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.

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The Team Roping Journal

Sneak Attack • Kaleb Driggers and Wesley Thorp came from fifth high call to bank $45,000 for the Clay Logan Open Winter Roping win in Stephenville, Texas, Driggers and Thorp roped five steers in 31.93 seconds,

THE RECORD BREAKER • The Ariat World Series of Team Roping Title Fights #8.5 saw the largest team-count in Ariat WSTR qualifier history with 735 teams, and Jana Smith and Mark McAlister took the win. The New Mexico team pocketed $64,400 for a 38.11 on four head,

Heartland Heroes • Oklahoma's Jason Childers headed four steers for Texas heeler Justin Copp to stop the clock in 31,48 seconds, winning $12,000, Cactus Saddles, Gist Buckles and Cactus Saddlery pads at the #14,5 Heartland Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale qualifier in Hamilton, Texas, Feb, 14, 2025.

CENTENNIAL FIESTA • In its centennial year, Nelson Wyatt and Jonathan Torres claimed the La Fiesta De Los Vaqueros Rodeo team roping title in Tucson, Arizona, Feb, 23, Wyatt and Torres roped two steers 11,1 to both pocket $8,852

SOUTHWEST REPRESENT • Arizona and Nevada teamed up for the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Title Fights Open win with Travis Whitlow and Garrett Jepson taking top honors. Whitlow and Jepson roped four steers in 29.77 seconds to take home $16,840 in Wickenburg, Arizona.

HOW DO YOU GET TO THE $19,700,000 ARIAT WSTR FINALE XIX?

TANNER TOMLINSON & TRAVIS GRAVES WIN FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW & RODEO FOR $25,350 EACH • Tanner Tomlinson and Travis Graves kicked off their 2025 partnership with a major winter rodeo win in Fort Worth.

CINCH NTRL FINALS CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY WITH $1 MILLION PAYOUT • The 20th anniversary of the Cinch NTRL Finals set a new record as the highest-roping east of the Mississippi.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE WITH THE ROYAL CROWN ON ROPING.COM • Relive the action from the Royal Crown in Buckeye on Roping.com, from the team roping to the breakaway roping and tie-down roping.

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(At Home With) • Being ranked among the Top 15 heelers in the world this winter will not distract Dustin Davis from his life, his living or his recent-years rodeo routine. The 35-year-old native of Texarkana, Arkansas, who now lives in Terrell, Texas with his wife, Taryn, and their three kids, son, Teagan, 6; daughter, Tatum, 4; and baby boy, Talon, who was born in August, would rather make great horses for the stars than hit the rodeo trail hard with them.

CAN ONE HEAD HORSE DO IT ALL?

OUR TIME WAS A VERY DIFFERENT DAY FOR TEAM ROPERS

RESISTOL JR. LEADERS WIDEN GAP AHEAD OF FORT WORTH FINALS • Trayce Clayton and Brit Smith widen their leads in the Resistol Jr. heading and heeling standings going into April’s USTRC National Finals of Team Roping in Fort Worth.

LEXI ANDREWS AND JIMMI JO MONTERA HOLD TIGHT TO CINCH LADIES LEAD IN FINAL RACE • Lexi Andrews and Jimmi Jo Montera remain untouched in their top spots ahead of the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping.

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Inner Strength • Douglas Rich, 29, is one of ProRodeo’s most easy-going heelers. He’s nearing $500,000 in earnings, and he and Jake Smith were sitting pretty inside the top 15 again in winter 2025. How does he maintain his cool?

World’s Greatest Horseman Clayton Edsall Series Dropping on Roping.com • The $1.7 million cow...