The Working Ranch Cowboys Association (WRCA) is excited to announce the World Championship Ranch Rodeo and Youth World Championship Ranch Rodeo will again be available via livestream, allowing rodeo fans everywhere to tune in to the excitement. The 29th World Championship Ranch Rodeo will livestream on Ride TV, Nov. 14-17, 2024.

The Championship brings together 25 elite ranch teams at the Amarillo Convention Center in Amarillo, Texas, to compete in ranch bronc riding, stray gathering, penning, branding and wild cow milking. For nearly three decades, fans have been selling out Championship performances, but with the livestream, those unable to purchase tickets or make the trip to Amarillo will still be able to experience the energy and excitement of the event from wherever they are.

In addition to all four performances of the World Championship Ranch Rodeo, WRCA will also livestream the 4^th Annual Youth World Championship Ranch Rodeo, spotlighting the next generation of the sport.

“With tickets often selling out early, making the rodeo accessible to more fans has been a priority,” said Association Manager Leman Wall. “The support for the World Championship Ranch Rodeo from fans worldwide has been incredible, and we’re excited to offer a front-row seat for more people through the livestream.”

The fan-favorite Ranch Rodeo Report sports desk segment, hosted by Bob Welch, will also return, providing performance highlights, leaderboard updates and interviews with ranch teams. Catch the Ranch Rodeo Report free on WRCA’s social media channels.

Learn more about the available livestream packages HERE.

Coverage of the championship will be livestreamed by Equine Promotions, part of the Equine Network, one of the nation’s largest equine-focused media companies. With more than two decades of industry-leading event coverage experience, Equine Promotions has streamed some of the biggest events in the industry, including the Cinch Timed Event Championship, Riata Buckle and World’s Greatest Horseman.

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Where to watch the 2024 Riata Championships

The Riata—the premier team roping stallion incentive program—kicks off its third Championships in Guthrie, Oklahoma, at the Lazy E Arena, poised to pay $3.5 million in 2024 and streaming live on Roping.com. 

By providing stallion owners and breeders with a unique marketing advantage, the program enhances the value of participating horses’ progeny, ultimately shaping the future of the roping industry. Riata brings together stallion owners, mare owners, breeders and ropers, offering competitors of all skill levels the chance to win unprecedented prize money in the roping futurity world. This innovative program is defining and creating the next generation of elite rope horses. 
 
The Riata kicks off with its  Pro Futurity with $200,000 in added money, plus $50,000 in guaranteed payout to the 4-year-old incentive on a $1,000-per-roper fee. The Pro Futurity is scheduled as early in the week as possible to allow PRCA cowboys at the end of their regular season to fit both the Riata Open and Sioux Falls, South Dakota’s Cinch Governor’s Cup that starts Sept. 26.  
 
Every roping will have $200,000 in added money with a $50,000 futurity incentive, with the age on that incentive bumping to 5-and-under in the #14.5 and #12.5 All-Ages to 6-and-under from the #10.5 down to the new #8.5. Proxy horses in those divisions will be eligible for equal payoff, minus a 20% commission—a change from previous years when the Riata horse received all the added money.  
 
Riata will reintroduce its breakaway roping as a $250,000-guaranteed event, combining Riata, Pink and Ruby Buckle horses on a three-head average with two full rounds and a short, splitting the short round in half, with one short round featuring the fastest half of the two-head times, and the other featuring the bottom slowest half.  

A #5.5-and-under Cowgirls Steer Stopping will join the Riata lineup in 2024 with $40,000  
guaranteed on a $500 fee.  

Key Card Max holders can watch for free on Roping.com

A Roping.com membership is included with a KeyCard Max purchase. KeyCard Max Membership also includes a USRoper subscription, the most comprehensive roadside service for trucks and trailers and passenger cars alike, run-delivery at major USTRC and WSTR events, double WSTR accumulated earnings and unlimited entry discounts at the USTRC’s Cinch National Finals of Team Roping (if timelines are met) and more. A KeyCard Max is at least a $1,500 value for only $500.  To renew or upgrade visit WSTRoping.com. 

Is your horse Riata eligible?  

Find out! If your horse is by any of these stallions, OR by a past stallion and has been paid into the Riata program, you CAN enter. Horse changes are open until the day before each roping.   

About Roping.com 

Roping.com is the home of team roping’s masterclasses. In addition to thousands of videos, exclusive roping films and livestream footage in your back pocket, members get private access to World Champion coaches like Jake Barnes, Clay O’Brien Cooper, Matt Sherwood, Trevor Brazile and Patrick Smith. Join now for only $29.95/month and take advantage of step-by-step tutorials, run critiques, private members-only Facebook group, live video demos and other benefits available exclusively to Roping.com members.  

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The Ariat World Series of Team Roping’s Title Fights will stream live from the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene, Texas, on Roping.com, showcasing some of the highest money ropings of the WSTR’s regular season.  

The special fees ropings will award qualification spots to the $18 million Finale in Las Vegas this December and pay ropers tens of thousands of dollars along the way. It kicks off with an Open WSTR qualifier Thursday at 11 a.m. CT, with a full lineup of qualifiers throughout the weekend.  

“The highest-stakes roping of the weekend is the #9.5 Heartland,” said Jett Sharp, WSTR events manager. “At $500 a roper, enter twice with two full rounds, that will be the kind of qualifier to call home about.”  

Roping.com will also stream the full Abilene Special, featuring an Ultimate Calf Roping jackpot and breakaway, Resistol Jr. Shootout breakaway and tie-down, all-girl team roping and high-stakes Open breakaway produced by Ride West Productions. Top breakaway ropers and all-girl team ropers will fit this in their schedule before heading to Mandan, North Dakota, to wrap up the regular season’s rodeos.  

Roping.com and KeyCard Max members have full access the all of the roping from start to finish, while Roping.com will offer a three-day free trial for those wanting to watch the event. Key Card and Key Card Max members will receive all of their runs delivered after the roping via the Global Handicaps app.  

Ropers can watch thousands of hours of roping footage—including past Ariat WSTR Finales, US Finals, Spicer Gripps, Wildfire Open to the Worlds, Mo’ Betta Calf Ropings and more—while using their free trial at Roping.com. Members have access to the site 24/7, with instructional videos from the best in the world, like Trevor Brazile, Clay Tryan, Patrick Smith, Jake Barnes, Clay O’Brien Cooper and many, many more.  

Entries for the Title Fights, produced by the WSTR, are on-site, with books opening at 10 a.m.  

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Breakawaying on your head horse can be an excellent way to instill the fundamentals, but be sure to add a heeler to your training sessions every once in a while to get more out of your practice. In this video brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Trevor Brazile explains how breakawaying with a heeler can add intensity to the run, address bad habits and reinforce good ones.

About Trevor Brazile:

Roping.com coach Trevor Brazile is the winningest cowboy in professional rodeo history, with $7 million in career earnings and 26 gold buckles. The sport’s elite all-around hand, Brazile has won over $800,000 in Cinch Timed Event Championship competition alone. Since leaving the rodeo arena full-time in 2019, Brazile has changed his focus to making the best young horses in the roping industry. He’s already won hundreds of thousands in American Rope Horse Futurity Association competition, and his training style and philosophy are based on fundamentals and consistency.

MORE RELENTLESS INSIGHTS:

• Rope Horse Futurity Quick Tip: Ride Your Corner
• Trevor Brazile’s Short-Round Mental Hacks
• Improve Your Head Horse’s Facing
  

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The Ariat World Series of Team Roping will stream The Daddy, the second largest Finale qualifier of the year, live on Roping.com July 18 to 22 from the Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyoming. 

The special fees roping pays over $1 million to ropers of all levels, with muley ropings, and Open, a #13.5 7-header and legends ropings thrown into the mix. 

Amy Wilson, the Equine Network’s media director, will be on-site Friday through Sunday to interview winners and help tell their stories. Wilson’s interviews will stream live on the WSTR’s Facebook page after each roping.  

Needing stalls? The Patriot has you covered.

KeyCard Max members have access to Roping.com’s full library of content, from livestreams like The Daddy to archived ropings like the BFI and Roping.com’s full library of training content from the best ropers in the business, like Trevor Brazile and Patrick Smith. 

All Roping.com members have full access to the livestream, and Roping.com offers a three-day free trial for those wanting to watch The Daddy before purchasing a subscription. 

For more information on The Daddy, visit wstroping.com.

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With judged rope horse futurities, sacrificing control for speed might mean fewer milliseconds on the stopwatch, but you won’t be doing yourself any favors with the judges. In this video brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Trevor Brazile shares why it pays off to demonstrate control through the corner.

“Futurities have started judging the corner of the horse. That maneuver is judged on how it affects the steer. Everything is focused on handling the steer.”

About Trevor Brazile:

Roping.com coach Trevor Brazile is the winningest cowboy in professional rodeo history, with $7 million in career earnings and 26 gold buckles. The sport’s elite all-around hand, Brazile has won over $800,000 in Cinch Timed Event Championship competition alone. Since leaving the rodeo arena full-time in 2019, Brazile has changed his focus to making the best young horses in the roping industry. He’s already won hundreds of thousands in American Rope Horse Futurity Association competition, and his training style and philosophy are based on fundamentals and consistency.

MORE RELENTLESS INSIGHTS:

• Conquering Competition Nerves
• Improve Your Head Horse’s Facing
• Develop Your Horse’s Draw to Cattle

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Team Roper Talk with Coleman Proctor and Tanner Tomlinson continues! Ever wish you could be a fly on the wall listening in on some of the best ropers in the game? In this video powered by Professional’s Choice, Proctor and Tomlinson talk shop, from dummy drills and elbow position to rope selection and mastering the first swing.

Looking for Team Roper Talk: Header Edition Part 1?

Learn from the legends. From short, one-minute roping tips to hours of full-length training sessions from World Champions, Roping.com’s exclusive video library has something for every type of roper.

About Coleman Proctor:

Since turning pro in 2004, Coleman Proctor has qualified for the National Finals Rodeo seven times. In 2023, he finished 11th in the team roping (heading) world standings. Throughout his career, Proctor has earned more than $1.5 million in prize money, cementing his status as one of the top earners in the sport. Proctor, his wife, and two daughters live in Pryor, Oklahoma.

About Tanner Tomlinson:

In 2020, the Angleton, Texas, header was crowned the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Rookie of the Year and finished out the season in the top 40 of the PRCA world standings. In 2021, he joined up with two-time World Champion heeler Patrick Smith and finished out the year ranked 30th. In 2022, Tomlinson and Smith finished as the average champions at the NFR and overall reserve champions.

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You’re lined up for the perfect throw, but…don’t. Why in the world would you not? In the practice pen, when is it better to NOT throw? In this video brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Miles Baker shares why he doesn’t always throw his rope on 4-year-old stallion Pride And Joyy “Kilo.”

“Sometimes I back him off because he’ll want to take the shortest route to a cow, but right now I want to make sure that he not only gets to the cow good, but that he does it in the right frame.“

Watch “When Not To Throw” now:

About Miles Baker:

Miles Baker builds some of the best horses in the roping industry, ringing a bell at horse sales and winning big at the rope horse futurities. His ranch-raised horsemanship is why the King of the Cowboys, Trevor Brazile, relies on Baker for his in- and out-of-the-arena training help.

Miles Baker joins Brazile, seven-time World Champs Jake Barnes and Clay Cooper, two-time World Champs Patrick Smith and Matt Sherwood and other NFR talents on Roping.com.

MORE RELENTLESS INSIGHTS:

• How Can I Speed Up My Run?
• Head Control in the Box
• How Important is Your Horse’s Footspeed?

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The 3rd Annual Priefert Ranch Pro Roping is now streaming live on Roping.com. Members of Roping.com this week can watch the livestream of the Priefert Ranch Open Team Roping starting Tuesday, May 28, through June 2, 2024, from Mount Pleasant, Texas.

Schedule update Thursday, May 30, 2024: All ropings for Friday, May 31, have been postponed to Saturday, June 1, and Sunday, June 2.

Priefert’s PRO Roping is comprised of five days of team roping and breakaway at the Priefert Ranch. It kicked off May 28, with the Cavender’s 19 & Under Breakaway, followed by the Priefert Ranch Open Breakaway. The COJO Cologne Pro-Am Team Roping and Priefert Ranch Open are scheduled for Wednesday, followed by steer wrestling Thursday, May 30, and a full slate of World Series ropings May 31-June 2.

The Open was won in 2023 by young gun Gabe Williams and eight-time NFR qualifier Coleman Proctor. Williams and Proctor roped five steers in 31.33 seconds, a special win together for two guys who are more like brothers than partners.

The full schedule for the 2024 Priefert Ranch Pro Roping is as follows:

Schedule of Events

May 28

• Cavender’s 19 & Under Breakaway w 15U Side Pot
• Priefert Ranch Open Breakaway

May 29

• COJO Cologne Pro-Am Team Roping 
• Priefert Ranch Open

May 30

• Priefert Ranch Open Steer Wrestling 
• Ote Berry Jr Steer Wrestling

May 31: POSTPONED TO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

June 1

• #12.5 Heartland 
• #12.5 WSTR 
• #11.5 WSTR 
• #10.5 WSTR 
• #9.5 Trent Ward Saddlery Add-On

June 2

• #9.5 WSTR 
• #8.5 WSTR 
• #7 WSTR 

Priefert Ranch Pro Roping Results

COJO Cologne Pro-Am Team Roping – Pro Headers

1. Nelson Wyatt/Spencer Perkins, 51.28 on four
2. Jake Smith/Jackson Lee, 52.24 on four

COJO Cologne Pro-Am Team Roping – Pro Heelers

1. Cole James/Buddy Hawkins, 33.67 on four
2. Ryan Sims/Jake Smith, 34.16 on four
3. Abbie Williams/Tyler Worley, 35.34 on four
4. Gus Sharp/Junior Nogueira, 35.95 on four

Priefert Ranch Open

Average

1. Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp, 35.99 on five, $12,500
2. Nelson Wyatt/Travis Graves, 37.20 on five, $9,300
3. Ty Arnold/Dustin Davis, 38.19 on five, $6,200
4. Jake Smith/Nicky Northcott, 38.68 on five, $3,100

FT Short Go

1. Cody Snow/Hunter Koch, 6.05 seconds, $2,000

15.5 Cactus Saddlery Add-On

Average

1. Denton Parish/Hayden Sanders, 33.42 on four, $3,700
2. Bryson Berry/Dane Reed, 35.68 on four, $2,200
3. Bryce Jenkins/Cash Palmore, 39.25 on four, $1,480

FT Short Go

1. Walker Smith/Hayden Sanders, 5.96 seconds, $300

About Priefert PRO Roping

With more than 1,200 dealers around the world, family-owned-and-operated Priefert has been a leading manufacturer of farm, ranch and rodeo equipment for more than 50 years. Its Priefert Chutes have become synonymous with the roping industry. In 2022, the Priefert family hosted the first Priefert Ranch Open in Mount Pleasant.

About Roping.com

Powered by The Team Roping Journal, Roping.com is designed to enhance your roping ability with access to instruction from the likes of World Champion Team Ropers Jake Barnes, Matt Sherwood and Clay Cooper. The site is also the exclusive home of record-breaking cowboy Trevor Brazile’s full training system and a video archive of the industry’s richest events.

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The Danny Dietz Memorial Classic’s Twisted X Open and ProAm ropings will stream live on Roping.com, giving fans and ropers access to the event that showcases the top open ropers in the country before they leave for the summer run. 

Equinety, an easy-to-feed but game changing amino acid supplement, is proudly sponsoring the event and the Roping.com livestream. Throughout the year, Equinety sponsors The Team Roping Journal’s monthly coverage of veterans and first responders in the sport of team roping as a way to honor the men and women who serve. 

The Danny Dietz, in its 15^th year, raises money for special operators in all branches of the military and first responders injured in the line of duty, as well as surviving family members of those lost. To date, the event has raised almost $1 million for the 501c3. 

Last year, eventual World Champion Tyler Wade teamed up with Jake Long to win the roping in 30.28 seconds on five head, and this year top teams will rope in the pick one draw one for $600 (or just pick one for $300) with $25,000 added. 

Pros must pair up with an amateur roper to compete in the ProAm afterward as well, in the three head roping capped at a 4.5. 

About Roping.com

Roping.com is the online training resource for team ropers. In addition to thousands of videos, exclusive roping films and livestream footage in your back pocket, members get private access to World Champion coaches like Jake Barnes, Clay O’Brien Cooper, Matt Sherwood, 2022 Hall of Fame Inductee Trevor Brazile and more, every day. Join now for only $29.95/month and take advantage of step-by-step tutorials, run critiques, private members-only Facebook group, the industry’s leading DVD footage and other benefits available exclusively to Roping.com members.

About Equinety

The Roping.com livestream coverage of the 14th Annual Danny Dietz Memorial Classic is sponsored by Equinety. The Equinety line of products are specifically designed to enhance the life of your horse, increase energy, focus and endurance, strengthen your horse’s bones, collagen and muscles, and improve your horse’s natural immune system. Equinety’s Horse XL patented formula customizes itself to your horse’s needs by adding one to two scoops mixed with your horse’s food on a daily basis. Learn more about how Equinety products are helping horses worldwide by visiting their website teamequinety.com.

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NFR header and ARHFA World Champ Tate Kirchenslager joins the ranks of Roping.com coaches to share his expertise with a new series of practice session training videos that launched May 13, 2024.

The series follows Kirchenslager as he works with a variety of young horses in his program and troubleshoots common rope horse training issues.

In the first video of the series, “Transitioning 4-Year-Old ‘Hashtags’ from Cow Horse to Heading,” Kirchenschlager demonstrates the training philosophies and strategies he employs to keep a young, strong horse calm and focused.

Roping.com members will enjoy weekly releases of new practice session videos from Kirchenshlager, including:

• 4-Year-Old Roo Star Gelding: In this full practice session, Kirchenschlager explains how he focuses on turning a steer on a gelding with six months of heading training.
  
• 5-Year-Old Hottish Gelding: This gelding just started in the heading after spending two years in a cow horse program. Through this session, Kirchenschlager works on keeping the horse’s shoulders up and how to maintain forward momentum through the turn.
  
• 4-Year-Old Traveling Jones Mare: In this practice session, Kirchenschlager focuses on teaching rate to a young mare with three months of heading training.
  
• 7-Year-Old Cow Horse with Two Weeks Heading Training: Kirchenschlager works on building a team roping foundation on a well-broke 7-year-old gelding who comes from the cow horse side of the arena. Kirchenschlager uses slower cattle to help the horse learn how to rate and turn the steer, and he focuses on getting the horse in the left lead before he leaves the box.
  
• 4-Year-Old Metallic Rebel Mare: Kirchenschlager works on regaining control down the arena, with a focus on getting the mare running to the steer.

Learn from the best From short, one-minute roping tips to hours of full-length training sessions from World Champions, Roping.com’s exclusive video library has something for every type of roper.

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Ever wish you could be a fly on the wall listening in on some of the best ropers in the game? In this video powered by Professional’s Choice, Coleman Proctor and Tanner Tomlinson talk shop, from angles and reach to dummy drills and favorite ropes.

Learn from the legends. From short, one-minute roping tips to hours of full-length training sessions from World Champions, Roping.com’s exclusive video library has something for every type of roper.

About Coleman Proctor:

Since turning pro in 2004, Coleman Proctor has qualified for the National Finals Rodeo seven times. In 2023, he finished 11th in the team roping (heading) world standings. Throughout his career, Proctor has earned more than $1.5 million in prize money, cementing his status as one of the top earners in the sport. Proctor, his wife, and two daughters live in Pryor, Oklahoma.

About Tanner Tomlinson:

In 2020, the Angleton, Texas, header was crowned the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Rookie of the Year and finished out the season in the top 40 of the PRCA world standings. In 2021, he joined up with two-time World Champion heeler Patrick Smith and finished out the year ranked 30th. In 2022, Tomlinson and Smith finished as the average champions at the NFR and overall reserve champions.

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Where you’re sitting heading into the short round is crucial to your game plan. There’s a time to be aggressive and a time to play it safe. In this video brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Trevor Brazile breaks down a few short-round scenarios and how to strategize for success.

“Whatever rhythm you’ve competed at that day—especially if the scenario plays into that and lets you rope the way you’ve roped all day—don’t change anything.”

About Trevor Brazile:

Roping.com coach Trevor Brazile is the winningest cowboy in professional rodeo history, with $7 million in career earnings and 26 gold buckles. The sport’s elite all-around hand, Brazile has won over $800,000 in Cinch Timed Event Championship competition alone. Since leaving the rodeo arena full-time in 2019, Brazile has changed his focus to making the best young horses in the roping industry. He’s already won hundreds of thousands in American Rope Horse Futurity Association competition, and his training style and philosophy are based on fundamentals and consistency.

MORE RELENTLESS INSIGHTS:

• Conquering Competition Nerves
• Improve Your Head Horse’s Facing
• Develop Your Horse’s Draw to Cattle

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The Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping will stream live and on-demand on Roping.com, offering ropers a top-of-the-line viewing experience of the biggest roping in the world to any streaming device. 

The Cinch NFTR—the event that reshaped the sport of team roping, making it accessible for the masses, since the organization’s inception in 1990—hosts more teams than any other roping event in the world in the heart of Fort Worth, Texas at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. And all of the action, from all four arenas, will stream live to Roping.com. Access is exclusive to Roping.com members—including all KeyCard Max members who receive a Roping.com subscription as part of their membership benefits. 

10 Iconic Moments in US Finals History

“Ropers with a Key Card or KeyCard Max will also receive all of their runs delivered straight to their phones, professionally shot so your family and friends can just enjoy watching from the stands,” USTRC President John Johnson said. “The run-delivery is something automatically delivered with the KeyCard program and available for purchase al-la-cart with a standard membership.”

The Cinch NFTR kicks off Sunday, April 21, with the #16.5 Lawley’s Shootout, followed by the #15.5 Thrive Equine CBD Shootout and then the $10,000-added Open Yeti Shootout.

What To Do in Fort Worth

The roping continues with all levels of competition all week from the Will Rogers Memorial Center, including the Cinch Ladies Open event and breakaway roping events adding to the mix beginning Tuesday, April 23 with the Ladies Open Breakaway at 10 a.m. in the Watt. The last weekend, April 27-28, wraps up the event with a #9.5 Succeed Truck Roping and the #7 Hot Heels Championship. 

Watch the 2024 Cinch USTRC NFTR on Roping.com

Roping.com members will automatically have access to all the ropings on their streaming devices, while those wishing to watch the event on-demand can do so at USTRC.com for $19.99.  

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Whether getting ready for a big event or prepping a young horse for its first futurity, Trevor Brazile is a stickler for a sharp face in a head horse. Trying to get your head horse’s facing dialed in? This playlist of rope horse training videos is a great place to start.

1. Heading Horsemanship and Facing

From Brazile and Patrick Smith’s Legend DVD, this video takes you through Trevor Brazile’s full philosophy on tuning a head horse in a variety of scenarios, with a strong emphasis on the most overlooked part of a run: the face. Brazile explains his facing techniques and the exercises he uses to get a faster, cleaner finish. 

2. Body Position in the Face

In just 3.5 minutes, Brazile and his Relentless Remuda partner Miles Baker review how your body movement affects your horse’s hips in the face. 

3. Facing Drill with a Tire

Shot at Baker’s Oklahoma ranch, Brazile explains how he drags a tire with a head horse to work on pushing his horse forward and finishing in the middle of the arena. 

4. Refining the Face with a Tire Drill

Baker and Brazile talk through using a tire to work on keeping control of the steer through the face, preventing the horse’s shoulders from falling into the horse’s nose. 

5. Understanding Head Control to Optimize Facing

In less than 2 minutes, Brazile will change your understanding of head control in the face. Brazile teaches a horse to face with cheek control, and you’ve probably never seen anyone explain the face like this.

Roping.com, powered by The Team Roping Journal, offers ropers an elite inner circle to learn and build relationships with some of the winningest team roping legends in the industry. Roping.com provides thousands of tutorial videos as well as personal guidance for ropers of all levels to up their skill. Whether ropers are looking to improve their mental game, watch a roping clinic, learn how to practice with a purpose, or up their catch percentages, Roping.com gives these insights and more.

—TRJ—

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Did you miss the BFI Week livestream? Roping.com has all the action from the 2024 Bob Feist Invitational and you can watch it anywhere on any device.

From no-crossfire heel shots to the World Champs finally winning on six head to one of the greatest holdouts in all-girl roping, you can watch it all today.

The Feist

On Saturday, March 30, Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira entered up with 124 other teams to compete for more than $600,000 in prize money and the chance to claim the coveted and, thus far, elusive championship title from The Feist. Watch them win their hard-earned victory over six head against wolfy reachers and untethered heelers freed from crossfire regulations.

Hooey Jr. Open

The day prior, Arizona young gun Ketch Kelton took first place for $50,000 and second place for another $25,00 in the Hooey Jr. Open with the equally impressive talents Denton Dunning and Nicky Northcott on the heels, respectively.

Kelton has been cleaning up and is hot off claiming his second Jr. Ironman title at the 2024 Cinch Timed Event Championship, which is also available on demand on Roping.com.

Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl

Jump to the end of the 2024 BFI Week, and fans of women in rodeo got to watch legendary and World Champion ropers alike do battle at one of the greatest holdouts in all-girl event history. The win was seized by reining champs Kenzie Kelton (sister to Ketch) and Whitney DeSalvo, but seeing DeSalvo then win second place heading for Kelsie Domer was a lesson in real roping talent.

Big BFI Week Payouts

Between the start and finish, ropers gave it their all to cash in on big payouts at the 2024 pay window, and it’s all on demand at Roping.com

Plus, there was breakaway!

Head to Roping.com to watch breakaway’s Macy Young show up and deliver. Plus, you can also spy The Team Roping Journal’s Client Relations Coordinator—our own Kayla Lombardo—coming in hot on Young’s heels at No. 2.

(We’re just a little proud … and if you find yourself watching these gals on repeat, no shame: We’ll be watching right there with you.)

For more action you might have missed, head over to Roping.com and watch the Lone Star Shootout and the Cinch Timed Event Championship, plus, stay tuned for the USTRC Finals streaming April 21-28.

— TRJ —

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Team roping legends like Rich Skelton, Allen Bach and Clay O’Brien Cooper paved the way and set the bar. In this roundtable talk powered by Professional’s Choice, Coleman Proctor, Tanner Tomlinson and Patrick Smith discuss their team roping heroes and pass along their wisdom.

“Those guys paved the way for us to understand what’s possible and not get stuck,” Smith says. “No matter how many gold buckles you win or how great you become, you always remain teachable. All the ones who are legends to me, they evolved their career, continued to get better and were never too good to learn.“

Learn from the legends. From short, one-minute roping tips to hours of full-length training sessions from World Champions, Roping.com’s exclusive video library has something for every type of roper.

About Coleman Proctor:

Since turning pro in 2004, Coleman Proctor has qualified for the National Finals Rodeo seven times. In 2022, he finished sixth in the team roping (heading) world standings. Throughout his career, Proctor has earned more than $1.5 million in prize money, cementing his status as one of the top earners in the sport. Proctor, his wife, and two daughters live in Pryor, Oklahoma.

About Patrick Smith:

Patrick Smith is a two-time team roping world champion heeler and 12-time NFR qualifier. Smith has deep ties in West Texas’s oilfield business, meaning he understands as much as the everyday roper how critical it is to balance day-to-day life with time in the arena. His easy-to-understand teaching style will improve your roping at every level, from horsemanship basics to heeling fast. Smith also brings with him his DVD collection, including Driven, Driven 2.0 and Legend, streaming exclusively on Roping.com. 

About Tanner Tomlinson:

In 2020, the Angleton, Texas, header was crowned the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Rookie of the Year and finished out the season in the top 40 of the PRCA world standings. In 2021, he joined up with two-time World Champion heeler Patrick Smith and finished out the year ranked 30th. In 2022, Tomlinson and Smith finished as the average champions at the NFR and overall reserve champions.

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From recreational ropers to the pros, everyone will, at some point in their career, catch a case of the nerves. It’s not a matter of if it will happen, but when—and how you’ll deal with those feelings. In this video brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Trevor Brazile shares the reality of dealing with anxiety, expectations and nerves—and a healthy perspective to take into competition.

“One of my favorite questions is When did you stop being nervous? The short answer is Never.”

About Trevor Brazile:

Trevor Brazile is the winningest cowboy in professional rodeo history, with $7 million in career earnings and 26 gold buckles. The sport’s elite all-around hand, Brazile has won over $800,000 in Cinch Timed Event Championship competition alone. Since leaving the rodeo arena full-time in 2019, Brazile has changed his focus to making the best young horses in the roping industry. He’s already won hundreds of thousands in American Rope Horse Futurity Association competition, and his training style and philosophy are based on fundamentals and consistency.

MORE RELENTLESS INSIGHTS:

• How Can I Speed Up My Run?
• Starting a Rope Horse: Work on Timing
• Develop Your Horse’s Draw to Cattle

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Where can I watch the 2024 Lone Star Shootout?

Roping.com will stream all four days of Lone Star Shootout, starting with the 2D Rope Horses Open, this March 21–24, providing full coverage of the fastest jackpot of the year.  

The livestream will kick off Thursday, March 21 with a $10,000 added 2D Rope Horses Open at 10 a.m. CDT. Friday, March 22 will have a $20,000 added #15.5, #14.5, #13.5 and #12.5 roping followed by the Open Short Round at 6 p.m. CDT. The action will continue Saturday, March 23, with the Link Properties #12.5 at 9:00 a.m. CDT, and on Sunday, March 24, viewers can watch the #12.5 Shootout Short Round beginning at 10:00 a.m., CDT. 

WATCH THE LONE STAR SHOOTOUT LIVE on ROPING.COM

The Shootout will have the same beloved format as the old George Strait Team Roping Classic, with the world’s best ropers going at each steer in the knife-fight setup, vying for a spot in the top 12 of each rotation (including the fastest 10, plus the quickest #16.5 teams in the roping). It’s enter three times, so they’ll each be duking it out with their second and third partners behind a rope barrier in this must-see roping. The top 60 will return Friday night for the short round.  

“This roping is one of the industry’s favorites because it’s so purely great watching,” Roping.com Content Director Chelsea Shaffer said. “There’s nowhere else you can see a roping with this format, with these guys going all out, steer after steer.” 

The event will stream to all Roping.com members live from the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene, Texas, and then be available on-demand, post-event. Ropers can sign up for a free trial to watch today.  

While ropers can stream Roping.com from their desktops or phones, they can also download the Roping.com app to any SmartTV or streaming device—like their Amazon Firesticks and Rokus—for a comfortable viewing experience. 

Roping.com is the online training resource for ropers. In addition to thousands of videos and exclusive roping films in your back pocket, members get private access to World Champion coaches like Jake Barnes, Matt Sherwood, Miles Baker, 26-time World Champion Trevor Brazile and more every day.  

Join now for only $29.95/month and take advantage of step-by-step tutorials, run critiques, private members-only Facebook group, livestream event coverage and other benefits available exclusively to Roping.com members. 

—TRJ—

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The Patriot Event 2024 was livestreamed across Roping.com, RideTV and PatriotEvent.com to the tune of 44,595 hours—a cross-platform collaboration that resulted in record views equalling five years of watch time.

While they could have been watching Netflix or ESPN, fans of roping and rodeo instead spent their valuable time watching Western-industry action that supports sponsors, event producers and cowboys and cowgirls of all ages competing in four Fort Worth arenas for seven days.  

“The industry is hungry for the high-end broadcasts that show the talents of the horses and competitors in this sport,” Roping.com Content Director Chelsea Shaffer said. “Shot by people who love the Western way of life, for people who live for this industry, our content is easily streamed on SmartTVs, cell phones, tablets and desktops. The Roping.com app makes content easy to access and use. And our commitment to making sure it’s accessible is second-to-none.”

Luckily for those who missed the live action and for anyone looking to watch it again, video coverage of the 2024 Patriot is archived and available anyone with a Roping.com membership.

PSA: If you have a Key Card Max, you have a Roping.com membership!

Roping.com has more livestreams planned for 2024, including the March 21-24 Lone Star Shootout action from Abilene this year, the USTRC Finals from Fort Worth April 21-28, and the Priefert Ranch Pro Roping from Mt. Pleasant, Texas, May 28 – June 2.  

Plus, the newest training series from The American Rodeo champion heeler Ryan Motes just dropped, and 22-time NFR qualifier and roping instructor extraordinaire Kory Koontz reveals his roping wisdoms to members on March 25.

Roping.com is the online training resource for team ropers. In addition to thousands of videos and exclusive roping films in your back pocket, members get private access to World Champion coaches like Jake Barnes, Matt Sherwood, 26-time World Champion Trevor Brazile and more every day. 

Join now for only $29.95/month and take advantage of step-by-step tutorials, run critiques, private members-only Facebook group, livestream event coverage and other benefits available exclusively to Roping.com members.

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A smooth, balanced, flat departure from the box sets the stage for a successful run. If your horse is squatting back, requiring them to lunge into action, their balance is skewed and you risk missing the barrier and poorly setting up your first swing. In this Roping.com video, Trevor Brazile shares his tips for leaving flat from the box.

1. Gauge the necessary rein pressure

Every horse is different and requires a different level of pressure to stay light and responsive. Maintain a strong enough hold so that your release cue is a clear signal, but not so much that you’re sitting your horse back too far. The lighter the horse, the more definite you have to be with your “leave” and “stay” cues.

2. DON’T sit too forward

“A lot of times, people want to get to the front of their saddle faster,” Brazile says. “And in order to do that, they get their toes down and get their body over the horn. And to me, these horses are too powerful for that. I think that’s setting yourself up for failure. Because once these horses leave the way they should, if you’re already up, your horse will shoot out from under you and you’ll pull up the reins.”

3. DO sit back and use your horse’s momentum

“When I’m sitting in the box, I’m pretty much as far to the back of the saddle as I can be,” Brazile says. “When the horse leaves, I’m already as far back as he can put me. And so when I feel like I can use his momentum, then I’ll be with the horse when I get to the front.

“I see a lot of people trying to stand up and be to the front, but they can only stay there for a second and then they have to fight back to the front.”

PRACTICE WITH A PURPOSE WITH ROPING.COM

Roping.com, powered by The Team Roping Journal, offers ropers an elite inner circle to learn and build relationships with some of the winningest team roping legends in the industry. Roping.com provides thousands of tutorial videos as well as personal guidance for ropers of all levels to up their skill. Whether ropers are looking to improve their mental game, watch a roping clinic, learn how to practice with a purpose, or up their catch percentages, Roping.com gives these insights and more.

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Whether you have 10 minutes or 10 hours to binge team roping instructional videos, you’re bound to learn something from the Roping.com coaches that will improve your skills. Here’s where we suggest you begin your deep dive .

1. Stay Driven

Patrick Smith’s STAY DRIVEN is the ultimate team roping instructional video, exploring the partnership element of the richest recreational sport in the world. STAY DRIVEN breaks down the elements that make a header and heeler successful together, teaching ropers how to build a run as a team to catch more steers clean, win more ropings and get more out of their time in the arena. Over three hours of instruction, with special guests Tanner Tomlinson, Tyler Wade, Wesley Thorp and Junior Nogueira, STAY DRIVEN uses never-before-seen camera angles and visual technology to give ropers a deeper understanding of how to win in team roping than ever before.

2. Driven  2.0

While made 10 years ago, Driven 2.0 remains Roping.com’s most-watched instructional video. Along with detailed roping instruction, Patrick Smith talks about what it takes to make a career out of rodeo. He provides tips on how to handle the roller coaster ride that comes with competing, attitude, mental game, what it takes to get sponsors, and much more.

3. DT Horses’ Circle Drill Masterclass

At DT Horses, ground zero for heel horses revolves around circle drills. Dean Tuftin explains how and why he uses circle drills on the dummy and live cattle to train young horses and help them gain confidence. Part of a 12-part masterclass, this video breaks down the fundamental theory behind Tuftin’s training program. 

4. Practice Session on The Darkk Side

Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker have fan-favorite futurity horses, and in this training session the Relentless Remuda talks about sharpening up some of their favorites, including the famed stallion The Darkk Side. Brazile explains how he refines scoring and facing, and Baker heels on one of their older horses to talk about maintaining a good one.

5. Hox and Pipe Sawhorse Session 

Nine-time NFR heeler Cesar de la Cruz believes the heel loop is never thrown; instead, he says it’s placed in position. As part of his team ropers’ fantasy factory masterclass, de la Cruz talks about how to finesse his heel loop to the ground with his fingertips without even swinging the rope. This is part of a day-long series with de la Cruz reviewing his full practice routine, from the ground dummy to goats and donkeys to live steers.

PRACTICE WITH A PURPOSE WITH ROPING.COM

Roping.com, powered by The Team Roping Journal, offers ropers an elite inner circle to learn and build relationships with some of the winningest team roping legends in the industry. Roping.com provides thousands of tutorial videos as well as personal guidance for ropers of all levels to up their skill. Whether ropers are looking to improve their mental game, watch a roping clinic, learn how to practice with a purpose, or up their catch percentages, Roping.com gives these insights and more.

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Shoulder feeling a little stiff? Rope arm tired? In this video brought to you by Professional’s Choice, seven-time NFR-qualifying team roper Coleman Proctor shares the perfect dummy drill for when you want to fine-tune your delivery while taking it easy.

“I have to say I’m getting a little older now and don’t love roping the dummy all the time. It’s always something that’s been very therapeutic for me but now it hurts! This drill goes out to you guys—you over-40 crowd—when your shoulder doesn’t feel like it used to.”

Watch “Team Roping Pro Tip: Focus On Your Delivery With This Dummy Drill” now:

More about Coleman Proctor:

Since turning pro in 2004, Coleman Proctor has qualified for the National Finals Rodeo seven times. In 2022, he finished sixth in the team roping (heading) world standings. Over the course of his career, Proctor has earned over $1.5 million in prize money, cementing his status as one of the top earners in the sport. Proctor, his wife, and two daughter live in Pryor, Oklahoma.

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The 2024 Cinch Timed Event Championship will return to the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Feb. 29 – March 2, 2024, honoring 40 years of unstoppable talent, and Roping.com is bringing livestream coverage of the event to your fingertips.  

What is the format at the Cinch Timed Event Championship?

The Cinch Timed Event Championship is comprised of five rounds, and riders will compete in five events. After the first three rounds, the top 20 cowboys will return for the fourth round, with the top 15 coming back for Round 5 to determine the $100,000 Cinch Timed Event Champion. The times will be combined for an aggregate, and no-times will receive an automatic 60 seconds.  PRCA rules apply to the CTEC, although earnings will not count towards the PRCA world standings.  

“The 40^th anniversary of the CTEC is going to pay better, with one of the most diverse lineups of cowboys we’ve ever seen,” said Chelsea Shaffer, content director for Roping.com. “The horsepower is always second-to-none, and there’s nothing quite like watching the best in the world put it all on the line at the Lazy E.” 

Watch the 2024 Cinch Timed Event Championship

The event kicks off on Thursday, Feb. 29, at 5 p.m. with the first performance of the Jr. Ironman followed by the first performance of the CTEC at 7 p.m.   

Friday, March 1, the second performance of the CTEC, Jr Ironman and third performance of the CTEC will take place at noon, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively.   

Saturday, March 2, will start with the fourth CTEC performance starting at noon, with the final Jr Ironman performance following at 5 p.m. and the final CTEC performance at 7 p.m.  

Ropers can watch the 2024 Cinch Timed Event Championship on Roping.com or on the Roping.com mobile app. Archived footage of the event will be available exclusively to members.  

About Roping.com 

Roping.com is the online training resource for ropers. In addition to thousands of videos and exclusive roping films in your back pocket, members get private access to World Champion coaches like Jake Barnes, Matt Sherwood, 26-time World Champion Trevor Brazile and more, every day. 

Join now for only $29.95/month and take advantage of step-by-step tutorials, run critiques, private members-only Facebook group, livestream event coverage and other benefits available exclusively to Roping.com members. 

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This might sting a little bit, but “you’re such a team roper” isn’t always meant as flattery—especially when it comes to taking care of stuff, horses included. In this roundtable talk powered by Professional’s Choice, Coleman Proctor, Tanner Tomlinson and Patrick Smith discuss the evolving mentality and reputation of team ropers, and the importance of good horsemanship and horse care.

“The older you get, the more that you do this, the more you realize the details matter,” Smith said. “From having the rope tie to not wearing the proper stuff on your horse—not having the right fit of the saddle, not having the right fit of the bit, whatever—is changing the mentality of horses are just a tool.”

About Coleman Proctor:

Since turning pro in 2004, Coleman Proctor has qualified for the National Finals Rodeo seven times. In 2022, he finished sixth in the team roping (heading) world standings. Throughout his career, Proctor has earned more than $1.5 million in prize money, cementing his status as one of the top earners in the sport. Proctor, his wife, and two daughters live in Pryor, Oklahoma.

About Patrick Smith:

Patrick Smith is a two-time team roping world champion heeler and 12-time NFR qualifier. Smith has deep ties in West Texas’s oilfield business, meaning he understands as much as the everyday roper how critical it is to balance day-to-day life with time in the arena. His easy-to-understand teaching style will improve your roping at every level, from horsemanship basics to heeling fast. Smith also brings with him his DVD collection, including Driven, Driven 2.0 and Legend, streaming exclusively on Roping.com. 

About Tanner Tomlinson:

In 2020, the Angleton, Texas, header was crowned the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Rookie of the Year and finished out the season in the top 40 of the PRCA world standings. In 2021, he joined up with two-time World Champion heeler Patrick Smith and finished out the year ranked 30th. In 2022, Tomlinson and Smith finished as the average champions at the NFR and overall reserve champions.

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A head horse that finishes strong with a good face can mean the difference between winning a check and being out of the money. In this video brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Trevor Brazile explains how he manages his horse’s head position for better, faster, sharper facing.

“If his head’s up just a touch—up and in—versus down and in, it makes a big difference on the intensity of the face.”

Watch “Improve Your Head Horse’s Facing” now:

About Trevor Brazile:

Trevor Brazile is the winningest cowboy in professional rodeo history, with $7 million in career earnings and 26 gold buckles. The sport’s elite all-around hand, Brazile has won over $800,000 in Cinch Timed Event Championship competition alone. Since leaving the rodeo arena full-time in 2019, Brazile has changed his focus to making the best young horses in the roping industry. He’s already won hundreds of thousands in American Rope Horse Futurity Association competition, and his training style and philosophy are based on fundamentals and consistency.

MORE RELENTLESS INSIGHTS:

• How Can I Speed Up My Run?
• Starting a Rope Horse: Work on Timing
• Develop Your Horse’s Draw to Cattle

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Roping.com gives members exclusive access to full-length, professionally produced roping lessons from the best instructors and competitors in the world, with new releases every week. Here are Roping.com’s new releases for the week of Feb. 19-24, 2024.

How to Gain Collection

In Miles Baker’s second video on collection, he demonstrates what collection means when it comes to controlling a rope-horse prospects stride, explaining how he uses his feet and his hands to gain collection.

Practice Session on EH

Kaden Richard is working to build rodeo horses and show horses, and in this practice session he talks through developing a solid head horse and eliminating brace throughout the run, as well as building consistency in a head horse.

Growing Up and Spending Money with Shad Mayfield

You know him as World Champion Tie-Down Roper “Money,” Shad Mayfield, but he hasn’t always been on top. Learn how Mayfield rose through the ranks from his humble cowboy roots to become one of roping’s teenage stars, then carried that momentum into his 20’s to begin etching his name alongside rodeo legends.

PRACTICE WITH A PURPOSE WITH ROPING.COM

Roping.com, powered by The Team Roping Journal, offers ropers an elite inner circle to learn and build relationships with some of the winningest team roping legends in the industry. Roping.com provides thousands of tutorial videos as well as personal guidance for ropers of all levels to up their skill. Whether ropers are looking to improve their mental game, watch a roping clinic, learn how to practice with a purpose, or up their catch percentages, Roping.com gives these insights and more.

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Five-time NFR heeler Ryan Motes and Roping.com will release a full afternoon’s instruction from one of the $1.4 million heeler’s exclusive roping clinics, filmed at Kerry Kelley’s picturesque arena in Weatherford, Texas, Feb. 26 for Roping.com members only. 

Motes, who’s won the Bob Feist Invitational, the Lone Star Shootout and trained a PRCA Heel Horse of the Year in CD Starbucks, offers roping clinics every Tuesday and Thursday in Weatherford. Motes’ roping clinics are booked full year-round because of Motes’ exceptional ability to pinpoint challenges and easy-to-understand solutions for both headers and heelers.

“My schools are consistent,” Motes said. “We work on the ground on your swing and your position, then we work on the sled to work on your horse, and then we rope live steers for the last hour and a half to put it all together. If you’re watching at home, you’ll recognize things you’re struggling with in your own roping and see how we address it.”

Learn from Motes HERE.

Motes has long been a favorite coach on Roping.com, with multiple series on everything from training futurity horses to mastering your mental game. The American Rodeo and BFI Champion can fine-tune higher-numbered competitors as well as he can trouble-shoot beginners, something you’ll see when watching his clinics. 

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The Ariat World Series of Team Roping’s premier qualifying event, The Title Fights, will stream live on Roping.com over four days Feb. 14 to 17 from Rancho Rio in Wickenburg, Arizona. 

The roping—with its high-stakes format, great cattle, pristine facility and always salty competition— will feature two arenas of action with each streaming live on the Roping.com app and website. 

Watch the Title Fights Livestream

“We’re also offering your Title Fights run delivery to KeyCard and KeyCard Max members, who will get their runs delivered to the Global Handicaps app 24 to 48 hours after they compete,” Ty Yost, WSTR President, said. “This underscores the value of the KeyCard Program. Key Card members get professional footage of your runs delivered so you never have to stress having someone on-site running from arena to arena to film your runs. KeyCard Max members, with a Roping.com membership, you can watch this event and watch all the streams and content on Roping.com. It’s stacked with more roping than you could possibly want.” 

The roping begins Wednesday, Feb. 14 with a #15.5 add-on, and it includes a #10.5 Legends roping on Feb. 15 and concludes with an ever-tough Open qualifier Saturday, Feb.17. 

A Roping.com membership is included with a KeyCard Max purchase  KeyCard Max Membership also includes is a USRoper 2024 subscription, the most comprehensive roadside service for trucks and trailers andpassenger cars alike, run-delivery at major USTRC and WSTR events, double WSTR accumulated earnings and unlimited entry discounts at the USTRC’s Cinch National Finals of Team Roping (if timelines are met) and more. A KeyCard Max is at least a $1,500 value for only $500.  To renew or upgrade visit WSTRoping.com.

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A horse with an autopilot draw to cattle will almost always give you a leg up in competition. While some head horses naturally have that instinct, there are also ways to develop and build the skill. In this video brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker explain how to create “draw” in training.

“The heading is so competitive nowadays, you see a lot of horses reached on or they learn to run a route, but they don’t have the magnetic draw to the cow that keeps them good over the test of time,” Brazile says. “Today we’re going to show you how to put that in your horses from an early age.”

Watch “Develop Your Horse’s Draw to Cattle” now:

About Trevor Brazile:

Trevor Brazile is the winningest cowboy in professional rodeo history, with $7 million in career earnings and 26 gold buckles. The sport’s elite all-around hand, Brazile has won over $800,000 in Cinch Timed Event Championship competition alone. Since leaving the rodeo arena full-time in 2019, Brazile has changed his focus to making the best young horses in the roping industry. He’s already won hundreds of thousands in American Rope Horse Futurity Association competition, and his training style and philosophy are based on fundamentals and consistency.

About Miles Baker:

Miles Baker builds some of the best horses in the roping industry, ringing a bell at horse sales and winning big at the rope horse futurities. His ranch-raised horsemanship is why the King of the Cowboys, Trevor Brazile, relies on Baker for his in- and out-of-the-arena training help.

Miles Baker joins Brazile, seven-time World Champs Jake Barnes and Clay Cooper, two-time World Champs Patrick Smith and Matt Sherwood and other NFR talents on Roping.com.

MORE RELENTLESS INSIGHTS:

• How Can I Speed Up My Run?
• Head Control in the Box
• How Important is Your Horse’s Footspeed?

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Breakaway roping teaches young heel horse prospects to focus on finding the cow. In this video brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Miles Baker explains the benefits of breakawaying on green heel horses to teach them the fundamentals of tracking.

“We’ll breakaway on head horses, heel horses, anything. I’m not worried about what lead he’s in. I’m not worried about anything except finding the cow right out of the chute and going to the cow. Because if they will go to the cow, then we can shape them off of it later and worry about leads and everything else then.”

About Miles Baker:

Miles Baker builds some of the best horses in the roping industry, ringing a bell at horse sales and winning big at the rope horse futurities. His ranch-raised horsemanship is why the King of the Cowboys, Trevor Brazile, relies on Baker for his in- and out-of-the-arena training help.

Miles Baker joins Brazile, seven-time World Champs Jake Barnes and Clay Cooper, two-time World Champs Patrick Smith and Matt Sherwood and other NFR talents on Roping.com.

More Relentless Insights:

• How Can I Speed Up My Run?
• Head Control in the Box
• How Important is Your Horse’s Footspeed?

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The difference between a good roper and a great one often comes down to the horse. So what makes a great rope horse? In this roundtable talk powered by Professional’s Choice, Coleman Proctor, Tanner Tomlinson and Patrick Smith discuss what makes a great rope horse great.

“Anymore, everywhere we go, you got to have every ounce of try out of your horse, every single time, to have a chance,” said Smith. “One thing I’ve learned being around as long as I have been is you don’t really realize how good the good ones are until you have a good one and then you don’t.”

About Coleman Proctor:

Since turning pro in 2004, Coleman Proctor has qualified for the National Finals Rodeo seven times. In 2022, he finished sixth in the team roping (heading) world standings. Throughout his career, Proctor has earned more than $1.5 million in prize money, cementing his status as one of the top earners in the sport. Proctor, his wife, and two daughters live in Pryor, Oklahoma.

About Patrick Smith:

Patrick Smith is a two-time team roping world champion heeler and 12-time NFR qualifier. Smith has deep ties in West Texas’s oilfield business, meaning he understands as much as the everyday roper how critical it is to balance day-to-day life with time in the arena. His easy-to-understand teaching style will improve your roping at every level, from horsemanship basics to heeling fast. Smith also brings with him his DVD collection, including Driven, Driven 2.0 and Legend, streaming exclusively on Roping.com. 

About Tanner Tomlinson:

In 2020, the Angleton, Texas, header was crowned the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Rookie of the Year and finished out the season in the top 40 of the PRCA world standings. In 2021, he joined up with two-time World Champion heeler Patrick Smith and finished out the year ranked 30th. In 2022, Tomlinson and Smith finished as the average champions at the NFR and overall reserve champions.

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Keep your eye on the prize! In this video brought to you by Professional’s Choice, Coleman Proctor shares his top strategy for fixing the most common misses in team roping.

“For me, my common miss is blowing it by the right horn… And a lot of times, if I’m honest with myself, my focus wasn’t really on the target.”

Watch “How to Fix the Most Common Misses in Team Roping” now:

About Coleman Proctor:

Since turning pro in 2004, Coleman Proctor has qualified for the National Finals Rodeo seven times. In 2022, he finished sixth in the team roping (heading) world standings. Throughout his career, Proctor has earned more than $1.5 million in prize money, cementing his status as one of the top earners in the sport. Proctor, his wife, and two daughters live in Pryor, Oklahoma.

More Professional’s Choice Pro Tips:

• Get Your First Swing on Target with this Dummy Drill
• Tack Adjustment Basics
• Making the Most of Scoring Drills

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One of the most important parts of heading is getting that first swing on target. Set yourself up for success by…hooking the horns upside down? In this video brought to you by Professional’s Choice, Coleman Proctor explains the dummy drill he uses to help headers who struggle with turning their rope over too late.

“Heading is the only discipline where your first swing is required to turn over outside your elbow. A great drill that I came up with for beginners who would to turn their rope over too late is to have them—on their first swing—hook the horns upside down.”

About Coleman Proctor:

Since turning pro in 2004, Coleman Proctor has qualified for the National Finals Rodeo seven times. In 2022, he finished sixth in the team roping (heading) world standings. Throughout his career, Proctor has earned more than $1.5 million in prize money, cementing his status as one of the top earners in the sport. Proctor, his wife, and two daughters live in Pryor, Oklahoma.

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The Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale is one of the richest equine events in the world. Are you ready to rope for that kind of money? Look no further, Roping.com has an entire playlist to prepare you for the 2023 Finale, with tips from some of the industry’s best. Here’s a few of our favorite videos from the Ariat WSTR Finale Prep playlist to get you started.

1. Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale Prep: Heeling Strategy-Clay O’Brien Cooper

How should you approach your heeling position and strategy at the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale? Clay O’Brien Cooper gives his advice.

2. Deliberate Swings in Short Arenas-Trevor Brazile

The arena at the South Point Equestrian Center can force ropers into a speed trap if they’re not careful. Trevor Brazile explains how deliberate swings can eliminate that problem, resulting in faster, more consistent catches for big money at the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale.

3. Practicing for the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale-Jake Barnes

You cannot be afraid to run at the barrier at the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale. Jake Barnes talks about how you should prepare to win and what sort of start you need.

4. Preparing Your Head Horse for the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale-Kolton Schmidt

How do you need your head horse leaving in the South Point Equestrian Center’s arena? Kolton Schmidt talks about what you need to focus on in the practice pen to be ready to rope for millions in Vegas.

5. World Series of Team Roping Finale Mental Prep-Patrick Smith

The Ariat World Series of Team Roping FInale is undoubtedly the most money any roper has ever competed for. How do you prepare to be under the bright lights of Las Vegas, in the South Point Arena, with your money up? Two-time World Champion Patrick Smith talks about how he suggests you prepare your nerves.

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Whether you’re starting a heel horse, breakaway horse or calf horse, a good foundation of the basics will set you and your horse up for success. In this video brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker explain how they start their rope horses to go in any direction by helping them develop an ingrained sense of timing.

“This is how we start all of the horses, and then we can choose which way they go. But they all have the same foundation of finding a cow and having great timing before we ever choose which direction we take them.”

About Trevor Brazile:

Trevor Brazile is the winningest cowboy in professional rodeo history, with $7 million in career earnings and 26 gold buckles. The sport’s elite all-around hand, Brazile has won over $800,000 in Cinch Timed Event Championship competition alone. Since leaving the rodeo arena full-time in 2019, Brazile has changed his focus to making the best young horses in the roping industry. He’s already won hundreds of thousands in American Rope Horse Futurity Association competition, and his training style and philosophy are based on fundamentals and consistency.

About Miles Baker:

Miles Baker builds some of the best horses in the roping industry, ringing a bell at horse sales and winning big at the rope horse futurities. His ranch-raised horsemanship is why the King of the Cowboys, Trevor Brazile, relies on Baker for his in- and out-of-the-arena training help.

Miles Baker joins Brazile, seven-time World Champs Jake Barnes and Clay Cooper, two-time World Champs Patrick Smith and Matt Sherwood and other NFR talents on Roping.com.

More Relentless Insights:

• How Can I Speed Up My Run?
• Head Control in the Box
• How Important is Your Horse’s Footspeed?

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Patrick Smith’s latest video, STAY DRIVEN, dropped Thanksgiving Day 2023 on Roping.com.

STAY DRIVEN is available to stream through the Roping.com app on any device, OR, if you’re old-school, you can order a hard-copy DVD after checkout that we’ll ship to you mid-December.

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Patrick Smith’s STAY DRIVEN is the ultimate team roping instructional video, exploring the partnership element of the richest recreational sport in the world. STAY DRIVEN breaks down the elements that make a header and heeler successful together, teaching ropers how to build a run as a team to catch more steers clean, win more ropings and get more out of their time in the arena. Over three hours of instruction, with special guests Tanner Tomlinson, Tyler Wade, Wesley Thorp and Junior Nogueira, STAY DRIVEN uses never-before-seen camera angles and visual technology to give ropers a deeper understanding of how to win in team roping than ever before.

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Booting up your horse is cheap insurance for their health and longevity. Protective boots help support the soft tissues of your horse’s legs and minimize the chance of injury. In this video brought to you by Professional’s Choice, seven-time NFR-qualifying team roper Coleman Proctor shares why he uses boots to protect and support his horse’s legs.

“Whenever we’re making the turn coming through the corner, I know my horse is really having to dig deep… It gives me a lot of relief thinking about how much protection he’s got helping his suspensory ligament because it really goes down into the ground.”

About Coleman Proctor:

Since turning pro in 2004, Coleman Proctor has qualified for the National Finals Rodeo seven times. In 2022, he finished sixth in the team roping (heading) world standings. Throughout his career, Proctor has earned more than $1.5 million in prize money, cementing his status as one of the top earners in the sport. Proctor, his wife, and two daughters live in Pryor, Oklahoma.

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Cesar de la Cruz joins Roping.com’s coaching lineup this winter, bringing a one-of-a-kind series that incorporates dummy roping, goat-roping, donkey roping and live-cattle practice sessions for the whole family. 

A nine-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo heeler, de la Cruz cut his teeth in Arizona’s rough-and-tumble roping scene and had to learn the game from the ground up, practicing on goats and donkeys before getting horseback. He’s kept them as part of his practice regimen, and he’s taught his three sons to rope the same way.

“We’ve worked with Cesar since he and Colter Todd first cracked out in the mid-2000s,” Content Director Chelsea Shaffer said. “He’s always been ready to help the next generation learn, and his hard-knock education make him an exceptionally relatable and knowledgeable teacher.” 

Now residing in Casa Grande, Arizona, de la Cruz was raised in Tucson and mentored by his grandfather, NFR Qualifier Victor Aros, and uncle, George Aros, also an NFR Qualifier. The profound influence of the legendary “Aros Arena” in South Tucson has been instrumental in shaping de la Cruz’s journey.

de la Cruz’s wife, Arena, won the College National Finals Rodeo in the heading, and after having three boys, she joins de la Cruz in some videos in this series to rope as a family with their boys.

OTHER CONTENT DROPPING FROM ROPING.COM

• Colt-starting for the roping pen with Trinity Haggard 
• DT Horses’ Lead-Steer Sessions
• Miles Baker’s 2-year-old program 
• Shad Mayfield and Sarah Angelone’s breakaway roping practice sessions
• The Wildfire Open to the World, 2013-2017

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Throw…now? Nope, not close enough. Dangit, should’ve thrown!

From amateurs to World Champions, it’s a thought that’s gone through every team roper’s mind. In this video brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Trevor Brazile shares his perspective on finding the balance between throwing too early and taking that extra swing.

“Everybody’s had that feeling where they get in between swings and they could have thrown the swing before but they weren’t close enough, or the swing after but they feel like they missed their opportunity. That’s natural. It’s happened to all of us.”

Watch “When to Take That Extra Swing” now:

About Trevor Brazile:

Trevor Brazile is the winningest cowboy in professional rodeo history, with $7 million in career earnings and 26 gold buckles. The sport’s elite all-around hand, Brazile has won over $800,000 in Cinch Timed Event Championship competition alone. Since leaving the rodeo arena full-time in 2019, Brazile has changed his focus to making the best young horses in the roping industry. He’s already won hundreds of thousands in American Rope Horse Futurity Association comp

More Relentless Insights:

• How Can I Speed Up My Run?
• Head Control in the Box
• How Important is Your Horse’s Footspeed?

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In its second installment, the Riata Buckle Stallion Incentive will payout at least $2.5 million to ropers, breeders and stallion owners at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and Roping.com will be the only place to watch all the action. 

The event is primarily for those riding horses by Riata Buckle’s exclusive lineup of stallions, showcasing the breeding and evolution of the rope horse industry.

“The Riata Buckle was Roping.com’s most-watched event in 2022, and we anticipate even bigger viewership in 2023,” Content Director Chelsea Shaffer said. “We’ll be pulling out all the stops, too, with Dru Stewart talking to winners, stallion owners and producers throughout the event live from the Priefert Sports Desk and 10 different cameras for each roping—including a camera from the rafters—so ropers can study what goes into making runs on standout horses like this from every angle.” 

The Riata Buckle kicks off Thursday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. CT with the three-calf, two short round Riata Buckle Breakaway. That will be followed at 3 p.m. with the with the Riata Buckle’s only Futurity, the $150,000-guaranteed Open 5-&-Under Futurity with a $25,000 4-Year-Old Incentive. The numbered ropings start Nov. 3, at 8 a.m., running through Sunday, Nov. 5. The handicap formats offer everything from a #14.5 All-Age Championship paying over $300,000, to the #12.5, #10.5 and #9.5 Championships, each paying over $650,000 including futurity incentives. Riata Buckle is offering $400,000 in futurity incentives to ropers riding young horses in each division. 

Riata Buckle stallion owners will receive a complementary pass to watch the event all weekend long. The Team Roping Journal and Roping.com will feature special highlights and results throughout the event, while the Priefert Sports Desk will go live on Facebook with the winners of each division. 

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There are two main styles of delivering a heel loop in team roping: the trap and the scoop. Which approach is superior? In this video brought to you by Lone Star Ropes, Patrick Smith weighs in on the debate.

“I’m probably going to get some hate mail over this, but I’m fine with it because this is what I truly believe…”

Watch “Trap or Scoop – Which Heel Loop Delivery is Best?” now:

About the Thunderbird Heel Rope:

The Lone Star Thunderbird Heel Rope is a uniquely engineered four-strand rope with a nylon/poly blend combined with a multi-directional, double-twisted core that allows the center core to counterbalance the rope as a whole. This rope has a very even weight, an exceptional tip feel and a good bite on the horn!

If you enjoyed this video, we think you’ll also like:

• Dustin Egusquiza’s Two Biggest Misses—And Fixes
• How Much Rope Do You Want Between Your Hands?
• Heelers, Here’s How You Can Improve Your Timing

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Roping.com has partnered with RodeoVideo to bring the original Mega Matches into the 21^st century, streaming on any device through the Roping.com app. 

Mega Match I

Jake Barnes and Clay O’Brien Cooper vs. Bobby Hurley and Allen Bach

The team of Jake Barnes and Clay O’Brien Cooper matching the team of Bobby Hurley and Allen Bach for a marathon of 30 steers each. Three different score lengths, good cattle, good arena with the bottom gate closed…and the best two teams in the world. The lead changed hands several times but never did a team have a lead of more than a few seconds. After 29 steers for each team, the total time was the same…right down to the hundredth of a second. It all came down to the 30th steer! All four ropers share valuable insights between the runs making it a learning opportunity as well. Lots of slo mo. You’ll watch this 80-minute video over and over.

Mega Match II

Matt Tyler and Kory Koontz vs. Steve Purcella and Steve Northcott

Two of the hottest teams in the business in the mid-90s went head-to-head in this grueling 30-steer match. Steve Purcella and Steve Northcott battle it out against Matt Tyler and Kory Koontz. With three different score lengths, excellent cattle and two of the best teams in the world, the ingredients were just right for another history-making mega match. This is also an instructional video with lots of slow-mo, run analysis, strategy and information from these four legends.

Mega Match III

Kevin Stewart and Martin Lucero vs. Trevor Brazile and Wayne Folmer

Timeless talents of Kevin Stewart and Martin Lucero matched a young Trevor Brazile (hot off his first all-around gold buckle, before he was the official King of the Cowboys) and Wayne Folmer in this 30-steer match that you’ve just gotta see to believe. Brazile was on one of the greatest head horses of all time—Calhoon—and, like ALL Mega Matches, this one was down-to-the-wire.

Mega Match IV

Derrick Begay and Cesar de la Cruz vs. Matt Sherwood and Cory Petska

Shot in 2010, the fourth and final Mega Match pitted the then-young guns Derrick Begay and Cesar de la Cruz against two-time World Champ Matt Sherwood and future-World Champ Cory Petska. Rodeo Video shot the all-Arizona match in Gallup, New Mexico, in front of a live crowd with a red-rock background you’ve just got to see.

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The 2022 American Rope Horse Futurity Association Heading World Champion Rhen Richard is partnering with Roping.com to stream his full rope horse training program, with the first masterclasses launching Oct. 9, 2023. 

The series—with full training sessions with many of A&C Racing and Roping’s top prospects and Richard’s rodeo horses—features hours of at-home practice in the Richard family’s standout facility in Roosevelt, Utah. 

“We are partnering with Roping.com to show ropers what it takes to make the kind of horses it takes to win at every level,” Rhen said. “I take teaching seriously, and showing people the little details that really make all the difference in a program is extremely important to me.” 

Former Resistol Rookie of the Year and futurity trainer Kaden Richard and 2-year-old specialist Trinity Haggard also join Rhen to explain the depth of the A&C Racing and Roping program. Roping.com members will see broodmare pasture walk-throughs reviewing the science behind the crosses A&C Racing and Roping chooses, as well as explanations of conformation and bloodlines on large groups of yearlings set to enter the family’s training program. 

“I don’t think there’s anywhere else ropers can see this many horses of this caliber, with someone like Rhen to walk us through the entire breeding program and reveal so much of their next-level thinking,” Content Director Chelsea Shaffer said. “Rhen’s ability to understand form and function of rope horses is eye-opening, and he explains that thinking in pastures fill of weanlings to in the arena on finished rope horses. This is perhaps our most complete look yet at a program of this caliber.” 

The Richards join other ARHFA World Champion Tate Kirchenschlager and Dakota Kirchenschlager, as well as the top-earning futurity ropers of all time, Trevor Brazile and J.D. Yates, on Roping.com. Roping.com is now the home of the sport’s leading breeding and training programs—the Relentless Remuda, DT Horses and A&C Racing and Roping. 

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Improperly adjusted tack can negatively affect your horse’s performance. In this video brought to you by Professional’s Choice, Patrick Smith shares some tack fit fundamentals: how to correctly adjust your bit, curb chain and tie-down so your horse can move comfortably and safely.

“If I’ve learned anything about bits in my career, it’s the importance of making sure that once I put ’em on, that they’re set up for success rather than failure. Make sure that everything fits for that specific horse.”

Watch “Correctly Adjust Your Tack” now:

About Patrick Smith:

Patrick Smith is a two-time team roping world champion heeler and 12-time NFR qualifier. Smith has deep ties in West Texas’s oilfield business, meaning he understands as much as the everyday roper how critical it is to balance day-to-day life with time in the arena. His easy-to-understand teaching style will improve your roping at every level, from horsemanship basics to heeling fast. Smith also brings with him his DVD collection, including Driven, Driven 2.0 and Legend, streaming exclusively on Roping.com. 

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Roping.com has plenty of exciting new things coming Fall 2023. From the Riata Buckle Stallion Incentive and Patrick Smith’s Stay Driven, to DT Horses and A&C Racing & Roping with Rhen Richard, Roping.com will keep you busy this fall.

Riata Buckle

In its second installment, the Riata Buckle Stallion Incentive will payout at least $2.5 million to ropers, breeders and stallion owners at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and once more Roping.com will be the only place to watch all the action. 

The event kicks off Thursday, Nov. 2 with the $100,000 Riata Buckle Breakaway, with a $25,000-guaranteed 4-Year-Old Incentive. The $100,000-guaranteed Open 5-&-Under Futurity with a $25,000 4-Year-Old Incentive will start the day Friday, Nov. 3, with the numbered ropings starting immediately after and running through Sunday, Nov. 5. The event offers everything from a #14.5 All-Age Championship with $100,000 guaranteed and a $25,000 5-and-under sidepot to a #9.5 All-Age Championship with $550,0000 promised to the pot and $100,000 guaranteed to horses 6 and younger. 

A&C Racing & Roping Masterclass

Rhen Richard, Kaden Richard and their Colt Specialist Trinity Haggard are bringing their full program to Roping.com this October, with feature-length videos giving you an inside look into their breeding operation and magic crosses to conformation and training videos with their top-tier futurity and rodeo horses. The A&C Racing and Roping series is a true masterclass on building a world-class horse program, pulling back the curtain on the operation like never before. 

Stay Driven

Patrick Smith’s two videos—Driven and Driven 2.0—are consistently Roping.com members’ favorites as the two most popular instructional videos on the website. Just in time for the NFR in 2023, Smith is releasing Stay Driven, streaming exclusively on Roping.com. The video will be the first of its kind to use never-before-seen camera angles, teaching team roping as a true team sport. Smith—with the help of guests like his NFR average-record-holding header Tanner Tomlinson—will explain how to build a run that will win from the junior rodeos to the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale to the Thomas & Mack. 

DT Horses

Dean Tuftin’s program has produced some of the finest heel horses in history, including Brady Minor’s Rey Shines On Top. In this exclusive series, Roping.com takes you through every step of Tuftin’s program—a program centered on a circle that gives Tuftin a place to reinforce fundamentals every step of the way. In this series, you’ll get to see Tuftin work on everything from riding colts in a rope halter to an O-ring to a bridle, all shot at Tuftin’s standout facility in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Dean Tuftin is one of the rope horse industry’s most powerful forces, through both his top-notch breeding and training program and his support of the futurity industry. 

For the first time, NFR heeler Tuftin is pulling back the curtain on his training program at DT Horses in Scottsdale, Arizona, taking Roping.com members through his start-to-finish system of making top-tier rope horses. 

“Dean’s unique approach to building great horses focuses on getting each horse’s buy-in on his methods, building their confidence in a way that ropers at home can mimic,” Content Director Chelsea Shaffer said. “His ability to break down the smallest details of his horsemanship will help ropers just starting out, and it will shed light on the finer points of horsemanship for experienced ropers.” 

The series starts as Tuftin demonstrates the responsiveness he looks for when just riding a 2-year-old in a halter, a responsiveness that he carries over into a snaffle bit while tracking the sled and into the lead steer and live cattle.

Tuftin’s program got him to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and helped make AQHA/PRCA Heel Horse of the Year Rey Shines On Top, piloted by Brady Minor. His horses have gone on to win at the American Rope Horse Futurity Assocation World Championship under J.D. Yates, and they have picked up many AQHA World Champion titles. His mare, DT Hickorys Mistycat, was the first-ever Riata Buckle Futurity Open Champion on the heel side under Dakota Kirchenschlager, and he raised Billie Jack Saebens’ and Dixon Flowers AQHA/PRCA Heel Horse of the Year, DT Sugar Chex Whiz. He currently stands the World’s Greatest Horseman Champion Hickory Holly Time, and most of the horses in these videos are offspring of the red roan stud. 

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The slow practice cattle are the ones that can humble you. They’ll help you find the holes in your horsemanship and they’ll help you and your horse stay sharp and focused. In this video brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker explain the reasons—and there are many of them—why slow cattle should be a part of your team roping practice.

“I think you’re kidding yourself a lot of times if you think you’ve moved on from slow cattle and still have a horse who has a lot of rate. Because if a cow is running fast enough, rate’s never an issue; he’s always staying in front of you.”

Watch “The Importance of Slow Practice Cattle” now:

About Trevor Brazile:

Trevor Brazile is the winningest cowboy in professional rodeo history, with $7 million in career earnings and 26 gold buckles. The sport’s elite all-around hand, Brazile has won over $800,000 in Cinch Timed Event Championship competition alone. Since leaving the rodeo arena full-time in 2019, Brazile has changed his focus to making the best young horses in the roping industry. He’s already won hundreds of thousands in American Rope Horse Futurity Association comp

About Miles Baker:

Miles Baker builds some of the best horses in the roping industry, ringing a bell at horse sales and winning big at the rope horse futurities. His ranch-raised horsemanship is why the King of the Cowboys, Trevor Brazile, relies on Baker for his in- and out-of-the-arena training help.

Miles Baker joins Brazile, seven-time World Champs Jake Barnes and Clay Cooper, two-time World Champs Patrick Smith and Matt Sherwood and other NFR talents on Roping.com.

More Relentless Insights:

• How Can I Speed Up My Run?
• Head Control in the Box
• How Important is Your Horse’s Footspeed?

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Your first swing is the most important—so make it count. In this video brought to you by Lone Star Ropes, Dustin Egusqiza shares the technique he uses to increase the speed and accuracy of his first swing, along with what NOT to do.

“I think a lot of guys have their rope cocked back and when they’re starting their swing, they come out wide with it, and I think that’s like lag on a golf shot.”

If you enjoyed this video, we think you’ll also like:

• Dustin Egusquiza’s Two Biggest Misses—And Fixes
• How Much Rope Do You Want Between Your Hands?
• Heelers, Here’s How You Can Improve Your Timing

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Two-time World Champion Patrick Smith is roping’s most in-demand online instructor, with industry-changing Driven, Legend and Driven 2.0, and in November 2023 he will release his newest instructional video, Stay Driven, exclusively streaming on Roping.com. 

Stay Driven will focus on the team component of the sport, an element often overlooked by ropers of all levels and will use never-before-seen camera angles and video technology to deepen viewers’ understanding of the sport. 

“My son, Eli, is 10, and he’s jackpotting now,” Smith, 43, said. “When I sit at ropings to watch him, I see how much people don’t understand the basics of this being a team sport. You can’t just be a good header or a good heeler—you have to be a good partner. This video will dive into figuring out why you’re not winning at the jackpots, even if you’re a great roper at whatever number.”

Shot over four months at Smith’s picturesque arena in Lipan, the video explores the angles necessary for success—including angles that helped Smith and partner Tanner Tomlinson break the NFR aggregate record in 2022 and exceed $100,000 in ProRodeo season earnings by Sept. 1. 

“As a teacher in this sport, all of us rope so much, that all of this is second nature,” Smith explained. “We know what the tip of our rope is and where it is, we know the importance of keeping the cow’s head to set the run up. But we’ve never had the opportunity that we do today to really show it. 

“Not everybody is going to be able to head the way Tanner Tomlinson heads or heel the way Clay O’Brien Cooper heels,” Smith added. “But there are things that these guys do that are blueprints that no matter what you do, you’re going to have to figure out your way of getting to that same point. With the technology we use, I think it’s really going to shed some light on being a better team mate, work on ourselves, communicate with our partner and be a better roper. No matter what, it’s more fun when you catch. You will enjoy this more when you feel like you’re getting better.”

Filmed in high-definition and available to download for on- or off-line viewing, Stay Driven will join Driven, Legend and Driven 2.0 on their exclusive streaming home, Roping.com. 

The video will be available for on-demand purchase, and it will be available to order via hard-copy DVD on patricksmithroping.com. Those who purchase a yearly membership to Roping.com will receive Stay Driven automatically. More information: roping.com/pages/stay-driven

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