The Team Roping Journal

Team Roping Journal educates and entertains readers who actively participate in the sport. We help you to obtain the best results with step-by-step instruction in how to perform at a higher level and win more often. After all, we all know that while the heart is in the land and on the ranch, the ego is alive and well when it comes to besting your friends in the arena.

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The Team Roping Journal

WICKED FAST, 7 TIMES OVER • Dustin Egusquiza and Levi Lord won the Cody Johnson Open 7-Header at the Cody Nessmith Memorial Roping in Buffalo, Texas, roping seven steers in 49.47 seconds, worth a massive $40,000. Cowgirl At Heart Photography

KICKING OFF SUMMER RIGHT • Lightning Aguilera and Jared Fillmore kicked off the 2023 summer run with a win at Sisters, Oregon, worth $4,858 a man for this 4.8-second run. Bill Lawless Photo

BACK AT IT • Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira clinched the win in Reno, Nevada, at the 2023 Reno Rodeo on June 24, worth $9,247 a man for an aggregate time of 18.4 seconds on three head. Click Thompson Photography

RIATA BUCKLE JUMPS IN AS OFFICIAL OPEN SPONSOR OF ARIAT WSTR FINALE • The Riata Buckle Stallion Incentive will add $50,000 to the Open at the Ariat WSTR Finale.

CLAY SMITH'S SUPERSTAR MARE APACHE PROMISE CASHES IN AT ARHFA REDBUD

STEVE ORTH & THE SPOOK DUN TIME DOMINATE ARHFA'S REDBUD SPECTACULAR IN OKC

2023 ARHFA CORNHUSKER CLASSIC CHAMPS

(At Home With) • Billie Jack Saebens qualified for two Wrangler National Finals Rodeos backto-back in 2016-17, and won the 2022 BFI heeling for fellow Oklahoma cowboy Jake Cooper Clay. Beyond the rodeo arena, Saebens serves as head trainer for Dixon Flowers Rope Horses, and also regularly rides for Southern Ranches. Billie Jack and his NFR barrel racer wife, Ivy, live in Nowata, Oklahoma.

TACKLING THE TWO MOST COMMON MISSES • If you split the horns or wave it off, this is the fix.

RIDING IS AS IMPORTANT AS ROPING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL • Horsemanship is the key to leveling up.

SHERWOOD & GRAVES' 2005 US OPEN BREAKOUT WIN • How one US Finals win changed the careers of two of the sport's greats.

BUILDING CONNECTIONS WITH THE BRANDONS ON THE “TOLLESON-MACK” • Arizona's Brandon Shelton and Brandon Brown are running businesses, raising families and bringing behind-the-roping-scenes fun to their podcast, “Tolleson-Mack.”

EARLY SEASON RACE IS TIGHT FOR 2024 RESISTOL JR. ROPERS • The USTRC Resistol Jr. Champion race is off to a sizzling start, with Tyler Mota and Kelby Frizzell securing the earliest leads.

TEXANS TAKE THE LEAD AT START OF 2024 CINCH LADIES RACE • Lucy Lawson and Audrey Snyder are the early front-runners as the standings in the race for the 2024 Cinch Ladies year-end award begin to line out.

RODEO HEAD HORSE BREAKAWAY PRACTICE • Rhen Richard wants his head horses framed up and reacting. Here's how he uses a breakaway session to instill fundamentals in a high-powered prospect.

Inner Strength with Jake Long • TRJ Editor Chelsea Shaffer talks to $2.2-million heeler Jake Long about his mental game in 2023.

User-Friendly Horses • Trevor Brazile wants his head horses BROKE, not patterned. Here's what that means.

Freeze Frame

Next Level with Kory Koontz • How a slight adjustment to your swing could save your shoulder to keep you roping—even with a little wear and tear—and keep you catching for more trips to the pay window, too.

The Horse at the Heart of Justin Davis's 2023 Come back • One Two Many and Justin Davis are making waves.

Mega Match REBOOT • Cody Ohl matches Shad Mayfield on 10 head, now streaming on Roping.com.

BUILD YOUR BRAND 101 • That the rope horse market is booming is a secret to no one, so what's the secret...