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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Ariat World Series of Team Roping Welcomes The Equine Exchange as the Official Equine Market Place of the WSTR & NTR

Integrated Energy Solutions Partners with the Ariat WSTR, USTRC and NTR as Official LED Lighting Providers

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(At Home With) • Shad Feild is the son of late ProRodeo Hall of Famer Lewis Feild and Veronica Feild Jackson. He’s also big brother to five-time and reigning World Champion Bareback Rider Kaycee Feild. Entrepreneur and pilot Shad, 38, lives in Roosevelt, Utah, with his wife, Jazlyn, and their five kids, Daxtyn, 14, Bronx, 10, Mavryx, 8, and twin daughters, Poppy and Goldie, 4. Jazlyn Feild is NFR team roper and tie-down roper Rhen Richard’s sister.

BUBBLE BOYS STRESS REDUCTION 101

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SERVING THOSE WHO SERVED • As if feeding America wasn’t service enough, Arizona cattle rancher and Ariat WSTR Finale money-earner Enoch Malouff also hosts and mentors military veterans each year, in appreciation of their service.

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ELWOOD & BALL MOVE TO FIRST IN THE USTRC CINCH LADIES STANDINGS • Jill Elwood leads the ladies headers with 26 points while Sally Ball’s 21 points makes her the heeler to catch in the race for the USTRC Cinch Ladies Year-End Award.

SOFT CIRCLES • How Paden Bray uses an O-ring on all of his horses to keep them soft and responsive.

APPRECIATING THE HORSE YOU HAVE

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Game Plan with Travis Graves • Riding Your Horse’s Stride

PATRICK SMITH’S BEEN THREE HORSES DOWN, BUT NOT OUT

HEADGEAR HINTS • You want every little advantage when the money’s up. So why not tweak your headgear until it helps your horse perform his absolute best? Here are the pros’ takes on the types of tie-downs they like and why.

COWBOY CAPITALS OF THE WORLD • Some still enjoy bantering back and forth about the great debate over Cowboy Capital of the World bragging rights. That seems silly to those of us who’ve been around long enough to have seen the shift play out. For us, there’s no need to argue. There are cultural and financial factors at the root of this evolution, but the straight fact is that Oakdale, California, was and always will be the original Cowboy Capital, and Stephenville, Texas, is the Cowboy Capital of today. Both cowboy towns have legitimate claim to the title for the rest of time.

Idols & Influencers • Cowboy Heroes Who’ve Impacted Today’s Top Team Roping Talent.

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