The Breakdown

On this episode of The Tie-Down Breakdown , Dylan Hancock talks about trading a baseball glove for a rope, the eye-opening rookie year that taught him what it takes to win, and the breakthrough that proved he belongs at the top level of ProRodeo. Hancock also shares what it felt like to get the call to the Cinch Timed Event Championship and how he’s preparing to head back in 2026 after the Lazy E...

Fresh off her career-defining win at Cheyenne Frontier Days , Arizona roper Danielle Lowman joins The Breakaway Breakdown Podcast to talk new horse challenges, mental grit, and chasing down an NFBR berth. In this episode with Danielle Lowman podcast , Lowman shares the behind-the-scenes grit it took to win The Daddy of ’em All with a 4.3-second run—aboard a green 6-year-old gelding she’s only been...

Resistol Rookie Haiden Thompson’s 2025 ProRodeo season just kicked into high gear—and she’s taking us along for the ride in this week’s episode of the The Breakdown Podcast. The Wyoming cowgirl racked up an eye-popping $21,041 in earnings in just one week, with cash-ins at Estes Park, Sheridan, Casper, Gunnison and Cheyenne. That whirlwind run didn’t just move her up the WPRA World standings—it la...

Cowboy Christmas brought the heat in 2025—and in this episode, three of breakaway roping’s biggest winners join us to relive the highs, hustle, and horsepower behind their standout runs. Aspen Miller breaks down her marquee win at the Greeley Stampede, where she dominated the three-head average and banked over $11,000. Amanda Terrell reflects on her history-making victory at the prestigious Ponoka...

Kyle Lucas grew up in a rodeo family—his dad is a six-time NFR qualifier and his sister, Katy, is a Cowboy Channel staple. But now, Kyle’s looking to build a name of his own. In this episode of The Tie-Down Breakdown, Kyle shares what it’s been like navigating the pro rodeo trail from Canada to the States, the lessons he’s learned since his rookie year in 2013 and why this season feels different....

On the latest episode of "The Breakdown," hear from two of ProRodeo breakaway's top money earners from the weekend of June 20–22; Maddy Jacobs (formerly Deerman) and Cheyanne McCartney. Jacobs rounded up a total of $13,681, picking up a check mid-week at Fallon’s 3C PRCA Rodeo in Nevada before setting the weekend on fire in Nampa and Elko. McCartney amassed $8,211 with her win at the Snake River S...

Tuf Cooper claimed the win at the inaugural Music City Rodeo in Nashville, Tennessee, with a 7.2-second run that carried far more emotional weight than the paycheck alone—and he’s breaking it all down on the latest episode of The Tie-Down Breakdown . In this episode, Cooper opens up about what that win meant just weeks after losing his father, Roy “Super Looper” Cooper, and how he's navigating gri...

The Tie-Down Breakdown is getting a new host. In this episode, we are thrilled to introduce the new host, Hannah Wheeler. As our listeners know,  CalfRoping.com  is the leading source of news and information for calf ropers and fans of the sport, and Hannah has brought a wealth of experience to CalfRoping.com as a digital content creator. Taylor Vollin and Hannah discuss Hannah's backgro...

Taylor Munsell just set a new standard in ProRodeo breakaway roping—and she’s breaking it all down on the latest episode of The Breakaway Breakdown . Over the weekend of May 31–June 1, 2025, Munsell became the fastest breakaway roper in history to surpass $100,000 in a single ProRodeo season. With wins in Mt. Pleasant, Texas (1.9 seconds), and Durant, Oklahoma (2.3 seconds), plus a tie for fifth w...

The Ruby Buckle, Pink Buckle and Young Guns League announced the addition of a new, $50,000-guaranteed breakaway in South Jordan, Utah, running alongside the $1 million-plus  Ruby Buckle Western Regional  barrel race June 24-28. All Pink Buckle, Ruby Buckle and Young Guns League horses are eligible for the $50,000 guaranteed payout classes, and any breakaway horse can enter the $10,000 a...

Spring has been a whirlwind between the  ProRodeo  race and fun one-offs like  The American Rodeo  and  Kid Rock's Rock N Rodeo . In April, the world watched  Shane Hanchey  and  Kincade Henry  tie for the win in the 10-man round of The American with a 7.58-second run. The 2013 world champion took the title, however, after a 6.73 in the finals to give H...

Bailey Bates got the big Texas Swing ProRodeo win she was looking for at the 2025 San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo with three 1.9-second runs worth a total of $10,217. The win was a sigh of relief following a winter rodeo season that saw her come close to the big paychecks but barely miss out. The earnings coupled with her No. 18 finish in the 2024 ProRodeo standings are fueling Bates to push to gr...

Ponoka’s Macy Auclair is slated to make her debut at  Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo  on May 16 in AT&T Stadium on  Cody Ohl’s  team “Convoy.” Auclair has always been a gamer, but her skill was on full display at the  2024 Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR),  where she broke the Canadian record with a 1.5-second run in Round 3, and finished the Finals as the aggregate champion...

Josie Conner is $100,000 richer thanks to a  1.89-second run  that clinched the win at The American Rodeo on Saturday, April 12, 2025, marking her sixth trip to the prestigious event. The victory came as Conner’s second win of the day, following a 1.99-second run in the Round of 10 with  2024 Horse of the Year Stylish Drifter, known as “Dutch.”  That run broke the 2-second mark...

Taylor Munsell came onto The Breakdown Podcast to discuss her 2025 RodeoHouston win, earning $70,125 and rocketing her to No. 1 in the World Standings. “Realizing I’d won was a lot to take in,” Munsell, 28, said. “That’s the biggest amount of money I’ve won in one run. Now, I’m  leading the World,  and I plan to stay there.” Get unlimited access to roping.com 's comprehensive tie-down, b...

Catch up on the winter rodeo action in the newest episode of The Breakdown. Hear from Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo Champion Josie Conner just moments after her big win and San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Champion Aspen Miller. Get unlimited access to roping.com 's comprehensive tie-down, breakaway, and team roping video library and learn from World Champions Caleb Smidt and Shad Mayfield a...

Jackie Crawford topped the 2025 San Diego Rodeo on old teammate "T-Boy," who's been in semi-retirement for the last few years. Crawford recounts the journey to the big win in California and what made her pull T-Boy out of the pasture and start roping on him again. She also dives into her current horse string and the problems that come with having too many "good ones." Get unlimited access to ropin...

As we send off 2024, we wrap up the 2024 NFR round winner episodes of The Tie-Down Breakdown. Round 8  saw the first split round win of the 2024 NFR in the tie-down roping with Marty Yates and Ty Harris taking the win. Yates tied his calf in 7.3 seconds to take the lead in the round, and three runs later Harris joined him with his own 7.3. They both pocketed $30,155, and they join The Tie-Dow...

Breakaway gunslingers Hali Williams and Martha Angelone rounded up $300,000 between them at the Kimes Million Dollar Breakaway, National Finals Breakaway Roping and on the Las Vegas jackpot scene including the Masters and All-In Breakaway Roping. In this newest episode, brought to you by Purina, we had a chance to catch up with Hali following her Kimes Million Dollar Breakaway High-Money finish an...

NFR rookie  Dylan Hancock  topped the field in Round 7 of the 2024 NFR, making the fastest run of the Finals as of Dec. 11. Hancock won the seventh round with a 6.7 for $33,687.18 and his first-ever NFR round win. Hancock joins  The Tie-Down Breakdown  to talk about his run and his first NFR. MORE FROM THE TIE-DOWN BREAKDOWN The Tie-Down Breakdown: Rounds 5 and 6 of the 2024 NF...

The halfway point of the  2024 NFR  has officially come and gone as we enter Round 7. In Round 5, NFR rookie  Joel Braden Harris  topped the field for his first-ever NFR go-round win. Harris, the younger brother to six-time NFR tie-down roper Ty, won the round with a 7.6-second run for $33,687.18. Round 6  saw the comeback of 2019 World Champion  Haven Meged . Meged w...

In just four rounds of the  2024 NFR , reigning World Champion  Riley Webb  has raked in $137,685.28 to push him to No. 1 in the world standings. Webb added the Round 4 win to his NFR resume after winning the round with a 7.5-second run for another $33,687.18.  Webb joins The  Tie-Down Breakdown  to discuss his Round 4 win. MORE FROM THE TIE-DOWN BREAKDOWN The Tie-Dow...

Things heated up in Round 3 of the tie-down roping at the 2024 NFR. A 7.7-second run was last hole, and  Ty Harris  took his first round win of this year's Finals with a 6.9-second run. The No. 3 man in the world standings pocketed $33,687, and he joined  The Tie-Down Breakdown  to talk about his run. MORE FROM THE TIE-DOWN BREAKDOWN Te Tie-Down Breakdown: 2024 NFR Round 2 Winn...

Kelsie Domer has had the week of a lifetime, winning the 2024 WPRA Breakaway World Championship, NFBR Average Championship and Kimes Million Dollar Breakaway Average Championship. All told, she's won more than $130,000, with an army of support behind her including mom Lisa, aunt Lori, husband Ryan and daughter Oaklynn. Hear about Kelsie Domer's round-by-round perspective, World Championship shock...

Webb joins  The Tie-Down Breakdown  for the second night in a row after his second-round run. MORE FROM THE TIE-DOWN BREAKDOWN The Tie-Down Breakdown: 2024 NFR Round 1 Winner Riley Webb Cinch Roping Fiesta Champ Tom Crouse on The Tie-Down Breakdown NFR Rookie: Quade Hiatt on The Tie-Down Breakdown The Tie-Down Breakdown: Who Should Win the 2024 Tie-Down Roping Horse of the Year Award? Th...