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.

Dear Roper

The Team Roping Journal

PRO • Tyrel Miles and Luke Bland banked $27,000 for the Priefert Ranch Open #10.5 Businessman’s Ariat World Series of Team Roping qualifier win. The Arkansas and Texas men were 35.77 on four May 27.

SURFIN’ USA • Brye Crites and Ross Ashford won Rodeo Corpus Christi May 9, with an 8.6 on two head. They pocketed $14,076 a man and took home the coveted Rodeo Corpus Christi surfboards.

MULEY MADNESS • Coleman Proctor and Travis Graves conquered the muleys to win the Guymon Pioneer Days May 3. Proctor and Graves roped three head in 21.1 seconds to pocket $5,731 apiece for the win.

MAY MOMENTUM • Coleman Proctor and Travis Graves kept their May on the ProRodeo road hot, taking home the Redding Rodeo title on the West Coast May 16. With a 9.7 on two head, Proctor and Graves picked up their second big win in May, this time for $7,784 a man

METALLIC MILESTONE • AR Metallic Man crossed the $100,000 career-earnings mark with a $31,195 payday at the Gold Buckle Futurities Spring Showdown in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Two-time PRCA World Champion Kollin VonAhn and the 2020 Metallic Cat son turned in a 914.83 on four head to win the 6-&-Under Heeling and push the gelding’s career total to $116,024.

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CLINT SUMMERS AND JADE CORKILL WIN 2026 AMERICAN RODEO FOR $100K A MAN • Clint Summers and Jade Corkill banked $100,000 a man at Globe Life Field—aboard a 22-year-old head horse that nearly didn’t make it.

WHAT KRYPTONIITE’S GOLD BUCKLE FUTURITY WIN SAYS ABOUT FUN N FANCY FREE • Kryptoniite’s $58,000 Gold Buckle Futurity haul is proof that Fun N Fancy Free is building one of rope horse breeding’s most powerful producing records.

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(At Home With) • Treston Brazile is a double-bred rodeo royal. Dad is 26-time World Champion Cowboy King Trevor Brazile, and Mom is NFR barrel racer Shada. Treston, who’s 18, is big brother to sisters Style, 16, and Swayzi, 10. He’s been busy making his own mark on the roping and rodeo world.

BAD (TEAM ROPING) BREAKUPS

RIDING THE CORNER IS AN INSIDE-OUTSIDE JOB

SOME HEROES ARE COWGIRLS • She started out fixing F-18 fighter jets. Now, Liz Loring uses her rope horse to protect and serve.

BIG BREAK: Brad Culpepper’s George Strait Win That Almost Didn’t Happen

NATIONAL ROPE HORSE REWARDS PROGRAM GOOD TODAY. BUILT FOR TOMORROW

FOR REAL • What Makes a “Real” Heel Horse

Game Plan: with Douglas Rich • Don’t Skip Steps, No Matter the Setup

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REMEMBERING CHAD MASTERS’ UNFORGETTABLE BAY BULLET CODY • This Game Changer Caught a Lot of Cowboys’ Eyes

In Their Blood • From world champions to working dads, the men behind today’s rising ropers are shaping more than talent; they’re raising kids who can handle everything that comes with it.

Playing Cowboy • Sterlin English won the Riata #12.5 with Trey Southern on Shiny Lil Peso in September. The same week, he was on set filming Taylor Sheridan’s Dutton Ranch. The same horse went with him.

All-Girl HEYDAY • Before women could rope for a living, “All-Girls” paid big-time dollars.

BE AGGRESSIVE, EVEN ON THE PUPS