The Team Roping Journal

The Team Roping Journal magazine 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

WORLD CHAMPS • BFI Reserve Champion and 2022 High School Champ James Arviso spun his final round steer for partner Landon Glenn to stop the clock in 5.09 seconds, winning the Cinch World Championship Junior Rodeo at the Lazy E Arena. The duo took home $7,213 for their week's work.

BUCKET LIST WIN • Rhen Richard and Jeremy Buhler won their first California Rodeo Salinas buckles with a time of 47.4 seconds on five head, worth $10,606 a man for their efforts, It clinched their second-consecutive Finals qualification as a team.

KINGS OF THE HEARTLAND • Matt Petrus and Paco Falcon won the Ariat World Series of Team Roping #12.5 Heartland Finale mega qualifier prodiuced by Mathews Land & Cattle, worth $22,000 Aug. 5,2022. They roped four steers in 34.98 seconds to get the win in a tight short round.

Ariat World Series of Team Roping 2023 Season Changes • The 2023 season begins the weekend of Oct. 14, with one significant change to how ropers can enter the Ariat World Series of Team Roping qualifiers.

Royal Crown Futurity, Rock Springs, Wyoming • Aug. 8-10, 2022 Total Team Roping Payout: $435,209

CINCH Leads the Way as National Team Roping's Presenting Sponsor

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(At Home With) • Motes is a famous name in the team roping world. But do you know 1977 World Champ Dennis Motes, who won the world heeling for little brother David and is the uncle of five-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo heeler Ryan? Dennis Motes is 72 now, and lives in Hico, Texas, with his wife, Shan.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MISSED THE 2022 NFR BOAT…

GOING AT IT WITH FOCUS, FIRE AND INTENSITY

CLAY TRYAN IS NOW THE WINNINGEST PRORODEO TEAM ROPER OF ALL-TIME • Clay Tryan hits rodeo’s $3-million mark.

FROM CALIFORNIA & CAMP PENDLETON TO COWTOWN & THE PENTAGON • In his 22-year career as a U.S. Marine, Chief Warrant Officer Mike White has traveled the globe in service to his country. Now, from his current Pentagon post, he’s honoring his California roping roots at New Jersey’s Cowtown Rodeo.

GEORGIA SWITCHENDER ENTERS TOP 5 ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RESISTOL JR CHAMPION RACE • Leaders in the USTRC Resistol Jr Champion heading and heeling races turned up the heat in August and brought the points, and Georgia’s Houston Childers is getting it done on both ends.

LADIES STANDINGS ARE LIT • The headers of the USTRC Cinch Ladies standings have arrived and all new competitors for the season have three spots in the Top 5. In the heeling, one standings newcomer entered into the already-established three-way tied for third.

5 FLAT with Rhen Richard BOX WORK WITH RHEN RICHARD

12 TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR TEAM • Jake Barnes’ Important Keys to Handling Cattle

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INNER STRENGTH with Martin Lucero

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COMING IN HOT • Here’s who leads the American Rope Horse Futurity Association’s top-earners lists for 2022 and all time coming into the Oct. 20-22 ARHFA World Championship in Fort Worth.

THE REACH • Throwing a long line to the horns is nuanced. In history, five bombers have helped make it pay money.

WHAT MAKES A WINNER? • In the lower divisions, what specific skills separate the consistent winners from the rest of the pack? We...