Team Roping
The No. 1 duo in team roping ends August on a high note
Despite a few recent bumps, this team roping pair continues to rely on faith and family to keep them on the road to the National Finals Rodeo.
When he is not in the arena roping, the 84-year-old cowboy can be found watching The Cowboy Channel.
Tyler Wade and Trey Yates were four tenths faster in Round 2 than Round 1 at the Greeley Stampede and now it is a waiting game to see if they come back to the Short Go.
Aaron Tsinigine and Kyle Lockett take home their second pair of Silver Spurs after a big win at the Reno Rodeo.
Jr. Dees/Levi Lord tied with NFR Average winners Andrew Ward/Buddy Hawkins in the four-head Average of the Clovis Rodeo.
NFR Team Roper Jr. Dees wasn’t always on the best path but Matt Zancanella helped him out and now, he is hitting the rodeo road hard again.
Lightning Aguilera and Jonathan Torres had never roped together prior to showing up in San Antonio, they won the rodeo anyway.
Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira stopped the clock at 4.2 seconds to win the team roping at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. With the win, both of the reigning World Champions moved to No. 1 in the PRCA World Standings.
This year, in the Team Roping, Rylie Smith and her partner Hope Thompson switched roles. Typically, Thompson heels and Smith heads, but it was reversed at the World Championship.
Barrel racer Maggie Poloncic joined Western Sports Roundup on Wednesday night to discuss a big week for women’s rodeo.
The Smarty Run of the Day on Nov. 10 went to Canadian cowgirls Taylor Schmidt and Jenna Dallyn.
The WCRA’s Women’s Rodeo World Championship kicked off Sunday, Nov. 8 and is in full swing until Sunday, Nov. 15 with the best breakaway ropers, barrel racers and team ropers in the world taking center stage.
The Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo was held over the weekend in Utah and some of rodeo’s biggest names were big winners.
Team roping, the only true team event in ProRodeo, requires close cooperation and timing between two highly skilled ropers - a header and a heeler - and their horses.