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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
A Chat with Jay Adams
Q: Jay, we haven't had the opportunity to introduce
you to our readers, and before we've had the chance, you've decided to change
career paths and leave professional team roping. Tell us more about
that.
Jay: I played football in high
school and ever since I graduated high school I... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Joe Glenn: A Quiet Legacy
Joe Glenn rodeoed on his own terms--when it worked for him and when he could.
He never did it for the fame or money (mainly because there was little of that
during his era). Roping was a business for him and he loved his work. What's
more, he was an exceptional talent, perhaps due to his... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat
Whether you're a rodeo roper or a jackpot roper, amateur or
hobby roper, one of the hardest things is learning to deal with your emotions,
and more so the losing than the winning. It's an awesome feeling when you win.
Besides the high you get when you're successful, those of us who rope for... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Getting Your Horse Broke
My definition of a broke horse is a horse that knows all of your cues or
signals; that does his job with confidence; a horse that isn't afraid, has a
good mind and is willing to go do whatever it takes to get the job done. When
people think about a broke horse, some people think of one that... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Beyond the Call of Duty
Cody Hill was like most late-teen roping bums you know. Coming off a
300-mother cow operation in Ada, Okla., he gravitated toward the arena and was a
natural.
He won his first team roping at the age of 12 with Jody Newberry of
Professional Bull Rider fame. Hill high school rodeoed and,... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Time to Make a Midseason Move
It's halftime in the rodeo industry. Even though we've only been to about a
third of the 70 rodeos we can count toward the world standings this year, the
winter and spring rodeos are in the books. As things heat up, there are
frustrations every professional roper goes through. It's all a... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Keep Your Options Open: Stay in School
It's the end of May, and we just got back from the Wrangler Junior High
Division State Finals out here in California. It was fun to see the
www.slonesaddles.com banners on the arena fence, so I called Tod to say hello.
I'm happy for those guys when they head home, but I miss them just the... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Ask the Pros--Practice Aids
Dear Logan, I am a No. 2 header. Do you think it is better to practice on a mechanical
steer more than live steers? If so, how often would you rope the mechanical
steer over live steers? If not, how would you set up a practice for a low number
roper? My horses seem to work pretty well on both... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
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, Senoia, Ga. Dear Ryan, Get... | read »
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Rodeo: Team Roping
from the pages of Rodeo
Ready to Roll into the Summer Run
This is the time of year when we're on our summer run. Because I live in the
Southwest, it's about a four-month leave from home for me. I take off for Reno
and the BFI in June, which is a really big week, and away we go. It's nice to
win when you first leave for the summer. I've done it both... | read »
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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... | read |
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