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Cade Rice delivers a heel loop on Jungle Cat at the ARHFA Futurity in the team roping.

Industry

Jungle Cat is King after “Bad Luck” Streak Broken in Arizona

Jungle Cat and Cade Rice hang tough to earn his first “big” Open Heeling title at the ARHFA Sun Circuit Futurity, winning $13,300.

Cody Snow Play Sleeping

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association

Full Circle: Snow’s ‘Play Sleeping’ is First ARHFA Grad to Make Rodeo’s Big Show

Cody Snow rode Bert and Megan McGill's Play Sleeping in Round 1 of the 2022 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to bring the rope horse futurity game full circle.

ARHFA

"The Score" Podcast

ARHFA World Champions: Rhen Richard and Cade Rice Plus Colby Lovell

Chelsea Shaffer talks with Open Heading World Champion Rhen Richard, Open Heeling World Champion Cade Rice, plus Colby Lovell, Rice’s helper at futurities all year and his toughest competitor at the World Championships.

Team Roping News

Full Results: 2022 ARHFA World Championships

Full results from the 2022 ARHFA World Championships in Fort Worth, Texas.

Chics Magic Corona and Rhen Richard

Rope Horses

Fitting Finish: Chics Magic Corona and Rhen Richard Cap Off Historic Year with ARHFA Heading World Title

Chics Magic Corona and Rhen Richard won $25,000 for the heading aggregate score of 948.34 at the 2022 ARHFA World Championships.

Cade Rice and Sevens Star Glo

Rope Horses

Nothing Like It: Cade Rice and Sevens Star Glo Capture ARHFA Heeling World Title with Help from Their Toughest Competitor

"This is my gold buckle" — Cade Rice wins the American Rope Horse Futurity Association's Heeling World Championship.

ARHFA Short Round Pedigrees Sevens Star Glo

Rope Horses

The Bloodlines of the Top 25 Heel Horses in the 2022 ARHFA World Championships Short Round

ARHFA World Championships Heeling Short Round Bloodlines, broken down for the 2022 American Rope Horse Futurity finals in Fort Worth, Texas.

Rope Horses

Coming in Hot: The American Rope Horse Futurity’s Top-Earners for 2022 & All-Time

Here’s who leads the American Rope Horse Futurity Association’s top-earners lists for 2022 and all-time coming into the Oct. 20–22 ARHFA World Championship in Fort Worth. 

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Rope Horses

No Wolves Allowed: Intermediate, Limited and Numbered Futurities are Next Gen of Team Roping

Roping futurities are paying BIG money to recreational ropers of all levels, but too many lower-numbered ropers who stand to win BIG aren’t in the loop yet. Here’s what’s at stake and how these futurity divisions work. 

Colby Lovell NRR Playboy Cole

Rope Horses

Colby Lovell Snags Oil Can Classic ARHFA Heading Win on Joe B’s NRR Playboy Cole

Colby Lovell, who won the Red Bud Classic heeling earlier this summer on Jammin On The Lake, won the Oil Can Classic on NRR Playboy Cole July 9, 2022.

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