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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.
Hunter Koch pats Rockk Star, a sorrel gelding, on the neck in the arena at the Old West World Championships in Amarillo, Texas.
Spirit Animal
Rockk Star Leads Old West Futurity Heeling for Hunter Koch & X Performance Horses
October 13, 2026
⎯  Chelsea Shaffer
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One Time Honor Puts Four in the Old West Futurity Heading Finals
October 12, 2026
⎯  Chelsea Shaffer
Miles Baker swings his rope on Fendiii as a steer runs ahead in the arena at the Old West World Championships in Amarillo, Texas.
4-Year-Old Fendiii Leads Old West 6-&-Under Heading Over Older Horses
October 12, 2026
⎯  Chelsea Shaffer
Bolejack Holcomb Old West
Bring It On
Holcomb Carries $3,394 Trailer Race Lead Into Old West World Championships
October 10, 2026
⎯  Chelsea Shaffer
Joe Stricklin, DVM, standing with a sorrel horse
is there a doctor in the house
The Vets Who Rope: Balancing Veterinary Medicine and Team Roping
October 9, 2026
⎯  Chelsea Shaffer
Bigg Smoke Billie Jack Saebens
Bigg Time
Benson-Started, Saebens-Trained Bigg Smoke Brings Real Run to Old West Sale with $1 Million on Table in 2027
October 7, 2026
⎯  Chelsea Shaffer
Miles Baker heading on Relentless PYC at the Old West in Heber City
what a ride
The Class of 2026: 10 Rope Horses Graduating From the Futurity Ranks
October 5, 2026
⎯  Chelsea Shaffer
Dakota Kirchenschlager Gun Shyy
Back on Top
Dakota Kirchenschlager, Gun Shyy Win Solo Select Futurity Heeling for $50K with Event-High Score
October 3, 2026
⎯  Chelsea Shaffer
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That's Two
Billie Jack Saebens Wins Solo Select Heading Again, Banks $188,205 Over Two Days
October 2, 2026
⎯  Chelsea Shaffer
Miles and Daci Baker with Relentless PYC after their 2024 Old West win
dear roper
The Outgoing Class: An Inside Look at the October 2026 Issue
October 1, 2026
⎯  Chelsea Shaffer
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