It was more than just a win in the Succeed #16.5 Shootout for father/son team Jade and Colby Corkill at the 2026 Cinch USTRC National Finals in Fort Worth—it was an answer to a prayer, roping four steers in 28.0 seconds for $21,400.
For Jade, the day as a whole meant way more than an amount of money could ever portray.
“I’ve won a lot of stuff,” the three-time World Champion heeler and Victoria, Texas man said. “None of it even compares to this. To me, I won the world championship today—heading for my kid.”
The opportunity itself was fleeting. As Colby’s continues to distinguish himself as one of the top young guns going, the window to rope together at this level is closing.
“I just wanted the chance to rope with him before that opportunity passed,” Jade said. “This is the best win of my life.”
While Jade soaked in the moment, Colby approached it like a professional.
“At the end of the day, winning is what you’re supposed to do,” the 15-year-old said. “That’s your job—catch two feet.”
That mindset showed across their first three runs—6.48, 7.47, and 6.49—good enough to come back second high call.
“I felt like we just made normal runs,” Stephenville, Texas’ Colby said. “Just stayed smooth and took what they gave us.”
Jade leaned into that gameplan, trusting his son to do the heavy lifting.
“I just tried to get out and do my job and let him do the winning,” 38-year-old Jade said.
But that last steer they roped—where the flag dropped in 7.56 seconds—didn’t make it easy. Although Jade put it around the neck and tried to give Colby the layup, that isn’t how it played out—but it didn’t matter.
“I saw my shot, so I took it,” Colby said. “I’m not going to throw if I don’t think I’m going to catch.”
“He didn’t just get him—he got all of him,” Jade said. “That’s a grown man shot right there.”
Horsepower played its role, too.
Jade rode a borrowed head horse from his current ProRodeo partner Clint Summers that “let me do whatever I needed to do,” while Colby was aboard his longtime partner, Mia.
“I feel like she gets better as I get better,” Colby said.
For Jade—who also won the YETI Open Shootout at this year’s Cinch USTRC NFTR—the clean runs and the money mattered little compared to the weight the day carried in his world.
That perspective—and that prayer—had been building all week. After an emotional week at home, the No. 26 man heeler in the world was itching for a platform to give his testimony on—and he got it.
“I’ve been praying for a microphone,” he said. “Just to tell people what I felt. And to get to do it with him today – it’s just proof.”
