Cody Snow and Wesley Thorp won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up after roping four head in 29.1 seconds, worth $3,870 each. Snow and Thorp started the weekend off placing fourth in the first round with a 6.9-second run, worth $1,178 a man. In the second round the duo tied for third ...read more
When battling insects that irritate your horse, it helps to know your foes—many of which have wings. Here's a list of common equine pests compiled from Cooperative Extension reports around the United States.Northeast: In this part of the country, non-biting face flies and ...read more
Spencer Mitchell and Clay O’Brien Cooper won the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo after roping two head in 13.9 seconds, worth $2,492 each. They tied Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira for sixth in the first round with a 6.9 second run, worth $470 each. Mitchell and Cooper ...read more
Derrick Begay was on my mind yesterday, and it’s no wonder. I didn’t know it before we talked, but he had just run his last steer—for now, anyway—with Clay O’Brien Cooper the night before.Begay and Cooper closed this chapter of their partnership April 11 at the Clark County Fair ...read more
Andrew and Regan Ward tied with Logan Olson and Matt Kastner for the finals win at the RNCFR win in Kissimmee, Florida, but Olson and Kastner held on for the RNCFR title with $20,090 a man won in total. The Wards and Olson and Kastner each roped their final round steer in 5.4 ...read more
Kaitlin Gustave: You’re currently fifth in the standings. How is that compared to this time last year?Wesley Thorp: It’s pretty similar to last year around this time if I’m not mistaken. I think we were somewhere inside the top 10. We’ve been to less rodeos at this year compared ...read more
Team roper Jeff Busby, 55, of Brock, Texas, spent his early years chopping weeds in cotton fields for $1 an hour. As an engineer in his garage some years later, he began what would become Av-DEC, a company that specializes in anti-corrosion aviation technologies and caters to the ...read more
Q: What does it mean to you to end the year in the #1 spot?A: It means quite a bit, even though it wasn’t anything like battling out to the last round. I had a big enough lead that I kind of had it sewn up before I even got there. The gap was big, but it’s still awesome. I ended ...read more
JoJo LeMond announced his CINCH Timed Event Championship retirement but couldn't stay away for long. LeMond will be backing into both boxes come March for his eighth trip to compete at the Lazy E with a whole new game plan after sitting in the stands last year. Kaitlin Gustave: ...read more
DT AIR JORDANWhen rope horse guru Dean Tuftin bought DT Air Jordan’s sire, the great Shiners Lena Chex, from Carol Rose Quarter Horses in 2009, he knew what he was getting. A son of the $10-million sire Shining Spark, Shiners Lena Chex has 51 points in heading and heeling and has ...read more
The start of each new roping and rodeo season is the perfect time to step back and reflect on the last year, so that you can set new goals for the new year. This process includes evaluating your strengths and weaknesses, and also analyzing your horsepower, partner(s) and team(s). ...read more
Trevor Brazile has finished atop the 25-head mountain at the Cinch Timed Event Championships seven times in his legendary career. Brazile, who has 23 PRCA world titles to his name, came in third behind Jess Tierney (first) and Clay Smith (second) just last year. As Brazile ...read more
