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

STEPHENVILLE STANDOUTS • Denton Parish and Buddy Hawkins were the Open champs at the Ariat World Series of Team Roping qualifier in Stephenville, Texas, June 5-7. Parish and Hawkins roped five head in 36.42 seconds for a $3,220 payday.

LONE STAR WIN • Texas men Forrest Fisher and Daniel Braman won the Parker County Sheriffs Posse Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo June 13. Fisher and Braman pocketed $3,595 a man for their 4.7-second run in Weatherford.

ARIAT WSTR ANNOUNCES NEW LOCATION FOR TEXAS TITLE FIGHTS SEPTEMBER 18-20

MUSIC CITY WIN HIGHLIGHTS JAKE SMITH AND DOUGLAS RICH’S CONSISTENCY

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(At Home With) • Lil Michael Calmelat is a rare roping prodigy who was winning adult rodeos at 7, and was raised to a #10 roper last years at 16. Lil Michael, who’s the son of team roping parents Michael Calmelat and Rachel Mendoza, lives near Tucson, Arizona. He’s 17 now, and will turn 18 in December. By Kendra Santos

EXECUTING AT THE FOURTH-QUARTER FINISH LINE

REMEMBERING SOME GOOD OLD RODEO DAYS

MAKING THINGS BETTER • Montana native who patched up airmen now serves team ropers

BIG BREAK: The Facebook-Bought Gelding That Launched Billie Jack Saebens’ Futurity Career

NATIONAL ROPE HORSE REWARDS • Opportunities Galore: Rylan Rogers and TW Stylish Pepto Are Making the Most of the National Rope Horse Rewards Program

THE NEXT GENERATION OF TEAM ROPING HAS BEEN HARD AT IT, RACKING UP POINTS ON THE RESISTOL JUNIOR USTRC LEADERBOARD • Georgia’s Hayden Hines is in the lead on the head side with 52 points, while Nebraska’s Truett McIntyre leads the heeling with 28 points.

THE 2026-27 USTRC SEASON IS HERE, AND THE CINCH LADIES WASTED NO TIME GETTING TO THE PAY WINDOW • Texas’ Rosie Howell is leading the heading with 34 points, while reigning Cinch Ladies year-end heeling champion Esther Morris finds herself back on top.

FINER POINTS WITH ANDY HOLCOMB Making Smooth, Controlled Runs

Next Level: Do What Works for You with Cooper Freeman

Freeze Frame

Watch the Making of Sammis Big Gal on Roping.com

MEET JUNIOR NOGUEIRA’S NEXT BIG THING • He Calls Her Juliet, and His Hopes for Her Are Sky High

$1.36 MILLION AT OLD WEST • The 2026 Old West Futurity, by the money: the champions, the horses, the sires and the sale.

The Champions

The Division Winners

CANADA’S winningest switchender • Alberta’s Schreiner family bleeds nylon.

Remembering Dick Yates 1937 - 2026 • Family Man, Horseman and Roping Industry Icon

THE SCORE