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

GOLD, NOT WHITE • Trevor Brazile won the 6 & Under Heeling at the 2025 Gold Buckle Futurities Spring Showdown on Not White At All. Brazile and Not White At All pocketed $9,790 with a 915.21.

FAREWELL DOLLY • Shown here winning La Fiesta de los Vaqueros in Tucson, Arizona, in 2014, Dustin Bird’s legendary mare Dolly passed away after a $750,000+ career. The 1999 mare My Frosty Cocoa carried Bird to five NFRs and helped Erich Rogers win his 2017 PRCA world title.

NO JOKE HERE • Colby Lovell and Jade Corkill won the team roping at the 2025 Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo for $27,778 a man, helping the Jokers take the team title inside AT&T Stadium. Chad Masters and Cory Petska also helped Team Jokers, coached by legends Joe Beaver and Sid Steiner, picking up $28,000 as members as well.

MEMORIAL DAY MONEY • Armando Gonzalez and Colton Thomas picked up $40,000 Memorial Day weekend in the #10.5 Heartland Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale qualifier in Hamilton, Texas. The Texas men roped four steers in 33.5 seconds for the win.

REDDING RICHES • Idaho young guns Cole Eiguren and Breck Ward took the win at the Redding Rodeo with a 10.4 on two steers. Between the rounds and the aggregate, Eiguren and Ward pocketed a cool $7,067 a man, also helping Ward in the Resistol Rookie Heeler of the Year race.

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GABE WILLIAMS & FARON CANDELARIA SEIZE SURPRISE VICTORY AT RESISTOL ROOKIE ROUNDUP • A late entry, missed check-in and wildcard steer couldn’t derail Gabe Williams and Faron Candelaria, who powered through the chaos to win the 2025 Resistol Rookie Roundup with a clutch 4.4-second run.

BRYE CRITES & TYLER WORLEY MASTER THE MULEYS TO WIN CLOVIS • Brye Crites and Tyler Worley got their first Clovis win April 27, 2025.

ANDREW WARD & JAKE LONG WIN $28K AT RODEO CORPUS CHRISTI • Andrew Ward and Jake Long earned $28,000 a man at WCRA Rodeo Corpus Christi with a 5.43-second run in the Kid Rock Rodeo Round.

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(At Home With) • Charly Crawford is a 10-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo header who won over $1.4 million in his professional rodeo career. He’s shifted gears the last few years, and is now focusing on his family and rodeo business beyond the arena, including roping clinics, and the Liberty and Loyalty Foundation. Charly and his wife, Jackie, who live in Stephenville, Texas, have three kids, Kaydence, 20; Creed, 8; and Journey, 4.

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ONE ROPE HORSE AT A TIME • Charlie Five gives a heel horse to a big-hearted veteran.

COWBOYS FIND HEALING AT 180 RANCH • A Texas ranch helps men find recovery and purpose through hard work and faith.

PAUL EAVES' WILDFIRE BREAKTHROUGH • At 17, Eaves got his first big hit at the Wildfire Open to the World.

PRACTICE PEN • Keeping Control with Run with Kaden Richard

YOUR CIRCLE DEFINES YOUR CEILING • Being around greatness shapes your perception of what’s possible.

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LAST DANCE FOR THE HORSE THEY CALL SLEEPY • And He Gets To Spend it Spinning for Walt Woodard.

Unlikely HEROES • Ashtyn Pratz and Tammy Lewis conquered the Women’s Rodeo Championships.

Maternal madness • The world’s best ropers are collecting mares.

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