Choose Your Role Models Wisely
When I was
growing up and thinking I'd like to someday try to become a rodeo champion, I
remember reading about people like the Camarillos and H.P. Evetts. There wasn't
nearly as much media attention as there is now, so I couldn't get enough of it.
All I could think about was maybe... | read »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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Closing the Big Deal
Editor's
Note: Clay O'Brien Cooper recently finished first and third at the 2005 George
Strait Team Roping Classic, and left the San
Antonio
Rose Palace $52,126 richer and with a new truck
and trailer in tow. ProRodeo Hall of Famer Cooper won the roping with eight-time
Champ of the... | read »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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Horse Bits for the Team Roper
When you rodeo and team rope for a living and your horse is the greatest asset to your game, fitting the bridle to your horse and training him so you've got control and consistency, and your horse operates comfortably, is of the utmost importance. I left home when I was 16 and started team roping... | read »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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Splints and Splint-Bone Fractures in Horses
"Splints" are a very common entity involving the splint bone in horses, usually the medial one of the front legs of the horse, that are usually only a cosmetic problem. Splint-bone fractures and injuries in horses are an entirely different entity. Splints are not so obvious or easy to identify, and... | read »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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Meet Billy Pipes: Founder of the Wildfire Open
I have to appreciate and admire a guy like Billy Pipes. He's a self-made success who started with nothing, and he stands up for what he believes is right. Sounds like the kind of person we all want to be. Pipes has developed a world class team roping facility and hosts the top rodeo team ropers... | read »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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Getting to Know a New Horse
Early on in
my quest for a team roping career, I was such a poor horseman that I went
through a lot of horses. There came a time that I realized I needed to improve
greatly in that area if I was going to get any better. I used to think a horse
was a machine that had to do exactly what I... | read »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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Learning to Take Chances to Become a Winner
At some point in your career, you're going to have to learn to be an aggressive team roper if you want to have success--especially in the rodeo arena. You have to learn to reach. You don't have to be wild, but there is an art to reaching. A guy who can reach at the rodeos if he needs to has a huge... | read »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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Buying Roping Steers
Even with all the wonderful practice aids on the team roping market today, there's nothing like the real thing: roping steers. And while team roping is booming in popularity and participation, roping cattle never seem easy to find. Plus, if you're going to own cattle, you've got to be prepared to... | read »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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The USTRC Creates TRIAD
It is impossible to satisfy all the team ropers all the time. And with over 122,000 profiles in their database and 35,000 active members, it is especially hard for the United States Team Roping Championships ( USTRC ) to satisfy even some of the people some of the time. Often, team ropers perceived... | read »
Rodeo: Team Roping
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Advancements in Equine Dentistry and Equine Dentistry Procedures
I have observed in recent years changes taking place in how routine equine dentistry is done. These changes have come about for several reasons and they all benefit the horse and overall horse health. First of all, the basic tools used in doing the equine dentistry procedures are evolving from... | read »
Mike Cervi Jr., the son of legendary stock contractor Mike Cervi and husband of two-time World Champion Barrel Racer Sherry Cervi, died in a private plane crash in 2001 at the age of 30. Ever since, his family and friends have annually held a team roping in his honor. He... | read
