The Score: The Patrick Smith Story
Two-time World Champion Heeler Patrick Smith shares his life story on "The Score", brought to you by Roper Apparel.
Patrick Smith waves to the crowd at the 2022 NFR in Las Vegas, Nevada.
NFR 2022 | Phil Doyle photo

Over the last two decades, the staff at The Team Roping Journal has written both in passing and in earnest about Patrick Smith’s life story. 

But we don’t take for granted that everyone listening to “The Score”—especially the next generation of ropers—has read every word we’ve ever written or heard every story we’ve ever produced. So this is the first time Smith and “The Score” host Chelsea Shaffer have sat down to go over his unconventional road to two gold buckles, George Strait and BFI wins and millions of dollars in career earnings. His story is so remarkable—as remarkable, perhaps, as the character he possesses that’s got him to this point, brought to you by Roper Apparel

Read the transcript here.

Over the last two decades, the staff at The Team Roping Journal has written both in passing and in earnest about Patrick Smith’s life story. 

But we don’t take for granted that everyone listening to “The Score”—especially the next generation of ropers—has read every word we’ve ever written or heard every story we’ve ever produced. So this is the first time Smith and “The Score” host Chelsea Shaffer have sat down to go over his unconventional road to two gold buckles, George Strait and BFI wins and millions of dollars in career earnings. His story is so remarkable—as remarkable, perhaps, as the character he possesses that’s got him to this point, brought to you by Roper Apparel

Read the transcript here.

Over the last two decades, the staff at The Team Roping Journal has written both in passing and in earnest about Patrick Smith’s life story. 

But we don’t take for granted that everyone listening to “The Score”—especially the next generation of ropers—has read every word we’ve ever written or heard every story we’ve ever produced. So this is the first time Smith and “The Score” host Chelsea Shaffer have sat down to go over his unconventional road to two gold buckles, George Strait and BFI wins and millions of dollars in career earnings. His story is so remarkable—as remarkable, perhaps, as the character he possesses that’s got him to this point, brought to you by Roper Apparel

Read the transcript here.

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