Colby Lovell and Jade Corkill won the team roping at Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo in Arlington, Texas, earning $27,778 apiece and helping the Jokers secure the overall team title.
Fellow veterans Chad Masters and Cory Petska also took home $28,000 as members of Team Jokers, the squad coached by legends Joe Beaver and Sid Steiner.
The part-time partners Lovell and Corkill—who rope together whenever their schedules align—proved once again that they don’t need a full-time rodeo grind to compete with the best. Lovell, the 2020 World Champion Header, and Corkill, the 2012–2014 World Champion Heeler, handled the pressure of the made-for-TV event with veteran poise.
“I liked the team concept,” Lovell said. “Everybody feeds off each other. When you see bulldoggers going hard, headers and heelers can’t help but go all in too.”
The unique format paired timed-event hands with roughstock riders and barrel racers in a franchise-style battle, injecting fresh intensity into the arena and giving both cowboys a dose of the adrenaline that keeps them coming back.
“This is the kind of setup that feeds the dog,” Lovell said. “You don’t get this at amateur rodeos. This kind of energy stays with you forever.”
Lovell rode a gelding he’d previously sold and recently got back—a solid horse that’s easy and calm in the box, matching well with the light system format.
“He’s not the strongest, but he’s great in the box,” Lovell said. “And that was the difference. I got a great start both times.”
Corkill rode his gelding Bodak Yellow, the horse he’s spent these last two years of his rodeo hiatus jackpotting on. The three-time world champ’s second loop caught a leg, but it didn’t derail the win. Perhaps nobody in the sport hates roping a leg more than Corkill, and he didn’t know how it happened until he reviewed the footage.
“I knew I was going to catch,” Corkill said. “But his tail swung out and knocked my top strand, drove my tip straight into the dirt. I’m not an excuse guy, but that’s what happened.”
Still, the win stood.
“There’s nothing better than winning $28,000 with a leg,” Corkill said. “It’s hard to stay mad after that.”
Corkill said Lovell is always the first guy he thinks of when he needs a partner—especially for events like this.
“We’ve always roped good together,” Corkill said. “We’re not rodeoing full-time, but this is what we love. Life changes, families come first, but deep down this is still who we are.”
With Lovell’s daughter Jewel watching from the stands and the crowd feeding off every moment, the duo once again showed why they’re still dangerous—whether they’re out once a week or once a month.
“This kind of deal makes you want to be out there again,” Lovell said. “Once you’ve had this feeling, it never leaves.”
For Corkill, the win will help fuel his 2025 return to ProRodeo. He’s 42nd in the world with $16,601.22 after starting at San Angelo late this spring then heading on the California run with Aaron Tsinigine. While the Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo money doesn’t count toward the PRCA world standings, it will help cover some expenses to get up and down the road when Corkill starts his partnership with Clint Summers for the year.
How Did the Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo Work?
Good question.
Each rodeo event followed a bracket-style format, with teams facing off head-to-head in elimination rounds. In team roping, each franchise had two pairs of ropers, and the coach chose which duo to send into Round 1. For the Jokers, that meant Colby Lovell and Jade Corkill started things off, beating the Sledgehammers’ Tanner Tomlinson and Travis Graves. That win advanced them to Round 2, where their teammates—Masters and Petska—took over to rope against Clay Smith and Coleby Payne of Team Convoy.
Lovell and Corkill tagged back in for the Final Round (Round 3), facing Tomlinson and Graves once again—this time as the Wild Card team, after the Sledgehammers fought their way back into the bracket thanks to a win by their other duo, Cody Snow and Hunter Koch. Lovell and Corkill sealed the gold medal for the Jokers with another win over Tomlinson and Graves.
After all six rodeo events wrapped, the two franchises with the most gold medals advanced to the Championship Round: the Jokers and Convoy. Each team picked one final event to represent them for the overall title. Masters and Petska roped again for the Jokers, but despite a leg and a loss in that final matchup, the Jokers had already secured more gold medals across the night than any other team—clinching the overall Rock N Rodeo championship.
