The Score from The Team Roping Journal

On this episode of The Short Score hosts Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave talk about the #RoadtoCTEC sweepstakes, the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo champions JR Dees and Lane Siggins and more Pro Rodeo news. Plus, stay tuned to hear about The Team Roping Journal's new TRJ Extra and the 2020 Breeder's Guide. Also, don't miss out on the CINCH USTRC National Finals happening in April. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tate Kirchenschlager, a 27-year-old Colorado native who now resides in Morgan Mill, Texas, is fresh off his first NFR appearance. Nine years in to his PRCA career, Tate got the big hit he needed in San Antonio, Texas, when he won one of the biggest building rodeos of the year with Ross Ashford and skyrocketed to the top of the standings. The road to the top was a long won for Tate, making a living as a horse trainer and finishing no higher than 47th in the world standings before making his first trip to the Finals last year. Tate—who will get married in 2020—is rodeoing with his San Antonio championship partner Ross Ashford this year, and he’s still riding the Horse of the Year Jewels Smoke Screen. He’s all-in on a return trip to Las Vegas, and we talk about that and a whole lot more on this episode of The Score, brought to you by Nutrena Feeds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Team Roping Journal is kicking off Season 3 of The Short Score January 7, 2020, offering ropers the brand’s weekly update from the heart of the sport of team roping. Covering partner changes, the Cinch Timed Event Championship’s lineup and sweepstakes and the plans for the upcoming season of The Score, hosts Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave dive into 2020 with a bang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An audio edition of Arizona Evolution, the story on how and why Arizona became the winter hot spot for the sport of team roping, brought to you by Best Ever Pads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of The Score is a Ariat World Series of Team Roping Wrap-up, Part Two, with the Priefert #11.5 Champions, the YETI #10.5 Champions and the Ariat #9.5 Champions brought to you by Nutrena Feeds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of The Score is a Ariat World Series of Team Roping Wrap-up, Part One, with the Gold Buckle Beer Open to the World Series Champions, the AGCO #14.5 Champions, the YETI #13.5 Champions and the Ariat #12.5 Champions, brought to you by SmartPak Equine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colter Todd walked away from team roping at the top of his game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2019 Wrangler NFR and PRCA Pro Rodeo regular seasons ends with Clay Smith and Wesley Thorp as the World Champions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira get a back-to-back round win. After tying Brenten Hall and Chase Tryan in Round 8, they came back to win Round 9 with a quick 3.6-second run, worth $26,230.77, moving them to fifth in the world with $203,269.40 and $200,588.76, unofficially. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wrangler NFR rookie header Brenten Hall and Chase Tryan tied Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira to win Round 8 of the NFR. They knocked down their runs in 4.3-seconds, worth $23,480.77 a man. Hall and Tryan are currently fifth in the world and in the average, and Driggers and Nogueira are currently second in the world behind Clay Smith and Jade Corkill and ninth in the average with two rounds left. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a soft round Cody Snow and Wesley Thorp win Round 7 at the 2019 Wrangler NFR with a 3.6-second run, worth $26,230.77 a man. They moved up to first in the average with a time of 28.7 seconds on six head, and are currently fourth and seventh in the PRCA Pro Rodeo world standings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Riley and Brady Minor explode in Round 6 of the Wrangler NFR with a 4.0-second run, worth $26,230.77 a man. They have now moved to third in the PRCA Pro Rodeo world standings with $160,533.56 with four more rounds to go. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chad Masters and Joseph Harrison came back for more, winning the fifth round of the 2019 Wrangler NFR with a 4.2-second run, worth $26,230.77 a man. They are now second in the average behind Brenten Hall and Chase Tryan with a total time of 33.0 seconds on five head. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chad Masters and Joseph Harrison took top honors after knocking down a 3.7-second run in Round 4 at the 2019 Wrangler NFR, worth $26,230.77 a man. This is Harrison's first round win in the three years that he has qualified for the Wrangler NFR. This also makes for Masters' first round win since he won rounds 9 and 10 with Jade Corkill at the 2011 Wrangler NFR. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tyler Wade and Cole Davison are staying hooked three rounds into the 2019 Wrangler NFR. Although they came up short in Round 2 they made up for it with a Round 3 win. They won the round and broke the round record time with a 3.7-second run, worth $26,230.77 a man. Wade and Davison have also climbed the world standings leaderboard, sitting third and forth in the world with $135,855.78 and $134,370.85 in total PRCA earnings.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clay Smith and Jade Corkill came into Round 2 of the Wrangler NFR with a vengeance, roping their steer in 4.4 seconds, worth $26,230.77 a man. Corkill jumps from fourth in the PRCA world standings to number-one with eight rounds to go. Smith continues to pull away with the number one position with hopes to win a back-to-back world title with $186,742.99 in total PRCA world standings earnings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2019 Wrangler NFR has officially begun and Tyler Wade and Cole Davison kick off ROUND 1 with a 4.0-second run to take the "W". #RopeVegas bonus episode brought to you by Resistol, CSI Saddle Pads, Fast Back Ropes and Soft-Ride Equine Comfort Boots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Junior Nogueira is coming into the 2019 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo as the number-one heeler in the PRCA world standings, roping again this year with Kaleb Driggers. This will mark his sixth appearance in the Thomas & Mack since his explosion onto the US roping scene from Brazil, complete with that infamous pull back. Some things have changed since that first year—he’s is a newlywed, on the brink of fatherhood and his English is pretty flawless. But his giddy personality, his priority of family over all else and his hunt for a heeling gold buckle have remained constant.We sat down just two days before the start of Round 1, immediately after he and the rest of the ropers got to run through the Hill Rodeo Cattle steers in the arena. Here’s Junior Nogueira on this special edition of The Score, brought to you by CSI Saddle Pads.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gary Poythress is the brains behind Rodeo Computer Services—the software behind the handicapping system used by the USTRC to establish interstate commerce in the sport of team roping. He’s helped shape the industry, though almost always strictly behind-the-scenes. He’s had a front-row seat to history, helping drive the explosion of the USTRC and eventually the WSTR with the use of his software.Now, he’s pioneering the new, independent Global Handicaps, the next evolution of team roping’s number system. He took the time to explain how handicapping has evolved and where it’s going on the new platform. If you care about your number, and you’re curious how ropers are raised or lowered, this is a must listen. This new system will provide instant handicap appeals, regional and national event listings, real-time updates from ropings across the country, the most complete analysis on ropers of all levels, and so much more. Gary breaks down the thinking behind it, and his insights will blow you away. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Full disclosure: We recorded this episode with The King of the Cowboys, Trevor Brazile, in mid-October—a month before he won his seventh Steer Roping World title, 25th gold buckle and fourth NFSR average title. It just so happens we had it scheduled for today’s #RopeVegas bonus episode of The Score, brought to you by Resistol.There’s life outside rodeo, and Trevor Brazile is finding it. The last time he and I talked, back on Episode 2 of The Score, the elephant in the room was his retirement. He hadn’t yet made any announcements publicly, but he and I both knew what he wanted to do. So that podcast was sort of hard for me to do—knowing there was so much I wanted to talk to him about that was understandably off limits. This one, though, is a no-holds-barred conversation about his first year off the road. I’ve gotten the privilege to pick his brain this year about what he’s doing with his young horses in the arena, and we share a lot of it through our Relentless Insights at TheTeamRopingJournal.com. In this conversation we get deeper than ever before on horse training and prospects, and we check in on how he’s adjusting to life at home with his family. Here is Trevor Brazile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Numbers don’t lie, and neither do gold buckles. That’s why you’re getting the chance to hear a second conversation with the one and only Clay Tryan. You listened to his episode more than almost any other we’ve recorded, and that’s no accident. His prolific win record is hard to top, and his winning attitude is worth studying and trying to understand.We caught up with him as he prepares to rope at the Thomas & Mack, this time with Jake Long. He’ll be the third in his family to head for the quick throwing Kansas heeler in Vegas, and he’s got the same confident swag he’s always had going into the Finals. With just two weeks until the start of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, here’s Clay Tryan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Score hosts chat about the 2019 Wrangler NFR steers, upcoming episodes of The Score and what you can expect for Team Roping coverage during Las Vegas. This episode is brought to you by Nutramax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chase Tryan—known as Hock by his fellow competitors—will heel at his third Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in December 2019 for Finals first timer Brenten Hall. This year, they won the Washington State Fair and ProRodeo in Puyallup, the Leduc Black Gold ProRodeo in Alberta and the IPE and Stampede in Armstrong, British Columbia. Last year, Chase placed ninth in the NFR average, heeling behind Bubba Buckaloo and finished sixth in the PRCA world standings with almost $175,000 in season earnings.Chase’s story isn’t typical. After a truck accident early in his career, he spent months in recovery, saved by what he can only describe as the grace of God. The only Tryan known for his heeling, Chase spent years evolving his roping after his first Finals qualification. He’s coming into this year’s NFR 11th in the PRCA world standings, and he and Hall have spent months preparing to light up the Thomas & Mack, brought to you by SmartPak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This bonus episode of The Short Score is an audio edition of A Mother's Love, the story of how team roping is healing Michelle Arbizo after the tragic loss of her son, 20-year-old Dominic Romero, featured in the November 2019 issue of The Team Roping Journal. This episode is brought to you by Best Ever Pads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jackyl—the larger-than-life legend of a horse ridden by greats from a 15-year-old Travis Graves to Kory Koontz, Michael Jones, Allen Bach, Jade Corkill and Jim Ross Cooper. The unregistered dun gelding earned over $2 million in his storied career, carried Bach and Corkill to gold buckles, and earned worldwide fame as the greatest horse to ever pull back—and I mean PULL BACK—on a steer. We’ve told his story for years, and with his death in December of 2018, we embarked on a video project to tell his life’s story—complete with video of some of his biggest wins—with our partners at Soft Ride Equine Comfort Boots, which Jackyl wore throughout the end of his competitive career.  But this podcast is Jackyl like you’ve never heard him before. We dive deeper into this icon’s story, with the help of Travis Graves, Jade Corkill and Kory Koontz. The story starts in Jay, Oklahoma, when a teenage Travis Graves—who with his dad helped buy and sell horses for a lot of local families—came to ride this outlaw buckskin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The CINCH USTRC National Finals of Team Roping has officially wrapped up and now it's time to prepare for the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale. Catch up with Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave on some USTRC Finals updates and upcoming podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brenten Hall is the young gun that three-time NFR heeler Chase Tryan believed in enough to rope with for a second year in a row—a leap of faith that paid off in a big way, with a return trip to the Finals for Tryan and a debut appearance in the Thomas & Mack for Hall.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This bonus episode of The Short Score is a audio edition of Three Forks, the story on three generations of ropers from the Three Forks Saddlery. For the first time you'll be hearing from The Team Roping Journal's Associate Editor G.R. Schiavino. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Score host Chelsea Shaffer catches up with American Rope Horse Futurity Association Heading and Heeling Champions Andy Holcomb on Blue Berry Please and Joseph Harrison on Dual Axle, plus Bobby Lewis, on The Short Score. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2019 will mark Luke Brown’s 12th NFR. He's in the elite club of Cowboys who have not missed one trip to Vegas since their first and that's no accident. Brown, who will rope at the Thomas and Mack with reigning world champ Paul eaves, has over $2 million in career earnings and three NFR average titles to his name. At 45 Luke is setting himself up for a life with his wife Lacey and daughter Libby at their new home in Lipan, Texas, and that is where we sat down to discuss his year in 2019 and his plans for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carbon monoxide poisoning took the life of 27-year-old Justin Cunningham in the parking lot of a World Series of Team Roping qualifier in Loveland, Colorado, Feb. 11, 2018. Cunningham was a son, a brother, a partner, a friend and a great roper, and his loss reverberates across the team roping industry. His story illustrates the dire need for awareness and prevention of CO poisoning, and his family is doing everything they can to make sure this doesn’t happen to any more ropers just looking to stay comfortable in their trailers overnight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

By The Short Score, we mean SHORT. Enjoy this short episode of The Short Score where hosts Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave catch you up on Pro Rodeo circuit updates and AQHA/PRCA Horse of the Year news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ferron Lucero, Jr.—who works for the World Series of Team Roping and the USTRC as the director of customer service and digital integration—might just be everyone’s favorite smiling face at the country’s biggest ropings. His voice has echoed the history of team roping over the last two decades, and he’s been a part of ropers’ biggest moments from the US Finals to the BFI to the George Strait.But this guy is far from just an association figurehead. His background is as diverse as the sport itself, and he’s even got an IMDb profile for his acting cred. That’s where we’ll kick off this interview, as we jumped RIGHT into his movie credits before we ever talked about team roping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The PRCA Pro Rodeo regular season is finally over and we are anticipating the 2019 Wrangler NFR. We chat with first-time NFR qualifier Tyler Worley about his year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're going into the last week in PRCA Pro Rodeo's regular season. We catch up with Joesph Harrison to give us a run down on the bubble. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jay Wadhams is a hired gun, a jack of all trades, and a businessman. The NFR heeler and BFI Champ from Pueblo, Colorado, has made his name in the AQHA show-horse game, most recently winning the senior heeling on the stallion Smart Nu Shiner in 2017.His famous partnership with his cousin JD Yates has built a dynasty of great horses, and now he’s expanding even farther to build the American Rope Horse Futurity Association and its World Championships—coming up this October 16 through 18 in Fort Worth, Texas.Casually called the Rope Horse Futurity, the event adds at least $100,000 and pays a $25,000 check to the winning 4 to 6-year-old on each end. It’s got a 4-year-old incentive and an incentive division for lower-numbered ropers, as well as a non-pro held Saturday, October 19.The event is a must-see, and I hope this interview tells you why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The bubble. The last few weeks in PRCA ProRodeo's regular season is always crunch time for those that are sitting 15th to 20th in the world standings. Special guest Coleman Proctor chats with The Score hosts about the bubble and the guys that are working hard to break into the top 15. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of The Short Score hosts Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave talk about the big Puyallup winners and who has officially qualified for his first trip to the NFR. They also go over upcoming World Series of Team Roping, USTRC and NTR events. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s been some 10 years since Cottonwood, California’s Justin Davis rode into the box at the Thomas & Mack with Blaine Linaweaver.But in that decade, Davis has made two iconic horses—both mares, not too coincidentally—in Lil Kim and Shakira. He’s won the Columbia River Circuit Finals a couple times, and he’s been on the brink of an NFR trip more than once—to no avail. So at 31 years old, Davis is smashing down his hat on a career in sales, while seasoning the next great mare to come through his horse program. He and long-time friend Brandon Beers are circuit rodeoing and amateur rodeoing when both men’s thriving business careers allow, and they’re both using their long-time industry connections to help them excel. Davis stopped to talk with us between visits to feed yards and ranches, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed by the conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This bonus episode of The Score is an audio edition of Outside the Box, the cover story on Shawn Grant and the DT Horse program from our July 2019 issue of The Team Roping Journal. Chelsea Shaffer explain how Shawn Grant’s unconventional training methods, paired with Dean Tuftin’s breeding program, are driving the rope horse industry forward. If you get a chance, visit The Team Roping Journal.com to see the images from Dean’s arena in Scottsdale—shot by Arizona and Colorado-based photographer Kari deCastro. It might just help you visualize the track Shaffer will describe later in the episode, plus it doesn’t hurt to see the horse-flesh eye-candy that makes up the DT Horse program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Check it out. Today Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave go through some top money earners in the PRCA world standings and the two fierce leaders of Kal Fuller and Paden Bray in the Resistol Rookie race. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Walt Woordard made some 15 consecutive NFR appearances between 1976 and 1990, and he won a world title in 1981 then again at the age of 52 in 2007, and he’s The Team Roping Journal’s guest on Season 2, Episode 16 of ‘The Score’ podcast.This episode is brought to you by Partrade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode of The Short Score hosts Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave catch up with Billie Jack Saebens. They chat about him and partner Tyler Wade's big $12,000 weekend, the horses they're on and tons more. Plus, get caught up on the bubble boys and some teams that are moving up in the standings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode of The Short Score, hosts Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave catch you up to speed on who is shuffling up in the Pro Rodeo world standings, the Resistol Rookie standings and go over some upcoming World Series of Team Roping and USTRC events. Plus, don't forget about the first-ever The Team Roping Journal's Open to the World Series open roping at the WSTR finale this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lari Dee Guy and Hope Thompson are on The Score today.Lari Dee and Hope have some 15 WPRA world titles between the two of them, and they’ve cashed hundreds of thousands of checks at the major team roping and breakaway jackpots across the country. In fact, LD just won the Spicer Gripp Breakaway title worth $7,706. They’re teachers, too, who spend most of the year traveling the country, introducing new students to the sports of breakaway roping and team roping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sherwood and Koch Make Bank. We catch up with the high money earners over the weekend, Matt Sherwood and Hunter Koch. They are in the top 15 of the standings and continue to move up. Hosts Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave also go over all the high money earners over the weekend, who's moving up in the Resistol Rookie race and the circuit standings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on The Short Score hosts Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave catch you up-to-date on some big winners over the past weekend in Pro Rodeo and the Resistol Rookie race. Also, stick with us through the news to hear a special interview with the 2019 Cheyenne Frontier Days Champion Heeler Trey Yates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The one and only Clay Tryan chats with host Chelsea Shaffer on The Score. They talk about being a jackpot KING, horses that have helped his career, life growing up and so much more. This episode of The Score is brought to you by Fast Back Ropes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of The Short Score brings you all the PRCA team roping updates, the Resistol Rookie Updates and Circuit standings updates. These updates are brought to you weekly by CSI Saddle Pads, Resistol and Fast Back Ropes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we have a special guest. We chat with Junior Nogueira about his big money weekend, his string of horses and partnership. Also, we catch you up on all things Pro Rodeo. Listen in to hear who the big money winners were over the weekend, a Resistol Rookie update and Circuit update. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.