How to Keep Your Head Horse Working
With the
price of horses these days, and as hard as it is to find a good one, care and
preparation are more important than ever. Without proper care and preparation
you aren't going to get that longevity you're looking for from a nice horse, so
you'll be in constant search for the next one.... | read »
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Youth Roping
I believe
you can train a champion. It helps to get into the sport at a young age, whether
you're sparked and motivated by seeing it on TV or have a friend or relative
who's involved in roping. Something needs to motivate you to say, "Hey, I want
to do that."
Natural
ability helps,... | read »
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Team Roping Horsemanship
For someone
who ropes for a living--or even someone who has goals that he or she wants to
achieve in his or her roping because you love the sport and love competing your
horse is really the biggest asset to you on that journey. No matter how far
you want to take your roping career,... | read »
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Helping Kids Learn Team Roping
If you have
kids, you know how different they can be about everything from likes to dislikes
and how they perceive life in general. We all look around at people we know and
see how they interact with their kids when it comes to sports. Some make it fun,
and others don't do such a good job... | read »
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George Strait: Team Roper
You'll
never meet a more humble cowboy than George Strait. Side one is
a country music giant who, since his monumental debut in 1981, has sold over 60
million albums and raked up 50 number one songs--more than any other single
artist in history. He holds the Country Music Association's... | read »
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Develop a Winning Roping Attitude
Some
people's attitudes are so negative that it's a wonder they ever win anything.
They're defeated before they ever back in the box. Everyone needs to learn to be
a positive thinker, because if you have a negative attitude you're accepting
defeat before you ever nod your head. You've... | read »
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Keeping the Heel Horse Free
We talk
about the problem of heel horses' brakes being too tight. Horses, like humans,
are creatures of habit. And ropers have a tendency to be lazy in the practice
pen, and practice for themselves and not their horses. It's
important, whether you're a
professional roper or a novice,... | read »
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Get the Edge In Your Roping
We all go
to ropings and see people sitting around visiting instead of paying attention to
what's going on. If you're there to visit and roping is a hobby you do for fun,
that's fine. But if you're there to try to win something, there are things you
can do before you rope to increase your... | read »
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How to Handle Steers
Good
handles are an important component in any team's success, because the handle can
make the difference between winning and losing. It's that important--if you give
your heeler a bad handle you're in the ditch.There are a
few fundamentals of good
handles that stay consistent regardless... | read »
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Reacting to What Arises in a Run
There's a definite domino effect in any roping run.
Basically, the header has to react to what the steer's doing and the heeler has
to react to what the header does. If I rope a steer and duck out of there, my heeler better get to the
inside because it's going to be a sharp corner. If I... | 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
