The Score from The Team Roping Journal

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. No...

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...

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 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...

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’v...

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...

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...

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 t...

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 Ho...

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, Davi...

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 R...

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.