.5 SADDLE ROPING #8.5 SADDLE ROPING
Pick 1 draw 1 or draw 2 for $150/roper Pick 1 draw 1 or draw 2 for $150/roper Pick 1 draw 1 or draw 2 for $150/roper
enter 2x, 3 steer, no age limit, No # cap enter 2x, 3 steer, no age limit, handicap, enter 2x, 3 steer, no age limit, handicap,
handicap 2/3 cash & prizes capped at #6 5 heeler 2/3 cash & prizes capped at #4 5 heeler 2/3 cash & prizes
Saddles to Average Winners Saddles to Average Winners Saddles to Average Winners
M y y g yea p p q p p 4.5 p y
Key Card Max is required. WSTR membership, including Key Cards may be purchased online at WSTRoping.com, on-site before you rope, or renewing by phone, 505-898-1755. WSTR
membership are free to renewing ropers 70 and older. WSTR membership or Key Card is required for WSTR Finale accumulated earning discount. Global Handicaps only. Dress code will
be enforced - collared shirts, cowboy hats or no hats.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

CORY JOHNSON RV & Stall reservations PAYMENT ACCEPTED INFORMATION: roping company sponsors
480-540-8405 Stalls: 928.240.3593 Cash or Credit Cards/no checks
No Rv Spots
www.WSTRoping.com Follow us on Facebook
 wstr
2022 QUALIFIER

ELLENSBURG, WA
CENTRAL WASHINGTON EQUINE ARENA
1850 VENTURE ROAD
WSTR QUALIFIERS
#14.5: $150/roper, enter 2x, no age or # cap
#13.5 - #10.5 $150/roper, enter 2x
30-31
#8.5: $150/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw
#7: $150/roper, enter 2x, pick or draw, 4-steer
All WSTR Qualifiers are 80% payback july
2022
SAT JULY 30 SUN JULY 31
Enter first roping at 8am rope at 9am Enter first roping at 8am rope at 9am

#14.5WSTR
#10.5WSTR #6 heeler cap
#13.5WSTR
#12.5WSTR #9.5WSTR
$300/roper, enter 2x, 80% pay back, must be 21
#11.5WSTR #7 heeler cap #5.5 heeler cap

#8.5WSTR #4.5 CAP BOTH SIDES

10.5HANDICAP Two arenas
$150/roper, pick 1/draw 1 or draw 2
enter 2x, 3 steer, no age or # cap available #7WSTR #4 CAP BOTH SIDES
70% pay back both days
Must be 21 years old or turn 21 anytime during the calendar year to participate in WS qualifier (*except in the Open and #14.5). A current WSTR or USTRC
membership, Key Card or Key Card Max is required. WSTR membership, including Key Cards may be purchased online at WSTRoping.com, on-site before you rope,
or renewing by phone, 505-898-1755. WSTR membership are free to renewing ropers 70 and older. WSTR membership or Key Card is required for WSTR Finale
accumulated earning discount. Global Handicaps only. Dress code will be enforced - collared shirts, cowboy hats or no hat.

For More Information

Producer contact Stall reservations PAYMENT ACCEPTED INFORMATION Upcoming Ropings
Darrel Sewell 208-250-1784 kaycie kayser Cash or Credit Cards/no checks Vancouver WA Aug 13-14
Hermiston OR Sept 10-11
joyce Sewell 208-867-9799 432-296-3559

www.WSTRoping.com Follow us on Facebook

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2022 QUALIFIER
August
2 0 2 2 2-14
Twisselman's WSTR
Madonna Inn Arena | San Luis Obisbo, CA

Fri Aug 12 Sat Aug 13 Sun Aug 14

enter at 8am | Rope at 9am enter at 8am | Rope at 9am enter at 8am | Rope at 9am

GOLD BUCKLE #12.5 WSTR #9.5 WSTR

BEER OPEN $150/roper, enter 3x, 80% payback, $150/roper, enter 2x, no draw, must
$150/roper, enter 3x, 80% payback, no cap have partner, #5.5 heeler cap,
no cap, no age limit 80% payback
#11.5 WSTR
$150/roper, enter 3x, 80% payback, #8.5 WSTR
#15.5 ADD-ON Alex Madonna Memorial
#7 heeler cap
$100/roper, enter 3x, 80% payback, $150/roper, enter 3x, pick or draw,
no cap, no age limit #10.5 WSTR #4.5 cap both ends, 80% payback
Van Snow Memorial
#14.5 WSTR $150/roper, enter 2x, 80% payback, #7 WSTR
$150/roper, enter 3x, 80% payback, #6 heeler cap $150/roper, enter 2x, pick or draw,
no cap, no age limit 4 steer, #4 cap both ends, 80% payback
#10.5 PICK OR DRAW
$100/roper, enter 3x, no cap, no age #9.5 ADD-ON
#13.5 WSTR $100/roper, enter 3x, no cap,
$150/roper, enter 3x, 80% payback, limit
no cap Wno age limit

MADONNA INN ADDITIONAL HOTELS

Ropes Galore 100 Madonna Rd Best Western Royal Oak | 805-544-4410
onsite for your roping needs San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 Embassy Suites | 805-549-0800
805-543-3000 Vagabond Inn | 805-544-4710
Call ASAP - Rooms Limited Motel 6 | 800-544-4866

Must be 21 years old or turn 21 anytime during the calendar year to participate in WS qualifier (*except in the Open and #14.5). A current WSTR or USTRC membership, Key
Card or Key Card Max is required. WSTR membership, including Key Cards may be purchased online at WSTRoping.com, on-site before you rope, or renewing by phone,
505-898-1755. WSTR membership are free to renewing ropers 70 and older. WSTR membership or Key Card is required for WSTR Finale accumulated earning discount.
Global Handicaps only. Dress code will be enforced - collared shirts, cowboy hats or no hat.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

twisselman’s Contact RV & Stall reservations PAYMENT ACCEPTED INFORMATION:
rowly: 805-748-3343 first come basis cash or credit card
Cathie: 805-748-3344
www.WSTRoping.com Follow us on Facebook
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Championships
29-31 2022

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA W.O. CRAWFORD ARENA

ROPING FORMATS:
#16.5 - #13.5: $150/ROPER, ENTER 3X, PICK OR DRAW, 80% PAYBACK
#12.5 - #9.5: $120/ROPER, ENTER 3X, PICK OR DRAW, 70% PAYBACK
WSTR: MUST BE 21, $150/ROPER, ENTER 3X, PICK OR DRAW, 80% PAYBACK

ENTER AT 9 AM ROPE AT 10 AM ENTER AT 8 AM ROPE AT 9 AM ENTER AT 8 AM ROPE AT 9 AM

#16.5 USTRC #12.5 USTRC #9.5 WSTR

Buckles to Average Winners
#14.5 USTRC
$150/ROPER, ENTER 3X, PICK OR DRAW
#5.5 HEELER CAP, MUST BE 21, 80% PAYBACK

#11.5 WSTR #9.5 USTRC #5.5 HEELER CAP

#13.5 USTRC $150/ROPER, ENTER 3X, PICK OR DRAW

#7 HEELER CAP, MUST BE 21, 80% PAYBACK Buckles to Average Winners

#11.5 USTRC #8.5 USTRC PRIZE ROPING

#12.5 WSTR Buckles to Average Winners ENTER 1, DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $200, ENTER 2X, 70%
PAYBACK PRIZES AND CASH, #4.5 CAP BOTH ENDS

#10.5 USTRC
$150/ROPER, ENTER 3X, PICK OR DRAW
MUST BE 21, 80% PAYBACK #6.5 HEELER CAP Saddles to 1st, Buckles to 2nd,
Rope bags to 3rd
Buckles to Average Winners

#12.5 USTRC LEGENDS OVER 40 #7 USTRC

$120/ROPER, ENTER 3X, PICK OR DRAW ENTER 1, DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2, $200/ROPER, ENTER 2X, 70%
PAYBACK PRIZES AND CASH, #4 CAP BOTH ENDS, 3 STEER AVERAGE
Buckles to Average Winners
Buckles to 1st - 3rd Place
Buckles in Each Division!

ED ALLEN RV & STALL INFORMATION HOTEL INFORMATION PAYMENT ACCEPTED INFORMATION

256-749-0541 CALL ED ALLEN DAYS INN MONTGOMERY CASH OR CREDIT CARDS. NO CHECKS
334.396.3060

FOLLOW USTRC
USTRC.COM

USTRC SIGNATURE SERIES ROPINGS ARE QUALIFIERS TO THE CINCH NATIONAL FINALS OF TEAM ROPING. DRAW IN
OPTION AVAILABLE. 70% PAYBACK UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. GUARANTEED 1ST-3RD DISCOUNTS TO USTRC NFTR IN
ALL USTRC DIVISIONS. NO AGE RESTRICTIONS EXCEPT IN LEGENDS OVER 40 AND OVER 50 EVENTS. ENTER ON-SITE,
CASH OR CREDIT CARDS ONLY. USTRC RULES APPLY, VISIT USTRC.COM. GLOBAL HANDICAPS ONLY. ROPERS MUST
PURCHASE A 2022 MEMBERSHIP PRIOR TO ENTERING: USTRC, WSTR, KEY CARD, OR KEY CARD MAX
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 rodeos
are in full bloom, and there tends to be a team
roping jackpot in every arena across the country. It
is Americana at its finest and the Stars and Bars will
be waving as USTRC ropings are kicked off over our
country’s birthday weekend.
Throughout the years of these letters, you have
read countless stories about broken records,
unbelievable team counts, trucks and trailers
here and the huge payouts there. We don’t get
political in our writings and this publication is a
place for ropers to go and find simple facts, a little
philosophy, and where to plan the next roping
outing with family and friends. This month the
USTRC would like to take a step back from the ins
and outs of the arena and focus on the two things
that make the USTRC what it is and has been over
the last three and a half decades - family and
country.
The United States Team Roping Championships.
It says it right there in the name. United States. A
group of people enjoying the freedoms and liberties
of one great country founded under principles
that bind us all together and allow us to enjoy and
pursue our personal endeavors and passions as we
see fit. Often times we take for granted how lucky
and blessed we all are to stand in the shadow of
our great Flag and nod our heads to enjoy this sport
and the times spent with friends and family.
Family. The true cornerstone of this association.
Mothers, daughters, husbands and sons, enjoying
competition, the highs of the wins and humbleness
of the losses. But no matter how many we wave
off or the number of times we slip a leg, we must
always remember the importance of our family. At
the time of this writing, it is just hours after twenty
plus families lost their loved ones in Uvalde, Texas.
As a country and as a family our collective prayers
go out to everyone who has been touched by loss. It
is in the somber moments of reflection that we often
find our brightest lights - our loved ones, family
and friends. Cherish the runs you make together
and celebrate the catches and the misses together.
Remember, you can always enter the next one with
your good buddy or your family member…until you
can’t.
As we all go out this month and enjoy the sights,
sounds, food, and celebration that July brings, let’s
all remember how lucky we are to be in this great
country and how fortunate we all are to get to
swing a leg over great horses and rope with our
beloved family and friends.
Be safe over the 4th everyone. See you at the next
USTRC roping.
Ty Yost
July
JULY 1 - JULY 3: EL RENO, OK
JULY 8 - JULY 10: CLEVELAND, TN
JULY 8 - JULY 10: BROKEN BOW, NE
JULY 22 - JULY 24: GUTHRIE, OK
JULY 29 - JULY 31: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
JULY 29 - JULY 31: MONTGOMERY, AL
JULY 29 - JULY 31: MT PLEASANT, UT

August
AUGUST 5 - AUGUST 7: STATESBORO, GA
AUGUST 6 - AUGUST 7: AT HOME CHALLENGE
AUGUST 12 - AUGUST 14: MEMPHIS, MS
AUGUST 19 - AUGUST 21: LAKE ST LOUIS, MO
AUGUST 20 - AUGUST 21: MONTGOMERY, AL
AUGUST 27 - AUGUST 28: GALLUP, NM

For more information visit www.USTRC.com or call the office at 505.899.1870

 JULY 22-24, 2022
G U T H R I E OKLAHOMA
CHAMPIONSHIPS
LAZY E ARENA
9600 LAZY E DRIVE, GUTHRIE, OK 73044

JULY 22 ND JULY 23 RD JULY 24 TH

FRI BOOKS OPEN AT 11:30
ROPE AT 1 PM SAT BOOKS OPEN AT 7:30
ROPE AT 9 AM SUN BOOKS OPEN AT 7:30
ROPE AT 9 AM

#15.5 USTRC #11.5 USTRC #9.5 USTRC

$100/ROPER, ENTER 4X, 4 STEER $100/ROPER, ENTER 4X, 4 STEER $200/ROPER, PICK 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2
ENTER 3X, 4 STEER, 5.5 HEELER CAP

#13.5 USTRC #11.5 USTRC #8.5 USTRC

LEGENDS OVER 40 LEGENDS OVER 50
$100/ROPER, ENTER 4X, 4 STEER $200/ROPER, PICK 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 $200/ROPER, PICK 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2
ENTER 3X, 4 STEER, NO CAP ENTER 3X, 3 STEER, 4.5 CAP BOTH ENDS

#12.5 USTRC #10.5 USTRC #8.5 USTRC

LEGENDS OVER 40
$200/ROPER, PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2, ENTER 3X,
$200/ROPER, PICK 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 4 STEER, #6.5 HEELER CAP $200/ROPER, PICK 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2
ENTER 3X, 4 STEER, NO CAP ENTER 3X, 3 STEER, 4.5 CAP BOTH ENDS

#9.5 USTRC #7 USTRC

LEGENDS OVER 50
#12.5 USTRC
$100/ROPER, ENTER 4X, 4 STEER
$200/ROPER, PICK 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2
ENTER 3X, 4 STEER, 5.5 HEELER CAP
$160/ROPER, PICK 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2
ENTER 3X, 3 STEER, 4 CAP BOTH ENDS

For More Information

PRODUCER CONTACT RV & STALL INFO ROPING INFORMATION

SATURDAY
12 NOON
Jeff Smith 620-921-5903 Plenty of Stalls and RV Spots Cattle: 3 Point Productions
Scott Gage 660-868-1021 First Come Basis Jeff Smith & 3 Point Productions 6 & under, 7-9,
and 10-12
Follow us on Facebook!

FOLLOW USTRC
USTRC.COM
USTRC SIGNATURE SERIES ROPINGS ARE QUALIFIERS TO THE CINCH NATIONAL FINALS OF TEAM ROPING. DRAW IN OPTION
AVAILABLE. 70% PAYBACK UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. GUARANTEED 1ST-3RD DISCOUNTS TO USTRC NFTR IN ALL
USTRC DIVISIONS. NO AGE RESTRICTIONS EXCEPT IN LEGENDS OVER 40 AND OVER 50 EVENTS. ENTER ON-SITE, CASH OR
CREDIT CARDS ONLY. USTRC RULES APPLY, visit USTRC.COM. GLOBAL HANDICAPS ONLY. ROPERS MUST PURCHASE A 2022
MEMBERSHIP PRIOR TO ENTERING: USTRC, WSTR, KEY CARD, OR KEY CARD MAX
 JULY 29-31, 2022
COLORADO
CHAMPIONSHIPS
NORRIS PENROSE EVENT CENTER
1045 LOWER GOLD CAMP RD
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

JULY 30 TH
SAT BOOKS OPEN AT 7:30

JULY 31 ST
ROPE AT 9 AM
JULY 29 TH
FRI BOOKS OPEN AT 10:30
ROPE AT NOON
#11.5 USTRC
$100/ROPER, ENTER 4X, 4 STEER
SUN BOOKS OPEN AT 7:30
ROPE AT 9 AM

#15.5 USTRC #9.5 WSTR

$100/ROPER, ENTER 4X, 4 STEER #11.5 USTRC FINALE QUALIFIER
$150/ROPER, ENTER 2X, 4 STEER
LEGENDS OVER 40 MUST BE 21, 80% PAYBACK
$200/ROPER, PICK 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2
#5.5 HEELER CAP
#13.5 USTRC ENTER 3X, 4 STEER, NO CAP
$100/ROPER, ENTER 4X, 4 STEER #9.5 USTRC
#10.5 USTRC $200/ROPER, PICK 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2
$200/ROPER, PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2, ENTER 3X, ENTER 3X, 4 STEER, 5.5 HEELER CAP
#13.5 WSTR 4 STEER, #6.5 HEELER CAP
FINALE QUALIFIER #8.5 USTRC
$150/ROPER, ENTER 2X, 4 STEER
MUST BE 21, 80% PAYBACK
#10.5 WSTR $200/ROPER, PICK 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2
FINALE QUALIFIER ENTER 3X, 3 STEER, 4.5 CAP BOTH ENDS
$150/ROPER, ENTER 2X, 4 STEER
MUST BE 21, #6 HEELER CAP, 80% PAYBACK #7 USTRC
#12.5 USTRC
$100/ROPER, ENTER 4X, 4 STEER #9.5 USTRC $160/ROPER, PICK 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2
ENTER 3X, 3 STEER, 4 CAP BOTH ENDS
LEGENDS OVER 50
$200/ROPER, PICK 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2
ENTER 3X, 4 STEER, #5.5 HEELER CAP

WSTR SPONSORS For More Information

PRODUCER CONTACT RV & STALL INFO ROPING INFORMATION

SATURDAY
12 NOON
Jeff Smith 620-921-5903 Plenty of Stalls Cattle: 3 Point Productions
Scott Gage 660-868-1021 First Come Basis Jeff Smith & 3 Point Productions 6 & under, 7-9,
and 10-12
Follow us on Facebook!

FOLLOW USTRC
USTRC.COM
USTRC SIGNATURE SERIES ROPINGS ARE QUALIFIERS TO THE CINCH NATIONAL FINALS OF TEAM ROPING. DRAW IN OPTION
AVAILABLE. 70% PAYBACK UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. GUARANTEED 1ST-3RD DISCOUNTS TO USTRC NFTR IN ALL
USTRC DIVISIONS. NO AGE RESTRICTIONS EXCEPT IN LEGENDS OVER 40 AND OVER 50 EVENTS. ENTER ON-SITE, CASH OR
CREDIT CARDS ONLY. USTRC RULES APPLY, visit USTRC.COM. GLOBAL HANDICAPS ONLY. ROPERS MUST PURCHASE A 2022
MEMBERSHIP PRIOR TO ENTERING: USTRC, WSTR, KEY CARD, OR KEY CARD MAX
 CONTOY ARENA
MT PLEASANT, UTAH
SATURDAY
JULY 30, 2022
Enter at 8:00 am rope at 9:00am

#12.5 USTRC
$100/roper, Enter 3x, 4 steer average

#11.5 USTRC
$100/roper, Enter 3x, 4 steer average

#10.5 USTRC LEGENDS OVER 50

$150/roper, enter 1, draw 1 or draw 2, enter 3x, #6.5 heeler cap

#9.5 USTRC
$100/roper, Enter 3x, 4 steer average, #5.5 heeler cap

#8.5 USTRC
$200/roper, enter 1, draw 1 or draw 2, enter 3x, 3 steer average, #4.5 cap both ends

#7 USTRC
$200/roper, enter 1, draw 1 or draw 2, enter 3x, 3 steer average, #4 cap both ends

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact RV & Stall reservations PAYMENT ACCEPTED INFORMATION: cattle provided by
Quinn kesler first come basis Cash or Credit Cards/no checks Double Dollar Livestock
435.701.0454 2 Arenas will be used
(weather permitting)

USTRC SIGNATURE SERIES ROPINGS ARE QUALIFIERS TO THE CINCH

NATIONAL FINALS OF TEAM ROPING. DRAW IN OPTION AVAILABLE.
70% PAYBACK UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. GUARANTEED 1ST-3RD
DISCOUNTS TO USTRC NFTR IN ALL USTRC DIVISIONS. NO AGE
RESTRICTIONS EXCEPT IN LEGENDS OVER 40 AND OVER 50 EVENTS.
ENTER ON-SITE, CASH OR CREDIT CARDS ONLY. USTRC RULES
APPLY, visit USTRC.COM. GLOBAL HANDICAPS ONLY. ROPERS MUST
PURCHASE A 2022 MEMBERSHIP PRIOR TO ENTERING: USTRC, WSTR, FOLLOW USTRC
KEY CARD, OR KEY CARD MAX
USTRC.COM
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COLORADO
Cham pi o n s h i p s
Saturday JULY 9-10
12.5 MEGABUCKS
11.5 SHOWDOWN Sunday ENTRIES CLOSE
N A T I O N A LT E A M R O P I N G . C O M

TROPHY BUCKLES TO 1ST

PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160, 9.5 MEGABUCKS ROPE BOTH DAYS
ENTER 3X, 4-STEER, HANDICAPPED 21 & OVER, 5.5 CAP

10.5 CORTEZ 3000 8.5 SADDLE UP

$3,000 GUARANTEED TROPHY SADDLESST
TOST1 IN THE AVG +PICK$1,000 VIP BONUS TO 1
1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160, ENTER 3X,
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
ENTER 3X, 4-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 6 CAP 3-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 4.5 CAP

9.5 SADDLE UP 7 BUCKLE UP 2-STEER

TROPHY SADDLES TO 1ST 8 TROPHY BUCKLES
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
ENTER 3X, 3-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 5.5 CAP TO 1 -4 IN THE AVG
ST TH
TOP 30 TO SECOND ROUND!
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $120,
ENTER 3X, 4 CAP

MONTEZUMA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS

30100 US-160, CORTEZ, CO 81321

ALL MEGABUCKS
75% PAYBACK
PICK OR DRAW FOR $100/ROPER,
ENTER 3X, 4-STEER, HANDICAPPED

PRODUCED BY GENERAL INFORMATION: CASH OR CREDIT CARDS ONLY. TOP 20 TO THE SHORT ROUND AT A MINIMUM. 2/3 CASH &
PRIZE PAYBACK UNLESS NOTED. NTR MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED. MUST TURN 21 IN CALENDAR YEAR FOR 21 & OVER ROPINGS.
YOST EVENTS, INC. NTR MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE ON-SITE FOR $40. NTR VIP MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE FOR $140. NTR MEMBERSHIPS ARE

520.251.1495 COMPLIMENTARY IF YOU ARE OVER 70 YEARS OF AGE. GLOBAL HANDICAP CARD REQUIRED. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO
RE-CLASSIFY ANY ROPER. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY CHANGES.
 IGSKY
Double H e a de r
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BIG TIMBER MT NTR SATURDAY
IX

ENTRIES & BOTH DAYS!

August 6th
WSTR FRIDAY 80%
August 5th
PAYBACK IN
ALL WSTR
QUALIFIERS!
10.5 MEGABUCKS
12.5 • 11.5 • 10.5 • 9.5 • 8.5 • 7 PICK OR DRAW FOR $100 PER ROPER, ENTER 3X,
4-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 6.5 CAP, 75% PAYBACK

WSTR QUALIFIERS: $150/ROPER, 9.5 MONTANA 5000

$5,000 GUARANTEED TO 1ST
ENTER 2X (EXCEPT IN THE #8.5),
4-STEER, MUST BE 21
• 11.5 CAPPED AT #7 HEELER PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
• 10.5 CAPPED AT#6 HEELER ENTER 3X, 4-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 5.5 CAP
• 9.5 CAPPED AT #5.5 HEELER
• 8.5 PICK OR DRAW, ENTER 3X,
CAPPED AT #4.5 BOTH ENDS 8.5 BIG TIMBER CLASSIC
• 7 PICK OR DRAW,
CAPPED AT #4 TROPHY SADDLES TO 1ST
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160, ENTER 3X,
WSTR RULES: MUST BE 21 YEARS OLD OR TURN 21 ANYTIME DURING THE 2022 3-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 4.5 CAP
CALENDAR YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN WS QUALIFIERS (*EXCEPT IN THE OPEN & #14.5). A
CURRENT WSTR, USTRC, KEY CARD OR KEY CARD MAX IS REQUIRED. WSTR MEMBERSHIPS,
INCLUDING THE KEY CARD, MAY BE PURCHASED ONLINE AT WSTROPING.COM, ON-SITE 7 BUCKLE UP 2-STEER
BEFORE YOU ROPE, OR RENEW BY PHONE, 505-898-1755. WSTR MEMBERSHIPS ARE
FREE TO RENEWING ROPERS 70 AND OLDER. WSTR MEMBERSHIPS OR THE KEY CARD IS 8 TROPHY BUCKLES
REQUIRED FOR WSTR FINALE ACCUMULATED EARNING DISCOUNTS.
TO 1 ST-4TH IN THE AVG
TOP 30 TO SECOND ROUND!
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $120,
BIG TIMBER FAIRGROUNDS ENTER 3X, 4 CAP
FAIRGROUNDS ROAD, BIG TIMBER, MT 59011

PRODUCED BY GENERAL INFORMATION BOTH DAYS:

GLOBAL HANDICAPS ONLY. CURRENT GLOBAL HANDICAP CARD
NTR GENERAL INFORMATION:
2/3 CASH & PRIZE PAYBACK UNLESS NOTED. NTR MEMBERSHIP

YOST EVENTS, INC. REQUIRED. CASH OR CREDIT CARDS ONLY. TOP 20 TO THE SHORT
ROUND AT A MINIMUM. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO RE-
REQUIRED ON SUNDAY. NTR MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE ON-
SITE FOR $40. NTR VIP MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE FOR $140.
520.251.1495 CLASSIFY ANY ROPER. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE ANY
AND ALL NECESSARY CHANGES. WSTROPING.COM
NTR MEMBERSHIPS ARE COMPLIMENTARY IF YOU ARE OVER
70 YEARS OF AGE. NATIONALTEAMROPING.COM
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JOHNSON 20TH ANNUAL

BY
COUNTY
Showdown JULY 16
G
10.5 MEGABUCKS 6 CAP
9.5 WYO 3000
Memorial
$3,000 GUARANTEED TO 1ST 11.5 MEGABUCKS
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
ENTER 3X, 4-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 5.5 CAP 9.5 CENTURY OVER 50
8.5 JOHNSON COUNTY SHOWDOWN FANCY GIST BUCKLES TO 1ST
TROPHY SADDLESNDTO TH1ST
ENTRIES CLOSE AT 9:30 AM
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
ENTER 2X, 3-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 5.5 CAP
6PICKBREASTCOLLARS TO 2 -4
1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160, ENTER 3X, 9.5 MEGABUCKS
3-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 4.5 CAP ENTRIES CLOSE AT 10:30 AM
21 & OVER, 5.5 CAP
7 BUCKLE UP 2-STEER
8 TROPHY BUCKLES TO 1ST-4TH
TOP 30 TO SECOND ROUND!
THE KING 5-Steer
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $120,
ENTER 3X, 4 CAP FANCY GIST BUCKLES TO 1ST
THIS IS A #10.5 ROPING, ENTRIES CLOSE AT 11:30 AM
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
ENTER 3X, 5-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 6 CAP
ENTRIES CLOSE JOHNSON CO. BALDING SPURS TO 1ST IN THE INCENTIVE
FAIRGROUNDS 8.5 INCENTIVE, PAID AFTER 4 HEAD, 4.5 CAP
ROPE BOTH DAYS 18 FAIRGROUNDS RD,
BUFFALO, WY 82834

ALL MEGABUCKS
75% PAYBACK
PICK OR DRAW FOR $100/ROPER,
ENTER 3X, 4-STEER, HANDICAPPED

PRODUCED BY GENERAL INFORMATION: CASH OR CREDIT CARDS ONLY. TOP 20 TO THE SHORT ROUND AT A MINIMUM. 2/3 CASH &
PRIZE PAYBACK UNLESS NOTED. NTR MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED. MUST TURN 21 IN CALENDAR YEAR FOR 21 & OVER ROPINGS.
YOST EVENTS, INC. NTR MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE ON-SITE FOR $40. NTR VIP MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE FOR $140. NTR MEMBERSHIPS ARE

520.251.1495 COMPLIMENTARY IF YOU ARE OVER 70 YEARS OF AGE. GLOBAL HANDICAP CARD REQUIRED. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO
RE-CLASSIFY ANY ROPER. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY CHANGES.

N A T I O N A LT E A M R O P I N G . C O M
 S E ASO N I X TERREBONNE OR
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OVERNIGHT
DRY CAMPING
AVAILABLE
Cham p i on s h i p s
Saturday JULY 16-17
12.5 SLIDE
PICK OR DRAW FOR $120/ROPER,
Sunday ENTRIES CLOSE

ENTER 3X, 4-STEER, 75% PAYBACK ROPE BOTH DAYS

HANDICAPPED UP & DOWN
9.5 MEGABUCKS
RISING STARS 12 &UNDER
N A T I O N A LT E A M R O P I N G . C O M

21 & OVER, 5.5 CAP

100% PAYBACK TO THE RISING STARS!
8.5 CHAMPIONSHIPS
TROPHY SADDLES TO 1ST
PAID PARTNER MUST BE 12&U, FREE NTR
RISING STARS MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED.
PICK ONLY, $20 PER RUN, ENTER 5X, 2-STEER
ENTRIES CLOSE AT 10:30 AM
10.5 OREGON 3000 PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160, ENTER 3X,

$3,000 GUARANTEED TO 1ST 3-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 4.5 CAP

7 BUCKLE UP 2-STEER
8 TROPHY BUCKLES
ENTRIES WON'T CLOSE BEFORE 11:00
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
ENTER 3X, 4-STEER,
HANDICAPPED, 6.5 CAP

9.5 CHAMPIONSHIPS TO 1 -4 IN THE AVG

ST TH
TOP 30 TO SECOND ROUND!

TROPHY SADDLESST PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $120,

ENTER 3X, 4 CAP

+PICK$1,000 VIP BONUS TO 1

1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
ENTER 3X, 3-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 5.5 CAP
TERREBONNE HORSE CLUB ARENA
9249 NW 31ST ST, TERREBONNE, OR 97760

ALL MEGABUCKS
75% PAYBACK
PICK OR DRAW FOR $100/ROPER,
ENTER 3X, 4-STEER, HANDICAPPED

PRODUCED BY GENERAL INFORMATION: CASH OR CREDIT CARDS ONLY. TOP 20 TO THE SHORT ROUND AT A MINIMUM. 2/3 CASH &
PRIZE PAYBACK UNLESS NOTED. NTR MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED. MUST TURN 21 IN CALENDAR YEAR FOR 21 & OVER ROPINGS.
BEERS CATTLE CO. NTR MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE ON-SITE FOR $40. NTR VIP MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE FOR $140. NTR MEMBERSHIPS ARE

BRANDON 541.460.3460 COMPLIMENTARY IF YOU ARE OVER 70 YEARS OF AGE. GLOBAL HANDICAP CARD REQUIRED. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO
RE-CLASSIFY ANY ROPER. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY CHANGES.
KIMIBER 541.460.3461
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ARENA!

SOMERVELL COUNTY EXPO CENTER

Sunday ENTRIES CLOSE

202 BO GIBBS BLVD, GLEN ROSE, TX 76043 9.5 MEGABUCKS ROPE BOTH DAYS
NEGATIVE COGGINS REQUIRED 21 & OVER, 5.5 CAP

8.5 MEGABUCKS
Saturday 21 & OVER, 4.5 CAP

8.5 SADDLE UP
11.5 MEGABUCKS 6 TROPHY SADDLES
TO 1 -3 IN THE AVG
ST RD
N A T I O N A LT E A M R O P I N G . C O M

NO AGE LIMIT, NO CAPS

11.5 TEXAS 3000 ENTRIES CLOSE AT 10:00 AM

$3,000 GUARANTEED TO 1ST

PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
ENTER 3X, 3-STEER, HANDICAPPED, 4.5 CAP
ENTRIES CLOSE AT 9:30 AM
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160, 7 BUCKLE UP 2-STEER
ENTER 3X, 4-STEER, HANDICAPPED

10.5 MEGABUCKS 10 TROPHY BUCKLES

NO AGE LIMIT, 6 CAP TO 1 -5 IN THE AVG
ST TH
TOP 30 TO SECOND ROUND!
10.5 SHOWDOWN PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $120,

2 TROPHY SADDLES
ENTER 3X, 4 CAP

+ENTRIES
$1,000 VIP BONUS TO 1
ST
CLOSE AT HIGH NOON
PICK 1 DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 FOR $160,
ENTER 3X, 4-STEER,
DUMMY ROPING
SUNDAY HIGH NOON. NO ENTRY FEE.
HANDICAPPED, 6.5 CAP BUCKLES IN 3 DIVISIONS
5 & UNDER, 6-8 & 9-12

ALL MEGABUCKS
75% PAYBACK
PICK OR DRAW FOR $100/ROPER,
ENTER 3X, 4-STEER, HANDICAPPED

PRODUCED BY GENERAL INFORMATION: CASH OR CREDIT CARDS ONLY. TOP 20 TO THE SHORT ROUND AT A MINIMUM. 2/3 CASH &
PRIZE PAYBACK UNLESS NOTED. NTR MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED. MUST TURN 21 IN CALENDAR YEAR FOR 21 & OVER ROPINGS.
CK PRODUCTIONS NTR MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE ON-SITE FOR $40. NTR VIP MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE FOR $140. NTR MEMBERSHIPS ARE

& CATTLE COMPLIMENTARY IF YOU ARE OVER 70 YEARS OF AGE. GLOBAL HANDICAP CARD REQUIRED. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO
RE-CLASSIFY ANY ROPER. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY CHANGES.
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Ladies Only
MONDAY JULY 25
ENTER ONLINE AT ENTRYTOOL.COM ENTRIES OPEN JULY 7TH
PRE-ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 21ST. MAY ENTER ON-SITE $50 LATE FEE
BOOKS OPEN 7:00 AM CLOSE 8:00 AM ROPE AT 8:30 AM SHARP!

THE DADDY IS A WOMEN’S

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER!

TEAM ROPING BREAKAWAY

2023 WRWC QUALIFIER SERIES 2023 WRWC QUALIFIER SERIES
OPEN WITH
st 9.5 INCENTIVE: CHALLENGER BREAKAWAY:
Buckles to 1 Prizes to 1 !
st
$350 PER ROPER, PICK 1 DRAW 1, OR DRAW 2, ENTER 2X $350 PER ROPER, ENTER 2 TIMES, 2 FULL ROUNDS,
FOR A TOTAL OF 4 PARTNERS EACH END, 4 HD, TOP 15 TO SHORT
PROGRESSIVE AFTER 1, 9.5 INCENTIVE PAID ON 3 HEAD 2023 WRWC FAST TRACK QUALIFIER
CAPPED AT 4.5 EACH END
OPEN BREAKAWAY:
THE WRWC IS THE LARGEST ANNUAL PURSE FOR A
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st
WOMEN’S RODEO EVENT AND WILL PAYOUT MORE THAN $450 PER ROPER, ENTER 2 TIMES, 2 FULL ROUNDS,
$750,000 IN 2022 WHILE CROWNING WORLD CHAMPIONS TOP 15 TO SHORT
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BREAKAWAY ROPING AND BARREL RACING. RESET CHUTE
LEASE TIME WILL
APPLIED TO EACH
NTRY/ROPER.

RESERVE HOTELS EARLY THE DADDY XVI

TO GUARANTEE ROOMS!
GENERAL INFO:
NO ALCOHOL! NO DOGS! ON-SITE ENTRY. CASH ONLY OR CREDIT CARD
ONLY 3% WILL BE ADDED TO ALL CREDIT CARD FEES. CURRENT COGGINS
REQUIRED. WSTR BARRIER WILL BE USED FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT. NO AGE
LIMIT IN THE 13.5 SUPER 7 HEAD, MULEY ROPINGS OR THE 8.5 BONUS
ROPING. GLOBAL HANDICAPS ONLY. WSTR DRESS CODE WILL BE IN
EFFECT. PRODUCER HAS THE RIGHT TO CLASSIFY ANYONE NOT HOLDING
A CURRENT GLOBAL CARD. PRODUCER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE
ANY AND ALL NECESSARY CHANGES.
STALLS:
50 INDOOR STALLS $40 PER NIGHT. 150 OUTDOOR
STALLS $25 PER NIGHT, OUTDOOR RUNS $80 PER
NIGHT (2 HORSE MIN) SHAVINGS $10 PER BAG.
ABSOLUTELY NO TIE OUTS. ALL ROPERS MUST CHECK
IN AT STALL OFFICE! CALL MANDY WOLFE AT
970.231.8951 FOR STALL RESERVATIONS. SHE IS THE
ONLY PERSON TAKING RESERVATIONS, NO
EXCEPTIONS! NO HOOKUPS, GENERATORS WELCOME.

JX2EVENTS.COM FACEBOOK.COM/JX2ANDNTRLTEAMROPING
MANDY WOLFE 970.231.8951 . JOHN JOHNSON 423.340.0640 . JX2 OFFICE 423-575-2295
 BEST EVENT OF THE SUMMER! $1.1 MILLION CASH PAID OUT IN 2021

JULY TWO INDOOR AND OUTDOOR

ARENAS AVAILABLE. WE WILL

ARENAS! USE TWO ARENAS DURING

ROPINGS WHEN APPROPRIATE.

21-25 80%
LARAMIE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE PAYBACK
IN WSTR QUALIFIERS AND
BOOKS OPEN 7:00 AM, CLOSE 8:00 AM
ROPE AT 8:30 AM SHARP DAILY!
13.5 SUPER 7-HEADER

Schedule
THURSDAY JULY 21
- GOLD BUCKLE BEER OPEN WSTR
- 16.5 WARM-UP - TRADITIONAL BARRIER
- 15.5 WARM-UP - TRADITIONAL BARRIER
- 14.5 WSTR SPECIAL FEES NO AGE CAP GOLD BUCKLE BEER OPEN
- 13.5 SUPER 7-HEADER with 12.5 INCENTIVE TROPHY BUCKLES TO 1ST
- 13.5 SLIDE MULEY ROPING NO AGE LIMIT & NO CAPS
GOLD BUCKLE BEER WSTR OPEN FINALE LAS VEGAS
QUALIFICATIONS TO 1ST! $300 PER ROPER, 4HD, PROG AFTER 1,
FRIDAY JULY 22 80% PAYBACK, TRADITIONAL BARRIER

- 13.5 WSTR SPECIAL FEES 14.5, 13.5, 12.5, 11.5, 10.5, 9.5 - TROPHY BUCKLES TO 1ST!
$300 PER ROPER, ENTER 2X, 4-HEAD, PROG AFTER 1,
- 12.5 WSTR SPECIAL FEES 80% PAYBACK, MUST BE 21 EXCEPT IN THE 14.5
- 12.5 SLIDE MULEY ROPING
8.5 & 7 WSTR QUALIFIER - TROPHY BUCKLES TO 1ST!
$300 PER ROPER, ENTER 3X, PICK OR DRAW, 8.5 CAPPED AT 4.5 BOTH ENDS
SATURDAY JULY 23 7 CAPPED AT 4 BOTH ENDS

- 11.5 WSTR SPECIAL FEES 7 HEEL CAP

- 10.5 WSTR SPECIAL FEES 6 HEEL CAP
20 GIST BUCKLES TO AVG WINNERS IN ALL
- 10.5 SLIDE MULEY ROPING
THE DADDY XVI WSTR QUALIFIERS!

SUNDAY JULY 24
- 7 WSTR
SUNDAY
-
-
10.5 WSTR LEGENDS OVER 40 6 HEEL CAP
9.5 WSTR SPECIAL FEES 5.5 HEEL CAP
Additional Formats MORNING!
-
-
8.5 WSTR 4.5 CAP BOTH ENDS
8.5 BONUS ROPING
16.5 & 15.5 WARM-UP No age limit! No caps!
PICK OR DRAW FOR $150/ROPER, ENTER 2X, 80% PAYBACK

10.5 WSTR LEGENDS Over 40 MULEY ROPINGS No age limit! No caps!

SPECIAL EDITION BUCKLES TO 1ST PICK 1, DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2, ENTER 3X FORA TOTAL OF 6 PARTNERS,
PRIZES TO 2ND-5TH 80% PAYBACK 2/3 PAYBACK, PROGRESSIVE AFTER 1
$500 PER ROPER, ENTER 2X, 3 HEAD, PROGRESSIVE - 13.5 - $260/ROPER, 4HD, SLIDE UP TO HIGHEST # & DOWN TO 11.5 & BELOW
AFTER 1, BOTH PARTNERS MUST BE OVER 40 - 12.5 - $260/ROPER, 4HD, SLIDE UP TO 13.5 & DOWN TO 10.5

Super 7 Header
- 10.5 - $240/ROPER, 3HD, SLIDE UP TO 11.5 & DOWN TO 9.5 & BELOW

8.5 BONUS ROPING No age limiti !

$170,000 PAYOUT IN 2021
SPONSORED BY
4 TROPHY SADDLES TO HIGH POINT 4 OR 4.5 HD/HL & JASON SMALL
TROPHY BUCKLES TO 1ST 3 OR 3 & BELOW HD/HL, 20 TROPHY BUCKLES TO 1ST - 10TH
JX2 SPONSOR PRIZES TO 11TH - 20TH, LOTS OF CASH IN AVG!
$600 PER ROPER, 13.5 ROPING WITH 12.5
INCENTIVE, LIMITED TO 120 TEAMS, ENTER 4X, PICK 1, DRAW 2 OR DRAW 3 FOR $225, ENTER 4X FOR A TOTAL OF 12
DRAWPOT OPTION AVAILABLE, PROGRESSIVE PARTNERS, HANDICAPPED, CAPPED AT 4.5, CUT OFF IN FIRST ROUND
AFTER 1, 12.5 INCENTIVE PAID ON 6 STEERS ONLY, 3 HD PROG
JX2EVENTS.COM
WSTR RULES: Must be 21 years old or turn 21 anytime during the calendar year to participate in WS qualifier, except in the 14.5. A current WSTR, USTRC, Key
MANDY WOLFE 970.231.8951
Card or Key Card Max membership is required. membershipS may be purchased on-site before you rope, online at WSTRoping.com, or renewing by phone, JOHN JOHNSON 423.340.0640
505-898-1755. Global Handicaps only. WSTR memberships are free to renewing ropers 70 and older. WSTR membership, KEY CARD, or Key Card MAX is JX2 OFFICE 423.575.2295
required for WSTR Finale accumulated earning discounts. Global Handicaps only. Producer reserves the right to make ANY and all necessary changes.
 TRI-STATE EXHIBITION
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CENTER

Cleveland,Tennessee BOOKS OPEN 7:30 AM & ROPE AT 9:00 AM BOTH DAYS!

ENTRIES CLOSE AT START OF SHORT GO FOR PREVIOUS ROPING.

26 TROPHY 6 TROPHY 4 BREAST 4 TROPHY

BUCKLES SADDLES COLLARS HEADSTALLS

NTRL NATIONAL SHOOTOUTS

TO 1 ST
ST
THRU 10 TH
TH
IN ALL ROPINGS!
WSTR FINALE SPOTS TO AVERAGE WINNERS OF ALL WSTR ROPINGS!
SATURDAY SUNDAY
• 10.5 NTR
• 15.5 NTRL • 10.5 WSTR
• 14.5 NTRL • 9.5 NTRL
BIG DAWG • 9.5 WSTR
13.5 7-STEER
WITH 12.5 INCENTIVE
CUSTOM BUCKLES TO 1ST! BREASTCOLLARS TO 2ND-3RD! 6 PRIZE ROPING
HEADSTALLS TO 4TH-5TH! BUCKLES TO 1ST-3RD! JX2 PRIZES 4TH-5TH!
PICK OR DRAW, $250/ROPER, ENTER 3 TIMES, JR. LOOPER $160 PER ROPER, PICK 1 DRAW 2 OR DRAW ALL 3, ENTER 3X FOR A TOTAL OF 9 PARTNERS,
80% PAYBACK, PROGRESSIVE AFTER 1 SATURDAY AT NOON 2HD, CAPPED AT A 3 BOTH ENDS, TOP 20 TO SHORT, FLAGGED ON HEELER
BUCKLES IN 3 DIVISIONS
• 12.5 NTRL 6 AND UNDER, 7-9
• 11.5 WSTR AND 10-12
8.5 SADDLE ROPING
WSTR QUALIFIERS SADDLES TO 1ST-3RD! GIST BUCKLES 4TH-5TH!
11.5, 10.5, 9.5 80% PAYBACK JX2 PRIZES 6TH-10TH
$210 PER ROPER, PICK 1 DRAW 2 OR DRAW ALL 3, ENTER 4X FOR A TOTAL OF 12 PARTNERS,
PICK OR DRAW, $150 PER ROPER, ENTER 3 TIMES, MUST BE 21, 3HD PROGRESSIVE, FLAGGED ON HEELER, CAPPED AT A 4.5 BOTH ENDS
11.5 CAPPED AT 7, 10.5 CAPPED AT 6 HEELER 9.5 CAPPED AT 5.5 HEELER

GENERAL INFO: ON-SITE ENTRY. CASH ONLY. CURRENT COGGINS REQUIRED. WSTR BARRIER WILL BE USED
FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT. MUST BE 21 YEARS OLD OR TURN 21 ANYTIME DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN
NTRL DIVISION Prizes to average winners! WS QUALIFIER, EXCEPT IN THE 14.5. A CURRENT WSTR, USTRC, KEY CARD OR KEY CARD MAX MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED.

15.5, 14.5, 12.5, 11.5, 10.5, 9.5 MEMBERSHIPS MAY BE PURCHASED ON-SITE BEFORE YOU ROPE, ONLINE AT WSTROPING.COM, OR RENEWING BY PHONE,
505-898-1755. GLOBAL HANDICAPS ONLY. WSTR MEMBERSHIPS ARE FREE TO RENEWING ROPERS 70 AND OLDER. WSTR

NO AGE LIMITS! NO CAPS! MEMBERSHIP, KEY CARD, OR KEY CARD MAX IS REQUIRED FOR WSTR FINALE ACCUMULATED EARNING DISCOUNTS. GLOBAL
HANDICAPS ONLY. DRESS CODE WILL BE ENFORCED - COLLARED SHIRTS, COWBOY HATS OR NO HAT. PLENTY OF STALLS &
PICK OR DRAW, $100 PER ROPER, ENTER 4 TIMES, 4-HD PROGRESSIVE, 70% PAYBACK RVS AVAILABLE. BOOKS WILL CLOSE 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ROPING STARTING IN THE MORNING AND AT THE START OF
SHORT GO FOR PREVIOUS ROPING. PRODUCER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY CHANGES.

• JOHN JOHNSON 423.340.0640

ARENA ADDRESS: HOST HOTELS: STALLS & RV: • JX2 OFFICE 423.575.2295
200 NATURES TRAIL SW LA QUINTA INN & SUITES 423-813-7300 FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. ABSOLUTELY NO TIE OUTS! • STALL OFFICE 276. 213.0951
MCDONALD, TN 37353 FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES 423-664-2501 REPORT TO STALL OFFICE UPON ARRIVAL. • facebook.com/jx2andntrfteamroping
 TEAM ROPING
PONTOTOC COUNTY AGRI-PLEX
FRIDay, july 15 1710 N. BROADWAY AVE.
BOOKS CLOSE @ 9:45 A.M. ROPE @ 10:00 A.M.
ADA, OK 74820
#16.5
$150/ROPER, ENTER 3X

#15.5
$150/ROPER, ENTER 3X, WILL NOT START BEFORE 11:00 A.M.

#14.5 WSTR TOP 5 IN THE AVERAGE OF ASTR ROPINGS QUALIFY

$150/ROPER, ENTER 2X, WILL NOT START BEFORE 12:30 P.M. FOR DISCOUNTED ENTRIES AT THE 2022 ASTR FINALS
TO BE HELD AUGUST 2022 AT
#13.5 LAZY E ARENA GUTHRIE, OK
$150/ROPER, ENTER 3X, WILL NOT START BEFORE 2:00 P.M. 2021 FINALS PAID OUT
2 MILLION!!
#12.5
$150/ROPER, ENTER 3X, WILL NOT START BEFORE 3:30 P.M.

CASH OR
SATURDay, July 16 CREDIT CARD ONLY
BOOKS CLOSE @ 8:45 A.M. ROPE @ 9:00 A.M.
NO CHECKS
#12.5 WSTR
$150/ROPER, ENTER 2X, MUST BE 21 TO ENTER
FOR MORE INFO CALL OR TEXT
918-837-0048
#11.5
$150/ROPER, ENTER 3X, CAPPED @ 7 .5 HL 918-798-0159
WILL NOT START BEFORE 11:30 A.M.
WWW.ALLSTARTEAMROPING.COM
#10.5 FOLLOW ALL STAR TEAM ROPING
$150/ROPER, ENTER 3X, CAPPED @ 6.5 HL
WILL NOT START BEFORE 1:00 P.M. On FACEBOOK

#9.5 GUN ROPING

ENTER 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 $200/ROPER, ENTER 3X
CAPPED @ 5.5 HL, WILL NOT START BEFORE 3:00 P.M.
GUN TO HIGH POINT ROPER
SUNDay, JUly 17
BOOKS CLOSE @ 9:45 A.M. ROPE @ 10:00 A.M.
40 & ovER #10.5
ENTER 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 $200/ROPER, ENTER 3X, CAPPED @ 5.5 HL
#9.5 WSTR
$150/ROPER, ENTER 2X, MUST BE 21 TO ENTER
CAPPED @ 5.5 HL, WILL NOT START BEFORE 11:30 A.M.
#8.5
ENTER 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 $200/ROPER, ENTER 3X,
CAPPED @ 4.5 BOTH ENDS, WILL NOT START BEFORE 1:00 P.M.
#7 2 STEER
ENTER 1/DRAW 1 OR DRAW 2 $100/ROPER, ENTER 3X
CAPPED @ #4, WILL NOT START BEFORE 2:30 P.M.
PROGRESSIVE AFTER 1
DRAW OPTION AVAILABLE
IN ALL DIVISIONS
EXCEPT WSTR
STALLS & RV HOOK-UPS
AVAILABLE
DRESS CODE: COLLARED
SHIRT
MUST BE 21 YEARS OLD OR TURN 21 ANYTIME DURING THE 2022
CALENDAR YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN WSTR QUALIFIERS
(*EXCEPT OPEN & 14.5). A 2022 WSTR, USTRC, KEY CARD, OR
KEY CARD MAX IS REQUIRED. WSTR MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDING
KEY CARD MAX, CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE AT
WSTROPING.COM, ON -SITE BEFORE YOU ROPE,OR BY PHONE
(505-898-1755). WSTR MEMBERSHIPS ARE FREE TO RENEWING
ROPERS 70 AND OLDER. WSTR MEMBERSHIPS OR KEY CARD IS
REQUIRED FOR WSTR FINALE ACCUMULATED EARNINGS
DISCOUNTS. FOR MORE INFO, VISIT WSTROPING.COM. GLOBAL
HANDICAPS ONLY.
 TEAM ROPING

OPEN, #15.5, #14.5, #13.5, #12.5,#11.5

#10.5, #9.5, #8.5, #7.5
$2 MILLION
40 & OVER #10.5,
40 & OVER #8.5
#9.5 TRUCK ROPIN
WSTR DIVISIONS

FOR MORE INFO CALL OR TE

918-837-0048 OR 918-79
ADDITONAL INFO AND ONLIN

WWW.ALLSTARTEAMRO
FOLLOW ALL STAR TEAM ROPING ON FACEBOOK
GLOBAL HANDICAPS ONLY
 CO
M
FORE W
TUNIN A
E!
August 18-22, 2022
Hamilton, Texas • Circle T Arena
EVERYONE WELCOME TO ATTEND!
X-Treme Card ($40) required to compete. POLARIS
X-Treme Gold Card required to compete in Gold Divisions. RANGER
XTR Cards and Gold Cards available for purchase on-site. TO HI-POINT
YEAR-END
ADDED MONEY X-TREME GOLD
ROPER

GREAT PRIZELINE AND PAYOUT

TROPHY SADDLES TO AVERAGE
WINNERS OF #10.5 X-
X -TREME,
#9.5 X-
X -TREME and #8.5 X-
X -TREME
BUCKLES AND MANY MORE PRIZES!
All Short Rounds Broadcast on IGTV and Facebook Live
 Thursday, August 18 #12.5 Fortune 500
90%
#9.5 X-Treme
#15.5 X-Treme 4 steers. Enter 3x PAYBACK Pick 1 Draw 1 or draw 2
4 Steers. Enter 3x OPEN Women’s Team Roping 4 steers avg. Enter 4x
#13.5 X-Treme Women’s Rodeo World Championship #8.5 X-Treme
4 steers. Enter 4x FAST TRACK QUALIFIER Pick 1 Draw 1 or draw 2
Pick 1/Draw 1 or Draw 2. 4 steers avg. Enter 4x
X-Treme OPEN Fortune 500 Enter 2x - Both Ends.
5 steers. Enter 3x 90%
PAYBACK 2 full rounds. #10.5 X-Treme Gold
#15.5 Fortune 500 Pick 1/Draw 1 for
5 steers. Enter 3x
90%
PAYBACK
CHALLENGER Women’s Team Roping $400/roper • 4-Steer Avg ADDED
Women’s Rodeo World Championship
#12.5 X-Treme Gold FAST TRACK QUALIFIER
Enter 4x (80% payback) $$$
Ropers must be age 25 or older
Pick 1/Draw 1 for Capped #4.5 each end.
$400/roper • 4-Steer Avg ADDE Pick 1/Draw 1 or Draw 2. Sunday, August 21
D
Enter 4x (80% payback) $$$ Enter 2x – Both Ends. 2 full rounds
#10.5 Fortune 500
Ropers must be age 25 or older 90%
Saturday, August 20 4 steers. Enter 3x PAYBACK
Friday, August 19 #10.5 X-Treme #9.5 Fortune 500
90%
#12.5 X-Treme 4 steers. Enter 4x 4 steers. Enter 3x PAYBACK
4 steers. Enter 4x #11.5 Fortune 500 #8.5 Fortune 500
90% 90%
#13.5 Fortune 500 4 steers. Enter 3x PAYBACK 4 steers. Enter 3x PAYBACK
90%
4 steers. Enter 3x PAYBACK
#11.5 X-Treme
4 steers. Enter 4x
Great Prizeline and Payout!

Follow X-Treme Roping on

Facebook and Instagram FORTUNE 500 ROPINGS
X-Treme Finals Schedule
are 90% PAYBACK
Books Open at 7:00 a.m. Close at 8:30 a.m.
Rope at 9:00 a.m. Sharp each day Plenty of stalls and RV hook-ups available.
THURSDAY SATURDAY
Cash or Credit Card Only—NO CHECKS.
#15.5 X-Treme #10.5 X-Treme
X-Treme Team Roping Barrier (WSTR Barrier) will be used
#13.5 X-Treme #11.5 Fortune 500 except in the Open and #15.5. May draw in to any division
Open Fortune 500 #9.5 X-Treme
#15.5 Fortune 500 #8.5 X-Treme
except the Open. X-Treme memberships are available on-site
#12.5 X-Treme Gold #10.5 X-Treme Gold for $40. X-Treme Gold Memberships available for $100.
FRIDAY SUNDAY Global Classifications Only. US and WSTR Rules.
#12.5 X-Treme #10.5 Fortune 500 Also must have current US, WSTR or Global Card. US and
#13.5 Fortune 500
#11.5 X-Treme
#9.5 Fortune 500 WSTR Memberships available for purchase on-site. X-Treme
#8.5 Fortune 500
#12.5 Fortune 500 Shoot-Outs awarded in all preliminary divisions. Producer
OPEN Women’s has the right to make any and all necessary changes.
Team Roping
CHALLENGER Women’s
Cowboy attire required (collared shirt and
Team Roping cowboy hat or no hat)
3:00 pm Saturday
Kids 6 and under, 7-9
and 10-12

For more information call Ben Clements

at 432/349-2572 or
Jodi Clements at 254/592-2692
www.xtremeroping.com
 TRIPLE T PRODUCTIONS
The Presents

JULY 22-23, 2022

POCATELLO, IDAHO
JULY 22 JULY 23
FRIDAY S AT U R D A Y
Sign up at 5pm, Rope at 6pm Sign up at 8am, Rope at 9am

#14 • #13 • #12 • #11 #12 EQUALIZER

All ropings: $150/man • Enter 2X • 80% payback Pick 1 draw 1 or draw 2 for $120
Enter 3X for a total of 6 partners
6 STEER PROGRESSIVE 3 steer 1 second handicap per number up and down
AFTER 1
#11 HANDICAP SADDLE ROPING
TROPHY BUCKLE Capped at #7 Heeler • Pick 1 draw 2 or draw all 3 for $150
TO THE HIGH MONEY ROPER Enter 3X for 9 runs • 1 second off per number under 11
OF THE DAY 1ST: SADDLES AND CASH
2ND: BUCKLES AND CASH
2/3 cash and prize payback
Don’t need a saddle? We will buy it back for $1,100!

Stalls and RV: #8 BLAZING SADDLES

BannockCountyEventCenter.us Pick 1 draw 2 or draw all 3 for $150 • Enter 3X for 9 runs
• World Series Barrier will be used. 1 second off per number under 8 • Capped at #4.5
1ST: SADDLES AND CASH
• Current Global Handicap Card or
2ND: BUCKLES AND CASH
WSTR/USTRC Membership required.
• Cash or credit card only. SADDLE TO HIGHEST PLACING #3 OR UNDER
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OCTOBER 15-22, 2022
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LEXI SMITH MEDIA

“Horses gotta be behind the bridle and they gotta be able to read a cow and come off your feet and your
butt, but that horse does it all. Get with the right person that fits your style, your horse, your program, and
then go from there.”

— Cade Rice on Season 5 of “The Score” podcast after his 2022 Royal Crown success on Wantted,
the 2017 gelding by Dual Rey and out of Playguns Desire by Playgun, in Waco, Texas. Stream or
download anywhere you listen to podcasts and find them all at teamropingjournal.com.

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