Rope Horses
The Horses of Team Roping: From the sport’s greatest equine athletes to what to look for when buying your next rope horse.
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Rope Horses
SJR Diamond Bond and Rhen Richard Win Second Consecutive Royal Crown 4-&-Under of 2022
Followng up his Buckeye win, Rhen Richard continues to dominate the Royal Crown 4 & Under Heading with victory in Waco.
Rope Horses
Steve Orth and Titos Special Nite Slide Into Zesterra Open Heeling Win in Waco’s Royal Crown
Steve Orth rode Titos Special Nite to the win during the Zesterra Open Heeling 6 & Under on the first day of the Royal Crown Event in Waco, Texas, to pocket over $10,000 in earnings.
Rope Horse Care
There Will Never Be Another Scooter
Charles Pogue's iconic Scooter was a four-legged wonder.
Rope Horses
The Pitzer Legacy: Jim Brinkman and the Family Tradition That Helped Shape the Horse Market
Jim Brinkman and his wife, Tana, are living the Pitzer Ranch legacy started by Jim’s grandfather Howard Pitzer in the Sandhills of north central Nebraska in Ericson. They work alongside their grown children—son Sam and his wife, Kendra; and daughter Sarah and her husband, Lane Larreau—and run horses and cattle per family tradition. Plenty of team roping time is built into the Pitzer Ranch work schedule.
Rope Horses
Petska’s Chumley’s Road to Gold
Cory Petska's tie-downless wonder Chumley was just what he needed to get to gold.
Horsemanship
Futurity Heavyweight Andy Holcomb
Meet Andy Holcomb, the West Coast trainer zeroing in on aged ropings.
Rope Horses
Why Running-Bred Head Horses WORK
Rope Horses
Where Did That $200K Head Horse Come From?
Brooke Wilson sold the 2013 gelding Sportin Roscoe to Colorado header Shayne O'Hotto at the Horse Sale at Rancho Rio for $200,000. Here's how that chestnut gelding came to bring near-record money.
Rope Horses
Richard and Hankies Version Add ARHFA Sun Circuit Heading Title to Resume
Rhen Richard continues his rope horse futurity hot streak with a win at the Arizona Sun Circuit on the 5-year-old gelding Hankies Version.
Rope Horses
Eaves’ World Champion Mare Docs Gunslinger Chic Sells to Highpoint Performance Horses
Highpoint Performance Horses' purchase of Docs Gunslinger Chic marks one of the first big rope-horse mare transactions of the new era of rope horse breeding incentives.