The Team Roping Journal

The Team Roping Journal magazine 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

EQUINE NETWORK

BACK TO CALI • Cody Snow and Wesley Thorp won the California Circuit year-end in just seven rodeos, earning $21,359 a man. At the December Circuit Finals, they won second in one round and set the arena record in another, leaving Red Bluff with $3,488 a man.

AMARILLO TO VEGAS • Stratford, Texas’ Ed Burr and Hugoton, Kansas’ J.D. Robson roped four steers in 43.98 seconds to win $10,540 in the Ariat World Series of Team Roping’s #9.5 qualifier produced by MC3 Ropings in Amarillo, Texas, on Jan. 8, 2023, notching their spot in the world’s richest roping next December early in the season.

3 LARGEST ROPING ASSOCIATIONS ENTER ALLIANCE WITH RIATA BUCKLE STALLION INCENTIVE

2023 AMERICAN RODEO CONTENDER SERIES REGIONAL FINALS PAIRINGS • These are the ropers who qualified from the Contender Series Regional Finals.

(At Home With) • Guy Allen won a record 18 world steer roping championships between 1977 and 2004, which puts him second only to Trevor Brazile in all-time gold-buckle count. Guy qualified for a record 33 National Finals Steer Ropings in five different decades—the last in 2016 at 58. For all he's won in his signature event, Allen of Cross Plains, Texas, actually won the check of his life at 64— $195,000—roping at the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale in December.

LIFE AFTER RODEO

WINNING WHEN YOU'RE DOWN

COMPETITIVE & KIND • Remembering Dolli Lautaret: World Champion heeler, brilliant horseman and mother to contributing writer Jolee Lautaret Jordan.

LIFE KIT: SERVICE AND SHOOTING RODEO • With a family military heritage in every one of our nation's wars, Phil Kitts knew he would serve. What he didn't know was that returning to rodeo would save his life.

LONE HEADERS MAKE TOP 5 MOVES IN DECEMBER • In the USTRC Resistol Jr. Championship race, Grady Harris of Vilonia, Arkansas, became a Top 5 header after a trip to Texas. In the USTRC Cinch Ladies race, Bronte, Texas, header Glover Coats rang in the New Year with a climb to No. 3.

5 FLAT with Dick Yates

THE PERFECT RUN

Freeze Frame

Fix It: Scoring Suggestion with Tate Kirchenschlager

Shifting Focus • Joseph Harrison is jumping at roping's new equine opportunities, stepping back from ProRodeo competition.

ROPING.COM STREAMING VIDEOS

THE MAGIC OF BLUE

Why the Numbers MATTER • For the first time, the money rope horses win at jackpots can be documented through flagship databases like the American Quarter Horse Association's QData. Here's why it matters.

FORMALLY TRACKING ROPE HORSE EARNINGS IS A RELATIVELY NEW PHENOMENON.

No Thumb, No Problem • Brayden Chee overcame a roping accident to persevere in Las Vegas, roping, catching and winning with his hand in a splint.

Heading & Healing • In less than a year, retired cop and suicide survivor Greg Ziel has gone from barely riding to winning buckles aboard a ranch horse named Midnight. Together, they're headed for healing.

BREEDER'S Guide 2023

Welcome to the Future • The rope horse industry has grown by leaps and bounds in the last five years, and we're entering a new era of the business with the growth of stallion incen- tives and their partnerships with major roping associations.

The Team Roping Journal's Breeder's Guide

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