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Rodeo: Team Roping
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How to Use Your Controls
Obviously, your left hand controls your bridle through the bridle reins, which controls your horses front end and the regulation of your forward movement. Your feet control your horses body when it comes to both lateral, side-to-side movement and also pushing your horse forward. When it comes... | read »

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Rodeo: Team Roping
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Learning to Navigate a Variety of Horses
Ideally, young and novice ropers learn to rope on a patterned horse. They start off on an old campaigner that scores and rates pretty good, and goes through the motions on his own free will. That lets a beginner roper concentrate on his or her roping. Then they get to the next level and they... | read »

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Justin Davis's Slim Shady
In this year's balloting for the top PRCA/AQHA Heel Horse, Justin Davis's Take Aim N Fire, or Slim Shady, came in second to Randon Adams's Diesel. The unwritten standard for consideration as a top horse is an established resume from the rider. Justin Davis had never been to the big show in... | read »

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Tricks of the Trade: Keeping Your Loop on Smaller Horned Cattle
Waving off a head loop is common, especially when youre roping cattle with smaller horns. A lot of lower numbered ropers are deathly afraid of small horns. As their rope hits after they throw, theyll hesitate for a split second before pulling their slack. They think theyre letting the loop... | read »

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Father Knows Best
For the entire 2009 season, rodeo fans and friends have approached Allen Bach to say something along the lines of, "How great it must be for you to be able to rope with your son Joel." Bach, who is an outspoken Christian, always gives the short answer in reply, "Yes it's been awesome."... | read »

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Roping Better with Travis Tryan
That steer was moving pretty fast across there. It's a normal shot--my top strand is a little lower than I would want it--my horse is stopping and the steer was strong. There's nothing unusual about this shot. When I threw, I'm looking at my loop and the steer jumping into my loop. I was... | read »

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Consistency Spikes with Correct Position
For a heeler to be able to deliver a good loop consistently in the right spot takes riding correct position every time. From the back of the box to reading the headers catch and how the steers handling, you need to be able to react and get your horse in the position that brings up your... | read »

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Proper Body Posture is Part of the Process
One of the main things I always have to address at roping schools, clinics and lessons is the importance of staying balanced and having correct posture. Having your shoulders set right, and your body and head upright with your eyes level is important. Roping is somewhat of an athletic sport,... | read »

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The Gap Between Good and Great
No matter what level roper you are, the better horse you have the better roper youll be. Theres a pretty wide range when it comes to rope horses, and a lot of them are average at best. Then there are the good ones, and finally those rare great horses. Having a good horse as opposed to an... | read »

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Riley Minor: Cadillac and Dollar
Riley Minor qualified for his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2008 as a 20-year-old. A roping prodigy from a young age, he and older brother Brady roped together in Las Vegas, placed fifth in the average and in five of 10 rounds to earn $45,793. But if there's one thing Riley, the... | read »

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Ask the Pros--Rating

Dear Logan,
I have a 9-year-old gelding who I have been in the box with and have tracked some steers and calves on him, but he hasn’t been trained yet. He is tracking pretty good, except sometimes he runs right past them. What do you think I should do?

Thanks,
Ryan,... | read

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