The Score from The Team Roping Journal

In this episode, brought to you by Resistol, we catch up with Dru Stewart and Ben Clements to go over the latest at the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping XXXII. Plus, we have a special segment brought to you by Resistol with the 2019 Resistol Rookie Heeler of the Year Paden Bray, who is hot off his first Wrangler NFR in 2020 and his most recent win at RFD-TV's The American. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul Eaves is a two-time and reigning PRCA World Champion Heeler, and he’s never been on The Score—except for during our NFR special edition after his go-round wins and world titles.In the span of my career first at Spin To Win and then at The Team Roping Journal, Paul went from a 19-year-old kid from Missouri to a 31-year-old husband and father of two with two gold buckles living in Millsap, Texas. Brought to you by the WCRA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, brought to you by Resistol, we catch up with Ferron Lucero. Lucero shares what's been going on at the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping XXXII in Fort Worth, Texas. Plus, we have a special segment brought to you by Resistol with the Resistol #14.5 Shootout champions Kreece Thompson and Jeff Hilton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Day two of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping XXXII is said and done. In this episode, brought to you by RidePass, we cover who won the Resistol #14.5 Shootout, the #13.5 Shootout and the YETI Jr. Open. Plus, we have a special segment from the US Finals with Resistol Endorsee Joseph Harrison and his partner Bobby Joe Hill, which we recorded after they tied to win the #16.5 Shootout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Day one of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping XXXII is in the books and champions have been crowned. In this episode you will hear a wrap-up on the day from the Gold Buckle Beer Open, the #16.5 Shootout and the #15.5 Shootout followed by a special interview with the Gold Buckle Beer Open Champions Dustin Egusquiza and Levi Lord, brought to you by Resistol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brad Barkemeyer is one of the founding experts of the Horse&Rider OnDemand horsemanship and training videos. He's an NRCHA trainer, he shows in the cutting and the reining, he works with NonPros and he also team ropes. Barkemeyer's background is very diverse and that makes him an awesome teacher. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dru Stewart joins "The Short Score" host Kaitlin Gustave to cover the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping news updates. They discuss roping information, accommodations, stalling, entries and more. Brought to you by RidePass. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Miles Baker has drawn the attention of the team roping world as Trevor Brazile’s partner on many-a-great horses, and two weeks ago he shared with us an explanation of the foundation he puts in the head horses he and Brazile ride.  This week, Baker is back with his cowboy-style heel-horse training insights, straight from his Oklahoma ranch. Baker—who headed for Brazile at this year’s BFI—had a hand in the bay horse Joseph Harrison rode at this year’s National Finals Rodeo, and he shares with us the training insights that helped make that horse and other top-tier talent.This episode is brought to you by Manna Pro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The weekend at the Lazy E Arena started off with the 37th Annual Cinch Timed Event Championship. After the final round was complete on Saturday, March 13, Poplarville, Mississippi’s Marcus Theriot was crowned the Cinch Ironman after knocking down 25 head in 322.4 seconds, worth $100,000Then we watched as some of the elite ropers in our sport piled into the Lazy E to compete at the 44th annual Bob Feist Invitational where we watched as Manny Egusquiza and Kory Koontz knocked down their sixth steer at high team back in 7.16 seconds to secure the win with a time of 46.48 seconds on six head, worth $150,000 for the team.To top off their weekend, Kory’s 13-year-old dun gelding, Remix won the Heel Horse of the BFIIf you remember, Kory was in a major wreck on Jan. 16, 2020, which left Koontz’s truck and trailer totaled, and he lost his new mount Rudy. Remix came out of the accident beaten up.Koontz, with the help of Outlaw Equine’s Josh Harvey and team, fought hard to help bring Remix back to fighting shape. After weeks of therapy on the AquaTred and walker, Remix came back better than ever before.This episode is brought to you by Fast Back Ropes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Miles Baker was Trevor Brazile’s partner on the head horse, Smartys Dunny, that just sold for $250,000 last weekend at the Horse Sale at Rancho Rio, and he’s partners with Brazile on many of the top-tier horses you’ve seen the King of the Cowboys on everywhere from the BFI to the American Rope Horse Futurity Association’s World Championship.He’s part of the secret sauce for Trevor Brazile, Joseph Harrison and Lari Dee Guy when it comes to making great horses.We tapped him in fall 2020 to provide us with this audio roping and horsemanship lesson, and it’s one like we’ve never offered before. He breaks down how their horses got prepared for the ARHFA—where Brazile won over $100,000 alone.Baker has studied Brazile’s horsemanship, and he’s keyed in on the preparation needed to create the kind of horses the $7-million cowboy can take to the next level.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paden Bray is our special guest on this episode of "The Short Score".This is the first time we've had Paden on the podcast. While these interviews are usually pretty short on "The Short Score", this one, we got a little lengthy because we had a lot to talk about. He just won $100,000 heeling for Erich Rogers at RFD-TV's The American, and he took time out of his day to chat with Chelsea Shaffer about his win. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the rodeo season once again up in the air thanks to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it feels like as good of a time as any to have a light-hearted episode about the good old days on the rodeo trail in a different era.So to do that, we racked our brains for the best cowboy travel stories we've ever heard told, and we called up the guys who lived to tell the tales so we could all have a good laugh at their expense.We started with Travis Tryan, and then move to Trey Yates, Trevor Brazile, Patrick Smith and finish out the episode with Cesar de la Cruz.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The Short Score" host Kaitlin Gustave talks with the Mike Cervi Jr. Memorial Pro Classic Open Champions Cody Snow and Jade Corkill and the America's Team Roping Challenge Tour Stop 1 Champions Dillon Holyfield and Jaylen Eldridge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the last two decades, the staff at The Team Roping Journal has written both in passing and in earnest about Patrick Smith’s life story. But we don’t take for granted that everyone listening to "The Score"—especially the next generation of ropers—has read every word we’ve ever written or heard every story we’ve ever produced. So this is the first time Smith and "The Score" host Chelsea Shaffer have sat down to go over his unconventional road to two gold buckles, George Strait and BFI wins and millions of dollars in career earnings. His story is so remarkable—as remarkable, perhaps, as the character he possesses that’s got him to this point, brought to you by Roper Apparel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Co-host Kaitlin Gustave talks with the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Title Fights XI Open Champions Derrick Begay and Trey Yates on the first episode of "The Short Score". This episode is brought to you by the Cinch Timed Event Championships. ____Did you miss their win? You can read about it here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 3 in our series on the horse market, we talk to our round-table of experts on the trends and challenges facing the breakaway horse market. In this final part of our horse market series, host Chelsea Shaffer talks to Trevor Brazile, Lari Dee Guy, J.D. Yates and Jann Parker about the breakaway horse business and where it’s heading at a time when organizations like the WCRA have added almost a million dollars of new money over two years to the sport AND when the WPRA and PRCA are making big moves to add the event to their biggest rodeos, brought to you by Soft-Ride Equine Comfort Boots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While Part 1 of this series discussed the forces driving the rope horse market from the sellers perspective, Part 2 breaks that down even farther with J.D. Yates, Lari Dee Guy, Bert McGill and Dean Tuftin. These four—uniquely connected through the American Rope Horse Futurity Association market one way or another—talk with host Chelsea Shaffer about how they're addressing the rope horse market and its challenges in 2021, and how they see the rope horse industry growing and changing. This episode is brought to you by Resistol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If one good thing came out of 2020, it's the price of a good rope horse continues to climb—allowing more people to train horses for a living and support the sport of team roping as a whole. So to kick off Season 4 of "The Score", we want to talk about the trends driving the industry forward with wide slice of influencers. In this first part of our series, 26-time World Champion Trevor Brazile gives us his take on the forces at work in the market and where the market needs to go to remain sustainable. But this is a special episode with four featured guests, so from Brazile we move to Steve Friskup, who heads up Premier Horse Sales and is the horse industry’s master auctioneer. And from Friskup, we move to Jann Parker at Billings Livestock, who has 23 years in the horse sale business (and many before that buying and selling herself) and serves a diverse clientele. We’ll round out the show with Mark Smith, father of Clay, Jake and Britt Smith, who buys and sells dozens and dozens of rope horses every year. He’s based in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, and he’s got his finger on the pulse of the day-to-day recreational roper. This more informal, but highly informational episode is what we hope to carry on throughout this season, as we celebrate 750,000 downloads of this show. This inaugural episode is brought to you by our long-time partners at the Cinch Timed Event Championships, this year running from Thursday March 11 to Saturday March 13. The event pays out a $100,000 check to the handiest cowboy across five events, over five rounds. You’ll get to see guys like Russell Cardoza, Paul David and Jess Tierney, Erich Rogers, Clay Smith, Taylor Santos and Daniel Green duke it out in the heading, heeling, tie-down roping, steer wrestling and steer roping, and you’ll watch it all in the world famous Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma. And this year, the Timed Event is partnering with BFI Week to host the ultimate roper’s showdown. Less than 12 hours after crowning the Timed Event Champs, you’ll get to see the best ropers in the game go head-to-head over the BFI’s long score and strong cattle at the event’s new home in Guthrie. You won’t want to miss it. Get your tickets now at lazyetec.com, and we’ll see you in Guthrie.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colby Lovell and Paul Eaves tied Chad Masters and Wesley Thorp with 3.8-second runs in Round 9, worth 23,480.77 each in Round 9 of the 2020 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colby Lovell and Paul Eaves made a 4.3-second run worth 26,230.77 world standings points each in Round 8 of the 2020 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Arlington, Texas's Globe Life Field. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jackie Crawford is the 2020 Women's Professional Rodeo Association World Champion with $47,185.32 in season earnings.This marks Crawfords' 20th WPRA world title, and the first awarded at the National Finals of Breakaway Roping at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas—on the same dirt that the National Finals Rodeo contestants are competing. Martha Angelone takes home the National Finals of Breakaway Roping Win and the Reserve World Championship title. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charly Crawford and Logan Medlin turned their Wrangler National Finals Rodeo around with a 3.8-second run in Round 7, worth 26,230.77 world standings points each.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first-ever National Finals of Breakaway Roping kicked off Dec. 8 in Arlington, Texas's Globe Life Field, and after eight rounds, Martha Angelone sits first in the average. We caught up with Angelone, Lari Dee Guy, Jordan Fabrizio and Jackie Crawford on this bonus edition of The Score.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cody Snow and Junior Nogueira got their first go-round win of the week in Round 6 with a 3.9-second run, worth 26,230.77 each, brought to you by CSI Saddlepads.That puts their six-round total at 56,115.39 world standings points each, and they are 12th in the average with a time of 27.90 on four head. Snow and Nogueira are third and fifth in the PRCA world standings with 125,343.45 and 114,199.36 won, respectively. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first-ever National Finals of Breakaway Roping has begun and we have three ladies to join us on The Score, brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Fast Back Ropes, Charlie 1 Horse Hats and Resistol. Jackie Crawford picked up $10,285.57 on her way to the average lead, including a first-round win that netted her the National Cowgirl Museum's Betty Gayle Cooper Ratliff Award for the fast-time in Round 1 with a 1.9-second run. She now has the lead in the Women's Professional Rodeo Association World Standings with $31,934.68. Canadian cowgirl Shelby Boisjoli sits second in the average with a time of 10.5 seconds on four head with $6,692.31 won. She's now seventh in the world standings with $18,638.54 on the year.Martha Angelone, of Stephenville, Texas, is third in the average on four head with a time of 10.6 seconds on four head, winning a go-round and earning $7,827 along the way. She entered the Finals third in the world and remains third, now with $23,392.57. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clay Smith and Jade Corkill tied the Round 5 record with a 3.6-second run, worth 26,230.77 world standings points each. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oklahoma's Brenten Hall and Montana's Chase Tryan stopped the clock in 4.2 seconds to win round 4 of the 2020 Wrangler NFR, worth 26,230.77 world standings points each.This episode is brought to you by Soft-Ride Equine Comfort Boots. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dustin Egusquiza and Travis Graves win back-to-back go-round buckles at the 2020 Wrangler NFR. They stopped the clock in round 3 in 4.2 seconds, worth 26,230.77 world standings points. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dustin Egusquiza and Travis Graves won Round 2 at the Wrangler NFR in Arlington, Texas, with a 3.8-second run at the Globe Life Field, moving them into the lead in the PRCA World standings.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erich Rogers and Paden Bray roped their Round 1 NFR steer in 4.8 seconds to win the go-round and 26,230.77 in year-end-standings points each.This bonus episode is brought to you by Resistol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jake Smith's Ted will get the start in Round 1 of the 2020 National Finals Rodeo for 2017 World Champion Paul Eaves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this Giving Tuesday, we wanted to bring Pastor Jordan Weaver onto the show to talk about the dire need food banks are facing, and how team ropers are uniquely positioned to help as 2020 comes to a close. You’ve heard Jordan about the 1017 Project on this show before, but now they’ve expanded to Alvarado, Texas, and they’re bringing more meat to those facing food insecurity than ever before. This conversation is so near and dear to our hearts, and the sentiments and perspective Jordan shares are just the hope we needed today. If you only ever listen to one episode of The Score, we hope this is it. [Donate to The 1017 Project]Information on food insecurity and The 1017 Project: According to the USDA's latest Household Food Insecurity in the United States report, more than 35 million people in the United States struggled with hunger in 2019. Many households that experience food insecurity do not qualify for federal nutrition programs and need to rely on their local food banks and other hunger relief organizations for support.To date, The 1017 Project has donated over 130,282 lbs. of meat to food banks, shelters and pantries in Oregon, Arizona and Texas. (So far in 2020 donated over 42,000 lbs. from 128 head of cattle–19 head donated by ranchers)That’s 521,128 meals since 2014.The 1017 Project has over 50 food banks and pantries in rotation to receive beef each month. Since COVID began The 1017 Project has increased food bank donations by 200% Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bobby Joe Hill and his crew at Hill Rodeo Cattle cross somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 Corriente cattle from Mexico each year, and of those, only 60 (45 in three pens plus 15 extras) are making the trip to this year's Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Arlington, Texas.Bobby Joe has had a wild ride in 2020, just like most of the roping producers and cattle contractors in the business. He was on the line for roping steers for the Ariat World Series of Team Roping's Finale. That finale has been rescheduled to 2021, so he has a bunch of great, fresh steers heading to these Mega Qualifier events in Wickenburg, Arizona, in San Antonio, Texas, and Decatur, Texas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you say BONUS EPISODE? Yes, we did. This bonus episode of The Score is brought to you by our friends at Resistol and Charlie 1 Horse Hat Co. from Women's Week in Texas. On this episode you'll hear from all of the team roping and breakaway roping winners from the WCRA Rodeo's Women's Rodeo World Championships, The Cowgirl Gathering and a special interview with the Women's Professional Rodeo Associations 2020 All-Around World Champion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2017 Resistol Rookie Header of the Year and All-Around Champion Nelson Wyatt—originally from Alabama—now calls Stephenville, Texas, home. In this interview the NFR rookie was as cool, calm and collected as any finals rookie out there. Nelson Wyatt joins host Chelsea Shaffer on The Score just weeks before his NFR debut. This episode is brought to you by Cactus Ropes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We tapped one of our favorite team roping dads—that's one of your favorite team roping dads when it comes to the listeners of The Score and The Short Score.That is Rich Skelton, whose daughter Rainey is a breakaway roper. Rich is very involved in the WCRA and Rainey breakaway ropes, runs barrels. We tapped Rich for some breakaway roping primer tips for this week on The Short Score. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a special edition of The Score from the American Rope Horse Futurity Association. The ARHFA's World Championships ran Oct. 21-23 in Fort Worth, Texas. In its fourth edition it did not disappoint.This year it paid out over $580,000. For most of the event Trevor Brazile lead the pack aboard 5-year-old Starlights Gypsy bred gelding named American Greed, owned and trained by Lari Dee Guy. When all the flags had fallen Dakota Kirchenschlager and the 4-year-old son of Cat Ichi, named X My Ich, owned by Happy, Texas, roper Darren Johnson, was the ARHFA's World Champion Head Horse. It was the first win for Dakota, a guy who gave up ProRodeo to train rope horses. He's a three-time NFR heeler and he was a ball of emotion after his win.Kirchenschlager Stuns Field on 4-Year-Old X My Ich for ARHFA Heading World TitleThe heel side was a whole different ball game than in the heading. It was a knife fight in the short round between Joseph Harrison, Cade Ride and Wesley Thorp, but Wesley never faltered and he won a title aboard his horse Juiced Up Cat, whom he owns in partnership with Chris Pomeroy. This horse was unreal and Wesley showed him like a true, finished horse. Thorp and Juiced Up Cat Win ARHFA Heeling World Title in Dominant Fashion This episode is brought to you by Equinety. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Reigning World Champion Heeler and the 2020 American Rope Horse Futurity Associations World Championships Heeling Champion Wesley Thorp is on The Short Score.Thorp rode Juice Up Cat, a 2014 gelding, to win the ARHFA Heeling World Title. He with an aggressive style, and Thorp shares how and why he decided to rope aggressive and how it worked in his favor. This episode is brought to you by The Cowgirl Gathering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shay Carroll is on The Short Score with a audio roping lesson about getting young horses ready for the American Rope Horse Futurity Association World Championships, and making sure they peak at the right time, brought to you by the American Paint Horse Association's Cowgirl Gathering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

California horse trainer Bert McGill provided us with a lesson on his insights into a rope horse's previous job that are critical when it comes to your training program and the future of head horse prospects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connie Gentry is the matriarch of the sport of team roping, and in 2020, her business savvy, paired with recreational ropers' passion for their hobby, has helped keep the industry afloat. After 30 years in the industry, Gentry implemented the association's Practice Pen Qualifiers, which ultimately added $800,000 to the pot in Las Vegas and qualified some 200 teams to the Finale. On this episode of The Score, host Chelsea Shaffer talks to Gentry as she and her team come out of the challenging 2020 season and prepare for the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale in Las Vegas at the South Point Hotel & Casino. She and her family—including husband Denny, daughters Lacee and Audra and son Lucas—work tirelessly for team ropers, and it's rare to sneak in this kind of time with any of them.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2020 ProRodeo regular season is officially over. In this episode, brought to you by CSI Saddlepads, host Chelsea Shaffer and co-host Kaitlin Gustave discuss who made it inside the top 15 in the heading and the heeling. They discuss the six NFR rookies that will be attending the prestigious event this year and who won the Resistol Rookie Heading and Heeling of the Year titles. Shaffer then talks to CSI Saddlepads endorsee Junior Nogueira about his season and what he is going to do to prepare for December. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Bubble Update is here. Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave discuss the bubble for the headers and heelers in ProRodeo, who can shake things up in the top 15 heading into the final weekend, the tight race between Resistol Rookie headers Britt Smith and Tanner Tomlinson and the Ariat World Series of Team Roping's Practice Pen Qualifier and what to expect at the finale in December. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kolton Schmidt’s episode from Season 2 was one of your most listened to editions of The Score. In it, he talked about how he’d struggled since making the Finals in 2016 and how he’d rebuilt his horse program and his roping in an effort to get back on top.Now, it’s time for him to reap the benefits of that effort. He’s 12th in the PRCA’s world standings heading into the last two weeks of rodeo’s regular season, with $45,555 won. He’s back on Badger, the former AQHA/PRCA Horse of the Year that he virtually restarted in 2017 after his first Finals, and he’s preparing to marry the girl of his dreams in early October.Schmidt stopped by our headquarters after a trip to the vet during some late-summer downtime in Colorado, he told me about his season, his partnership with Hunter Koch and how he’s made it work this year despite more adversity—globally—than cowboys have ever faced.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we're talking about what happened over the weekend of Sept. 17 through Sept. 18, 2020 and you'll hear from the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo Champions Coy Rahlmann and Ryan VonAhn. You'll be caught up on what happened at the USTRC National Finals XXXI presented by Cinch, the bubble update on the heading and heeling in ProRodeo, and don't forget to sign up to receive The Breakaway Roping Journal's monthly newsletter. Sign up today and you'll be entered to win a special prize pack from either Cactus Ropes, Fast Back Ropes or Resistol. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Day 4 of the USTRC National Finals XXXI presented by Cinch wrap upCo-host Kaitlin Gustave chats with the winners of the #9.5 Shootout, the CASE IH Tractor Legends #9.5 champions and the #8.5 Shootout champions.A big thanks to our friends at Resistol for bringing you daily wrap ups from the USTRC National Finals XXXI presented by Cinch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave wrap up day three at the USTRC National Finals XXXI with the winners of the Resistol #11.5 Shootout, Waylon Buskirk and Preston Day, after they roped four head in 33.78 seconds, worth $43,200, the #11.5 Legends championsDavid Egleston and Jud Jackson, who roped four head in 35.67 seconds, worth $21,540 and the #10.5 Shootout champions Brandt O'Connor and Trigger Hargrove after they knocked down four head in 33.20 seconds, worth $47,900.A big thanks to our friends at Resistol for bringing you daily wrap ups from the USTRC National Finals XXXI presented by Cinch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Day two of the USTRC National Finals XXXI is finished and we caught up with the winners of the #13.5 Shootout, Kohl Whiteman and Austyn Ford, after they roped four head in 27.23 seconds, worth $39,100, the YETI Junior Open champions Peyton Walters and JR Gonzales, who roped four head in 27.55 seconds, worth $16,000, the Open Roping champions Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira, who stopped the clock in 31.82 seconds on five head, worth $33,000 and the #12.5 Shootout Champions Clarke Gordan and Corey Reid, after they roped four head in 31.75 seconds, worth $43,340.A big thanks to our friends at Resistol for bringing you daily wrap ups from the USTRC National Finals XXXI presented by Cinch.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A big thanks to our friends at Resistol for bringing you daily wrap ups from the USTRC National Finals XXXI, presented by Cinch.Day one of the USTRC National Finals showcased some wicked heel shots and big winners. We caught up with the winners of the #16.5 Shootout, Korbin Rice and Josh Patton, who roped four head in 26.22 seconds, worth $20,240, the #15.5 Shootout champions Trevor Hale and Jade Corkill, who roped four head in 27.55 seconds, worth $24,160 and the Resistol #14.5 Shootout championsRowdy Bluemel and Cutter Thomison, who stopped the clock in 27.9 on four head, worth $31,900. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Logan Medlin is on the brink of his first National Finals Rodeo qualification, six years after winning his second College National Finals Rodeo Championship and ten years after winning his last New Mexico High School Finals Rodeo title. Medlin—a soft spoken guy from Tatum, New Mexico—has had a better 2020 than just about anybody I know. He and his high-school-sweetheart wife Breely had their first child, and he's won more with Charly Crawford than he ever has in a "normal" rodeo season, with fewer rodeos to go to than ever before, brought to you by Cactus Ropes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.