Team Roping Journal 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

High Call • Las Vegas Abilene Wickenburg

TITLE FIGHTS OF THE HEARTLAND HITS HALF-MILLION IN PAYOUT

KIRCHENSCHLAGER STUNS FIELD ON 4-YEAR-OLD X MY ICH FOR ARHFA HEADING WORLD TITLE

Thorp and Juiced Up Cat Win ARHFA Heeling World Title in Dominant Fashion

TRJ Now Accepting Horses for 2021 Breeder’s Guide

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TRIANGLE REALTY • EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONES FOR BUYERS & SELLERS

(At Home With) • As general manager of the South Point Hotel Casino & Spa in Las Vegas, Ryan Growney proudly serves as South Point owner Michael Gaughan’s right-hand man. The South Point this month plays host to the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale, and as always Growney and Gaughan will be greeting team ropers from far and wide. Growney, who’s 40, lives in Las Vegas with his wife, Sierra, and their little girl, Scarlett, who was born in Vegas during the 2019 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

NFR PREGAME HUDDLE

MENTALLY MANAGING THE NFR

FROM PONYBOY TO HORSEMAN • Hollywood actor C. Thomas Howell was hammering down the rodeo road when the life-changing role of Ponyboy Curtis in 1983’s The Outsiders altered his path. Now, he’s pivoted back to the roping arena.

THE ROPER’S BIT MAN: PAUL PETSKA • Rodeoing and training horses has always been a part of the Petska legacy, but the claim to fame are Paul Petska’s Petska Bits that are ridden by nearly every team roper around the world.

Sarah Toole Takes Early Lead in Cinch Ladies Standings • Sarah Toole, 15, of Rydal, Georgia, earns money on both ends at the 2020 Alabama Championships.

2021 CINCH HIGH MONEY LADIES AWARD UPDATE

Competitive Edge • 5 flat | next level | Trevor Brazile | freeze frame | game plan | vet

Next Level with Kolton Schmidt & Hunter Koch Building a Better Run • In preparing for this year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, Kolton Schmidt and Hunter Koch are taking their run to the next level.

LESSONS HARD LEARNED

Freeze Frame

Game Plan with Brady Minor • The Never-Ending Horse Hunt

2020 HORSES OF THE YEAR ARE EASY KEEPERS

By the Horns • Western Oregon’s Jason Graham discovered team roping after a horrific accident robbed him of his old life. Now, as boss of his own chute crew, he’s grabbing more than cattle by the horns.

Jacksonville in January • If you have a bucket list of ropings, jot this one down.

2020 NFR SET TO PLAY OUT ON TEXAS BALL FIELD

GAME TIME

GAME TIME

FROM THE WORD GO • Only a handful of cowboys have ever taken their own colt or filly all the way.

Final Thoughts