The Score from The Team Roping Journal

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 r...

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...

Day 4 of the USTRC National Finals XXXI presented by Cinch wrap up Co-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...

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 champions David 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...

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 cloc...

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...

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...

If you don't know what the Women's Rodeo World Championships, want to know what it is, or want to get caught up on where you can nominate, who's leading the standings and more, then this episode of The Short Score is for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Score changes pace this week, with an audio edition of  The Rundown with Dakota Kirchenschlager —a feature one of our contributors, Bonnie Wheatley, wrote earlier this year.  Dakota—a freakishly talented heeler originally from Colorado but who has long-since called Texas home—stepped away from an illustrious rodeo career to train horses, and this story is about that choice and the ne...

Eight-time World Champion Heeler Rich Skelton provides tips on helping your horse get the perfect stop. He shares which bits he likes to use, horsemanship and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You guessed it... We're back with another episode of The Short Score. Hosts Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave wrap-up all the big news from the ProRodeo trail, the tell you about the Resistol Rookie contenders that are still raking in money, which team ropers are dominating in their designated circuit standings and more. You will be caught up on what's to be expected for the USTRC National Final...

Cesar de la Cruz is perhaps The Score's most popular guest, and for good reason. In our first podcast interview from 2019 with the nine-time NFR heeler, de la Cruz opened up about his upbringing on the rough side of Tucson and how it shaped the roper and man he is today. This time around, The Score's Chelsea Shaffer catches up with de la Cruz as he decides to go home after a brutal 2020 season, mi...

Pro Rodeo update, Circuit update, Resistol Rookie Update and more. That's what you'll be catching up on as you listen to this episode. This episode of The Short Score is a fun one. Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave review who the big winners are over the past weekend in ProRodeo, the Resistol Rookie race and talk a little bit about the two teams that switched things up in the Mountain States. Pl...

On this episode of The Short Score, brought to you by Soft-Ride Equine Comfort Boots , Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave talk about what happened the past weekend in ProRodeo, what's going on in the world standings and the Resistol Rookie race and talk about the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo, which will now be happening in Greeley, Colorado. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Rich Skelton, who is in the midst of his  Heeler's Only Roping Clinic Tour , stopped by The Score Podcast after he spent two days in Colorado's 90-plus degree heat helping heelers elevate their roping on the Bones, on the Heel-O-Matic and on live steers.  Fresh on his mind after all that was what every day ropers can do to hone their craft, and The Score host Chelsea Shaffer got to ask h...

The Short Score is back with hosts Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave. On this episode Shaffer and Gustave go over what happened over the Cowboy Christmas run, the past weekend in ProRodeo, what's going on in the world standings and more. They then share updates on location changes for upcoming Ariat World Series of Team Ropings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kansas native Jake Long has qualified for nine Wrangler National Finals Rodeos, won two Ram National Circuit Finals titles and nearly every major jackpot in the sport. Not to mention he's been on some of the greatest horses in the history of the sport, including three-time PRCA/AQHA Horse of the Year, Colonel.  In this odd rodeo season marked by cancelations and postponements, Long sits fifth...

In case you missed it, Montana's Kal Fuller and Oklahoma's Reagan Ward won $155,000 at the Feist June 21.  It was the day before Reagan’s 33rd birthday, and Kal is just 20 years old. They smoked a 6.04-second short round steer at fourth call, then sat at the back end of the red-dirt arena to watch the third callback team of Tyler Wade and Billie Jack Saebens take a plus-five with a leg, see C...

CR Bradley is one of the American Quarter Horse Association’s winningest ropers in horse show competition, as well as an NFR-qualifying tie-down roper and World Series of Team Roping Finale place. Bradley is originally from Hilliard, Ohio, but he got to the Lonestar state of Texas as fast as he could to pursue a roping career. He took with him a little roan mare his family raised that would eventu...

Kolton Schmidt is back with another roping lesson on The Score. Schmidt shares a personal struggle that he has encountered during his COVID-19 rodeo break. There have been more jackpots than ever and Schmidt has taken this break to practice more than ever and enter a few extra jackpots. He has found challenges between separating his practice sessions and his jackpotting. In this roping lesson, Sch...

Brock Hanson is a National Finals Rodeo header who swapped to the heel side to rope with Colorado's JB James. With almost a half-a-million in ProRodeo earnings and two NFR go-round wins to his name, Hanson is a deadly switch-ender who knows good horses, too.  This time around, host Chelsea Shaffer talked to Hanson about making young horses—something many ProRodeo cowboys find themselves doing...

Tune in to hear all about the BIG roping action that happened over the weekend at ropings like the Steve Johnson Memorial, the Clay Logan Open roping, the USTRC's Cowboy Capital Classic and more. Plus, listen to find out some exciting news about the Bob Feist Invitational. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Sherwood was a businessman first and a professional team roper second, and that shows in his no-nonsense management of the PRCA’s team ropers. As the event rep for the ProRodeo’s team ropers, he’s tasked with representing NFR qualifiers, contenders and circuit cowboys alike—a job that’s not for the faint of heart. Not to mention, he’s a two-time world champ, eight-time NFR qualifier and Georg...

There's been some jackpots going on so WE'RE BACK! Chelsea Shaffer and Kaitlin Gustave are back with The Short Score to bring you all of the team roping information you could ever want. Shaffer and Gustave talk about what has been going on at the jackpots that have recently happened over the last few weekends and what you can expect for the rest of the month of May. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

2019 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo header Brenten Hall, from Jay, Oklahoma, took the world by storm after finishing the season fourth in the PRCA world standings with $237,061.19. What sets him apart from the rest is how he works at not overthinking his roping. In today’s audio roping tip, Hall talks about how he works at making roping as simple as possible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...