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.

Dear Roper

The Team Roping Journal

LOGANDALE LOOT • Derrick Begay and Colter Todd won the 2026 Clark County Fair & Rodeo in Logandale, Nevada, April 12, with a 9.4 on two head. Begay and Todd won the first round with a 4.8 for $3.299 apiece, giving them a $9,394-a-man trip in The Silver State.

USTRC ANNOUNCES NEW SEASON PROGRAM CHANGES ON THE HEELS OF CINCH NATIONAL FINALS OF TEAM ROPING

TYLER TRYAN, LEVI LORD DOMINATE 2026 BOB FEIST INVITATIONAL FOR $160,000 • Tryan tops BFI one day after Jr. title.

(At Home With) • In his third year as a professional header, Hobbs, New Mexico native Korbin Rice looks to be headed to his first NFR. In 2024, Rice finished second only to Tyler Tryan in the Resistol Header of the Year race. Now 24, Rice had a breakthrough win with Cooper Freeman worth $70,750 a man at RodeoHouston in March that shot them straight to the top of the world standings.

USING ALL THREE LEGAL HEAD CATCHES

SWINGING INTO SUCCESS (AND EVERY SWING IS DIFFERENT)

INDUSTRY HEAVYWEIGHTS TO SPONSOR MILITARY COWBOYS AND COWGIRLS

FINER POINTS: THE HEADER’S CORNER

Next Level: Don’t Take the Turn Too Early

Freeze Frame

COOPER AND CARBON CATAPULT TO NO.1 IN THE WORLD • ‘He’s never not on my team’.

Cattle Crossing: CLOSED • Industry Experts on the Status of the Mexican Border: ‘This is a Desperate Situation’

Winner’s Circle CINCH USTRC NATIONAL Finals FORT WORTH

YETI OPEN Shootout

14.5 Shootout

13.5 Shootout

12.5 Shootout

11.5 Shootout

YETI 10.5 Shootout

9.5 Shootout

8.5 Shootout

7.5 Saddle Roping

12.5 Legends OVER 40

11.5 Legends OVER 40

10.5 Legends OVER 40

9.5 Legends OVER 50

8.5 Legends OVER 50

9.5 Truck Roping

TOTAL FEEDS NATIONAL BREAKAWAY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026

12.5 KEY CARD ADVANTAGE WSTR QUALIFIER

11.5 KEY CARD ADVANTAGE WSTR QUALIFIER

10.5 KEY CARD ADVANTAGE WSTR QUALIFIER

9.5 KEY CARD ADVANTAGE WSTR QUALIFIER

Open 9.5 INCENTIVE

YEAR END CHAMPIONS

JUNIOR CHAMPIONS

THE SCORE