The rope horse breeding industry is sailing into 2025 after a year that saw the sector contribute millions upon millions to the AQHA’s QData database—another new chapter for the world’s richest recreational sport.

With more ropers than ever needing more horses than ever to rope for more money than ever, breeders at all levels are trying to perfect their craft to give contestants in ‘cowboy golf ’ a leg up over the competition.

In the following 164 pages, we profile the best of the best who’ve committed themselves to building better horses, year after year.