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

VEGAS PREGAME • Cody Snow and Hunter Koch headed to the 2024 NFR with an extra $15,400 after winning the Open Big Gamble at the Yost Vegas in Wickenburg Roping with a 24.28 on four steers Dec. 2, in Wickenburg, Arizona.

PLAYIN’ AT THE PLAZA

BIG LEAGUE

MONEY BAGS

CINCH NTR NATIONAL FINALS SET FOR MARCH 8 TO 15 • Wickenburg, Arizona, will again host the $20,000-added NTR Finals.

STEER 27, ACE ASHFORD & GOD'S HAND IN EVERYTHING • The story of Ace Ashford's passing crushed the roping community—but since his death, his family and friends have felt his presence in big ways.

COWBOY COLEMAN PROCTOR WINS 2024 BIG 4 AWARD • Coleman Proctor picked up a new saddle in Las Vegas during the 2024 NFR.

At the Barrier | new products

(At Home With) • Trigger Hargrove, 18, has high hopes for his rookie year in professional rodeo. The nephew of two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo header Spencer Mitchell—Spank's big sister, Ashley, is Trigger's mom, and Brent Hargrove is his dad—ropes both ends at a high level. But he plans to heel at the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association rodeos in 2025.

THERE'S MORE TO LIFE THAN GOLD BUCKLES

DEBUNKING OLD SCHOOL ROPING MYTHS

3.5 with Kollin VonAhn • 3.5 |next level | freeze frame | horsepower

Next Level with Jake Long THE NFR CATCH LOOP • Jake Long started bringing his sawhorse to the NFR and roping it before and after the rodeo. It changed his game. Here's how.

Freeze Frame

LIVING LEGENDS WEIGH IN ON NEXT-LEVEL HORSEPOWER AT NFR 2024 • Which standout horses stole the show in Vegas?

NO FLUKE: TYLER WADE, WESLEY THORP REPEAT AS PRCA TEAM ROPING WORLD CHAMPIONS IN 2024 • These two Texas boys are champs—again.

TWICE AS NICE • 2 Horses Bring $200K at Riata Stallion Incentive Showcase Horse Sale

TOTAL PAYOUT $19,717,300

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