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The Short Score: Marcus Theriot's First NFR November 28, 2023
Marcus Theriot has been making a name for himself in the rodeo world since junior high. He's collected national titles at the junior high, high school, college and professional levels, as well as the 2021 Cinch Timed Event Championship title, en route to his first NFR qualification in 2023 heading for his cousin Cole Curry.On this episode of […]
The Short Score: Head Rope Grip November 25, 2023
How you hold your head rope affects your swing. In this bonus Roping.com tips episode of The Short Score, Jake Barnes shows you the correct way to hold your loop and your slack to get the most effective swing and delivery.Watch "Head Rope Grip
The Short Score: NFR Rookie Cole Curry November 21, 2023
At just 23 years old and with only three years on the ProRodeo scene, Cole Curry has punched his ticket to his first NFR. The Mississippi heeler will enter the 2023 NFR No. 13 with $94,986.72 won on the year.Curry heeled for fellow Mississippian and all-around cowboy Marcus Theriot, and the two will make their […]
The Score's Most Popular Guest of 2023 is Back November 20, 2023
Solo Select CEO Ty Smith is back on The Score as the 2023 year comes to a close to take a good look at where the rope horse market stands after a booming season of high-money rodeos and futurities, all in advance of Solo Select's largest sale of the year on Thanksgiving Day 2023. The […]
The Short Score: Dummy Instruction with Patrick Smith November 18, 2023
Angles and positioning are just as important on the dummy as they are on your heel horse. In this bonus Roping.com tips episode of The Short Score, Patrick Smith explains these topics, and feeding your rope for maximum efficiency on the heel side in this clip from the Legend film.Watch Now: Dummy Instruction with Patrick SmithDon't forget that Smith's new […]
The Short Score: Great Lakes and Southeastern Circuit Champs November 15, 2023
Great Lakes and Southeastern Circuit champs were crowned Nov. 9-12 with the Great Lakes Circuit Finals in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Southeastern Circuit Finals in Davie, Florida.Cooper Bruce and Wyatt Kanan came from fifth and fourth in the Great Lakes standings to clinch the year-end titles, thanks to a third-round win Saturday, Nov. 11. Kanan joins The […]
Riata Buckle Pro Futurity Champs Jake Smith & Douglas Rich November 15, 2023
Douglas Rich jump rode the 5-year-old Hickory Holly Time gelding Time Toget Wreckless to win the Riata Buckle Open behind Jake Smith on his 5-year-old Judge Boon-gelding Boondocs Blue Boon. Time Toget Wreckless is by Hickory Holly Time, the same stallion who sired the first Riata champion heel horse DT Hickorys Mistycat, ridden by Dakota Kirchenschlager, to the same title […]
The Short Score: Prioritizing Fundamentals with Aaron Tsinigine November 11, 2023
In honor of Veterans Day, this bonus Roping.com tips episode of The Short Score comes from the Warriors and Rodeo Clinic filmed for Roping.com in 2022 in Arizona. Derrick Begay, Erich Rogers and Aaron Tsinigine were all instructors at the WAR Clinic for Navajo Nation veterans. This episode comes from a clip with Tsinigine on prioritizing fundamentals. Tsinigine talks to ropers at the WAR Clinic about […]
Heeling World Champs: Sevens Star Glo & Cade Rice, Nu One Time Blues & Joseph Harrison November 10, 2023
The heeling at the American Rope Horse Futurity Association's World Championships produce the most exciting short rounds in the entire sport, with every horse and competitor laying it all on the line to win big in Fort Worth. This year, the Open Heeling World Championship went to Cade Rice and Sevens Star Glo, while the […]
ARHFA World Title No. 2 for Tate Kirchenschlager November 8, 2023
Tate Kirchenschlager rode Riley Weehler's A Painted Sunshine to the 2023 American Rope Horse Futurity Association World Championship on the head side, and the training process on him required patience and wisdom. In this episode of The Score, Kirchenschlager talks with host Chelsea Shaffer from the stalls in Fort Worth right after his win. ---This […]
The Short Score: Calgary Smith on the 2023 CFR November 7, 2023
he 2023 Canadian Finals Rodeo wrapped up Sunday, Nov. 5, after six rounds of battle. And when it was all said and done, Brady Tryan and Calgary Smith finished on top and with five new CFR records.Tryan and Smith broke five records during their CFR '49 appearance. They were 3.5 seconds in Round 3 to set a new arena record (along […]
The Short Score: Jake Clay's First NFR October 31, 2023
Jake Clay will see the bright lights of Vegas as a competitor this year for the first time in his career. Clay qualified for the 2023 NFR as the No. 14 header with $100,127.21 won on the year.This marks the 24-year-old Sapulpa, Oklahoma, native's first NFR qualification, and it comes after a year of battling […]
The Short Score: How to Prepare to Win October 28, 2023
There's so much that goes into winning, so where do you start? How do you prepare to win?In this bonus Roping.com tips episode of The Short Score, Charly Crawford discusses the most important aspects of team roping and how to prepare yourself to win, mentally and physically. This audio clip comes from one of his Smarty Young Pro clinics. He starts […]
The Short Score: Mountain States Circuit Finals Champs October 24, 2023
The swing of circuit finals is still well underway with the Columbia River Circuit Finals in Redmond, Oregon, and the Mountain States Circuit Finals in Loveland, Colorado, having wrapped up Oct. 19-21.In Redmond, Jeff Flenniken and Jake Minor were 24.2 seconds on three head to win the circuit finals. Garrett Rogers and Tyler Worley both took home the year-end titles.In the […]
The Short Score: Reaching Fundamentals with Clay Smith October 21, 2023
Reaching can increase your ability to make a run work when everything isn't perfect. But to do it right, you've got to practice hard on the dummy.In this bonus Roping.com tips episode of The Short Score, World Champion Clay Smith explains how to shorten the margin of error when reaching.Become a Better Roper:Roping.com is the online training resource for team […]
Gearing Up for the ARHFA World Championship with Dakota Kirchenschlager October 18, 2023
The rope horse futurities are thriving today, with one of the biggest futurity weeks of the year kicking off Oct. 18, 2023, in Fort Worth at the American Rope Horse Futurity Association World Championship. In honor of futurity week and the event that started it all, Dakota Kirchenschlager joins The Score.Dakota is a past champ […]
The Short Score: Texas, Prairie and Badlands Circuit Finals Recap October 17, 2023
The 2023 circuit finals have started kicking off across the country, starting with the Texas, Prairie and Badlands. The Texas Circuit Finals ran Oct. 10-13, 2023, in Waco with rounds paying $2,212 to win and the average paying $4,424. in Duncan, Oklahoma, the Prairie Circuit Finals kicked off Oct. 13 and ended Oct. 14, paying out $2,149 to win the […]
The Short Score: Using Your Torso October 14, 2023
In golf, you can get power with your torso. Heeling is similar.In this bonus Roping.com tips episode of The Short Score, Rickey Green explains in a throwback audio how a heeler can use their torso to get more power and speed on their swing.Become a Better Roper:Roping.com is the online training resource for team ropers. In addition to thousands of […]
Clint Summers' Crunch-Time NFR Push October 11, 2023
Clint Summers was outside the Top 15 until the last run of the last rodeo of the 2023 ProRodeo regular season. The NFR switchender needed to spin his final-round steer for Jake Long in 3.6 seconds or less to move into the Top 15 headers in the world, and he had to jump out of […]
The Short Score: 2023 WCRA Rodeo Carolina October 10, 2023
The inaugural WCRA Rodeo Carolina saw a field of IPRA teams and NFR teams, and it made for some interesting rounds.On this episode of The Short Score, we catch up with the Progressive Round winners and the Rodeo Carolina champs.In Progressive Round 1, Heath King and Stephen Britnell blasted a 4.58-second run to win the round for […]

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