Steer goes down. Horse pops up. Roper flies off. It’s a scenario every team roper is bound to encounter—and one they’d rather avoid. In this video brought to you by Cactus Ropes, Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker walk through how a wreck can happen when a steer goes down—and how to get out of a jam.
“You can tell people how to react to something like that all day, but if you’ve got an amateur heeler that’s already cuttin’ in and you end up dragging the steer under the horse…well, you just have to be conscious of what’s going on.”
Watch “How to Avoid a Team Roping Wreck When a Steer Falls Down” now:
More about Trevor Brazile:
Trevor Brazile is the winningest cowboy in professional rodeo history, with $7 million in career earnings and 26 gold buckles. The sport’s elite all-around hand, Brazile has won over $800,000 in Cinch Timed Event Championship competition alone. Since leaving the rodeo arena full-time in 2019, Brazile has changed his focus to making the best young horses in the roping industry. He’s already won hundreds of thousands in American Rope Horse Futurity Association competition, and his training style and philosophy are based on fundamentals and consistency.