The Score from The Team Roping Journal

no-times, a leg and one clean run, to be exact. But in the matinee Wednesday, Dec. 13, Rogers and Eaves turned things around in 3.5 seconds to win the round and pick up their first check of this year's NFR. Host Chelsea Shaffer sat down with them on  The Score  to talk about the run, their horses and how they turned things around. ___ This episode of The Score is presented by  Soft...

way out of three tough rounds. After roping a leg in the first two rounds and having a miss on the head side in Round 3, they took home a nice check in Round 4 and won Round 5 with a 3.8. The win in Round 5 actually marks Koch's first-ever NFR go-round win. On this episode of  The Score,  Brown and Koch talk about Koch's first round win and how they've bounced back. ___ This episode is p...

Long.  They were 3.7 seconds Monday, Dec. 11 to win Round 4, bringing their NFR round earnings in just four rounds to $92,118. Summers and Long are back with Chelsea Shaffer on  The Score  in a feel-good episode. They talk about what it’s like to live out their absolute childhood dreams, what their mindsets look like this year and just how grateful they are for good horses.  __...

The  strongest, toughest steer  in the pen was no match for  Coleman Proctor and Logan Medlin , who took the win in Round 3 of the  2023 NFR  with a 3.7-second run. After starting off the Finals with two misses, Proctor and Medlin bounced back, cashing in $30,706 a man for the round win. Chelsea Shaffer sat down with Proctor and Medlin on this episode of  The Score &n...

The 2023 NFR has started out better for  Clint Summers and Jake Long  than any other NFR before, for both men, as they've won back-to-back go rounds. Summers and Long were a blazing 3.8 seconds in Round 2 to win the round, bringing their NFR earnings thus far to $61,412.82 a man. On this episode of  The Score,  host Chelsea Shaffer sits down with Summers and Long once again to...

Clint Summers  fought hard all 2023 to qualify for his third NFR, and he started off the  2023 Finals  with a bang, grabbing the first-round win with  Jake Long  with a 4.2-second run. The win not only comes as a reward to a hard-fought year, it also marks Summers' first-ever round win in the Thomas & Mack. On this episode of  The Score , host, Chelsea Shaffer, si...

In 2008,  Colter Todd  would make the NFR on the head side and then walk away from ProRodeo for over a decade. Fast forward to 2023,  Todd  has returned to Las Vegas, this time to heel for his partner and best friend, Derrick Begay. Begay and Todd are some of rodeo fans' favorite team ropers and for good reason. Chelsea Shaffer sat down with Todd in the media room of the Thomas...

If you're headed out to the 2023  Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale , you need to be practicing putting yourself in high-pressure situations in the practice pen.  To be ready to rope for the amounts of money up for grabs at the Finale, you need to practice like you're already there. On this bonus  Roping.com  tips episode of  The Short Score , Jake Barnes  expl...

Usually, this time of year is solely dedicated to NFR contestants and all the glory that goes along with that qualification. But perhaps even more can be learned from those who fell short of the goal, and such is the case with today's episode from 2018 NFR Aggregate Champion Trey Yates. --- This episode is presented by Resistol , who have supported our efforts to tell the stories of the best horse...

Marcus Theriot  has been making a name for himself in the rodeo world since junior high. He's collected national titles at the junior high, high school, college and professional levels, as well as the  2021 Cinch Timed Event Championship title , en route to his first NFR qualification in 2023 heading for his cousin  Cole Curry . On this episode of The Short Score, Theriot talks abou...

How you hold your head rope affects your swing.  In this bonus  Roping.com  tips episode of  The Short Score ,  Jake Barnes  shows you the correct way to hold your loop and your slack to get the most effective swing and delivery. Watch " Head Rope Grip

At just 23 years old and with only three years on the ProRodeo scene, Cole Curry has punched his ticket to his first NFR. The Mississippi heeler will enter the 2023 NFR No. 13 with $94,986.72 won on the year. Curry heeled for fellow Mississippian and all-around cowboy Marcus Theriot , and the two will make their first appearances in the Thomas & Mack together. On this episode of The Short Scor...

Solo Select CEO Ty Smith is back on The Score as the 2023 year comes to a close to take a good look at where the rope horse market stands after a booming season of high-money rodeos and futurities, all in advance of Solo Select's largest sale of the year on Thanksgiving Day 2023. The Thanksgiving Day Sale will feature embryos from great rope horse mares like Apache R Hali and J Low's Glo , crossed...

Angles and positioning are just as important on the dummy as they are on your heel horse.  In this bonus Roping.com tips episode of  The Short Score ,  Patrick Smith  explains these topics, and feeding your rope for maximum efficiency on the heel side in this  clip from the Legend film. Watch Now : Dummy Instruction with Patrick Smith Don't forget that Smith's new instruct...

Great Lakes and Southeastern Circuit champs were crowned Nov. 9-12 with the  Great Lakes Circuit Finals  in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Southeastern Circuit Finals in Davie, Florida. Cooper Bruce and Wyatt Kanan came from fifth and fourth in the Great Lakes standings to clinch the year-end titles, thanks to a third-round win Saturday, Nov. 11. Kanan joins The Short Score to talk about...

Douglas Rich  jump rode the 5-year-old  Hickory Holly Time  gelding Time Toget Wreckless to win the Riata Buckle Open behind Jake Smith on his 5-year-old Judge Boon-gelding Boondocs Blue Boon.  Time Toget Wreckless  is by Hickory Holly Time, the same stallion who sired the first Riata champion heel horse DT Hickorys Mistycat, ridden by Dakota Kirchenschlager, to the same t...

In honor of Veterans Day, this bonus  Roping.com  tips episode of The Short Score comes from the  Warriors and Rodeo Clinic  filmed for Roping.com in 2022 in Arizona.  Derrick Begay ,  Erich Rogers  and  Aaron Tsinigine  were all instructors at the  WAR Clinic  for Navajo Nation veterans. This episode comes from a clip with Tsinigine on priori...

The heeling at the American Rope Horse Futurity Association's World Championships produce the most exciting short rounds in the entire sport, with every horse and competitor laying it all on the line to win big in Fort Worth. This year, the Open Heeling World Championship went to Cade Rice and Sevens Star Glo, while the 4-year-old title went to Joseph Harrison and Nu One Time Blues. In this episod...

Tate Kirchenschlager rode Riley Weehler's A Painted Sunshine to the 2023 American Rope Horse Futurity Association World Championship on the head side, and the training process on him required patience and wisdom. In this episode of The Score, Kirchenschlager talks with host Chelsea Shaffer from the stalls in Fort Worth right after his win. --- This episode is presented by Cactus Saddlery . Cactus...

he 2023 Canadian Finals Rodeo wrapped up Sunday, Nov. 5, after six rounds of battle. And when it was all said and done,  Brady Tryan  and  Calgary Smith  finished on top and with five new CFR records. Tryan and Smith broke five records during their CFR '49 appearance. They were  3.5 seconds in Round 3  to set a new arena record (along with  Rhen Richard  and...

Jake Clay will see the bright lights of Vegas as a competitor this year for the first time in his career. Clay qualified for the 2023 NFR as the No. 14 header with $100,127.21 won on the year. This marks the 24-year-old Sapulpa, Oklahoma, native's first NFR qualification, and it comes after a year of battling the bubble. On this episode of The Short Score, we introduce you to Clay and discuss his...

There's so much that goes into winning, so where do you start? How do you prepare to win? In this bonus  Roping.com  tips episode of The Short Score,  Charly Crawford  discusses the most important aspects of team roping and how to prepare yourself to win, mentally and physically. This  audio clip  comes from one of his Smarty Young Pro clinics. He starts with the impo...

The swing of circuit finals is still well underway with the Columbia River Circuit Finals in Redmond, Oregon, and the Mountain States Circuit Finals in Loveland, Colorado, having wrapped up Oct. 19-21. In Redmond,  Jeff Flenniken  and  Jake Minor  were 24.2 seconds on three head to win the circuit finals. Garrett Rogers and  Tyler Worley  both took home the year-end t...

Reaching can increase your ability to make a run work when everything isn't perfect. But to do it right, you've got to practice hard on the dummy. In this bonus  Roping.com tips episode  of The Short Score, World Champion  Clay Smith  explains how to shorten the margin of error when reaching. Become a Better Roper: Roping.com  is the online training resource for team roper...

The rope horse futurities are thriving today, with one of the biggest futurity weeks of the year kicking off Oct. 18, 2023, in Fort Worth at the American Rope Horse Futurity Association World Championship . In honor of futurity week and the event that started it all, Dakota Kirchenschlager joins The Score. Dakota is a past champ of the ARHFA, a three-time NFR qualifier and a Roping.com coach with...