Real Talk: Partners

The Short Score: Struggles with Jake and Clay
How Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper navigated partner struggles.
Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper pose with their buckles.
Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper

Jake Barnes and Clay O’Brien Cooper are undoubtedly team roping legends, but they weren’t immune to partner struggles.

On this bonus Roping.com tips episode of The Short Score, Jake and Clay talk about the struggles they ran into in their partnership over the last four decades.

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