Team Roping

Head out to the rodeo: Inaugural team roping event takes place tonight in Paso
[Aug. 24, 2007] Chad Nicholson and Duane Kelley know their way around a rodeo. And they’ve got some ideas about how to make the experience better — for cowboys and fans.

The result of the local men’s innovation will be on display tonight at the Paso Robles Event Center’s Main Grandstand Arena, where the first Professional Team Ropers event will be held.

International registry aims to round up rodeo injuries
[Aug. 23, 2007] In order to improve the health of those who participate in rodeos, physicians and health care personnel who provide care in this setting launched last month a registry to record the most devastating injuries that occur in this sport. Work is also underway to analyze some of the medical-related data that already exist and set up a conference to bring together those who work in this area.

Rodeo Insider - Decatur roper's goal just got a bit closer
[Aug. 23, 2007] Clint Cooper qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2004, his only appearance at the Las Vegas championships. But after finishing second at an invitational Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association show last weekend in Caldwell, Idaho, the Decatur cowboy began a promising rally in his attempt to qualify for the 2007 edition.

Team roper from Midland has 'rodeo momentum'
[Aug. 23, 2007] In rodeo, the term describing a series of quality, money-making performances is "rodeo momentum." If you have it, you do everything possible to keep it, and if you don't, you pray the rodeo gods look favorably on you during your next performance.

PRCA Weekly Press Release August 20, 2007
[Aug. 22, 2007] IN THIS RELEASE YOU’LL FIND:
1. Plenty on the line: Lull between Playoff events doesn't mean lack of drama
2. Griswold, Graves highlight Caldwell winners
3. Another Lanham has
Sweet" day in Canby
4. Tallman earns top honor
Hazer dies at rodeo By Courtesy PRCA

PRCA Standings as of August 20, 2007
[Aug. 22, 2007] Courtesy PRCA

On the Road Again: Roughies vs. ropers an age-old argument
[Aug. 21, 2007] So is this battle between the rough stock riders and timed event guys a new development in rodeo?

 

Check out Fred Schnell’s book from 1971, “Rodeo! The Suicide Circuit,” and on Page 38 you’ll find this exchange. By Jim Thompson

Red Lion rodeo champ heads to college, along with his horse
[Aug. 20, 2007] Since he was just a boy, Kyle Myers has been working with his horse, Sleek Toy, to master the art of calf roping for the rodeo.

While Myers, 19, was learning to throw a rope around a calf's neck and quickly dismount, he was also training Sleek Toy to pull back on the rope just tight enough to keep the calf still while Myers rushed to tie its feet.

Cowboy's clutch win launches him to next round of Ariat Playoffs
[Aug. 19, 2007] CALDWELL, Idaho – Saddle bronc rider Bobby Griswold needed to win his event to qualify for the next round of the Ariat Playoff Series. That’s exactly what the Geary, Okla., cowboy did on Saturday in the finals of the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo at the CNR Arena. By Courtesy PRCA

Team ropers post sizzling times in Caldwell
[Aug. 18, 2007] Someone might want to tell the team ropers to save something for the next round of the Playoffs.
Three teams roped their steers in less than four seconds Friday at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo in front of more than 8,500 fans. The Caldwell event is the first stop of the Ariat Playoff Series. However, the team ropers were in Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Championship form. By Courtesy PRCA

Multi-Faceted WPRA Women’s World Finals Rides into Alvarado, Texas with $100,000 Paid to Winner of the “Richest Run”
[Aug. 17, 2007] The 2007 Women’s World Finals held October 22-28, 2007 in Alvarado, Texas, is all about MORE, MORE, MORE: more opportunities, more contestants, from more regions of the United States than ever before! It’s a multi-faceted event that features serious, top-level competitors in all of the WPRA, from existing programs like the Women’s World Finals Rodeo and the Dodge Pro Futurity and Pro Derby Barrel Races, to the new WPRA Youth Division Barrel Race presented by My Horse’s Choice. And don’t forget the $100,000 Richest Run. The whole event is a celebration of women in rodeo

Team ropers break arena record in Caldwell
[Aug. 17, 2007] Team roping duo Shain Sproul and Cody Cowden are among the top 20 ropers in the ProRodeo World Standings. However, when the pair set a new arena record of 4.5 seconds on Thursday at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo they wanted to give all the credit to their horses, Shot and Stevie. By Courtesy PRCA

Bronc rider gets high mark on Canadian horse Dry Whiskey
[Aug. 16, 2007] Saddle bronc rider Jess Martin of Dillon, Mont., put himself in the driver’s seat to make Saturday’s finals of the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo by scoring 82 points on Calgary Stampede’s Dry Whiskey on Wednesday at the CNR Arena. By Courtesy PRC

Colorado steer wrestler ties arena record at Ariat Playoffs Colorado steer wrestler ties arena record at Ariat Playoffs
[Aug. 15, 2007] Colorado steer wrestler ties arena record at Ariat Playoffs
CALDWELL, Idaho - Colorado steer wrestler Casey McMillen got the Ariat Playoffs off to a dramatic start Tuesday by tying an arena record that had stood for more than 20 years at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo. By Courtesy PRCA