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The Team Roping Journal
At Home With
Whether he’s home in his native Brazil or here in America, Lincoln Figueiredo ropes all day every day. Heeling is his favorite—he’s an 8.5 on the back side—but he’s packed all kinds of roping into a very full 46 years. Figueiredo lives in Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil, with his wife, Marina, and baby girl, also Marina.
4 min |
September 2019
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Zane Tisdale's Leather & Life
Although header Zane Tisdale has a lot of pride in his leatherwork, it’s a passion that shares space with a full-time job, roping and, most importantly, his growing family. —G.R. Schiavino.
5 min |
September 2019
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Torres Brothers Missing Main Mounts
The Torres Brothers—Joshua and Jonathan—have consistently been Top-30 team ropers in recent years.
5 min |
September 2019
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What Pro Heelers Prefer And How To Get Your Horse To Drag It The Right Way
Here’s a glimpse of what pro heelers prefer and how to get your horse to drag it the right way.
7 min |
September 2019
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How Smoothing Out Your Start And Your Handle Will Speed Up Your Runs
How smoothing out your start and your handle will speed up your runs.
3 min |
September 2019
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Remembering the “Answer Man”
This spring, the rodeo and roping world lost a man who spent his life in its folds, shaping its functions: Hugh “Rooster” Chambliss.
5 min |
September 2019
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Randy Lewis: Horse Vet
For heeler Randy Lewis, DVM, becoming a horse doctor wasn’t a choice he made. Instead, it was just a fact of life since as long as he can remember.
5 min |
September 2019
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Disciplining Yourself Is Key To Regaining Your Horse's Composure In The Box
Disciplining yourself is key to regaining your horse’s composure in the box.
3 min |
September 2019
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Luke Brown On Earning His Spot Among The Best
Luke Brown on earning his spot among the best.
2 min |
September 2019
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The Battle Of The Bubble Boys
The bubble. It’s not the place anyone wants to be right now, but it’s inevitable that there are teams put in that position every season.
3 min |
September 2019
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timing that first available shot
timing is really the ability to see when the steer is catchable.
3 min |
december 2016
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Elite Hardware
Tryan and Corkill Get Elite Rodeo Athletes World Championship Titles
4 min |
January 2017
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Rodeo Horse Power
Luke Brown’s “Rockstar”
5 min |
February 2017
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Five Flat
Cinch timed-event championship equine dream team.
3 min |
March 2017
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In It For The Long Haul
In It For The Long Haul
3 min |
March 2017
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Spring Veterinary Checklist
Whether you’re planning to hit the rodeo road to try to make the Wrangler National Finals, College Finals, High School Finals or Little Britches Finals, your horses have to be your number-one priority. After a winter of less-than-regular riding, our expert vets recommend you take a few critical steps to avoid any problems that might arise down the road.
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March 2017
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Corkill's San Antonio Rose
Jade Corkill won a yearling colt at the 2011 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.
3 min |
April 2017
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Young Guns With Mary Ann Brown
Power of Goal Setting Mary Ann Brown roped at the jackpots with her husband, Kenny, for 20 years when he wasn’t off rodeoing. But in 2017, she decided she was ready for a new challenge. She bought her PRCA permit and filled it with plenty of time left to qualify for her first-ever First Frontier Circuit Finals Rodeo, heading for her six-time First Frontier Circuit champ husband. They placed in a go-round and placed fourth in the average in Harrisburg, Pa.
2 min |
June 2017
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Kristy Barton- Yerrington Carey, Idaho
Kristy Barton-Yerrington, from Carey, Idaho, talks to the World Series of Team Roping after winning the #12 and #9 World Series Qualifiers in Homedale, Idaho.
4 min |
June 2017
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Hockin' Nation
Prairie Circuit partners edge good friends for the title
5 min |
June 2017
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A Look Back At Rodeo's Great Moments
The Ram National Circuit Finals Rodeo celebrated its 30th anniversary in April (see page 50), but it was actually 42 years ago that the wheels were set in motion for this enduring event.
1 min |
June 2017
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Buckle Up With Brit Ellerman
Colorado Springs’ Pikes Peak or Bust is Brit Ellerman’s bread and butter.
1 min |
July 2017
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Retirement Gig
Sherry Cervi’s world champion mount Stingray is Cory Petska’s next ace in the hole.
3 min |
August 2017
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Mysterious Foot Injuries
Finally, the two-time Heel Horse of the Year is healed. A vet weighs in.
3 min |
August 2017
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Luke Brown & Jake Long Master the BFI Mountain
Luke Brown & Jake Long Master the BFI Mountain
10+ min |
August 2017
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Silver Standard
Cody Snow and Wesley Thorp win the Reno Rodeo from seventh callback.
4 min |
August 2017
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Back To The Future
A Look Back at What the PRCA Imagined for its Future.
2 min |
August 2017
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Reed and Pearce Cap Roping Roll With Pendleton Win
Where better to finish up a fun fall that followed a spectacular summer than the Pendleton Round-Up? Ryan Reed and Dalton Pearce couldn’t think of a better place when both were left breathless from the hot lap around the track that surrounds a football field at Oregon’s reigning Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year.
8 min |
November 2016
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Menace to the Competition
Over a year ago, Wesley Thorp of Stephenville, Texas, changed the nickname of a horse he bought. Some say that can be bad luck, but a quick glance at Thorp’s 2016 season shows that calling his little roan gelding “Dennis” has been very, very good luck.
3 min |
November 2016
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What Makes a Heel Loop Work?
In the placement of the loop, the bottom part is the catcher. The loop can come in from different angles around the right side of the steer. But the ability to control the bottom part of your loop— and the angle that the top and bottom are in— determines whether you can control the bottom part of the loop to be the catcher.
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