The Score from The Team Roping Journal

Missing is hard. It takes you out of the money, and it can make the mental game even harder.  BUT  when a miss does happen, it's important to get the most out of it. In this bonus  Roping.com  tips episode of “The Short Score,”  Charly Crawford  explains the mechanics of how the loop works through each part of the catch and how breaking down a miss the right way can t...

Memorial Day Weekend is a special time as we honor those who selflessly sacrificed their lives for our freedoms. It's also a big weekend of jackpotting before the best guys in the world head out for the summer run. On this episode of The Short Score, we go over who won what memorial ropings over the weekend.  The weekend started out Friday, May 26, 2023, with the 49th Annual Windy Ryon Memori...

When you’re at a roping or rodeo, how do you approach the short round? How do you decide your game plan? In this bonus  Roping.com  tips episode of “The Short Score,”  Roping.com  coach and world champion  Matt Sherwood  explains how to deal with the short round and how to decide what approach to take for the situation. Matt Sherwood is a two-time world champion heade...

Denny Gentry paid out $2 million at the inaugural Riata Buckle in 2022, and in 2023, he has plans to pay out half-a-million more. But the money at the roping is only part of the event's impact—the Riata Buckle is raising horse prices and funneling more money into the rope horse business than ever before. In this episode, Gentry reviews what he's learned about the horse industry and talks through t...

On this episode of The Short Score, it's all about the ladies that took home the 2023 Women's Rodeo World Championship Team Roping title,  Martha Angelone and Jackie Crawford . The Women's Rodeo World Championship ran from May 14-20 in Fort Worth, Texas, and paid out over $750,000 while crowning World Champions in both the Pro and Challenger classifications in the team roping (Heading and Hee...

When a heel horse shoulders in, it's important to address the issue quickly. In this bonus Roping.com  tips episode of “The Short Score,” Roping.com coach Travis Graves describes how he addresses the problem with his hands and feet and keeps his horse working in his hand through a run. Travis Graves is a 14x NFR heeler and the 2017 NFR Average champion. Become a Better Roper: Roping.com &nbsp...

The 2023 WCRA Rodeo Corpus Christi team roping saw fast times, unique pairings and unconventional runs that won. Nonetheless, it had us all watching. On this episode of The Short Score, host Taylor Vollin catches up with the Progressive Round performance winners and the Rodeo Corpus Christi champs after their runs. In the first performance of the Progressive Round, Clay Smith and Jake Long went 4....

The mental side of roping is complex enough, but when you add in the stress and thoughts of everyday life outside of the arena, it gets even more difficult. On this bonus  Roping.com  tips episode of “The Short Score,” Roping.com coach and seven-time world champion Clay O'Brien Cooper discusses how to mentally block out things going on outside the arena. Become a Better Roper: Roping.com...

It comes as no surprise that the initial episode of The Short Score on the PRCA's new crossfire rule drew a lot of attention. To answer some questions listeners had regarding the rule, we met with Pro Official Harry Rose who has flagged the team roping at the NFR 21 times.  We also caught up with 2019 World Champion Heeler  Wesley Thorp  to go into more detail on the rule proposal a...

On this bonus  Roping.com  tips episode of “The Short Score,” Jake Barnes discusses how important it is to keep your practices intense. Working on yourself and your horses, and using your practice time wisely leads to success. Become a Better Roper: Roping.com  is the online training resource for team ropers. In addition to thousands of videos and exclusive roping films in your...

The Short Score is back and kicking off covering some recent, hot topics. In this episode, our new host, Taylor Vollin, talks with longtime PRCA Pro Official Chuck Hoss to introduce the PRCA's new crossfire rule that went into effect May 1, 2023. Casey Allen, host of our sister podcast The Breakaway Breakdown , chats with Cole Thomas and Kaden Profili, the 2023 Resistol Rookie Roundup champions.

In this episode, we are thrilled to introduce our new digital editor, Taylor Vollin, to our listeners. As our listeners know, The Team Roping Journal is the leading source of news and information for team ropers and fans of the sport. Taylor Vollin brings a wealth of experience to her new role as digital editor, having studied agricultural communications at Mississippi State University and having...

Jim Brinkman, the manager of the Pitzer Ranch in Ericson, Nebraska, has been with the legendary ranch his entire life, and he's played an instrumental role in the ranch's success in the team roping world.  He's a seasoned horseman and roper himself and has been involved in every aspect of the ranch's operation, from breeding and raising horses to training and competing on them. In this episod...

Host Chelsea Shaffer is on the road this week, so G.R. Schiavino , TRJ's managing editor, filled in on The Score by reading her exceptional work, Heading and Healing . It's the story of Greg Ziel—a medically retired police sergeant from Las Vegas, Nevada—who, after battling PTSD, found team roping as his solace. -- This episode is presented by Cactus Ropes . The team at Cactus are ranchers, ropers...

Sunday, April 9th's Select Online Sales will offer the Relentless Remuda's first set of Show Me The Buckles colts out of the program's proven mares, as well as ICSI aspirations out of their legendary mares like Relentless Glory , HA Jackie The Gypsy and A Gypsy Soul. Melanie Smith—founder of Solo Select—talks to The Score Host Chelsea Shaffer about where the rope horse market is in 2023, and how S...

Dick Yates qualified for 13 Wrangler National Finals Rodeos, and in his 85 years he's seen team roping go from a second-class, amateur sport to the richest event in all of the Western performance world. And along the way, he's led his family—late wife Jan, son, J.D., daughter Kelly, and grandson, Trey—to become one of team roping's powerhouse dynasties. In this interview from a Roping.com shoot, Y...

Formally tracking rope horse earnings is a relatively new phenomenon.  Before the last 12 months, databases like the American Quarter Horse Association’s  QData  could only track rope horse earnings at judged shows, where pedigrees were verified by judges to ensure rampant cheating wasn’t fudging the numbers. But in 2022, the AQHA teamed up with the Riata Buckle Stallion Incentive P...

Cody Doescher is the 2023 Cinch Timed Event Champion—10 years after his first appearance at the storied event. In 39 years, Doescher is the first CTEC Champion from Oklahoma, and the win was an emotional one for the all-around hand. This episode is presented by Professional's Choice : From the creators of the original sports medicine boot, Professional’s Choice has released a revolu...

For the everyday rope horse buyer, the horse market is loaded with uncertainty. Who can you trust, and how can you find the best horse for your money? Two-time World Champion Matt Sherwood has been in the team roping business nearly 30 years, and he's figured out all of the ways to find the best horses AND how to not find the best horses. He brings that knowledge to his new venture alongside busin...

The 2023 Lone Star Shootout hosted many of the best teams in the sport at the Lone Star Arena in Stephenville, Texas, with underdogs Dalton Turner and Daniel Braman taking the $70,000 win from ninth callback. Casey Allen, host of our sister podcast The Breakdown , was on-site for the coverage for us all weekend, and she caught up with the champs after their watershed win. This episode is presented...

South Dakota-native Billy Myers, 36, grew up watching his family's stallion  Frenchmans Guy  own the breeding game in the barrel racing market, and he saw how a great horse could change the lives of those he touched.  With deep roping roots, the Myers family might have been the most excited breeders in the game when rope-horse incentives and futurities took off, giving them a space...

The Team Roping Journal was at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo and the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo to catch up with the winners, Clay Smith and Jake Long and Andrew Ward and Buddy Hawkins. In this bonus episode of The Score, Chelsea Shaffer talks to Smith and Long immediately following their NWSS victory lap, while guest host (and host of The Breakdown podcast) Casey Allen caught up...

Trevor Brazile handily won four ropings at the 2023 Royal Crown Roping Futurity in Buckeye, Arizona, riding three horses to those titles . In this episode of The Score, host Chelsea Shaffer talks to Brazile on the grounds after each win, covering the strong points of each horse's performance and what it takes to win on young horses at this level. Plus, Andy Holcomb talks about Fine Vintage Cash, t...

Ty Smith is the horse industry's buyer. He finds the best horses to offer to the public through Solo Select's Online Sales. In this episode of The Score, Smith talks about the horse market from his point of view, including the forces at play driving the market up and the importance of incentives. This episode is presented by Equinety. Equinety offers the Equinety Edge 30 Day Challenge with a Buy O...

Team roping's horse market continues to rise with growth of the rope horse futurity and stallion incentive business. The Riata Buckle , Royal Crown and the American Rope Horse Futurity Association have joined the Ariat World Series of Team Roping and the USTRC in driving the industry forward, and perhaps nobody has had a better view of these market trends than Steve Friskup, principal at Clovis Ho...