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

AYYYYY! • Joseph Harrison sold his National Finals Rodeo heel horse CRR Hurricane Fajita at The Horse Sale at Rancho Rio presented by Gold Buckle Beer to James Hunter of Eagle, Idaho, for $115,000. The 10-year-old gelding has won money everywhere from the BFI to the Thomas & Mack.

REACH! • Kreese Tulley won the Rising Stars 6- to 8-year-old Dummy Roping at the Cinch NTR Finals in Wickenburg, Arizona, March 4. For his efforts, Tulley received a trophy buckle and a Classic Rope.

GOOD WIN, EVEN BETTER CAUSE • Lucy Lawson and Greg Orgain won $20,760 for their time of 33.52 seconds on four head at the Wiley Hicks Jr. Memorial's #11.5 Ariat World Series of Team Roping Super Qualifier in Amarillo on March 18, with proceeds from the roping going to The Hope and Healing Place, a program to support children and adults navigating grief and loss.

KING OF THE JUNGLE • Cade Rice and 2017 stallion Jungle Cat controlled the heeling at the American Rope Horse Futurity Association's Arizona Sun Circuit with a 924.48 on four head, worth $13,300. Bred by Beechford Ranch and owned by Brian and Amy Bush, Jungle Cat is by High Brow Cat out of Smokin Pepto by Peptoboonsmal.

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"HONKEY TONK" BRINGS $160K AT THE HORSE SALE AT RANCHO RIO FROM WILSON • Brooke and Rodey Wilson are two-for-two on high sellers at The Horse Sale at Rancho Rio after consigning 2015 gelding TRR Kadabra Kat to online buyer Javier Rodriguez for $160,000 at the 2023 event.

EQUINETY & TREVOR BRAZILE PARTNER FOR HEALTH & PERFORMANCE OF RELENTLESS REMUDA • 26-time World Champion Trevor Brazile will join Team Equinety to aid in the health and support of his horses.

ARIAT WORLD SERIES OF TEAM ROPING WELCOMES APEX NEXT EVOLUTION AS OFFICIAL ENERGY DRINK • APEX Next Evolution is an elite outdoor supplement company founded by a team who is passionate about outdoor sports and health and spends their time hunting, fishing, roping, working and playing outdoors.

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(At Home With) • Russell Cardoza heeled at six Wrangler National Finals Rodeos between 2009 and 2017. After overcoming some physical setbacks, the Columbia River Circuit standout has had some amazing showings at the Cinch Timed Event Championship in recent years. Russell, 36, and his wife, Sammy Jo, live in Terrebonne, Oregon.

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LUCKY BLANTON'S TOM MATTART • In 1942, California’s Tom Mattart bought a racing Quarter Horse named Lucky Blanton and turned him into a rope horse whose get is still winning checks today.

CALIFORNIA RODEO COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER FOR SAM'S POSSE • Sam Burt should be 30 years old this May. Instead, Deborah and Buck Burt continue to honor their son’s legacy through Sam’s Posse with generous support from our own.

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INSIDE-OUT • Spring means some horse trainers and ropers are getting their green horses in outdoor arenas for the first time. The new settings present new challenges and opportunities, and Brazile uses both to his advantage.

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