The Team Roping Journal

Team Roping Journal educates and entertains readers who actively participate in the sport. We help you to obtain the best results with step-by-step instruction in how to perform at a higher level and win more often. After all, we all know that while the heart is in the land and on the ranch, the ego is alive and well when it comes to besting your friends in the arena.

Dear Roper

The Team Roping Journal

TWO IN A ROW

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ROPERS UNDER 21 MUST HAVE 10 ENTRIES PRIOR TO USTRC'S CINCH NATIONAL FINALS OF TEAM ROPING

DUSTIN EGUSQUIZA AND LEVI LORD SECURE 2ND WINTER RODEO TITLE IN 2024 WITH DENVER WIN • Dustin Egusquiza and Levi Lord are keeping their winning streak alive, taking home the 2024 National Western Stock Show and Rodeo title in Denver.

PEYTON WALTERS AND JOE MATTERN KICK OFF 2024 WITH WCRA STAMPEDE AT THE E WIN

IFR 54: HEATH KING AND STEPHEN BRITNELL WALK AWAY WITH THE GOLD

(At Home With) • Garrett Tonozzi is a two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo header who now has a family and has moved beyond the full-time rodeo road. He’s married to Brittany Pozzi Tonozzi, who in 2023 won her third world barrel racing title in record fashion. The nephew of nine-time NFR heeler Bret Tonozzi, Garrett—who will turn 39 on March 22—outside the arena served as a longtime team roping event rep, just like Uncle Bret.

TODAY'S ROPE HORSE TALENT POOL RUNS DEEP

CAN FAILURE LEAD TO SUCCESS?

Armor Officer Shane Wohlfert Applies Logistics Training to Organize First-Ever America's Warrior Roping with Cesar de la Cruz and Matt Sherwood • Shane Wohlfert gave 24 years of service to the United States Army, and now he’s finding ways to give support to his fellow veterans and first responders with help from some pretty hefty names in the roping community.

KALEB DRIGGERS' BREAKOUT SAN ANTONIO WIN IN '09 • Kaleb Driggers won San Antone in 2009 with Brad Culpepper, and the win changed everything and nothing at all.

HEADER CALLAHAN TAYLOR TAKES THE LEAD WHILE THE HEELERS PUT HEAT ON HOUSTON CHILDERS • The USTRC Resistol Jr. standings were action-packed, with Callahan Taylor becoming the new leader in the heading and, in the heeling, the whole Top 5 field made gains in attempts to catch Houston Childers.

CAROLINE TAYLOR AND NICOLE JAUREGUI SKYROCKET TO THE TOP OF THE USTRC CINCH LADIES STANDINGS • Texans Caroline Taylor and Nicole Jauregui lead the lady ropers into the final stretch of the 2023-2024 Cinch Ladies race.

5 FLAT with Ryan Motes HEEL LOOP SIZE AND PLACEMENT IN RELATION TO POSITION

Game Plan with Coy Rahlmann's

FUTURITY HORSE TO RODEO HORSE? • Will today’s futurity head horses make the transition to rodeo horses?

Freeze Frame

Masterclasses • Roping.com’s current binge-worthy classes that will up your game.

HEY, BARTENDER! HOW ABOUT ANOTHER ROUND? • Driggers is riding Lovell’s heart horse because he loves it too much to sit home.

THE IDEAL HEEL HORSE STOP • Kollin VonAhn has won two world titles on horses that didn’t just dirty drag it. What’s he actually looking for in a WHOA?

PAN in the PERFORMANCE • Horses don’t quit working without a reason, but how do you know if you have a training problem or a soundness problem? Give the horse the benefit of the doubt.

Forged From the Fire of Humble Beginnings • TWade Will Never Forget Where He Came From

SHE'S A X • It’s time to stretch your ropes and head to the desert to compete in the National Team Roping’s NTR Finals X in Wickenburg, Arizona hosted at Rancho Rio.

East-Coast Excellence • The 2024 NTRL Finals is the first roping ever to hit the $1 million mark east of the Mississippi.

CHAMPIONS

THE SCORE