Jake Barnes' short list on best head horse, best header and best runs and records.

One-on-one interview, heading tips, remembrance of the late head horse Walt and more with 11-time NFR qualifier Travis Tryan.

Trevor Brazile explains how to fix a right-leaded head horse.

The makers of Soft-Ride Boots are releasing their latest creation: SoftRiders, a polymer shoe that could be the ticket to added years of soundness on aging, navicular and laminitic horses, also opening the door to added longevity and traction in young performance horses.

Luke Brown tips on going back to the basics to fix his swing and his riding.

In-depth insights from event secretaries and the technology that makes a team roping event run smoothly

Even the best ropers—and horse trainers—in the world have some serious backup in the top hands who put the outside rides on their young horses. From ranch cowboys to cow horse trainers to cutters, there are trainers behind the trainers who make top futurity horses, world champions and just true winners. Their styles are as different as the men themselves, but their results are gold buckles, gold globes and all-around great horses.

Gary Gist of Gist Silversmiths has been the sole provider of championship buckles to the USTRC and Ariat World Series of Team Roping since the beginning, but he’s also an NFR Champion Heeler and someone who’s lived the sport’s history for the past 70 years.

This month’s favorite bit Dakota Kirchenschlager's Jim Collins bit.

Begay Says Goodbye to His Game Changer

Take a peek at the Dear Roper letter inside the September 2020 issue of The Team Roping Journal.

Cody grew up in Los Olivos, California, in the scenic Santa Ynez Valley, the son of renowned equine veterinarian and champion aerobatic pilot Van Snow, who died in a 2010 plane crash at 58—when Cody was 13. Van and Loree’s daughter, Shelbie, recently graduated from vet school. She and Cody have four half siblings—April, Amy, Hayley and Tye—from Van’s first marriage.