Author: Chelsea Shaffer
Chelsea Shaffer is Equine Network’s Western Sports Group editorial director and publisher, leading creative direction of The Team Roping Journal, The Breakaway Roping Journal, BarrelRacing.com and CalfRoping.com. A long-time advocate of women’s roping, Shaffer won the 2017 WPRA Media Award for the promotion of the sport. Shaffer hosts The Score podcast, and she's the content director of Roping.com. A 2010 graduate of Ohio University’s Honor’s Tutorial College, she prioritizes solid news reporting and storytelling in her writing.
Rhen Richard and Sammis Big Gal Old West Futurity
Show Me The Money
2026 Old West Futurity by the Numbers: Hickory Holly Time, Rhen Richard Cash In; the Million Goes Unclaimed
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Odds Are...
The Math on the Million: Where Old West Sale Graduates Stand Going Into Heading Pre-Futurity Short Round
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Roping Riches
Relentless Empire Tops Old West Sale at $900K to Bryan Beaver
Hickory Holly Time
Hickory Holly Time Is Top Sire of the Old West Futurity (So Far)
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Big Gal
Rhen Richard & His 'Little Secret Weapon' Sammis Big Gal Sit High Call in the Old West 6-&-Under Heading
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Small Wonder
Jeremy Buhler, Dt Hickorys Evita High Call to Defend the Old West 6-&-Under Heeling on Another Hickory Holly Time Mare
Andy Holcomb Shes A Bossy Rebel
Boss Babe
Shes A Bossy Rebel Carries Andy Holcomb to Old West 4-&-Under Heading High Call
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She BAD
Royally Bred DF N Fena Makes Old West 4-&-Under Heeling High Call Look Easy for Billie Jack Saebens
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Cream of the Crop
The Top 15 Futurity Rope Horses Have Already Earned $846,826 in 2026
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Cattle Sitch
Steer Report: Old West Builds All-Native Herd for Heber City With Border Still Closed