The Team Roping Journal

The Team Roping Journal magazine educates and entertains readers who actively participate in the sport. We help you to obtain the best results with step-by-step instruction in how to perform at a higher level and win more often. After all, we all know that while the heart is in the land and on the ranch, the ego is alive and well when it comes to besting your friends in the arena.

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The Team Roping Journal

HALLETSVILLE HAUL • Dan Keen and Zack Hafley cashed in big winning the #10.5 Bloomer at the Ariat World Series of Team Roping qualifier in Halletsville, Texas. The Texas team roped four head in 35.26 seconds for $20,060 Aug. 9.

GRAHAM SLAM • With an 8.8 on two steers, Dawson and Dillon Graham won the Caldwell Night Rodeo for a total $9,775 apiece.

GET A GRIPP • Tyler Wade and Wesley Thorp took home the 2025 Spicer Gripp Memorial for $25,000 a man Aug. 3. The reigning world champs came from second call to win the Gripp with a 43.84 on six head.

NEXT-GEN SPEED • Young guns James Arviso and Logan Moore broke the arena record at the Cassia County Fair and Rodeo in Burley, Idaho, with a 3.7-second run. Arviso and Moore pocketed $2,752 a man for the record-breaking win.

ARIAT WORLD SERIES OF TEAM ROPING UNVEILS THE #9.5 LAREDO CUSTOM HAULERS INVITATIONAL

AARON TSINIGINE AND JEREMY BUHLER’S WILD RIDE TO THE 2025 CHEYENNE TITLE • Aaron Tsinigine and Jeremy Buhler added another PRCA major in 2025 with the Cheyenne Frontier Days title July 27.

BRONC EVANS AND RINGELSTEIN BROTHERS WIN WCJR WORLD TITLES • Missouri’s Bronc Evans and Texas brothers Casper and Cross Ringelstein claimed world titles in the 2025 World Championship Junior Rodeo.

LAZY E UNVEILS ROSTER OF 25 FOR 2026 CINCH TIMED EVENT CHAMPIONSHIP

INDUSTRY-SHAPING STEVIE REY VON PURCHASED BY THEOREM RANCH • Theorem Ranch will elevate the stallion, his colts and their riders to new heights with investments in Western performance industry development and expansion.

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(At Home With) • Sergio Luis Fornazin Jr., who’s gone by “Junior” all his life, grew up in Santa Bárbara d’Oeste, São Paulo, Brazil. He started roping at 7, won his first motorcycle at 11 and turned pro at 15. At 31, he now lives in New Haven, Indiana, with his wife, Julia. Despite battling some roping-hand injuries in recent times, Fornazin is as determined as ever to reach his roping dreams and make his permanent home in the United States.

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REMEMBERING GEORGE “PETE” ZANETTI • Zanetti’s is a true team roping industry legend.

BECKS STILL COMPETING, MENTORING • The Becks champion military rodeo and veteran camaraderie.

THE BUSIEST MAN IN GUTHRIE • Every day, Monty McNair has a hand in shaping the rope horse industry before most people even wake up.

BIG BREAK: CHARLY CRAWFORD • Pendleton Round-Up 2007 — The Run That Changed Everything

EASY MONEY: JACKSON SYKES CAN’T STOP WINNING, LEADS RESISTOL JR. HEELING STANDINGS • Jackson Sykes holds the lead in the Resistol Jr. heeling standings, with wins at the Virginia Championship and Alabama Championship.

FROM THE SHOW PEN TO TEAM ROPING: LINDSEY RAE BRADDOCK LEADS CINCH LADIES HEELING STANDINGS • Lindsey Rae Braddock went from riding pleasure and hunt seat show horses to hanging out in the roping pen.

PRACTICE PEN • Fundamentals for 2-Year-Old Head Horse Prospects

Nailing the Corner on Any Horse • The perfect corner isn’t just about where the steer is, it’s about where you are in relation to him and how your horse works. And the right spot changes depending on a number of variables.

WHAT MAKES A WINNER? • Everybody says winners win, but what does any of that...