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.

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The Team Roping Journal

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THE $1.5 MILLION QUALIFIER

ARIAT WSTR TO HOST RIATA BUCKLE HORSE SALE AT 2024's DECEMBER FINALE • The first Riata Buckle Sale will offer 50 to 60 rope horses and prospects at the 2024 Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale in Las Vegas.

DERRICK BEGAY, COLTER TODD FIGHT THROUGH THE WILDCARD FOR COVETED SAN ANTONIO WIN • Derrick Begay and Colter Todd battled through the Wildcard Round to win the 2024 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo for $22,500 a man Saturday, Feb. 24.

KALEB DRIGGERS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF CUERVO, 2021-2022 WORLD CHAMPION HEAD HORSE • Driggers’ Remis Gays On Ofadoc to retire in longtime caretaker Danita Walker’s pasture.

ARIAT WORLD SERIES OF TEAM ROPING TITLE FIGHTS XIV PAYS OUT $1.51 MILLION • The annual Ariat World Series of Team Roping Title Fights XIV produced by Yost Events and held at Rancho Rio in Wickenburg, Arizona, paid out $1.51 million.

CELTIC TUFF AND KUNZLER, CASHING N MY DIAMOND AND ANSETH GET ROYAL CROWN INTERMEDIATE TITLES IN BUCKEYE

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(At Home With) • Tennessee team roper Lane Mitchell is out on the big trail heeling for Alabama’s two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo header Nelson Wyatt in 2024. Mitchell’s been on the brink of that first NFR berth before, like in 2022 when he finished 16th roping with Cory Kidd. Could this be Mitchell’s year? He’s hoping so, as is Wyatt.

CASHING IN ON THE TEAM ROPING BOOM

THE NEVER-ENDING EVOLUTION OF TEAM ROPING

A PATH OF PASSION • From the time she was a teenager to her recent “retirement,” Judy Wagner has been able to hang her hat on hard work. Now, she’s reaping the rewards of that work with others in mind.

FROM 'SIMPLE MAN' TO TOP HAND • U.S. Marine Corps veteran Darrell Pino describes himself as a “simple man,” but he’s got a heart for giving— whether in the arena or out—which earned him a Top Hand award in November.

TODD AND GRAVES WIN 2007 WILDFIRE OPEN TO THE WORLD • The Wildfire Open to the World win saved the season early on for Colter Todd.

FLORIDA'S ASHTON HUGHES FLIES HIGH AT NO. 1 AFTER FEBRUARY SURGE AND AHEAD OF FINALS IN FORT WORTH • The USTRC Resistol Jr. standings showed major action in the heading with Ashton Hughes launching into the top spot with 115 points going into April’s USTRC National Finals in Fort Worth.

CINCH LADIES STANDINGS • Missy Jewkes enters the standings chat.

5 FLAT with Miles Baker

Next Level with Joseph Harrison

8 HARD-LEARNED BREEDING LESSONS • Trevor Brazile jumped into the rope horse breeding business in 2021 with both feet. Since then, he’s moved to the forefront of the industry, but along the way he’s learned a few lessons he can pass on to help newcomers to the game.

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THE FACING MASTERCLASS • Nobody teaches facing like 26-time World Champion Trevor Brazile, and we’ve got his full facing master class on Roping.com.

HIGH HOPES: JAKE COOPER ADDS RAISING HORSES TO HIS ROPING REPERTOIRE • The Goal is Good Looking, Good-Minded, Athletic Horses.

Look At Her Glo • By CD O Cody and out of Leo Night Glo, Look At Her Glo is the matriarch of the modern rope horse era.

HALL OF FAME HISTORY • While the recent developments in roping history have introduced some exciting opportunities...