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

LABOR DAY LOOT • JC Yeahquo and Ross Ashford won the Labor Day run, winning the prestigious Ellensburg Rodeo. Yeahquo and Ashford roped three steers in 16.4 seconds to pocket $11,980 each.

TOUR TOPPERS • Clint Summers and Jade Corkill topped the four-man round with a 4.3-second run to win the Cinch Playoff Series Finale for $16,472 a man.

STANTON STUNNERS • Adrian Herrera and Mickey Dodds won $9,450 for the #8.5 win in the Ariat World Series of Team Roping qualifier in Stanton, Texas. Herrera and Dodds roped four steers in 43.74 seconds.

MAGNUMS SHININ SPARK • Joseph Harrison and Magnums Shinin Spark won the TX Best 4-&-Under Heeling in Decatur, Texas. The 2021 stallion by Magnum Chic Dream out of Shinin scored a 921.31 on four head, adding $8,140 to his lifetime earnings.

KNOCKOUT PUNCH • The Texas team of Mario Licon and Eloy Andujo won the Ariat World Series of Team Roping’s #9.5 Heartland at the Title Fights in Abilene, Texas, Sept. 21 with a time of 36.12 seconds on four head, worth $29,700.

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RR BUCKLES CLUBHOUSE HITS $207,189 LTE WITH TX BEST DERBY WIN UNDER TREVOR BRAZILE • Clubhouse is one of the industry’s top-earning futurity horses of all time.

Billie Jack Saebens & Una Furiosa Snag TX Best Heading Futurity Title • Saebens’ gray mare keeps stacking checks.

JOSEPH HARRISON, COPPERTON WIN TX BEST HEELING DERBY, SHOWCASING A HORSE BUILT FOR THE LONG HAUL • Harrison and Copperton have been a force in futurity heeling, and the horse’s career is only getting started.

JOSEPH HARRISON, MAGNUMS SHININ SPARK WIN TX BEST 4-&-UNDER HEELING BEFORE FALL FUTURITY FINALS SEASONS • Magnums Shinin Spark is by Magnum Chic Dream out of Shinin by Shining Spark.

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(At Home With) • Levi Lord will next month rope at his fifth NFR. It’s been a wild season, complete with a partner change most people did not see coming. (An interesting plot twist on that front was possible at press time in September with the final days of the regular season yet to play out.) Lord, 29, is a native of Sturgis, South Dakota. He currently hangs his hat in Mineral Wells, Texas, and will marry his fiancée, Baileigh Baker, on May 9, 2026.

SHARP SCORING STARTS RUNS OFF RIGHT

WHEN IT COMES TO HEELING, TIMING IS EVERYTHING

MCMURTRY KEPT FIGHTER JETS GOING; KEPT HEELING • Military service shaped him, but roping has always defined Clint McMurtry.

BIG BREAK: JADE CORKILL • Jade Corkill’s George Strait Team Roping Classic 1-2 Punch

YOUNG GUN ON THE RISE: RYLAN ROGERS SITS SECOND IN RESISTOL JR. USTRC HEADING STANDINGS • Rylan Rogers is sitting second in the Resistol Jr. heading standings after wins across the Southeast and Texas.

RAGS TO RICHES: ESTHER MORRIS WINS FIRST ROPING EVER, NOW LEADS CINCH LADIES HEELING STANDINGS • Esther Morris didn’t pick up a rope until her late 40s, but now she feels blessed to enjoy the sport—and even win.

PRACTICE PEN • Keeping a Young Horse in My Hand

Game Plan: Kids and Horsemanship • Clayton Hass is a father of three, and all of his kids spend their days in the arena alongside him and his wife. Here’s how they approach the parenting-and-roping combination.

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