The Score from The Team Roping Journal

The mental side of roping is complex enough, but when you add in the stress and thoughts of everyday life outside of the arena, it gets even more difficult.On this bonus Roping.com tips episode of “The Short Score,” Roping.com coach and seven-time world champion Clay O'Brien Cooper discusses how to mentally block out things going on outside the arena.Become a Better Roper: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. Take advantage of step-by-step tutorials, run critiques, private members-only Facebook group, live video demos and other benefits. Join now for only $29.95/month. 

It comes as no surprise that the initial episode of The Short Score on the PRCA's new crossfire rule drew a lot of attention. To answer some questions listeners had regarding the rule, we met with Pro Official Harry Rose who has flagged the team roping at the NFR 21 times. We also caught up with 2019 World Champion Heeler Wesley Thorp to go into more detail on the rule proposal and the entire process of getting it approved. Thorp played a significant role in the rewriting and proposal of the new rule and also held a seminar last fall at his house in Texas where judges and contestants came together to work on a solution to the controversial call. --This episode is presented by Purina. Level up your horses’ performance this season with choices from Purina Animal Nutrition. From Purina Ultium Competition Formula to Purina Impact Pro Performance and everything in-between, Purina has the right option for your horse – including supplements like Purina SuperSport Amino Acid Supplement, Purina Amplify High Fat Supplement and Purina Outlast Gastric Support Supplement. There are many choices for optimal nutrition when you choose Purina…all backed by science. Level up your performance this season and put Purina’s research to the test. Ask for Purina at your local feed retailer today.

On this bonus Roping.com tips episode of “The Short Score,” Jake Barnes discusses how important it is to keep your practices intense. Working on yourself and your horses, and using your practice time wisely leads to success. Become a Better Roper: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. Take advantage of step-by-step tutorials, run critiques, private members-only Facebook group, live video demos and other benefits. Join now for only $29.95/month. 

The Short Score is back and kicking off covering some recent, hot topics. In this episode, our new host, Taylor Vollin, talks with longtime PRCA Pro Official Chuck Hoss to introduce the PRCA's new crossfire rule that went into effect May 1, 2023.Casey Allen, host of our sister podcast The Breakaway Breakdown, chats with Cole Thomas and Kaden Profili, the 2023 Resistol Rookie Roundup champions.

In this episode, we are thrilled to introduce our new digital editor, Taylor Vollin, to our listeners. As our listeners know, The Team Roping Journal is the leading source of news and information for team ropers and fans of the sport. Taylor Vollin brings a wealth of experience to her new role as digital editor, having studied agricultural communications at Mississippi State University and having grown up rodeoing in California. In this episode, Chelsea and Taylor discuss Taylor's background and how she got started in the Western industry. They also delve into her plans for The Team Roping Journal's digital platform, including new features and initiatives that listeners can look forward to in the coming months.Whether you are a seasoned team roper or just getting started in the sport, you won't want to miss this episode of The Team Roping Journal's Score Podcast. Tune in to hear from our new digital editor, Taylor Vollin, and learn more about what's in store for The Team Roping Journal's digital platform.--This episode is presented by Seen Through Horses. 1 in 4 people experience mental health issues each year. This spring, you can help support mental health awareness and support nonprofit organizations changing lives through horses by joining the second annual Seen Through Horses Campaign! Join us May 1-31, 2023, during Mental Health Awareness Month, for the Seen Through Horses Campaign and together we can make a much-needed difference for mental health globally. To learn more visit horsesformentalhealth.org.

Jim Brinkman, the manager of the Pitzer Ranch in Ericson, Nebraska, has been with the legendary ranch his entire life, and he's played an instrumental role in the ranch's success in the team roping world. He's a seasoned horseman and roper himself and has been involved in every aspect of the ranch's operation, from breeding and raising horses to training and competing on them.In this episode, Brinkman shares his insights on the Pitzer Ranch's history, its breeding program and its focus on producing top-quality performance horses for the team roping and ranch rodeo markets. He also talks about his personal journey in the team roping world and his experiences working with some of the top ropers and trainers in the industry—and how stallion incentives like the Riata Buckle and Royal Crown are reshaping the rope horse game on the heels of the American Rope Horse Futurity Association's explosive growth. In addition to his role at the Pitzer Ranch, Jim is also promoting the upcoming Pitzer Ranch Spring Sale, which is set to take place on April 22. He gives us a sneak peek into what buyers can expect at the sale and highlights some of the standout horses that will be offered.Whether you're a team roper, a rancher or just a horse lover, this episode is sure to provide valuable insights and inspiration. So tune in to The Team Roping Journal's The Score Podcast and join us for a conversation with Jim Brinkman of the Pitzer Ranch.---This episode is presented by 5 Star Equine Products. 5 Star’s exclusive wool, quality and craftsmanship has set the standard in the equine industry. 5 Star’s durability has been proven in the arena, on the ranch, and on the trail.  Custom designs and styles to fit even the toughest of backlines, 5Star has a pad for your horse. And, best of all, all 5 Star Equine products are handcrafted in the USA! Let us take the worry out of keeping your horse comfortable, while you enjoy the ride. Customize your pad at 5StarEquine.com

Host Chelsea Shaffer is on the road this week, so G.R. Schiavino, TRJ's managing editor, filled in on The Score by reading her exceptional work, Heading and Healing. It's the story of Greg Ziel—a medically retired police sergeant from Las Vegas, Nevada—who, after battling PTSD, found team roping as his solace. --This episode is presented by Cactus Ropes. The team at Cactus are ranchers, ropers, rodeo contestants and horse enthusiasts who take pride in blending traditional team rope making artistry with technical innovations to produce the industry’s best equipment.Cactus has had many great individuals influence the team rope making process over the years starting with Cactus Jack, Jacky and Rob Stephenson, Joe Mathews, Barry Berg, and Mike Piland. Clay O’Brien Cooper, Jake Long, Chad Masters, Riley Minor, Matt Sherwood, Nick Sartain, Lari Dee Guy, Hope Thompson, Stran Smith along with many other team ropers, breakaway roper, and tie-down ropers have lent their professional expertise time and time again to help the master rope makers at Cactus hone their craft.One of the greatest opportunities for the Cactus crew was the partnership with the GOAT (Greatest of All Time). For the last decade Trevor Brazile, the King of the Cowboys, has been working with Cactus Ropes to design the best feeling head and heel team ropes on the market. Trevor’s Relentless attention to detail coupled with the team rope design team at Cactus resulted in not only the creation the best selling Relentless line of team ropes and calf ropes, but a positive effect on the quality of all Cactus products, from ropes and sports boots to horse blankets.Today many of the original cast of the Cactus start-up are still pushing the yellow and green every day in the rope shop in Pleasanton, TX. Mike Piland is the head of public relations, Barry is the general manager, and Rob is making sure every team rope is perfectly coiled. The Cactus Crew has stuck together for knocking on thirty years now with no signs of slowing down in the future.

Sunday, April 9th's Select Online Sales will offer the Relentless Remuda's first set of Show Me The Buckles colts out of the program's proven mares, as well as ICSI aspirations out of their legendary mares like Relentless Glory, HA Jackie The Gypsy and A Gypsy Soul. Melanie Smith—founder of Solo Select—talks to The Score Host Chelsea Shaffer about where the rope horse market is in 2023, and how Select Online Sales can help push the rope horse business forward. The sale comes just days after the Riata Buckle announced its proxy horse program, allowing ropers to compete in the 2023 $2.5-million November event if they can prove they've bred to a Riata stallion in 2023 or own a weanling, yearling, 2- or 3-year-old colt by a Riata stallion. Offering some of the premier weanlings in the industry, Easter's weekend's Select Online Sale might just be the least expensive way for anyone to get a shot at roping at the Riata.

Dick Yates qualified for 13 Wrangler National Finals Rodeos, and in his 85 years he's seen team roping go from a second-class, amateur sport to the richest event in all of the Western performance world. And along the way, he's led his family—late wife Jan, son, J.D., daughter Kelly, and grandson, Trey—to become one of team roping's powerhouse dynasties. In this interview from a Roping.com shoot, Yates muses about all the changes he's seen in the sport as its evolved. This episode is presented by 5 Star Equine Comfort Pads. 5 Star’s exclusive wool, quality and craftsmanship has set the standard in the equine industry. 5 Star’s durability has been proven in the arena, on the ranch, and on the trail.  Custom designs and styles to fit even the toughest of backlines, 5Star has a pad for your horse. And, best of all, all 5 Star Equine products are handcrafted in the USA! Let us take the worry out of keeping your horse comfortable, while you enjoy the ride. Customize your pad at 5StarEquine.com

Formally tracking rope horse earnings is a relatively new phenomenon. Before the last 12 months, databases like the American Quarter Horse Association’s QData could only track rope horse earnings at judged shows, where pedigrees were verified by judges to ensure rampant cheating wasn’t fudging the numbers. But in 2022, the AQHA teamed up with the Riata Buckle Stallion Incentive Program to infuse some $2 million into the recorded earnings of rope horses. And, for the first time, the AQHA relied on this magazine’s indexing of the horses the Top 15rode at this year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to funnel another $1.1 million from rodeo’s big show into QData, shifting the all-time earnings list dramatically for team roping horses. But who cares? Why should ropers care if this type of money is tracked on their horses? After all, they’re roping for millions in Las Vegas and Fort Worth, and you can’t ride papers…can you?In this audio edition of this feature article from The Team Roping Journal's February 2023 issue, host Chelsea Shaffer reads the article to keep you in the know. ---The PhD Equine Nutritionists at Purina Animal Nutrition tackle problems using science. And their love of horses keeps them at it until they get it right. Even with the most established feeds, they keep innovating. Even when it takes years of research, they don’t stop until it’s right. They are dedicated to the scientific method, but it can’t capture the feeling of seeing a horse reach their full potential. It takes science and love to help your horses live their best life. Put their research to the test at HorseInnovation.com.

Cody Doescher is the 2023 Cinch Timed Event Champion—10 years after his first appearance at the storied event. In 39 years, Doescher is the first CTEC Champion from Oklahoma, and the win was an emotional one for the all-around hand. This episode is presented by Professional's Choice: From the creators of the original sports medicine boot, Professional’s Choice has released a revolution in leg protection, the 2XCool Sports Medicine Boot. Designed around Cooling, Comfort, and Durability, Professional’s Choice has introduced a light weight, ultra-breathable and completely neoprene-free boot. The 2XCool Sports Medicine boot is lined with a technology advanced fabric from Brrr that combines cooling minerals, active wicking, and rapid drying to create the “Triple Chill Effect” that instantly and continuously draws away heat and moisture. Professional’s Choice2XCool Sports Medicine Boots will keep your horses legs cool, dry, and protected.

For the everyday rope horse buyer, the horse market is loaded with uncertainty. Who can you trust, and how can you find the best horse for your money? Two-time World Champion Matt Sherwood has been in the team roping business nearly 30 years, and he's figured out all of the ways to find the best horses AND how to not find the best horses. He brings that knowledge to his new venture alongside businessman Troy Goeckeritz in Gold Buckle Horse Sales, providing a solution to challenges ropers of every level face when buying or selling.

The 2023 Lone Star Shootout hosted many of the best teams in the sport at the Lone Star Arena in Stephenville, Texas, with underdogs Dalton Turner and Daniel Braman taking the $70,000 win from ninth callback. Casey Allen, host of our sister podcast The Breakdown, was on-site for the coverage for us all weekend, and she caught up with the champs after their watershed win. This episode is presented by Professional's Choice: From the creators of the original sports medicine boot, Professional’s Choice has released a revolution in leg protection, the 2XCool Sports Medicine Boot. Designed around Cooling, Comfort, and Durability, Professional’s Choice has introduced a light weight, ultra-breathable and completely neoprene-free boot. The 2XCool Sports Medicine boot is lined with a technology advanced fabric from Brrr that combines cooling minerals, active wicking, and rapid drying to create the “Triple Chill Effect” that instantly and continuously draws away heat and moisture. Professional’s Choice 2XCool Sports Medicine Boots will keep your horses legs cool, dry, and protected.

South Dakota-native Billy Myers, 36, grew up watching his family's stallion Frenchmans Guy own the breeding game in the barrel racing market, and he saw how a great horse could change the lives of those he touched. With deep roping roots, the Myers family might have been the most excited breeders in the game when rope-horse incentives and futurities took off, giving them a space to promote their stallions—Smooth Guy, Mr Sassy Frenchman, Ima Special Kindaguy, Cowboys Cartel and Lucky Wonder Horse—within the business they truly loved. Billy, who manages the family's breeding operation in the spring, took it a step further and founded the Platinum Medal Futurity with partner Audrey Hart and with the support of Equinety. The event will run over Labor Day Weekend at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and its designed to highlight multiple levels of futurity horses while bringing together recreational ropers and the pros to build connections within the horse industry. On this episode of 'The Score', Myers sits down with host Chelsea Shaffer at his family's place in Wittman, Arizona, to talk about how he sees the trajectory of the rope horse market and where the Platinum Medal Futurity fits into that mix. This episode is presented by Cactus Ropes, long-time supporter of the growth the rope horse industry is experiencing today. Cactus Ropes has pioneered the rope-making industry for more than 25 years, creating specialized products for ropers of all kinds. They are proud of their history and are pleased to provide you with the highest quality ropes and service.

The Team Roping Journal was at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo and the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo to catch up with the winners, Clay Smith and Jake Long and Andrew Ward and Buddy Hawkins. In this bonus episode of The Score, Chelsea Shaffer talks to Smith and Long immediately following their NWSS victory lap, while guest host (and host of The Breakdown podcast) Casey Allen caught up with Andrew Ward and Buddy Hawkins after their world-standings-rocking win at Fort Worth. This episode is presented by Roping.com, where Score listeners can use promo code THESCORE15 to save on their memberships to the most jam-packed streaming video site in all of team roping. This year, Roping.com will stream the Lone Star Shootout Feb. 24-26, the Cinch Timed Event Championship, the Danny Dietz Memorial, the Platinum Medal Futurity and the Riata Buckle! Plus, watch thousands of training videos with Trevor Brazile, Miles Baker, Patrick Smith, Clay O'Brien Cooper, Jake Barnes and more!

Trevor Brazile handily won four ropings at the 2023 Royal Crown Roping Futurity in Buckeye, Arizona, riding three horses to those titles. In this episode of The Score, host Chelsea Shaffer talks to Brazile on the grounds after each win, covering the strong points of each horse's performance and what it takes to win on young horses at this level. Plus, Andy Holcomb talks about Fine Vintage Cash, the mare he won the All-Ages heeling aboard, Dakota Kirchenschlager gets REAL about what it takes to make a great horse like Test My Metal and Vaughn Warken gets emotional about what JT Risin Sensation has meant to his family in advance of the Horse Sale at Rancho Rio.This episode is presented by Professional's Choice: From the creators of the original sports medicine boot, Professional’s Choice has released a revolution in leg protection, the 2XCool Sports Medicine Boot. Designed around Cooling, Comfort, and Durability, Professional’s Choice has introduced a light weight, ultra-breathable and completely neoprene-free boot. The 2XCool Sports Medicine boot is lined with a technology advanced fabric from Brrr that combines cooling minerals, active wicking, and rapid drying to create the “Triple Chill Effect” that instantly and continuously draws away heat and moisture. Professional’s Choice2XCool Sports Medicine Boots will keep your horses legs cool, dry, and protected. 

Ty Smith is the horse industry's buyer. He finds the best horses to offer to the public through Solo Select's Online Sales. In this episode of The Score, Smith talks about the horse market from his point of view, including the forces at play driving the market up and the importance of incentives. This episode is presented by Equinety. Equinety offers the Equinety Edge 30 Day Challenge with a Buy One Get One Free introductory offer, where customers can try the product for themselves to see how much their horse can change for the better in 30 days. Visit www.TeamEquinety.com/intro/and use the discount code INTRO30 for free shipping! In addition to the challenge.

Team roping's horse market continues to rise with growth of the rope horse futurity and stallion incentive business. The Riata Buckle, Royal Crown and the American Rope Horse Futurity Association have joined the Ariat World Series of Team Roping and the USTRC in driving the industry forward, and perhaps nobody has had a better view of these market trends than Steve Friskup, principal at Clovis Horse Sales. In Part 1 of our Horse Market Report, Friskup details the effects of the futurity and stallion incentive business on the rope horse industry, with a nuanced view of the market forces at work. This episode is presented by Professional's Choice: From the creators of the original sports medicine boot, Professional’s Choice has released a revolution in leg protection, the 2XCool Sports Medicine Boot. Designed around Cooling, Comfort, and Durability, Professional’s Choice has introduced a light weight, ultra-breathable and completely neoprene-free boot. The 2XCool Sports Medicine boot is lined with a technology advanced fabric from Brrr that combines cooling minerals, active wicking, and rapid drying to create the “Triple Chill Effect” that instantly and continuously draws away heat and moisture. Professional’s Choice 2XCool Sports Medicine Boots will keep your horses legs cool, dry, and protected.

Ice Cube is the horse that Jade Corkill started his rodeo career aboard back when he heeled for Matt Tyler as a rookie, and it's the horse he set the 3.3-second World Record aboard in Round 9 of the 2009 NFR. He died in the summer of 2022, during the short round of the Cheyenne Frontier Days—which Corkill won. While we've written the story before, we've never heard it from Jade's perspective on The Score. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode presented by Bimeda, The Score Host Chelsea Shaffer takes you back to the single-most popular episode of 2022—an April interview with Derrick Begay. It proves the "Derrick Begay Effect" that we talk about around the office is real—whether Begay is on the trail or not, and making the Finals or not, ropers love his story and his perspective. And we're right there with you. So, in case you missed the first release of this episode, here's Derrick Begay. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Short Score, Nelson Wyatt and Buddy Hawkins talk to guest host Casey Allen after their $15,000-win at the WCRA's Cowtown Christmas in Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 17, 2023. Episode presented by Smarty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2023 Cinch Timed Event Championship runs March 2-4, 2023, and on this episode of The Short Score Chelsea Shaffer talks through the new contestants this year. Episode presented by Smarty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What started in Fort Worth, Texas in January ended as it should in Las Vegas in December: Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira are the 2022 PRCA Team Roping World Champions. Winning their second straight set of gold buckles, Driggers and Nogueira set a new single season earnings record with $340,708.23 each, besting the former record set by Clay Smith and Paul Eaves of $289,921 a man by $50,787.23.Full story, presented by CSI Saddlepads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This was not the week Rhen Richard and Jeremy Buhler were expecting to have in Las Vegas at the 2022 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.They've been on fire all year at every level of the game, from Richard's record 10 futurity wins across the American Rope Horse Futurity Association and the Royal Crown events, and the rodeos had been good to them, too, getting a bucket-list win at California Rodeo Salinas, staying consistent in every set up.So when they'd only caught two steers going into Round 8 and had $27,254.95 a man won, they had nothing to lose and everything to gain by going at the steer that Chad Masters and Joseph Harrison had won Round 6 on.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coleman Proctor and Logan Medlin got their second go-round win of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Round 8 with the fastest run of the rodeo—a 3.5-second run that topped the toughest round of team roping so far at the 2022 NFR.For the win, they picked up $28,913 a man, moving their NFR earnings total to $77,543.02 each. They have $188,234.39 won in the PRCA world standings, and, after a bobble in Rounds 6 and 7, are now sixth in the average with a time of 35.30 seconds on six head. Full story.Episode presented by CSI Saddlepads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don't tempt Tyler Wade and Trey Yates with a good time, and absolutely don't dangle $28,913.70 out in front of them.About $100,000 back from world standings leaders Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira and down two steers in the average race, Wade and Yates drew a good steer in Round 7 and made quick work of him to get the go-round win with a 3.9-second run and their second go-round check of the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Veterans Chad Masters and Joseph Harrison survived a painful round of team roping to cash their first day money of the 2022 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, with the flag dropping in 4.0 seconds worth $28,913.70 a man. That brings Masters and Harrison's total to $46,997.10 a man after six rounds, with four more chances at the day money. They're 11th in the average. Full story: https://teamropingjournal.com/news/masters-and-harrison-nfr-round-6-team-roping-results/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Perennial contenders Clay Tryan and Jade Corkill and Coleman Proctor and Logan Medlin had yet to strike in the day money at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo's halfway point, but that changed Dec. 5 when both teams anted up with 3.8-second runs, worth $25,882.42 a man. Their win came on a rough night of team roping, when seven teams—including standings leaders Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira—took a no-time with Nogueira's horse stepping in his loop on a run farther down the arena than normal.Full story, presented by Fast Back Ropes: https://teamropingjournal.com/news/round-5-nfr-team-roping-results/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The notes on Tyler Wade and Trey Yates' fourth-round steer weren't great. "𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 1."But that didn't matter much to Tyler Wade."𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲," 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 & 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘀𝗽𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝗼—𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟰-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝘂𝗿—𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁.Best one or not, Wade, 30, and Yates, 27, made it work. The flag fell in 3.9 seconds, and in the toughest pen of steers of the week—the same pen that saw six no-times in Round 1—the time held through 14 more teams.Full story at teamropingjournal.com, with episode presented by Resistol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NFR first-timer Tanner Tomlinson and veteran Patrick Smith topped a wicked fast third round of the 2022 NFR with a 3.6-second run, breaking the previous round record of 3.7 seconds in the process. Tomlinson discusses his reasoning behind his horse selection and overcoming nerves, and Patrick shares his play-by-play of the run and thoughts on Tanner's efforts.This episode is brought to you by Soft-Ride Equine Comfort Boots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clay Smith and Jake Long rebounded from a miss in Round 1 with a bang in Round 2, winning the go round with a 4.1-second run, worth $28,913.70. Host Chelsea Shaffer catches up with Smith and Long after their win on this episode of "The Score," brought to you by CSI Saddle Pads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

JR Dees and Levi Lord made a statement with their signature rock-solid run in both man’s second appearance at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with a Round 1 win to kick off rodeo’s Super Bowl. Their 4.3-second run won them $28,913.70 a man, marking both man’s first NFR victory lap and go-round win. Host Chelsea Shaffer sits down with Dees and Lord to talk about their win on this episode of "The Score," brought to you by Resistol. #WeLiveItEveryDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this bonus Roping.com tips episode of "The Short Score," Ryan Motes explains his theories on heeling and competition. This episode is brought to you by Smarty.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of "The Score," seven-time World Champion Jake Barnes shares the story of how he came to know the reigning World Champion Junior Nogueira and the significant impact that Nogueira had on his life. This episode is brought to you by Bimeda Animal Health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chelsea Shaffer, host of “The Score,” sat down with Denny Gentry, Lance Robinson, and Chad Beus, founders of the Riata Buckle, to discuss the inaugural $2 million futurity and what’s to come from this event in the future.A special thank you to our sponsors, who support our efforts and believe in the future of the rope horse industry, including Resistol, Fast Back Ropes, Cactus Ropes, Cactus Saddlery, and Equinety. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cashing in $62,000 for a time of 34.07 seconds on four head, professional barrel racer Ivy Hurst mounted A Streak Of Fling mare to win the Riata Buckle #10.5 Handi-Lo All-Ages Futurity with her husband Clay. Dru Stewart talks with the couple about the future of Riata Buckle and rope horse industry during this episode of "The Short Score," brought to you by Smarty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this bonus Roping.com tips episode of "The Short Score," Miles Baker talks about how he uses his left hand in the stop and how that affects the finish of his run. This episode is brought to you by WCRA Rodeo.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bo Crutchfield on Big Valley MS Haida and Chris Littlefield on That Bold Pepto CCL connected on four steers in 33.34 seconds to win $61,000 and the first-ever Riata Buckle Handi-High Futurity, one of five $400,000 ropings at the new $2-million event.Dru Stewart caught up with Crutchfield and Littlefield right after their win, plus the owner of That Bold Pepto CCL, Lyn Ray, on this special episode of “The Short Score,” brought to you by Boehringer Ingelheim. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this bonus Roping.com tips episode of "The Score," brought to you by Smarty, Joseph Harrison explains how rope horses require consistent cues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Team Roping Journal’s “The Score” and The Breakaway Roping Journal’s “The Breakaway Breakdown” podcasts are partnering on a special Veterans Day episode featuring co-host Gabby Schiavino, senior managing editor of TRJ and BRJ, with host of "The Breakdown" Casey Allen, who sit down with the Professional Armed Forces Rodeo Association's (PAFRA) power couple, Travis and Jessica Beck, both veterans and rodeo athletes.Along with their own professional rodeo pursuits, both are active members of PAFRA, Charly Crawford’s American Military Celebration (AMC), and Warriors and Rodeo (WAR) and are actively participating in sharing the missions of their respective organizations to bring together men and women who share the bonds of military service to compete in rodeo.The Team Roping Journal‘s Salute to Veterans is brought to you by Equinety. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Texas Panhandle team of Brooke Wilson and Tripp Townsend won the Riata Buckle Handi-Lo #10.5 Futurity, worth $62,000 for roping four steers in 35.76 seconds on two 5-year-olds. Dru Stewart caught up with the champions right after their victory on this episode of “The Score."This episode is brought to you by Bimeda Animal Health.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colby Lovell and Dakota Kirchenschlager won $90,320 at the inaugural Riata Buckle Pro Futurity at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Nov. 4, 2022. Chelsea Shaffer caught up with the champions right after their victory on this episode of “The Score,” brought to you by Smarty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colby Lovell and Dakota Kirchenschlager won $90,320 at the inaugural Riata Buckle Pro Futurity at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Nov. 4, 2022. Dru Stewart caught up with the champions right after their victory on this episode of "The Score." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of “The Score,” co-host Jenna Link reads a part of “No Wolves Allowed” by Chelsea Shaffer from the September issue of The Team Roping Journal, which discusses the newest rope horse futurity, the Riata Buckle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of "The Short Score," brought to you by the WCRA, Charly Crawford talks through ways to create winning habits inside and outside the arena. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of "The Short Score," brought to you by Boehringer Ingelheim, 26-time World Champion Trevor Brazile talks about letting colts make mistakes rather than micromanaging their progress. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Team Roping Journal attended the 2022 American Rope Horse Futurity Association (ARHFA) World Championships, held Oct. 20-2022, in Fort Worth, Texas. In this episode of "The Score," powered by Bimeda, host Chelsea Shaffer talks with Open Heading World Champion Rhen Richard, Open Heeling World Champion Cade Rice, plus Colby Lovell, Rice's helper at futurities all year and his toughest competitor at the World Championships.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two-time NFR header and Purina Ambassador Kolton Schmidt talks about what you need to focus on in the practice pen to be ready to rope at the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale in Las Vegas. This episode is brought to you by Purina. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How and when do you know to get your rope up on the heel side? 13-time NFR heeler Travis Graves breaks it down on this episode of "The Short Score," powered by Purina. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In preparation for the ARHFA World Championships, this week's episode, brought to you by Purina, features an audio clip from Roping.com with the Relentless Remuda's Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker talking about how they manage and maintain a young horse's progress in preparation for the big show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.