WHO’S IT GONNA BE? Legends Allen Bach, Jake Barnes,
Clay O’Brien Cooper and Speed Williams weigh in on the factors that will affect who will leave Las Vegas with a gold buckle. by Kendra Santos, BEHIND THE HORSEPOWER
There’s more to this year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo head and heel horses than meets the eye. Here’s a breakdown of information gained by a deep analysis of their pedigrees, taken five generations back.
by Chelsea Shaffer, with Kaitlin Gustave, COMING IN HOT All year, hundreds of kids battled it out at USTRC and World Series of Team Roping qualifiers to make
their way to Las Vegas’ Junior NFR. Here are the four who dominated the regular season in each division.
by Julie Mankin...

THE ART OF THE STOP What makes a great stop has changed over the course of a few decades and, today, the sport’s greats all have their favorites when it comes to big stoppers. What’s the perfect stop? And how to do
you find it?

Ty Yost prepares to fill Denny Gentry’s shoes at the WSTR, USTRC NFTR and WSTR Finale entry updates and more

INDUSTRY NEWS - Results from the WCRA Semifinals, Steve Stallworth enters Nevada Sports HOF and more

THE PREGAME ROUTINE Aaron Tsinigine, Patrick Smith, Garrett Tonozzi and Wesley Thorp break down their pre-competition preparedness and the strategies each employs to get in the zone. by Dr. Kathy Korell-Rach

DUEL IN THE DESERT Bryan Beaver and Kraig VonAhn topped the National Team Roping Tour’s National Finals V #12.5 Championship on March 5 at Rancho Rio in Wickenburg, Arizona, roping four steers in 34.19 seconds. The win was worth $9,800 and trophy Gist buckles. CBarC/Andersen Photography

EVERYBODY WINS: Jordan Weaver combined his love of team roping
and his passion for helping people to create the Oregon- based 1017 Project, which addresses the age-old issues of worn-out roping
steers and how to feed the hungry. by Kendra Santos, REDEMPTION RANCH: The men who arrive at the Gilbert, Arizona, John Volken Academy Ranch are on their last chance. The men who leave the
ranch are tan, fit, cleareyed, sober and roping. by Julie Mankin...

KEEP ROPING : Shoulder injuries can sideline team
ropers in a flash. The shoulder is the least stable joint in the human body, but there are a variety of exercises and techniques to add strength and longevity to this critical element of the ropers’ arsenal. by Julie Mankin, TRUST THE PROCESS: “Trust the process” is a popular phrase used to encourage mental
strength and patience, but what does it really mean in team roping? It’s about finding balance between the
emotional and intellectual parts of one’s mind, and implementing strategies for long-term success. by Kathy Korell-Rach, PhD...

BORN TO SUCCEED: ProRodeo bareback rider Braxten Nielsen was paralyzed from his waist down on Aug. 31, 2017. In the yearand-
a-half since, the 26-year-old has re-learned how to walk, re-learned how to ride, and become a WSTR Finale-competing team roper.
by G.R. Schiavino, LIL'WOLF: Little Michael Calmelat is just 10
years old, but he’s already a 6 heeler. He just won the Junior NFR Open against 17-year-old competitors, and he’s turning heads of sponsors, association heads and college coaches. by Julie Mankin, BEHIND LUKE BROWN AND PAUL EAVES Luke Brown and Paul Eaves aren’t
just new partners for this year with storied careers. Their history goes back—way back—to their days with rodeo’s great mentor, Allen Bach. by Kendra Santos...

UNCHARTED TERRITORY: The Ariat World Series of Team
Roping Finale XIII has again gone where no roping has gone before, paying out a record-smashing $13 million at the South Point Hotel & Casino to team ropers of every level. by Kaitlin Gustave. FULL CIRCLE: When Karen Herring learned of the
roping clinic Charly Crawford puts on just for veterans each year, she discovered she had something to offer. Now, Army and Iraq War veteran Jon Kelly has two of her roping horses to
carry him into more roping arenas and through more of life.
by Chelsea Shaffer...

PURPOSE DRIVEN: The Reeves family of Arizona runs the Reeves Foundation, an organization serving individuals with intellectual and physival disabilities. In doing so, they’ve also opened their home and their arena as part of their program, creating new opportunities for everyone involved. by Chelsea Shaffer, THE RIGHT STUFF: Attitude and emotion regarding our wins and losses can have a great impact on our future successes ... and failures. Learn to identify your reactions and how to put them to use in the arena. by Kathy Korell-Rach...

RIDEPASS: The USTRC and the World Series of Team Roping partner with RidePass for streaming world-class coverage of the Cinch
National Finals of Team Roping and Ariat World Series of Team Roping
Finale XIII, RELENTLESS: Trevor Brazile has outworked all others to
become the winningest cowboy in history. He’s taken that work ethic to his Relentless line of boots and apparel with Ariat...

HORSES WITH A HISTORY: If you’re looking for a more successful, proven, long-term team roping horse program than the one put
together by NFR ropers David Gill, Joe Murray, and Jim Wheatley—good luck with that. by Kendra Santos, HAVING IT ALL
Balancing a family, a team roping hobby, and a fulltime
career can sometimes seem unmanageable. But these ropers make walking the tightrope look easy. How do they do it? by Chelsea Shaffer...

INDUSTRY NEWS: BFI Week wrap-up, ARHFA Cornhusker Classic, and more, WORLD SERIES OF TEAM ROPING Note from Denny Gentry, INNER STRENGTH: with Brandon Beers...

THE SCIENCE OF SCORE: Chad Masters has made
top horses a staple of his career. Ask him what
makes a great head horse, and he’ll start with how they score. But when Masters gets a little further into what makes a good-scoring
mount, his answer might surprise you...
by Chad Masters,
with Chelsea Shaffer...

THE ROPE MAKERS: On April 20, 2018, Classic Ropes’ 20-year proprietary patent on the four-strand, cored rope ended, amongst a flurry of anticipation regarding the future of the rope market. But, in talking with the rope makers, it seems that their roots, grounded firmly in the cowboy community, are what has determined the market in the past, and will continue to determine in the future. by G.R. Schiavino...

A CHILL IN THE AIR: Justin Cunningham was a pharmacist,
header, son, brother, boyfriend, and friend, and he was lost all too soon at the World Series of Team Roping’s Loveland, Colorado, qualifier on Feb. 11 as a result of carbon
monoxide poisoning in his horse trailer. His friends and family are now on a mission to make sure this never happens again...

WHEN THE GLOVE COMES OFF: The chance of a lost thumb is a hard reality of the sport of team roping. Weighing
the options ahead of time might just pay off for ropers who find themselves in this painful and unfortunate situation. Doctors and team ropers discuss what factors into whether a roper should opt to try to keep the thumb or say goodbye to his or her precious digit...

THE COWBOY OPERATION
Team roper, orthopedic traumatologist,
and Justin Sports Medicine
Team doc Jason Stoneback brings
joy and rodeo to the young patients
at Children’s Hospital Colorado
with his wife, Gin, DALLY VS. TIE-ON
2018 brings the WSTR and USTRC
together on rules surrounding
tying-on, begging the question of
which is better. Elite lady ropers
Jackie Crawford and Kelsie Chace
weigh in on the pros and cons in
the arena, along with thoughts from
veterinarian and roper Joe Stricklin
about the impacts on your horse...

&+80/(<·6 52$' 72 *2/'
Meet Chumley, the 13-year-old
sorrel heel horse that carried Cory
Petska to his first gold buckle in December.
Not named after TV’s Pawn
Star character, this Chumley started
his journey as Boomchuckaluckaboom
in Spokane, Washington.
by Kendra Santos, 5(0$5.$%/( 5(&29(5<
Doug Parker’s great horse, John,
mounted an astonishing comeback
from botulism, an often fatal
diagnosis. The horse returned to
compete at the 2017 World Series
of Team Roping Finale, thanks to
the vets at UC Davis and a lot of
luck. by Julie Mankin...

MY OTHER GIG: Noel Phillips, INNER STRENGTH: with Buddy Hawkins II, BUCKLE UP: Trey Johnson’s Resistol Rookie
of the Year Buckle...

MASTERING THE MENTAL GAME: The mental game—everything
from pre-run anxiety to financial stress—can play a real role in determining a roper’s success in the arena. A clinical psychologist breaks down the sticking points and offers brain training tips to get your mental game in gear.
by Dr. Kathy Korell-Rach,

AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT
If the little palomino people have
been seeing around Stephenville,
Texas, here lately looks familiar,
there’s a simple explanation for
that. Fiesty Golden Hiney, who’s
answered to Jag for several years
now, is still just 12 years old. But
his is a classic circle-of-life story in
the making—with a team roping
twist. by Kendra Santos...

GREATEST MOMENTS
In preparation for this month’s
28th United States Team Roping
Championship’s Cinch National
Finals of Team Roping, take a look
back at some of the best moments
from the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie,
Okla., to the Jim Norick Arena in
Oklahoma City.
by Chelsea Shaffer...

CLOSING THE LOOP
Colorado header Bob Dineen has
turned his passion for the Western
way of life into a lifelong career in
the bison industry with his company,
Rocky Mountain Natural Meats. In
his free time, he and his wife Laurie
rope together at home and at jackpots
from Montana to Arizona, and
they’ve raised two children with a
passion for swinging a rope.
by G.R. Schiavano...

Luke Brown and Jake
Long Master the
BFI Mountain, Back to Back, Silver Standard, Turning Points, BUCKLE UP: Dustin Equsquiza
clinches Resistol Rookie of the
Year title...

Poised & Ready - It’s Game On for Erich Rogers.

THE X FACTOR: WHAT MAKES GREAT HORSES GREAT.

Broc Cresta: The Legend Lives On.

PLUS: Battling Guymon’s Cowboy Conditions | How-To: Chris Glover’s Steer-Roping Tips | 5 Years Later: Broc Cresta’s Legacy | AQHA’s New Jerk-Down Rule.

HIGH GEAR - Proctor and Saebens Win Red Bluff.

NATIONAL CHAMPS - Stipes and Hawkins Dominate RNCFR.

Jake Barnes’ Barrier Tips.

5 Steps to a Better Corner.

CLAY O’BRIEN COOPER: HOW TO WATCH AND LEARN.

PLUS: California Jackpot Round Up.

STRAIT TALK - Tsinigine and Cooper Split $203K at the George Strait.

JAKE BARNES: ROPING’S NEXT FRONTIER.

JACKPOT DOMINANCE - Clay Smith’s Secrets.

Tierney’s Timed Event Triumph.

PLUS! Small and Lord Win Houston.

Minors Get A Major - Brothers Riley And Brady Win The American.

Get The Most From Your Horse - Clay O'Brien Cooper's Tips.

Derrick Begay Finds His Sweet Spot and more...

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The Team Roping Journal Magazine - December 2018

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