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THE MAGAZINE FOR TEAM ROPERS

FEATURES 8

Just the Way It Is by Ben Clements

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USTRC Announcements By the Numbers by John Findlay

Gold Plus Report by Ty Hillman

Champions Profile — Natie Johnson & Cody Hogan

Top Tips with Rickey Green

Horsemanship— Team Roping 101

Integrity + Innovation = Priefert by Julie Bryant

Team Roping Profile — Kyle Caylor by Melinda Clements

Cowboy Law by Kyle Post

Upcoming Events — Utah Championships

USTRC On Tap

US Open Tour Standings

Cruel Girl Standings

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JUST the WAY IT IS

uly is one of my favorite times of the year. Most people don’t like the heat, but I don’t mind it at all. I would rather sweat than shiver any day. I like a quick dip in the pool to cool off and I like the wonderful summer evenings. I hope your summer is going well and that you are enjoying it as much as I am. Maybe it is the laziness of summer, but I have really struggled with this month’s article. I don’t really know why, but it just seems to be the case. Okay, let me try and set the stage for you. I am sitting here at my desk with absolutely no words in my mind to write on this paper or type into the computer. I mean, talk about writers block and complete blank thoughts. Now, I would not assume anything, but I am fairly sure that each of us has felt this way at one time or another. I am not referring to writers block here. I am talking about simply going nowhere fast and feeling that way. On occasion, we get so locked up in going through the motions of our jobs, our relationships, our daily activities that we feel like, as the world turns we simply sit and watch it go by. When this happens I cannot tell you the countless times I have been told to pray about it. I have and I do. Often I don’t get any answers, but that may not always be a bad thing. I certainly don’t feel this is because God isn’t talking back or that I don’t believe enough. So what is it then? Sometimes God needs a blank wall to work with; a clean slate, so to speak. Most generally when it seems there is nothing going on there is actually a lot unfolding since we are all a work in progress. Writers may call it writers block; team ropers may call it a dry spell or a slump; news people call it a slow news day. To be truthful, those times when I simply do nothing and get no answers I think I am really only asked to reconnect with myself. Think about it. When you are alone with yourself with no family to talk to, no television to drown out the silence, no friends and coworkers to break the solitude; do you not suddenly meet YOU? Are you surprised at what you find? Is it an individual that you haven’t spent much time with lately? Are you who you remember, are you familiar or have you become someone you haven’t really known in quite sometime. The person that makes you tick and ultimately controls your happiness is hidden somewhere deep inside. Have you lost sight and forgotten who that is; the person that truly knows how you are today. It is that person that looks back at you in the mirror. I know sometimes I meet myself going

JULY 2011 around corners and I rarely recognize me. Basically, I’m the most important person I need to know and understand and I find on occasion I am lost in the shuffle. So now you are asking me what exactly does getting to know yourself better have to do with feeling that you don’t know what to do, where to go, or what your hopes and dreams are. People may ask you what exactly you want to do and where you want to be. The response that you are scared to say and admit to yourself is, “I don’t know.” And honestly, at times, we really don’t. There is a saying, “To thy own self be true!” It isn’t found in the Bible. It comes from William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet ! The lines go on to say, “This above all; to thine own self be true. And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” It has to do with knowing that if you cannot be true to yourself you cannot be true to others. Believe me when I say all this is okay. All of us struggle at any given moment in search of answers and wisdom. We are not alone in feeling this way. I’ve been there; we have all been there. This is where the whole silence thing comes into play. Many times at this moment, when you do not have answers and do not know which direction to head, this silence and this pause happens so you can get to know you. You may have to reconnect with yourself. The person you have misplaced somewhere along the way is you. All of this happens along this path we call life. We really aren’t as lost as we may think; just around the corner where you can’t really see; perhaps temporarily out of pocket; needing a little down time. Believe it or not you are the only person that controls your happiness. You are the one responsible for how you handle things and what you feel. It is that quiet reflective time when things come to a grinding halt and you cannot make any sense of it. That is God’s blank wall. He needs us listening, not talking, waiting, not doing. People have told me, “You can’t steer a parked car.” This is true. But, you can’t steer a moving car if you do not have a driver. We all have those times when we are lost or down or just simply confused. Again, this is okay because God is working. It will all kick back into gear in due time, so be ready. So, the next time you find yourself in a situation where you don’t know what to say, what to write or where to go, you might be there for a reason. You might be there so that you can reconnect with yourself and that is just the way it is.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS SHOOT-OUT FUND UPDATE The month of July will certainly bring some hOT temperatures and with that comes the wave of summer team roping events. It is time for you to gear up and catch that wave so you can get loaded up on USTRC National Shoot-Outs. The Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping (NFTR) is set for October 22-30, 2011 and you’re invited to come experience the best the sport has to offer. The 2011 Cinch NFTR promises another multimillion dollar payout and as the sport of team roping grows in popularity across the nation, so does the USTRC National Finals Shoot-Out Fund. Right now team ropers can be excited to know that the added money in the Shoot-Out fund is currently at $600,000, and there are still four months left before the USTRC National Finals. With that said, it is time to get things going and head to as many events as you can, so you can compete for a National Championship at the NFTR in Oklahoma City. July begins the USTRC Regional Finals and those are the best opportunities to get National Finals ShootOuts, so be ready to head to the Eastern Regional Finals. We wish you the best of luck and look forward to seeing you at the next USTRC event.

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Specialty Events at the NFTR At the NFTR in October, the Cruel Girl Championship and the Century Championship are Specialty ropings. Any lady that is a current USTRC member may enter the Cruel Girl Championship roping, no qualification is required. And in the Century Championships, any current USTRC member that is 50 years old during 2011, may enter, no qualification required.

USTRC Regionals It’s Regional Finals time! Please check your Available Earnings by going to www.ustrc.com. The “Member” link on the home page will take you to your personal file page. Click on the “Your Earnings” link once you’re signed in. Remember eligibility to enter a Shoot-Out Division requires participation at a 2011 USTRC event. Every current member has been awarded Flex Earnings ($1,000 to Gold Spur members and $3,000 to Gold Plus members) that can be used to qualify for a Regional Shoot-Out position. It takes $2,000 in earnings to qualify, so combine your earnings with another member and you’re in! Of course you may also qualify by placing 1st through 5th in the Average at any USTRC sanctioned event. Be sure to check out your Available Earnings at www.ustrc.com or call 254.968.0002 ext. 5103 should you need more information.

Draw-In Options Ropers will be allowed to Draw-In to the Preliminary Divisions (#15, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9, #8 and the Gold Plus) at the Regional Finals events. Partners will be drawn on site at the event. The Draw-In option won’t be available for any Shoot-Out Division.

USTRC Memberships When renewing your USTRC membership, please be sure to fill out the USTRC Membership Form completely. A complete and accurate membership form will ensure the delivery of your membership card and SuperLooper Magazine is timely. Also be sure to get a receipt when you pay for a membership at a roping. A valid receipt will serve as proof of membership until you receive your membership card.

USTRC Formats In the 2011 USTRC Sanctioned event formats, there are no caps in the Incentive divisions. For example a #3 and a #6 combo is Incentive in the #10 division, #3 and #5 combo is Incentive in the #9 division, etc. Please call USTRC at 254.968.0002 if you have any further questions.

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NUMBERS Header - Heeler Combinations How they Entered and How They Won in 2010 Part 1

his month and next month I thought I’d take a look at the numeric way ropers choose to enter USTRC’s various divisions. By that I mean by classification number, by the header and heeler combination, specifically, what are the most favored combinations for each division and which combinations are the most successful in each division. You’ll be able to glean from these tables and charts how many others there are that rope with the same combination of you and your partners and how well they did. The figures come from every sanctioned roping of the 2010 season, excluding the Regionals and the Finals. There was so much information that I have had to spread it out over two months. We will start with the #8, #9, #10 and #11 this month and finish with the #12, #13, #15 and Open next month. Each section below covers each division in turn, starting with the #8 Pick/Draw and ending with the #11. Each section includes both a table and a chart. Each table ranks the top ten header/heeler combinations by entry popularity so you can tell what were the most typical header/heeler combinations for each division. Each header/heeler combination is listed by total count and percentage. The second half of the table ranks the header/heeler combination by how successful it was, again by count and percentage. Success meant that if a team placed in the Average, it was counted. I did not count teams that

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earned fast time money. The chart for each division compares how well each header/heeler combination did in proportion to how many times they were entered. If there is no difference between the capabilities of the different header/heeler combinations, then theoretically, there should be no difference between the proportion in which those header/heeler combinations enter to the proportion to how often they finish in the Average. But as the charts will show you, that is not the case. Some combinations do better than others, some worse. So in each chart, there is a two-colored column for each of the top ten header/heeler combinations (plus ‘other’). The combinations are listed from left to right in the order of their entry frequency. The blue column stands for the percentage of teams with the header/heeler combination you see at the bottom of the column that entered in the division, while the red column is the percentage of teams with that header/heeler combination that won a place in the Average of the division. Recognizing the more successful combinations from this chart is simple. If the red column is taller than the blue column, that header/heeler combination was more successful than it should have been, while if the blue column is taller than the red, that combination was less successful. It should come as no surprise to most

ropers that most of the time, particularly in odd numbered divsions, the entry combination of choice favors teams with the heeler numbered higher than the header. The tables and charts are the proof in the pudding. In every single odd numbered division, the top entry combination always features teams with heelers higher numbered than headers. In the #8 and #10 divisions, the second most favored combination behind the equally numbered 4-4 and 5-5 combinations featured teams with higher numbered heelers. In the #12, the most popular combination was not the 6-6 but the 5-7. So let it be said that we are aware of that bias. I wrote a column on this issue a few years ago but with the advent of the new TRIAD Elite numbering system, the figures include new combinations. Before we were just comparing “whole” numbers. But now, with the Elite system, we have “half” numbers, Remember an elite roper is someone who has proven by performance to have a competitive advantage (or disadvantage) among his or her classification group but is not a full classification number off. They are just half off. So that is why in these tables and charts eilite numbers are represented by adding a “.5” to them. Even though an elite 5, for instance (5.5), can’t rope with another elite 5 in the #10, he or she can rope with a non-elite #5. So we are going to look at how these elite number combinations stack up in each division.

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2010 Entries in Sanctioned #8 Division by Header/Heeler Combination Head/Heel Combination

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GOLD PLUS by Ty Hillman

Hello Ropers, I have heard people say that your true character is displayed by your behavior when no one is watching rather than when all eyes are on you. I agree with this statement wholeheartedly. An incident that happened to me on May 24 persuades me to believe that that while your character is determined by what you do in private, your ability to lead others is determined in times of crisis. Our country has really been hit hard this spring by a surprising amount of deadly tornados. Many of us know of someone who has personally been affected by the severe weather and our prayers have been with them. My wife, in-laws, and I attended a Texas Rangers baseball game in Arlington, Texas on May 24. The weathermen had been

predicting some potentially severe storms a few days prior because of two weather masses that were going to collide, with the worst of it being farther north over Oklahoma. We kept our eyes on the weather all day as we were trying to decide if we wanted to risk going since we already had the tickets (good tickets, tooâ&#x20AC;Śright behind home plate.) When I got home from work, I turned on the weather to see that a big tornado was on the ground near El Reno, OK, just on the west side of Oklahoma City and it was moving northeast. I immediately became concerned because my brother lives on the north side of OKC and judging by its path, the storm was going to be uncomfortably close to him. I text messaged him to make sure he and his

wife knew about the weather coming their way and he assured me they were keeping an eye on it. We decided to go to the game as it looked like the severe weather was going to stay north of DFW. When we arrived at the game, there was a surprising amount of people there; approximately 15,000 which I thought was a big turnout for a Tuesday night. About the 4th inning, the sky was getting pretty dark and the clouds were starting to look a little strange. Everyone was looking at the weather radars on their cell phones and about that time, it started raining. Of course, they stopped the game to let the rain pass so everyone in the stadium headed for cover. All eyes were looking to the north as the clouds were starting to get pretty low and the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for our area. There is always some uneasiness when there is a tornado warning in your immediate area, but after the devastating spring weather we have already had, many people were on the edge of panic. Some people were running for their cars in hopes of driving out of the stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s path, others ran to get under a bridge in front of the stadium, others ran down by the dugouts into hallways below the stadium, and others just stood there looking for a twister. I am not going to

The Texas team of Kenny D. Kuykendall and Colt D. Baldwin won the Cowboy Capital Classic Gold Plus roping after roping four head in 34.30 seconds. The duo walked away from the event with $4,540 in cash, trophy Gist buckles and $6,000 in USTRC Flex Earnings. 16 / JULY 2011

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lie, I was a little bit nervous, especially after the storm sirens began to wail. My attention was drawn to a certain individual who was really freaking out and stirring up even more fear in those around her. She did not know what to do, nor did anyone else for that matter, but rather than trying to keep her composure as her family was asking her to do, she was so overcome with emotion and fear that she could not control herself. Basically, she left her family and loved ones inside the stadium to run out to the bridge in front of the stadium, by herself, where she thought she was safer. I was shocked she would just abandon her family. On the other hand, I saw a man who was trying to stay calm and make the best decision for his family. Like all of us, he was on his phone looking at the radars and warnings, judging the sky, talking with his family and getting their

input, and staying as calm as possible. While those around him were in panic mode, he remained in control of his emotions and so did those he was leading, his family. Looking back and thinking about the situation, I think he was setting a great example as a leader. Not only because he was keeping his own emotions in check, but more importantly, he had the trust and respect of his family and they were ready to support his decision. I am reminded of a quote by Ralph Stockman who said, “A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.” Needless to say, we all lived through the experience, there was not a tornado at the ball park, and I thank God first of all for our safety, and second, for the opportunity to be reminded of an important lesson in leadership. By the time you read this article, the pre-entries for the Eastern Regional

Finals will be closed (July 1). Please be aware that the Southwest Regional Finals entries will need to be postmarked by July 22 and Gold Plus phone entries and stall reservations will close on July 29. The Lone Star Regional Finals entries will need to be postmarked by July 29 and the Gold Plus phone entries and stall reservations will close on August 5. As a reminder, there is a 3% credit card fee applied to all phone entries so if you want to avoid the fee, please make sure your entries are mailed with a check by the designated date. Don’t forget there is going to be a minimum of $10,000 added to the Gold Plus division at each Regional Finals this year so if you are going, you will definitely want to enter the Gold Plus roping. Please let me know if you have any questions or there is anything I can do to help you. I look forward to visiting with you. n

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Jerome Sangster and Bahe H. Henio teamed up to win the Gold Plus Roping at the Red Rock Classic. Their smooth work of 29.33 seconds on four head earned them the championships payout of $2,052 in cash, trophy Gist buckles and $6,000 in USTRC Flex Earnings.

E.R. Scogins and Marty T. Murphy came out of Louisiana to win the Gold Plus roping at the Mississippi Championships. They roped four head in 35.36 seconds and shared the payout of $3,014 in cash, trophy Gist buckles and $6,000 in USTRC Flex Earnings. SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 17

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Don Garnett from Missouri teamed up with Charlie F. Madison from Kansas to win the Gold Plus roping at the West of the Ozarks event. They finished with a four-head total of 33.66 seconds and won $2,593 in cash, trophy Gist buckles and $6,000 in USTRC Flex Earnings.

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Doug Burbridge from Aztec, NM and Joaquin Huntington from Hesperus, CO caught four head in 37.30 seconds to win $1,600 in cash, trophy Gist buckles and $6,000 in USTRC Flex Earnings.

The Ohio Classic had a mix of ropers from all across the country including the Gold Plus winners, Bruce A. Nichols from Farmington, WV and Bob J. Knudsen, Jr. of Lancaster, KY. They finished with a four-head total of 36.90 seconds to win $1,370 in cash, trophy Gist buckles and $6,000 in USTRC Flex Earnings.

After roping four head in 35 seconds flat, the team of Joel P. Anderson and Joe L. Kane were crowned the Gold Plus roping winners of the North Country Classic. They won $1,724 in cash, trophy Gist buckles and $6,000 in USTRC Flex Earnings. 18 / JULY 2011

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And Then There Was One by Melinda Clements

#13 SHOOT-OUT ROPING 2010 USTRC National Champions

little over three seconds separated the top five teams going into the short go round of the #13 Shoot-Out at the 2010 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping. They were a competitive and tough set of teams, some of the best in the business. Louisiana team ropers, Natie Johnson and Cody Hogan were in a prestigious position, but a position laced with pressure and stress. The pair just happened to be the high team back coming into the short go round and it would be a nerve-wrecking wait as the top thirty teams roped. Hogan, a thirteen-year-old from Pelican, Louisiana, felt the pressure. He knows how to heel and does a good job but there is just something about $81,000, a Martin Championship Trophy saddle, Gist Gold buckle, Tony Lama Full Quill Ostrich boots and Western Horseman Collector’s Prints that boggles the mind and sets your nerves on edge. “I just wanted to catch two feet and be solid in every run,” Hogan said shyly. “I’ve been roping about two years with Natie and I wanted to win it all. I just wanted to catch and follow through. I wanted to do everything right.” “Cody and I don’t practice,” Natie explained. “We live too far apart to practice on a regular basis. We rope together at team ropings all the time.” The pair’s precision and team work had been evident throughout the day. You don’t come back high team going into a short go round of a team roping finals unless things are working. Hogan and Johnson led the pack going into the short go round and both knew, without a doubt, what needed to be done. They also knew the caliber of teams they were roping against.

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Natie Johnson & Cody Hogan

“I knew Cody would be solid even if he was nervous,” Johnson commented. “We just had to wait it out.” Perhaps that is why they were a little surprised when the second high team back in the short round failed to make a qualified run. It didn’t relieve much pressure but it did give them a wider margin. The good thing was it gave Hogan and Johnson a little over ten seconds as their margin of error. That gave them a wider fringe to make it all come together to win the roping. When Natie Johnson rode into the heading box things were suddenly suspended into a type of slow motion animation. Suddenly things were very clear. The music resounded off the walls of the coliseum and pure competitive, unadulterated team roping stirred your soul. When the final time of 7.59 was announced a roar vibrated from an appreciative crowd. Johnson and Hogan functioned somewhere between a trance and indefinable reality. “We wanted to be solid and rope like we had roped all day,” Johnson said hardly able to contain the excitement in his

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2 CHAMPIONS0 1 0 Natie Johnson and Cody Hogan at the 2010 Cinch USTRC National Finals in Oklahoma City.

voice. “My wife didn’t even believe it when I called her. That is how farfetched it all was. God blessed us. I had E.R. Scoggins to thank for his horse. I had a good heeler and I appreciate all the help and support we have.” Eighty-one thousand dollars can change your life. Roping with friends and colleagues can change your life. Natie Johnson and Cody Hogan will never forget one afternoon at the 2010 Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping when their lives changed. That day “And Then There Was One” Natie Johnson and Cody Hogan were the champions of the #13 Shoot-Out at the National Finals. n

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roping partners and he said, “I remember when you got a check every time we went somewhere, and now you are just an ‘also ran’.” I guess he was just trying to cheer me up. I am a competitor and I don’t give up even at 53. I like to take a run at the big dogs. So instead of giving up, what can you do when you are getting beat? We need to take a realistic look at ourselves and see where we can cut off some seconds. If you are an Open level header, I would start to figure out how these 6 or 7 headers are winning everything, and it’s not just about how far they reach. First, you can come home from the Ryon and cut your head rope off so all you have is a loop and no coils. This makes you really ride your horse and get some run out of your head horse. Then when I head steers, I would practice getting tight and getting my steer’s head quickly so he would square fast and smooth. After I get where I can go to the hip and get things controlled, then I will learn how to throw a coil and get the steer to come around quick. For most of you in the medium to lower numbered ropings you don’t have to throw a coil, but you could do like I am doing in the practice pen. Cut a rope off and just give yourself a loop, the slack between your hands and a tail about 6 inches long and see if you don’t ride your horse more aggressively. You also won’t throw so much extra slack around. Try to get your rope tight and get the steer’s head fast and smooth. I also cut my heel rope off. Cody Gatlin was staying here practicing for the BFI, so I had him heel with it and, wow, that really worked great. It made him really position his horse and run his slack well. After I look back at the roping, if my partners could have squared those steers a little faster and I could have come tight better, we might have at least made the short go. I can’t tell you that if you do this thing or that thing, you will win every weekend, but we all have to stay motivated and keep moving forward or we will get left behind. Even the World Champions don’t win every weekend. Sometimes they might go for a month without a check, but what makes a Champion is the ability to regroup, keep trying and come back stronger. Your Friend,

Rickey Green

Get Tight ecently I competed at the Windy Ryon Memorial team roping. This is one of the biggest open ropings we have in Texas, and this year the competition was extremely tough. Clay Cooper put on a heeling seminar and won 1st and 3rd place. David Key did the same, winning 1st and 2nd. The steers ran hard and were some of the best cattle we have ever roped there. It’s hard to fathom in a four-steer average with a twenty-foot score, that four 7 second runs would not place, but that’s what happened. If you were off the barrier a little and your steer ran at all, it would take you out of the roping. My first steer ran a little. My partner got a decent start and we were 8, and we drew a second steer that ran a little and we were 8 again. So we were pretty much out of the roping. It’s amazing that the headers nowadays start off on the first steer, reaching like they are at a rodeo. You know, we all have told our kids, “Use your head and ride up and take a good shot.” But by the time they’re in high school, they need to be 4 at the high school rodeos. Some of these kids

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are 15 years old and the only roping they can get in is the Open, so they better learn to reach. Besides learning to reach, they also have to learn to be strategically placed in a certain position at just the right time so they can get tight and finish the run. I thought I had done the best job I could have on the steers I got turned until I watched the video that my aunt Darlene filmed of me, my uncle Walt Woodard, and Martin Lucero. As I watched the video, I could see I had roped my steers just as fast as Walt and Martin, but they got tight probably a full second faster than I had on my runs. Part of the reason was that they were more consistent on where they positioned the steers, so they kept their steers out in front of them better than I did. The next thing was that they went almost straight to the horn, and ran their slack shorter and faster than I did. Aditionally, their horses were stopping harder than mine did. So the steers that I had been 8 on, I could have been 7 on if I would tighten things down and get tight quicker. Walt critiqued the video as we watched. He showed me how Travis Tryan’s steer’s head turned almost immediately after the rope hit, and the steer squared and hopped, and how Travis came back up the arena so the steer’s hip would stay out. Walt also showed the difference between the top headers, and how the other headers’ steers continued to go forward several jumps before they turned after the header roped the steer. At this level there are only a handful of headers that dominate, and you see them win all these major ropings, and if you don’t have one of these guys, you’re not going to win like they do. My friend Randy Robinson was there watching. He was one of my first team

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Team Roping 101 Team ropers, do you want to learn more, better your skills or even start with the basics? A new book endorsed by the USTRC; Team Roping 101 is available and an awesome asset to any team ropers book collection. This book is right on target for both headers and heelers and covers more than just the how-to’s of roping, but envelops the sport including ground work, the importance of horsemanship, with tips from Clinton Anderson and professional tips from knowledgeable teachers including Ricky Green and Speed Williams. Take a look at an excerpt from chapter six and a few of the many great corresponding color photos within that chapter.

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Team Roping 101 / Chapter 6 Before any good teacher puts a rope in your hand, Rickey Green and Speed Williams agree that you should test your horsemanship. At this point, it’s not about roping, but how to balance atop a moving horse. If you have not yet mastered basic riding skills, there is no sense trying to rope (fig. 6.1). Attempting this sport before you have a handle on your seat and your horse increases the risk of things going wrong, potentially leading to dangerous consequences. When Williams initially evaluates a new student, he sees how well the student maintains proper form when following a mechanical steer at a trot (fig. 6.2). He maintains that beginners must pass this first test before going forward with anything else on horseback. Learning how to correctly post a trot, which is required in Williams’ test, trains you to rely on your legs—not the reins—for balance when you are up out of the saddle. Since team ropers spend much of their run leaning forward, balanced in their stirrups and hovering over the seat of the saddle, it is a very important lesson. You need to realize that team roping’s forward posture is different than that used in many other Western events, where the rider sits further

back and plants his weight in the saddle’s seat. The hardest thing about team roping is the riding, says Green, who cautions that those who have not learned to ride well first will often take much longer to teach the skills of the sport. Responsible teachers will provide inexperienced riders practice drills to brush up on essential riding skills, and many team roping experts offer videos and other learning material dedicated to good horsemanship. Rider Pre-Flight Checklist To test if you are ready to move on to mounted roping, Rickey Green provides a quick checklist of requirements. Mastering the first two doesn’t just mean that you have performed them once before and might be able to duplicate the results again; it means that you are able to do them every time, anytime, and anywhere. The third is the allimportant rule-ofthumb for all beginner ropers. 1. You should be able to comfortably ride the walk, trot, and lope FIGURE 6.3 with a stable seat (fig. 6.3).

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Roping is a high-speed event, and a rider should be confident sprinting down an arena after a steer. However, all three gaits may be needed during the course of a competition or practice day. Remember too, that team roping isn’t a sport of straight lines and smooth transitions between gallops and halts. The twists, turns, and sudden accelerations and decelerations can be challenging to sit. Green strongly advises riders to be able to handle abrupt changes before they decide to complicate things with a rope. 2. You need the ability to rate the pace of your horse. This means that before you charge down an arena at top speed, you need to know that you can slow and stop your horse on command. Or, if you draw a steer that seems to sprout wings, you should be able to ask for more speed from your horse to catch up to it. (Learn more about rate on p. 117.) 3. A green rider should never be matched with an inexperienced horse. Have a horse that has done the job before. Do not plan on training your horse to team rope while you are still learning yourself. (For more tips on finding the right heading or heeling horse, refer to chapter 4, p. 67.) Basic Ground Handling Secure Tying Not all good horsemanship happens in the saddle. Although ropers tend to be smart about competition equipment, even experienced ones are sometimes less informed about tack used outside the arena, particularly halters and lead ropes. It is as important to make safety a priority when you are on foot as when you are mounted. One problem seen all-to-often at team roping events is when multiple horses are tied to temporary panels or secured to other unsafe fencing. A closely related issue is that many horses are simply tied improperly. This can take many forms, including the length of lead between the horse and what he is tied to. Owners who leave their horse tied with extra length in the lead often think they are doing their horse a kindness by giving him the opportunity to nibble from the ground (fig. 6.4 A). However, a horse can easily entangle a leg or wrap the rope around a nearby object, and if he panics, there can be serious consequences—from rope burns to far more severe injuries. On the other hand, when a horse is tied too closely, it can force him to keep his head unnaturally high (fig. 6.4 B).

After a while, this can tire a horse and cause soreness that will affect the way he performs. For safety, your horse should be tied fairly short above withers-height, at a distance that allows his head and neck to maintain a neutral position (fig. 6.4 C). Also, be sure to use some sort of quick-release knot, which is easily undone in case of emergency. Entire books have been written about knots alone, so I won’t specifically cover them here. Haltering Another common error involves haltering. Rope halters popular today have many benefits, but owners must be educated about how to use them. For example, many users are unaware of the proper way to tie the knot that holds this type of halter in place. When tied correctly, the end coming over the horse’s poll should slip behind and through the loop attached at the top of the left cheek piece. Next, it should be wrapped around to the right, then behind the loop. This forms a second loose loop when the end is circled back around FIGURE 6.4C the left side of the loop to the front. At that point, the tail should then be tucked from near the horse’s eye through the newly formed loop, down toward the jaw, and pulled snug (fig. 6.5 A). Many times people do this backward, leaving the tail flapping near the horse’s eye (fig. 6.5 B). When the tail is too long, it can actually rub into the horse’s eye. This is not only annoying, but can be dangerous with a head-shy or nervous horse. The Five Body Parts: Drills to Test Softness and Flexibility If some of your horsemanship skills could use polishing, that’s okay. Green advises novices to allow at least a year to learn to become a confident rider before attempting team roping from horseback. During the meantime, consider riding lessons, learn about proper roping technique, and build a solid foundation with the groundwork covered in the previous chapter. Clinton Anderson, a well-known clinician and horsemanship expert, also suggests using this time to tuneup your horse’s technique. You can learn more about him

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Team Roping 101 continued and his horsemanship tips at www.downunderhorsemanship.com. He also has authored several books on the subject, including Clinton Anderson’s Downunder Horsemanship: Establishing Respect and Control for English and Western Riders and Clinton Anderson’s Lessons Well Learned: Why My Method Works for Any Horse (Trafalgar Square Books, www.horseandriderbooks.com). Regardless of the sport, he first recommends an easy set of five drills for your equine athlete. Each one tests the softness and flexibility of the horse’s five major body parts: the head and neck; poll; shoulders; rib cage; and hindquarters. This series ensures that your horse is listening to you, and increases your odds of a quick response when you need it, which could be very important someday as you are flying 6.8 FIGURE down the arena after a steer. Anderson has a quick test to see if your horse is a bit rusty and could use a refresher course in “respect.” Simply ride your horse in a halter and lead rope instead of a bridle and tie-down (fig. 6.6). If your horse is pushy and resistant, chances are he needs a tune-up. Your horse’s mouth is nothing but a telegraph station, and Anderson says that any stiffness present in the horse’s body comes through to his mouth. He adds that when you get everything behind the mouth “soft and supple,” the mouth will feel like velvet. Speed Williams agrees that a “soft” horse makes the best partner (fig. 6.7). So, when trying a prospect out for the first time, he suggests you ask him to flex his head and neck, and bend his body. Although you eventually want the horse’s body to work in unison to do the job you give it, the quickest way to do so is to train each of the five body parts separately. Once you have control of all five, you will find you have better command of the entire horse. Head, Neck, and Poll What if you have a high-headed, stiff horse? In order to get a horse to drop his head and tuck his nose easily, called vertical flexion, you must teach him Anderson’s first drill— how to bend his head and neck around laterally (fig. 6.8). The goal is to just get the horse to “give” to the pressure when you signal with the reins—in any direction. Between a horse and rider, the horse will always come out ahead in a physical contest because he’s stronger. So,

the weaker human must out-think the horse to win. This is where leverage helps. Instead of pulling straight back on the reins, use lateral flexion—that is, take up one rein to direct the horse’s nose toward the stirrup on the same side. One rein pulls the horse off balance and gives you an advantage. Later, when the horse is light and responsive to the cue for lateral flexion, you can try to establish vertical flexion and may find the horse obeys you without resistance (fig. 6.9). However, even if your horse is great the first time you ask for either response, regularly practice both lateral and vertical flexion for continuing best results. Shoulders Next, Anderson says to work the “steering wheel” of the horse—his shoulders. However, make sure you’re prepared to move your horse to this step by testing his willingness to move at the gait you choose, and that he stops when asked. Start this two-part drill by having the horse move his shoulders off leg pressure by going forward at a 45-degree angle (fig. 6.10). After the horse has mastered this technique, ramp it up with counterbending. This is the same movement, except the horse’s nose is tipped away from the direction the horse’s shoulders are going. Counterbending should be practiced in both directions, and eventually, at all three gaits. Rib Cage To gain control of the horse’s rib cage, Anderson says that circles are your best friend. To begin, walk the horse in a small circle, 3 to 4 feet in diameter (fig. 6.11). By taking the slack out of your inside rein, your horse’s head and neck should softly bend around the imaginary line you are traveling—especially if you have practiced lateral flexion. His ribs should follow suit and continue the curve through his entire body. If not, you can encourage this by bumping CONTINUED ON PAGE 106

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ere it not for politics, Priefert Manufacturing may never have come to be. Being able to see an opportunity staring him in the face was one thing Marvin Priefert could claim as a unique gift in his drive to see his family leave what was truly abject poverty to assume a comfortable living. That and providential timing. At 13, Marvin became head of the family during the Depression when his father passed away and an older brother was hurt in a farming accident. Dirt poor, the family often killed rabbits to put meat on the table while Marvin’s mother struggled to keep the family afloat on their rented farm in Belvedere, Nebraska. “There was another brother but my granddad was just a little more capable,” said Eddie Priefert,

Eddie Priefert, president of the company, says innovation in the company was born with his grandfather, Marvin, who invented the first headgate the company produced.

take notice, and he soon sold royalties to other manufacturers of his plow and had patents to 25-30 other implements that became Priefert Brothers Manufacturing. As can happen among brothers, differences of opinion developed. Marvin decided he was tired of the Nebraska cold and wind, packed up his family and headed to south Texas where he bought a 200-acre orange grove. One month later, a freeze descended and he lost everything—the money from his share of Priefert Brothers, royalties, everything. Neighbors in the same predicament opined that they would head to Oklahoma and raise cattle. So Marvin, bucking a longheld belief not to raise anything that ate, decided he might do the same. He loaded up his wife, son Bill, and twin daughters in the family station wagon and headed

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a grandson to Marvin and company vice president. That capability would be the turning point in their lives. Enter the political aspirations of Hitler and World War II. In his early 20s, Marvin joins the Navy and heads off to diesel mechanic school, where he receives three years of college education and is assigned to a battleship headed to Okinawa. Before he sets sail, Truman makes the decision to bomb Hiroshima. War over, Marvin returns to Nebraska even more capable. “The Lord put in him the right spot to see battleships and the shipyard and those things that amazed him, “ said Eddie. “He was a mechanical genius even at that time because he was building tons of little inventions here and there, and when he got home he saw what the world could actually be like.” Now 25, married and still farming with horses, Marvin decided the family couldn’t get any poorer and the only way to go was up. Though he had no money, he did have a good mind. He found a 28 / JULY 2011

junk Caterpillar D6 dozer that gave him the horsepower and the traction he was looking for to revamp his horse-drawn plows into a mechanical plow with a lever that would raise and lower the tines. Soon, he could turn 80 acres a day. “That was unheard of in 1945 and this was one of the first operations that was a high, high performance yield,” said Eddie. “Back in those days, everybody was very conservative and never put everything in one basket, meaning they had chickens here, corn there, soybeans over there. Nobody really had a lot of interest in making a huge amount of profit. They were more interested in how they were going to live.” Faced with a post-war wheat and corn shortage, Marvin saw the opportunity to take the 200 acres they had, along with the homesteads of uncles and great-uncles that he bought with the collateral of a cow and a couple of horses, and began to plant wheat. His aspiration grew to more than 2,000 acres in wheat in 10 years. Others began to

back north through East Texas, landing where Priefert Manufacturing is to this day, Mount Pleasant. Fortunately, a Nebraska banker, aware of his reputation and his ability to grasp opportunity, took a chance on Marvin and loaned him the money to buy a 300-acre homestead. Marvin still had to find work, however, doing the odd welding job and working for Lone Star Steel, now a part of U.S. Steel, that specialized in making tubular steel with outer diameters ranging from 16 inches to 1.415 inches. A foreshadowing of things to come. He also bought 40 head of Brahma cross cattle with only a 14-year-old Bill and no experience and no equipment to handle them. “These cattle might as well have been rodeo stock, they were so wild,” said Eddie. “But the Lord gave him the right mind to see what he needed to do, so he went out and built a little head gate for his own use, and thought it might be something other people might need.” Turned out, though, that other

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ranchers in the area were making use of cheap labor and weren’t too keen on spending $60 on a contraption they weren’t sure would work anyway. Enter President Lyndon Johnson, minimum wage and civil rights. After 1964 and the passage of the Civil Rights Act, ranchers found that cheap labor was no longer available and the Priefert head gate became an overnight sensation. “He couldn’t build enough head gates to keep up with the demand,” said Eddie. “He bought used oil field pipe to build the gates, because he had learned that the companies he sold royalties to had been cheating him and he wasn’t going to let that happen again.”

decision for him to let my dad use his own money to buy a senior ring, because that money might have been needed to feed the family. But, he let dad buy it his junior year. By the time he was a senior, the business had done so well, my granddad bought him a brand new ’66 Mustang.” Eddie easily peppers his conversation with thanks to the Lord for what has happened within the Priefert family since then, noting that they have always held to the belief that what they do is

rodeo team, along with the local FFA chapter, rodeo association, other civic groups and, of course, the church. The “shop” is actually a huge steel building covering 17 acres under one roof that is packed full of steel being welded into panels, chutes, walkers and assorted other products. The shop operates 24/6, not seven, because, “We want to make sure people have an opportunity to go to church,” said Eddie. “We don’t make them go, but we sure won’t stand in the way of them

Once transformed into tubes, the steel moves on to become a part of Priefert;s highly sought after panels.

Rolls of steel are housed at the more than 30 acre plant to soon become panels, horse walkers, return chutes and much more.

Soon the “mom and pop” operation included son Bill, who came in after school, along with local FFA boys who also came in after school to weld. Marvin determined that his marketing outlet would come through veterinarians, who were looking for a safer and more efficient way to handle cattle. Veterinarians caught on to the idea, because they could make a commission, along with showing their clients a better way to manage their cattle. “So that’s what started it all, more or less,” Eddie recalled. “But my granddad remembered the months they lived out of the station wagon and it was a huge

getting to go.” Every Priefert employee is responsible for the success of the company with a time-tested incentive model developed by Marvin. “Granddad knew that people would work better if they had a bigger stake in their role A Priefert craftsman perfects the machinations of the chute for use by in the company,” remote. Eddie Priefert says even more developments are to come shortly. Eddie explained. “So, everyone who works here is on a intended to help others and what they team and they have the responsibility get from it is meant to be shared. for making sure that everyone on the From the humble beginnings of that team is doing their job because they’re head gate, Priefert has become one of paid by the amount of product they can the largest employers in Mount Pleasant, produce. And, everyone who works here, second only to Pilgrim’s Pride poultry from the secretaries to the welders to processing, and regularly supports the drivers, gets paid an incentive for Northeast Texas Community College SUPERLOOPER MAGAZINE / 29

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every mistake they find in one of our products before it goes out the door.” Welders are clearly the most valuable tradesmen in the company and each welder puts a unique mark on each panel that he welds. If someone else finds a mistake, that welder has to correct it and the incentive is taken from his check. By the same token, if the team member responsible for supplying the

architects are now building around Priefert versus the other way around. “We ran into a situation where people would contract us to put in stalls, panels, return chutes . . . whatever, in their facility and would get there and find that the building wasn’t set up to handle what they needed because the architect wasn’t familiar with livestock management,” said

product is evident and there is equal pride in the relationships it has developed in the horse and rodeo industries, which represents 60 percent of its business. The Priefert logo is found scattered across those industries with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, Professional Bull Riders and a number of team roping organizations. But, says Eddie, the relationship with USTRC is one of their most important. “USTRC is always going to have a special place with Priefert because it gave us our first shot in Steel is turned into tubes under intense heat. The steel is rolled and sealed the sport, so that no seams are apparent. even before welder with the necessary materials falls Eddie. “So we rodeo,” he down on the job, that welder has the started a division said. “We right to stop working and still get paid called Priefert worked with until he gets the materials he’s due. Complex Design that USTRC in Priefert remains family-owned with works with architects Welders are highly valued for their skills at Priefert getting chutes and each panel bears a distinctive mark identifying Bill Priefert serving as Chairman of the who are building and head the craftsman who made it. Board and President, while Eddie is civic buildings, gates President and his brothers Nathan and fairgrounds and other developed that would work best for Travis keep watch as vice presidents and livestock facilities.” team ropers and we’re still working with ranch managers. Testing of equipment Moving product also spawned USTRC and its members in making sure is serious business, with the original Priefert Logistics, which is the trucking we are always on top of the industry.” 300-acre property now encompassing division that serves the 900 dealers Eric Dunn, who began working for 3,000 acres. Every new design is put worldwide. Today, the company employs the company as a junior in high school through its paces on the Priefert ranch more than 600 employees and produces and is now manager of Key Accounts, to ensure that it could be operated by thousands of products including some says that Priefert’s long standing goal almost anyone. of their newest creations, custom stalls, has been to hold a strong and dominant “If any piece of our equipment can’t horse walkers and fencing. While the position in the marketplace and that be operated safely by a 12-year-old , economy has had an effect on its means supporting the groups who then we start over,” said Eddie. “You business, Eddie says they’ve stuck with represent their consumer. don’t let something go out with your what they do best and have shed some “Priefert builds a product that other name on it and it not be safe.” of the less practical products. companies are trying to reproduce more Their design work is such that The pride the family has in its cheaply,” he said, “But they are doing it at the cost of quality and we won’t do that. So we have to make sure we continue to tell our story wherever it can be told and that the industry continues to see how long this product can last.” n

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It Works Because It Fits A Look at Business Entrepreneur Kyle Caylor

By Melinda Clements

here is something to be said for longevity. Webster defines longevity as endurance, permanence and durability. However, perhaps the other key words coupled with longevity are integrity, honesty and service. Regardless, all are significant when it comes to Kyle Caylor, the owner and founder of Stephenville Trailers and Truck Accessories and Fightin 7 Ranches. Caylor’s business philosophy transcends trailers, roping horses and life. No matter where you find Caylor, be it roping, visiting or mentoring, he is about relationships. New at team roping he finds the same business values work across the board from selling trailers to matching the right roper with the right horse. He believes the best in people and it doesn’t matter if they are training horses, decking out trucks or designing trailers. Meeting people’s needs is what is most important and you bead in on the concept the minute you take the time to visit. Caylor has been in business long enough to set a standard for others to follow. He uses the standard as a 32 / JULY 2011

Caylor roping with partner J.D. McGuire at the 2010 Cinch US National Finals of Team Roping

guideline for his day-to-day living and it works not only for him but for those he advises. “I didn’t want to follow; I wanted to lead and set the standard,” he commented. He has certainly done exactly that. He will tell you he does not have all the answers but he is an innovator who is people oriented. His goal is not to just make you a customer, but to be sure you are a repeat customer. His goal is to be of service and make you feel important enough that you will not want to trade anywhere else. He wants you coming in the door because you know the service is impeccable and the staff friendly and compassionate. It doesn’t matter if you want a trailer, truck accessories or even a horse, you won’t find a better team to put it all together for you. “Our goal is the repeat customer,” Caylor explained. “I want repeat customers who tell others about their experiences. A happy client is a

returning client and it doesn’t matter if they are buying trailers, accessories or a good heading and heeling horse.” Caylor wants a custom fit for his customers because his customers will spread the word and tell others. According to Caylor it is the best form of advertising. Fightin 7 uses the same concept and makes team roping a unique experience when you visit the facility. “It is about building and establishing relationships,” Caylor elaborated. “We want to do right by people and I want to be able to look in the mirror each morning and know we have treated people right and followed through on what they want and need. I want them to believe we will do what we said we would do and stand by it.” Caylor emphasizes he and his staff are not out to make a sale that will not fit the customer. The last thing they want is to have them grumbling a week later. He utilizes the same philosophy as Fightin 7 Ranches works at matching horses with ropers. Fightin 7 strives to train and match the horses with the level of roper. It is about satisfaction and

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making things fit together so everyone can operate at an effective level of competition and success. “We are geared and designed to meet a ropers needs with the horse he rides and the trailer he pulls. It doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or a seasoned and experienced roper. We want everything to work for you because it fits together in the right way” Caylor explained. Caylor is all about team effort. He surrounds himself with a team of people who are honest and committed to doing right by the customer. The reason people come back is because of the product and the service. In short, Caylor does right by people and he expects his team of experts to do the same. Caylor prides himself on keeping his word, providing an impeccable service, looking you in the face and sticking to his word. His team practices the same trademark philosophy whether it involves horse trainer Jeff Kanady, Sales Represenative Kolt Kersh or Service Manager Wes Hohertz. Caylor surrounds himself with an amazing team of young men who have learned well. “We want it all to fit like entwining your fingers,” Caylor added interweaving his fingers in a rolling motion as an illustration. “It all has to fit. When you work with the customer you realize a man has specific ideas about what he wants in a trailer. The

wife also has specific ideas and needs in mind. It is, indeed, almost like building and designing a home.” Caylor is proud of his team and is always interested in their input and ideas. He reemphasized his team of specialists and the satisfaction in his voice is reflective of his pride and indicative of how he feels. “I know I have the best people in the business doing the best job they know how to do,” Caylor explained. “We are all in it for the same reasons. I appreciate their input. I may not say it at the time but after I’ve given it some thought I know they have some good ideas and realize they may actually work. I want them all to feel free to give me their ideas and input.” Caylor is always looking for new avenues to improve on an already successful business philosophy. Perhaps that is the reason he is so proud of his state of the art roping facility. Fightin 7 is a top notch facility that enables Caylor’s team to produce some of the best roping prospects in the team roping business. Despite being a beginning roper himself (he has only been roping about three years) Caylor has opened the door for ropers of all levels to benefit from his philosophy. It works best because it fits. It is all customized with the customer in mind. “I can’t say this enough,” Caylor emphasized. “We are not out to make a sale that won’t fit. All this comes together because we take the time to assure our customer he is our priority. A client comes back because they are pleased and they know we will do what

we say we will do. They know we will do all we can do to customize and gear things toward them.” Perhaps, it has a lot to do with the “cowboy code of ethics.” It is the old school business ethic of being honest, keeping your word, sealing a deal with a handshake, caring and being compassionate about your customer and establishing a working relationship that lasts a lifetime. Kyle Caylor believes you “do right by people.” It is about quality, service, integrity and relationships. It is about establishing a one-on-one commitment to making the other person important. It is about people and bringing them back into your business and keeping them in your life because you care. It is pride and a relationship you value and treasure. Kyle Caylor is about effort and commitment. His team is about hard work and dedication. It is about assurance and following through. It is a declaration and a promise that is more important than making a sale. It is a fit that illustrates the person; the customer is valuable and important. It is a business practice that illustrates fellowship, compassion and friendship is imperative and important. It is no wonder longevity comes into the picture. Things of significance and substance tend to last a long time. ■

Caylor roping with Ryan Mayfield at the 2010 LoneStar Regional Finals

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COWBOY O LAW AB WO Y by Kyle Post

I was asked by a reader who “buys and sells a few horses a year” to write about the legal issues involved in that process. Whether we make our living selling horses or only occasionally sell a horse, we should be aware of the laws that affect those transactions. In addition, most of us will buy a horse at some point in time and knowledge about the process will be helpful. Because good horses are extremely valuable, even to those of us who don’t make our living with a rope, it is important to understand our rights and obligations as buyers and sellers. Every state has enacted laws that protect consumers from fraud and deception. These laws may provide protection for horse buyers. The general idea is simple; sellers should not lie, deceive, or misrepresent the products they are selling. This may include failing to disclose important information. Sellers who violate these 34 / JULY 2011

laws are liable for the actual damages incurred by the buyer (i.e. the difference between the purchase price and the horse’s actual value) and in some cases may be liable for punitive or “exemplary” damages as a way to deter future deceptive practices. Aside from the consumer protection laws mentioned above, courts have traditionally applied the doctrine of “caveat emptor” or “buyer beware” to horse sales. This places the burden on the buyer to ask questions of the seller, perform pre-purchase exams, and otherwise determine the condition of the horse prior to the purchase. Absent fraud or misrepresentation by the seller, the buyer is “stuck” with the horse if it doesn’t turn out to be what the buyer expected. In some cases, the Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”) may apply to horse sale transactions. The UCC attempts to provide simple, uniform rules aimed at facilitating commercial transactions. While the UCC is “uniform”, it is not the same in every state and it is important to know which specific rules apply to your situation. Under the UCC, a “merchant” is often held to a higher standard than a person who engages only in casual sales. A merchant is a person who deals in the sale of horses or who by his occupation holds himself out as having knowledge or skill specifically related to horses. Two examples illustrate how this would be applied. An individual who makes his living selling horses, advertises his business, and maintains a website devoted to selling his horses would be a merchant. On the other hand, an amateur roper who does not sell horses for a living but who sells one horse when approached about it, would likely not be a merchant. In some states, like Arizona, when a

merchant sells a horse there is an implied warranty of merchantability or that the horse is fit for the ordinary purpose for which the horse is used. However, it is the buyer’s responsibility to examine the horse because this implied warranty does not apply to any defects that a buyer should have discovered during an examination of the horse or that would have been discovered if the buyer had elected to examine the horse. A proper examination would likely include roping a few steers on the horse and having a pre-purchase examination performed by a veterinarian. In effect, the implied warranty of merchantability protects a buyer from hidden defects that can’t be discovered by examining the horse. Remember, this warranty only applies if the seller is a merchant. In addition, there may be an implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. That is, if the buyer tells the seller he is looking for a kid-friendly horse and relies on the seller’s judgment in selecting a suitable horse, then there is an implied warranty that the horse will be suitable as a kid’s horse. This warranty applies whether or not the seller is a merchant. It is important to note that not all states imply these two warranties to horse sales. For example, Texas does not imply either warranty to the sale of livestock. Furthermore, generally a seller can disclaim these implied warranties by including “AS IS” or similar language in the sales contract. As such, reliance on these implied warranties should be limited and other alternatives may provide better protection for buyers. A seller can also make express warranties related to a horse by describing the horse in a certain manner. For example, an

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advertisement may describe a horse as follows: “10 years old. Great for kids and beginners.” The seller has now made a warranty that the horse is 10 years old. If the horse is really 15 years old, the seller has breached that express warranty regarding the age of the horse. Determining whether the seller guaranteed that the horse was good for beginners is a difficult issue because the statement “great for kids and beginners” could be viewed as the seller’s opinion, not a statement of fact. Generally, only statements of fact create express warranties. A seller can also create a warranty by specifically promising something. For example, the seller may guarantee that the horse is sound. Whether a warranty was created is often the subject of disagreement and litigation. Express warranties can be made by any seller, not just a merchant, and unlike implied warranties, express warranties cannot be disclaimed by including “AS IS” in the sales contract. . So, what happens if a seller breaches a warranty? Under the UCC, the buyer is not entitled to return the horse for a refund but is entitled to damages. The damages are generally equal to the difference between what the buyer paid for the horse and what the horse was actually worth given the defect. If the horse is completely lame and cannot be used for anything, the damages may be pretty close to the total purchase price. However, if the horse is usable but requires some TLC or maintenance, the damages would be roughly equal to the difference between the value of a completely sound horse and a horse that requires regular injections, medications, or other treatments. As a result of the rules described above, it can be extremely important to have a written purchase and sale agreement. In that agreement, the

seller can limit the applicability of any implied warranties and the buyer can negotiate any express warranties he or she desires. The parties can also agree to different remedies in the event of a breach by either party. For example, the buyer could insist on the ability to return the horse for a full refund within 30 days if lameness is discovered. The seller could include a provision that if any of the seller’s warranties are breached, then the buyer can return the horse and apply the full purchase price toward a different horse. A written agreement allows the parties to structure the deal how they want and ensures that each party understands the exact terms. Is a written contract necessary in every case? Probably not. If the horse is selling for $1,000, it may not be necessary. But as the price of the horse increases, the need for a written agreement also increases. As always, the answers to the legal issues discussed in this article will vary by state and may apply differently in each situation. Knowing which rules apply allows us to make better decisions regarding how we handle these transactions. It may not be necessary to change the way you operate when buying or selling horses, but hopefully this article makes you aware of some of the things you should think about during that process. n

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Ultimate American Cowboy

by Ryan Davis

The month of July brings the country together to unite as proud Americans and celebrate our Independence. Without a doubt, this is the time of year for all of us to recognize the United States of America’s history and what we have overcome to be the nation we are today. Battles were hard fought by brothers, sisters, fathers and mothers in order for all of us to enjoy our The Baraki Barak Roping Champions freedom and our rights. These battles continue today as The Champion of the first ever dummy the men and women of our team roping in Afghanistan was Tim military are overseas in the midst Anderson from Blooming Grove, Texas! of war, continuing to keep our Congratulations Tim! country free from danger. These true patriots in uniform come from PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROPE AFGHANISTAN all walks of life and among them In addition, Arnold realized he could easily give away five are a few fellow team ropers. buckles instead of one at his dummy roping. He called home and One of these individuals was stationed for over a year in expressed his ideas to Lynette who admits she is a “well trained Afghanistan. With the help of his family, close friends, companies roping wife.” She was quickly on the ball finding and shipping all across the nation and thousands of individual supporters, Arnold what he needed. Lynette and Crumley thought up the team roping, or at least dummy roping, has invaded military idea of a simple Facebook page to help spread the word and bases not only in Afghanistan, but in Iraq as well and looks to be bring in ropes and donations to send oversees; thus the heading to other bases soon. beginning of ‘Rope Afghanistan.’ It began with Arnold Norman, who in November of 2009 was “We went from three friends to close to 2,000 in a matter of sent to Afghanistan as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture days” said Lynette. “Really, Facebook went ballistic.” to help train the people of Afghanistan in growing crops. Support continued to pour in, including a big supporter, Norman, an avid team roper, took along a couple of ropes to Missy Bonds of the Bonds Ranch in central Texas, and hundreds, swing and play around with during his off time. It wasn’t long perhaps thousands of individuals. Ropes, gloves, caps, books, before he asked his wife, Lynette to pack up a dummy steer head videos, photos, magazines – everything just started rolling into to ship his way as well. Once he found enough parts and pieces Lynette’s home in Fort Worth, Texas. Also, buckle companies to manufacture a roping dummy (MRAP Dummy), Arnold was at including Gist, A Cut Above, Maynard, Tres Rios and an his daily practice which drew quite a bit of attention from fellow individual, Louie Molina, sent buckles and in the end the soldiers stationed at the Baraki Barak base in the Logar Province Arnolds had a total of 30 buckles and lots of other great prizes of Eastern Zone of Afghanistan. Pretty soon they, too, were to award to the ropers at the event. Lynette said she was hooked on roping. On a leave of absence during the month of overwhelmed at the support including that from Walt Woodard March 2010, Arnold and Lynette, as well as family friend Allen who has now sent close to 60 free roping videos to Rope Crumley, devised a plan to buy a buckle and host a dummy Afghanistan, and Joe Beaver who sent over a box of roping once he returned to Afghanistan. merchandise as well. Lynette was in charge of getting the buckle and shipping it to Along with the 55 to 60 military competitors, Arnold also Arnold who started promoting his event. As with any great idea, hosted an event for the local Afghans who had become it was not long before Arnold was inundated with ropers and interested in roping. The roping had a special aspect for knew he needed a lot more ropes, roping paraphernalia and them, too. training aids to pass around to all of the new ropers at the base. “The roping gave the guys a break from the war,” admitted “Probably 90-95% of those who started roping at the base had Arnold. “It gave them a tool they could use to relax.” never held a rope before,” said Arnold. “So it was a challenge, Since the first dummy roping held by Arnold, the word has but rewarding.”

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Some of the donations: Orange Ropes from Triple B Feeds; Blue Ropes from Missy Bonds; Caps, Gloves, & Cowboy Toy from NRS Roping at FOB Wilson

spread and three different camps in Afghanistan have since hosted events with one in Iraq being presently promoted. A total of 60 buckles and an estimated 3,000+ lbs of roping equipment have been sent to the troops in camps in both countries. Since his return, Arnold has retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but continues to work for the military. He is back to roping, but ‘Rope Afghanistan’ has not ended. ‘Rope Afghanistan’ Facebook page has 5,000 friends and the support steadily continues to grow. Arnold and Lynette, along with their daughter MyLynn, continue to ship boxes to troops who use the sport to get their mind off the daily life in the war zones. “We are hoping to work with the wounded warrior program in the near future,” said Arnold. “And, as the soldiers start coming back, we think there will be permanent roping locations at U.S. bases. We have a very good core of guys who truly enjoy it.” At the 2011 Stock Show and Rodeo held in Fort Worth, Lynette and Crumley were recognized during the rodeo grand entry for their “beyond the call of duty,” patriot deeds. “I would like to thank everyone who supported us,” said Lynette. “Arnold thought of it and others made it happen.” Arnold added, “We are very appreciative and thankful for the soldiers that serve.” For all of those who are interested in sponsoring buckles or making a cash donation, please send all checks to: Rope Afghanistan c/o Allen Crumley Williams Trew Real Estate 3707 Camp Bowie Blvd. Suite 300 Fort Worth, Texas 76107

For donations of ropes, how-to videos, magazines or anything else please send them to: Rope Afghanistan c/o Lynette Norman 317 Rail Lane Burleson, Texas 76028

“Again, we really appreciate all of the support that is being given. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!” Lynette and Arnold Norman

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Utah Championships Farmington, Utah July 16-17 2011

armington, Utah, the seat of Davis County, is located about sixteen miles north of Salt Lake City. It occupies a narrow strip of land tucked snugly against the base of the Wasatch Mountains, halfway between Salt Lake City and Ogden, with the Great Salt Lake lapping at its western shores. Farmington will welcome USTRC team ropers to the area for the Utah Championships the weekend of July 16-17, 2011. Davis County has long been a center for diverse cultures. Many cultures settled the northern part of the state of Utah from the original pioneers that first came into the Salt Lake Valley to the Native Americans who already inhabited the area at the time. Most of the pioneers were of European ancestry and the landscape created a near-to-home ambience many of them longed for. From food to entertainment, you will notice much of the foreign touch still reverberating throughout the community today. 40 / JULY 2011

The community, with a population of around 14,000, is a place renowned for its tree-lined streets, visual charm and a history as solid as the stone used in the construction of many of its pioneer homes. Farmington’s earliest inhabitants were Indians who stayed until the 1860’s. Fur trappers came through the Farmington area as early as 1825, and were followed by explorers and emigrants in the 1840’s. Soon after arriving in the Salt Lake Valley with the Mormon Pioneers in 1847, Hector C. Haight traveled north to graze cattle, eventually building a log cabin and settling his family in the area. Other settlers followed over the ensuing years, creating a town that came to called North Cottonwood. The name was later changed to Farmington and, in December of 1892, was incorporated as a city with a population of 1,180. By 1980 that number had increased to 4,700, and in the next 12 years the population doubled.

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The five canyons above Farmington have streams that flow through the City, eventually emptying into the Great Salt Lake. Farmington Canyon offers opportunities for hiking, jogging, bicycling, snowmobiling, picnicking, horseback riding, fishing and camping. The Davis County Fairgrounds will open its doors for the Utah Championships and provide a roper-friendly facility for the USTRC roping. The horse racing and rodeo facility is also used for various other events throughout the year so there is ample room for USTRC ropers to spread out and have a good time. The City’s motto, “Historic Beginnings” is in reference to the pioneer spirit that Farmington was settled with and that same pioneer spirit exists today. Majestic trees line the city’s main street giving the community an old town, at home feeling that will appeal to USTRC ropers. Farmington is well known as the site of the State’s largest family amusement park. Lagoon, originally known as Lake Park Resort, was once on the shores of the Great Salt Lake. In the 1890’s, it was moved to its present site and renamed Lagoon. This, the largest amusement park in the Intermountain West, is what fun is! Lagoon features over 50 rides, live entertainment, a water park, and Pioneer Village, a collection of historic buildings brought in from around the state. In Lagoon-a-Beach Water Park you’ll find an interactive water attraction with over 150 fountain heads, synchronized to music and lights. There are also water slides, a lazy river and other attractions. Younger riders will enjoy the Dinosaur Drop and Ladybug Bop. These rides are two independent 40 foot vertical fall towers. They’re family rides that appeal to all ages! Bombora is Lagoon’s new ride for 2011! It’s said to be a family-style ride, which means that it won’t be too violent a ride - and younger and shorter family members will likely be able to ride it. Antelope Island State Park is accessed by a seven-mile causeway from the mainland to the largest island in the Great

Salt Lake. By late summer, over seven hundred bison, and hundreds of pronghorn antelope, mule deer, big-horn sheep, numerous coyote, and chukars make the island home. During migratory season, these animals share the island with millions of transient birds. More than thirty six miles of back country trails for hiking, biking and horseback riding allow visitors to discover unique geology and see incredible views. Pavilions, showers, and white sandy beaches at Bridger Bay make floating in the Great Salt Lake a very unique experience. Regardless of your interests and tastes the Utah Championships will offer not only some of the best USTRC team roping but a fun-filled weekend in Farmington with lots to experience. It should be a weekend on every roper’s calendar. Make it your priority for your July. n

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August 6-7, 2011 Bridgeport, West Virginia 4-T Arena Jx2 Productions – John Johnson 423-340-0640 4-T Arena – Larry Tucker 304-641-1681 USTRC www.ustrc.com Great Eats, Entertainment and Visitor Info K Holiday Inn Clarksburg-Bridgeport Hotel www.sleepinn.com Hotel K Hampton Inn Bridgeport www.hamptoninn.com Hotel K Oliverio’s Ristorante www.oliveriosristorante.com Restaurant K Twin Oaks Restaurant 304-842-3567 Restaurant K Outback Steakhouse 304-842-8915 Restaurant K Texas Roadhouse www.texasroadhouse.com Restaurant K Chic ‘n Bones Rhythm Cafe www.chicnbonesrhythmcafe. Restaurant K Bridgeport Country Club www.bccwv.com Golf K Pete Dye Club www.petedye.com Golf K Hide a Way Course www.wvhideaway.com Golf K Chic ‘n Bones Rhythm Cafe www.chicnbonesrhythmcafe Entertainment K Cinemark 10 at Meadowbrook Mall www.meadowbrookmall.com Entertainment K WV Museum of American Glass wvmag.bglances.com Entertainment K Morgantown Fun Factory www.thefunfactory.org Entertainment K Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum www.annajarvishouse.com Entertainment K WV Film Festivals wvmoviemuseum.blogspot.com Entertainment

Dally for Dinosaurs August 5-7, 2011 Vernal, Utah Western Fair Park www.go-utah.com/vernal Produced by C&C Roping Bill Cornia 435-793-5035 Great Eats, Entertainment and Visitor Info K Western Plaza 435-789-9550 Hotel K Western Lamplighter 435-789-0312 Hotel K Seven Eleven Cafe www.711ranchrestaurant.com Restaurant K Cobblerock Restaurant 435-789-8578 Restaurant K Dinaland Course 435-781-1428 Golf K New Cassidy’s Club 435-789-8700 Entertainment K Western Park Museum 435-789-7399 Entertainment K Field House-Natural History Museum 435-789-3799 Entertainment K Red Fleet State Park www.utah.com Entertainment 42 / JULY 2011

Lonestar Regional Finals August 11-14, 2011 Waco, Texas Heart of Texas Fair Complex www.wacocvb.com Produced by USTRC www.ustrc.com Great Eats, Entertainment and Visitor Info K Sleep Inn www.sleepinnhewitt.com Hotel K Quality Inn & Suites Waco www.qualityinn.com Hotel K George’s Restaurant & Catering www.georgesrestaurant.com Restaurant K Red Lobster Restaurants www.redlobster.com Restaurant K Outback Steakhouse www.outbacksteakhouse.com Restaurant K Lake Brazos Steakhouse www.lakebrazossteakhouse.com Restaurant K Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon www.lonestarsteakhouse.com Restaurant K Texas Roadhouse www.texasroadhouse.com Restaurant K Logan’s Roadhouse www.logansroadhouse.com Restaurant K La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant www.lafiesta.com Restaurant K Catfish King of Waco 254-753-7700 Restaurant K Cottonwood Creek Course www.waco-texas.com Golf K Lake Waco Country Club thelakecountryclub.com Golf K Cameron Park Zoo www.cameronparkzoo.com Entertainment K Dr. Pepper Museum www.drpeppermuseum.com Entertainment K Texas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum www.texasranger.org Entertainment K Texas Sports Hall of Fame www.tshof.org Entertainment K Waco Water Park www.waco-texas.com Entertainment K Supersaver 6 www.starplexcinemas.com Entertainment K Waco Hippodrome Theatre www.wacoperformingarts.org Entertainment

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The Island Championships August 12-14, 2011 Kamuela, Hawaii Z-Bar Ranch at Hale Kea Arena 808-960-7772 Zanga Schutte – Z-Bar Ranch USTRC www.ustrc.com Great Eats, Entertainment and Visitor Info K Kamuela Inn 808-887-6144 Hotel K Waimea Country Lodge 808-885-4100 Hotel K 19th Hole Restaurant and Bar 808-882-7222 Restaurant K Beach Club Restaurant in the Mauna Lani Resort Restaurant K ATV Outfitters www.atvoutfittershawaii.com Entertainment K Parker Ranch parkerranch.com Entertainment

Central States Showdown August 19-21, 2011 Lake St. Louis, Missouri National Equestrian Center Herb Snow 217-473-3236 USTRC www.ustrc.com Great Eats, Entertainment and Visitor Info K Holiday Inn Express 636-300-4844 Hotel K Outback Steakhouse www.outback.com Restaurant K Texas Roadhouse www.texasroadhouse.com Restaurant K Longhorn www.longhornsteakhouse.com Restaurant K Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar www.buffalowildwings.com Restaurant K Lake Forest & Country Club www.lakeforestgolf.org Golf K Eagle Island Family Center 636-332-6899 Golf K Princess Cruise Line, Ltd. 636-695-3100 Entertainment K Kemp Auto Museum www.kempautomuseum.org Entertainment K Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum www.historicaircraftrestorationmuseum.org Entertainment K American Kennel Club Museum www.museumofthedog.org Entertainment

Winnemucca, Nevada August 26-28, 2011 Winnemucca Events Center USTRC www.ustrc.com Great Eats, Entertainment and Visitor Info K Winners 800-648-4770 Hotel K Red Lion Inn 800-633-6435 Hotel K Griddle www.thegriddle.com Restaurant K Martin Hotel www.gbae.org Restaurant K Player’s Bar & Grill 775-623-9127 Restaurant K Flyin’ Pig Bar-B-Q Restaurant 775-623-4104 K Winnemucca Municipal 775-623-9920 Golf K U.S. Forest Services Ranger Station www.fs.fed.us Entertainment K Winnemucca Visitors Center www.winnemucca-nv.worldweb.com Entertainment K Mike’s Mine Shaft www.themineshaftbar.com Entertainment

Chisholm Trail Classic August 26-28, 2011 Enid, Oklahoma Chisholm Trail Pavilion Chisholm Trail Expo Center www.chisholmtrailexpo.com Jeff Smith 620-921-5903 USTRC www.ustrc.com Great Eats, Entertainment and Visitor Info K Day’s Inn 580-237-6000 Hotel K Comfort Inn 580-234-1200 Hotel K On the Sidewalk Bar & Grill www.onthesidewalk.net Restaurant K Callahan’s Pub & Grille www.callahanspublichouse.com Restaurant K El Chico Restaurant www.elchico.com Restaurant K Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill www.applebees Restaurant K Oakwood Country Club www.oakscountryclub.com Golf K Pheasant Run Club Partnership www.pheasantrunenid.com Golf K Putt Putt & Games www.puttputt.com Entertainment K Meadowlake Miniature 580-237-0405 Entertainment K Gaslight Theatre www.gaslighttheatre.org Entertainment K Railroad Museum of Oklahoma www.railroadmuseumofoklahoma.org Entertainment K Champlin Swimming Pool www.enid.org Entertainment

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$10,000 Bonus to Year End High Point Header and Heeler; $5,000 Bonus to Runners Up Clay Tryan PHOTO COURTESY OF LONE WOLF PHOTOGRAPHY

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Jade Corkill

If you’ve never thought about winning without trying, then maybe you should talk to Clay Tryan. The interesting thing about ropers in the Open Division is that the golden ring tends to always be what the PRCA rodeos have to offer, but the ropings that tend to put meat on the table are found with USTRC. That’s not to say that Tryan doesn’t “try,” because he, in fact, does. It’s been leading the heading division for the Open Tour that he hadn’t given much thought – until now. Tryan took first and second place at the Cowboy Capital Classic in May, roping five head in a time of 33.73 and 35.05 with partners Travis Graves and Jake Long, respectively. Those wins gave the Montana native 19 more points to bring him a commanding lead. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Clay B. Tryan.............90 Derrick J. Begay........66 Chad W. Masters .......42 Charly B. Crawford....41 Luke S. Brown ..........40 Matt Sherwood .........37 Kelsey Parchman.......37 Jerritt L. Varner.........35 Travis J. Tryan ...........34 Brandon M. Beers .....32 Kaleb E. Driggers......30 Cale D. Markham ......29 Gable Hilderbrand.....27 Colby L. Lovell ..........26 Colt A. Braden ..........25

16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Jake Barnes ..............25 Erich J. Rogers..........23 Keven W. Daniel........23 David Key .................23 Coleman K. Proctor...22 Jake W. Kropik ..........21 Austin W. Nettleship..20 Cody McMinn............20 B. J. Campbell ...........20 Lee K. Hagler............20 Bart Brunson ............19 Spencer W. Mitchell ..18 Waylon McCurley ......18 Speed Williams .........17 Clay O. Smith............17

Even Jade Corkill will tell you that the Cowboy Capital Classic wasn’t one of his shining moments, but the Lipan, Texas, roper has such a commanding lead that he can take a little breather. Jumping up two spots in the standings from last month is heeler Travis Graves, who with the help of roping partner Clay Tryan, captured the top spot at the Cowboy Capital Classic. Graves climbs two spots over Brad Culpepper and Todd Wilson, while Patrick Smith also climbs two spots this month.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Jade R. Corkill...........92 Cory Petska ..............81 Patrick A. Smith........55 Travis L. Graves.........47 Kory Koontz..............44 Brad D. Culpepper.....43 Todd Wilson ..............39 Jim R. Cooper ...........37 Martin Lucero ...........35 Justin W. Davis..........32 Jhett E. Johnson ........31 Rich Skelton .............29 Tom Bourne ..............28 Zak R. Dobbins .........28 Nick Rowland............27

16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Chase R. Tryan ..........26 Cesar A. DeLaCruz ....26 Jett Hillman ..............25 Marty Becker ............22 Brady J. Minor ..........22 Cole Bigbee ..............22 J. W. Borrego ............22 Britt W. Bockius........21 Trey Johnson III.........20 Dustin L. Davis..........20 George Eldridge ........20 Mitch T. Murray .........20 Wesley H. Moss.........20 Travis J. Woodard ......20 Riley K. Pedro ...........19

For a complete listing of all qualified Open Tour Ropers, please visit www.ustrc.com For an explanation of points, check the Format section of this magazine. 44 / JULY 2011

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Jackie Hobbs is finally starting to look over her shoulder and what she’s seeing are at least two ladies in a growing crowd who have shown up in the top 10 who weren’t even close to catching her. Huntsville, Texas, native Rebecca Neuhaus has nearly doubled her earnings over April by placing 5th in the Average at the Cowboy Capital Classic in the #9 with partner Cody Garrett, earning $2,168 with a time of 42,39 on four. She followed that act with a slew of wins at the Big Loop Big Money Tour Affiliate, taking the Average win the #11 and #9 with partners Richie Pate (41.11 on four) and John Klam (43.19 on four), wining nearly $4,000 total for that effort. Add a second in the Average with Doug Burdette in the #11 and a trip to the Windy Ryon where she was 6th in the Ladies Average and you’ve got a pretty good month. Crowding into the top ten is Barrie Smith of Stephenville, who was not even on the board at the end of April. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

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Jackie L. Hobbs Tish T. Luke Rebecca A. Neuhaus Barrie L. Smith Annette K. Hinkle Jordan Jo Fabrizio Jaymee Roach Kelly Coats Debbie P. Fabrizio Amber Pate Diane Schieltz Kelli Corbin Lorraine Moreno Lari Dee Guy Brittany M. Tirpak

Stephenville, TX $21,559 Yeehaw Junction, FL 21,050 Huntsville, TX 18,347 Stephenville, TX 15,807 Tularosa, NM 14,020 Pueblo, CO 10,800 Banquete, TX 10,669 Wall, TX 10,456 Pueblo, CO 10,075 Buffalo, TX 10,050 Somis, CA 8,208 Baldwin, FL 7,735 Mathis, TX 7,444 Abilene, TX 7,185 Dunnellon, FL 6,827

16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Shawn Tee Rodenberger Sky S. Parmer Debbie K. Garrison Jacque L. Woolman Mary Ann Brown Becky S. Cannizzaro Jayme R. Marcrum Shelly A. Granzin Kelsey Wiley Jessica L. Gray Beverly A. Robbins Teri Watkins Toni R. Headstream Jennie N. Buchman Holly C. Stewart

Vernon, TX Chireno, TX Weatherford, TX Dayton, TX Keedysville, MD Folsom, LA Springtown, TX Bryan, TX Charlotte, TX Sparr, FL Muscle Shoals, AL Terrell, TX Stephenville, TX Council Grove, KS Corydon, IN

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SOUTHWEST REGIONAL FINALS

LOOPS WILL FLY. CASH WILL FLOW. AUGUST 4-7, CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO. PRE-ENTRY REQUIRED. ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE at www.ustrc.com or on pages 62-63 of this issue.

2010 TOTAL PAYOUT

338,541

CASH & PRIZES

NEW IN 2011 $10,000 MINIMUM GUARANTEED ADDED CASH IN GOLD PLUS ROPING! DRAW IN OPTION AVAILABLE ON SITE ONLY AND MAY ONLY BE USED TO ENTER THE PRELIMINARY AND GOLD DIVISIONS.

$1,410,000

$5,000 Guaranteed

in Flex Earnings Awarded

to Average Winners of the #15 Shoot Out

$5,000 Guaranteed to Average Winners of the Open

$10,000 Guaranteed to Average winners of the #13, #12, #11, #10, #9 Shoot Outs

PRIZES SHOOT OUT PRIZES 12 Trophy Martin Saddles Avg winners of #15, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9

PRELIMINARY PRIZES 8 Trophy Martin Saddles Avg Winners of the #12, #11, #10 & #9 6 Trophy Leather Rope Bags Avg Winners of the Open, #15 & #13 22 Trophy Gist Buckles 2nd Place Avg Winners of the #12, #11, #10 & #9 Incentive Avg Winners of the #12, #11, #10 & #9 1st – 3rd Place Avg Winners of the #8 Pick/Draw

Gold Plus Incentive Avg Winners Trophy Gist Buckles Classic Equine Rope Bag ESP Saddle Pad Classic Equine Top Load Hay Bag High Point Gold Plus Roper of the Weekend 2011 NFTR Package — Entry Fees Paid to Two NF Shoot-Outs — Two Stalls for up to 9 Nights — One VIP RV Space — Leather NFTR Jacket

GOLD PLUS PRIZES AMERICA’S COWBOY SPORT 2011 USTRC membership required before you rope and may be purchased at this event. For more information and entry forms visit www.ustrc.com or call 254.968.0002 Photo courtesy of Lone Wolf Photo

Gold Plus Avg Winners Tooled Trophy Leather Rope Bags Resistol Felt Hat Tony Lama Boots 3 Pair Cinch or Cruel Girl Jeans

JR LOOPER PRIZE 3 Trophy Gist Buckles Winners of 6 & Under, 7-9, 10-12

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SCHEDULE THURSDAY AUGUST 4, 10 AM

SATURDAY AUGUST 6, 8 AM

Open (with #15 Incentive)

#11 (with #10 Incentive)

#15 Handicap

#11 Shoot-Out

#15 Shoot-Out

#10 (capped at Elite #6) with #9 incentive

FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 8 AM #13 Handicap

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Saturday 12 noon Kids 6 & Under, 7–9, 10–12

#13 Shoot-Out Gold Plus #12 (with #10 Incentive) Century Bonus Available. $10,000 minimum added to GP purse. #12 (with #11 Incentive)

AUGUST 4-7 CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO CURRY COUNTY ARENA PRE-ENTRY MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JULY 22, 2011 Anyone Can Enter Preliminary Ropings Draw Positions Available 8/3/2011 www.ustrc.com

STALLS: Reservations taken from Gold Plus members only. Must be made no later than July 29, 2011. For reservations call Ty Hillman at 254.968.0002 ext. 5102. All other stalls on a first-come first-served basis. No tieouts allowed. $25 a night plus shavings. Current Coggins required.

HOST HOTEL: HAMPTON INN 2212 Mabry Drive, Clovis, NM 88101

#12 Shoot-Out

SUNDAY,AUGUST 8, 8 AM #9 (capped at Elite #5) with #8 incentive #9 Shoot-Out (capped at Elite #5) #8 Pick/Draw (capped at #4)

505-763-3300 Ask for USTRC Roper Rate

CHOICE HOTELS: choicesportstravel.com Special Rate ID# 00214570 2011 USTRC membership required before you rope and may be purchased at this event.

DIRECTIONS From Hwy 84, turn left at Curry Rd G/Sugar Beet R. Take the 2nd right onto County Rd 9/Curry Rd 9. Continue onto E Brady Ave. Destination will be on the right

Teams placing in the top 5% in the Average of the Preliminary ropings will automatically earn a position in the Regional Shoot-Out roping with entry fees paid. #12 Gold Plus with #10 Incentive. Minimum of $10,000 added to GP purse: 4-steer Average (Incentive determined on 3-steer Average), progressive after one. Century Bonus Available. Entry fee is $150/roper. May enter three times, any combination of Incentive and/or Non-Incentive for a maximum of three entries. $6,000 in Flex Earnings will be awarded to teams placing 1st - 5th in the Average and Incentive Average. Must be 21 or order to enter. #8 Pick/Draw (capped at a #4), pick 1, draw 1 for $120/roper. 3 steer, progressive after 1. #7 team - 2 sec off and #6 and under team - 3 sec. off. Top 30 teams to the Short Round. ON-SITE ENTRY ONLY. Books close at 11:00 a.m. Top 10 placing teams will receive $6,000 in Flex Earnings.

SOUTHWEST OPEN Double US Open Tour points awarded to 1st through 10th place in the Average. 5-steer Average, progressive after one. Entry fee is $200/roper, enter three times provided at least one is Incentive. Incentive is a #15 and will be determined on four-head. (Top five Incentive teams will earn $2,000 in Flex Earnings.)

SHOOT-OUT ROPINGS Ropers may not enter with the same partner more than once in any Shoot-Out Division. Qualification for a Regional Shoot-Out requires $2,000 of available earnings, which may come from either partner or a contribution from both partners. You may use a portion (increments of $100) of Available Earnings (sum of Flex Earnings and Applied Earnings) toward a Shoot-Out qualification. For example, if the Header has $1,400 in Available Earnings and the Heeler has $600 in Available Earnings, they can combine their Available Earnings to qualify for a Regional Shoot-Out. Eligibility to enter a Shoot-out division requires the roper to participate in a 2011 season Affiliate, Grassroots, or Sanctioned qualifier – OR participate in a Regional Preliminary prior to the Shoot-out entry in that division. Shoot-Out ropings will not be handicapped nor have incentive. No more than two entries per roper is allowed in each division of the Shoot-Out roping. Shoot-Out ropings will be progressive after one in all ropings. Entry fee is $150 per roper. #15 and #13 Shoot-Outs are five-steer Averages. #12, #11, #10 and #9 are four-steer Averages. All teams that qualify to the short round will receive $6,000 in Flex Earnings.

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LONE STAR REGIONAL FINALS

LOOPS WILL FLY. CASH WILL FLOW. AUGUST 11-14, WACO, TEXAS. PRE-ENTRY REQUIRED. ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE at www.ustrc.com or on pages 62-63 of this issue.

2010 TOTAL PAYOUT

471,822

CASH & PRIZES

NEW IN 2011 $10,000 MINIMUM GUARANTEED ADDED CASH IN GOLD PLUS ROPING!

$1,410,000

$5,000 Guaranteed

in Flex Earnings Awarded

to Average Winners of the #15 Shoot Out

$5,000 Guaranteed to Average Winners of the Open

$10,000 Guaranteed to Average winners of the #13, #12, #11, #10, #9 Shoot Outs

PRIZES SHOOT OUT PRIZES

DRAW IN OPTION AVAILABLE ON SITE ONLY AND MAY ONLY BE USED TO ENTER THE PRELIMINARY AND GOLD DIVISIONS.

12 Trophy Martin Saddles Avg winners of #15, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9

AMERICA’S COWBOY SPORT

GOLD PLUS PRIZES Gold Plus Avg Winners

2011 USTRC membership required before you rope and may be purchased at this event. For more information and entry forms visit www.ustrc.com or call 254.968.0002 Photo courtesy of Lone Wolf Photo

1 / JUNE 2011

Tooled Trophy Leather Rope Bags Resistol Felt Hat Tony Lama Boots 3 Pair Cinch or Cruel Girl Jeans

JR LOOPER PRIZE 3 Trophy Gist Buckles Winners of 6 & Under, 7-9, 10-12

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SCHEDULE THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 10 AM

SATURDAY AUGUST 13, 8 AM #11 (with #10 Incentive)

Open (with #15 Incentive)

#11 Shoot-Out

#15 Handicap #15 Shoot-Out

#10 (capped at Elite #6) with #9 incentive

FRIDAY AUGUST 12, 8 AM

#10 Shoot-Out (capped at Elite #6)

Saturday 12 noon Kids 6 & Under, 7–9, 10–12

#13 Handicap #13 Shoot-Out Gold Plus #12 (with #10 Incentive) Century Bonus Available. $10,000 minimum added to GP purse.

AUGUST 11-14 WACO, TEXAS EXTRACO EVENTS CENTER (FORMERLY HEART OF TEXAS)

PRE-ENTRY MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JULY 29, 2011 Anyone Can Enter Preliminary Ropings Draw Positions Available 8/10/2011 www.ustrc.com

STALLS: Reservations taken from Gold Plus members only. Must be made no later than August 5, 2011. For reservations call Ty Hillman at 254.968.0002 ext. 5102. All other stalls on a first-come first-served basis. No tieouts allowed. $25 a night plus shavings. Current Coggins required.

HOST HOTEL: Sleep Inn 209 Enterprise Blvd Henitt, Texas, 76643 254.420.3200

CHOICE HOTELS: choicesportstravel.com Special Rate ID# 00214570 2011 USTRC membership required before you rope and may be purchased at this event.

DIRECTIONS Hwy. 6 from the West - Take Bosque Blvd. Ext, turn left on Bosque to Lake Air, Extraco Events Center is on the right. I-35 from the South - Take New Road Exit, turn left on New Road, go to Bosque and turn left. Go past the Extraco Events Center and turn right on Lake Air, Extraco Events Center is on the right. I-35 from the North - Take Valley Mills Dr. Exit. Turn right on Valley Mills Dr. Turn right on Lake Air, Extraco Events Center is on the right.

#12 (with #11 Incentive) #12 Shoot-Out

SUNDAY,AUGUST 14, 8 AM #9 (capped at Elite #5) with #8 incentive #9 Shoot-Out (capped at Elite #5) #8 Pick/Draw (capped at #4)

ROPING FORMATS PRELIMINARY ROPINGS Any current USTRC member may enter the Preliminaries. #15, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9: 4-steer Average, progressive after one. Entry fee is $150/roper. May enter two times in each roping. #15 (#14 team, 1.5 sec. off, #13 and under team, 3 sec. off); #13 (#12 team, 1.5 sec. off, #11 and under team, 3 sec. off); #12 (with #11 Incentive) #11(with #10 Incentive)#10 (with #9 Incentive); #9 (with #8 Incentive). Top 20 teams to the short round. Top 30 to the short round of the #9 only. Top five placing teams in the Average of the Regional Preliminary ropings will receive $6,000 in Flex Earnings. All other teams that qualify to the Short Round will receive $2,000 in Flex Earnings. Top five placing teams of the Incentive in the #12, #11, #10 and #9 receive $2,000 in Flex Earnings. Teams placing in the top 5% in the Average of the Preliminary ropings will automatically earn a position in the Regional Shoot-Out roping with entry fees paid. #12 Gold Plus with #10 Incentive. Minimum of $10,000 added to GP purse: 4-steer Average (Incentive determined on 3-steer Average), progressive after one. Century Bonus Available. Entry fee is $150/roper. May enter three times, any combination of Incentive and/or Non-Incentive for a maximum of three entries. $6,000 in Flex Earnings will be awarded to teams placing 1st - 5th in the Average and Incentive Average. Must be 21 or order to enter. #8 Pick/Draw (capped at a #4), pick 1, draw 1 for $120/roper. 3 steer, progressive after 1. #7 team - 2 sec off and #6 and under team - 3 sec. off. Top 30 teams to the Short Round. ON-SITE ENTRY ONLY. Books close at 11:00 a.m. Top 10 placing teams will receive $6,000 in Flex Earnings.

LONE STAR OPEN Double US Open Tour points awarded to 1st through 10th place in the Average. 5-steer Average, progressive after one. Entry fee is $200/roper, enter three times provided at least one is Incentive. Incentive is a #15 and will be determined on four-head. (Top five Incentive teams will earn $2,000 in Flex Earnings.)

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NORTHWEST REGIONAL FINALS

LOOPS WILL FLY. CASH WILL FLOW. AUGUST 26-28, WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA PRE-ENTRY REQUIRED. ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE at www.ustrc.com and on page 62-63 of this issue.

2010 TOTAL PAYOUT

240,549

CASH & PRIZES

NEW IN 2011 $10,000 MINIMUM GUARANTEED ADDED CASH IN GOLD PLUS ROPING!

$1,410,000

$4,000 Guaranteed

in Flex Earnings Awarded

to Average Winners of the #15 Shoot Out

$4,000 Guaranteed to Average Winners of the Open

12 Trophy Martin Saddles Avg winners of #15, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9

AMERICA’S COWBOY SPORT 2011 USTRC membership required before you rope and may be purchased at this event. For more information and entry forms visit www.ustrc.com or call 254.968.0002 Photo courtesy of Lone Wolf Photo

to Average winners of the #13, #12, #11, #10, #9 Shoot Outs

PRIZES SHOOT OUT PRIZES

DRAW IN OPTION AVAILABLE ON SITE ONLY AND MAY ONLY BE USED TO ENTER THE PRELIMINARY AND GOLD DIVISIONS.

$8,000 Guaranteed

GOLD PLUS PRIZES

JR LOOPER PRIZE

Gold Plus Avg Winners Tooled Trophy Leather Rope Bags

3 Trophy Gist Buckles Winners of 6 & Under, 7-9, 10-12

Resistol Felt Hat Tony Lama Boots 3 Pair Cinch or Cruel Girl Jeans

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SCHEDULE FRIDAY AUGUST 26, 8 AM Open (with #15 Incentive) #15 Handicap #15 Shoot-Out #13 Handicap #13 Shoot-Out #12 (with #11 Incentive) #12 Shoot-Out

SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 8 AM #11 (with #10 Incentive) #11 Shoot-Out #10 (capped at Elite #6) with #9 incentive #10 Shoot-Out (capped at Elite #6)

Saturday 12 noon Kids 6 & Under, 7–9, 10–12

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 8 AM #9 (capped at Elite #5) with #8 incentive

AUGUST 26-28 WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA WINNEMUCCA CONVENTION CENTER

SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 8 AM Gold Plus #12 (with #10 Incentive) Century Bonus Available. $10,000 minimum added to GP purse.

#9 Shoot-Out (capped at Elite #5) #8 Pick/Draw (capped at #4)

ROPING FORMATS PRE-ENTRY MUST BE POSTMARKED BY AUGUST 12, 2011 Anyone Can Enter Preliminary Ropings Draw Positions Available 8/24/2011 www.ustrc.com

STALLS: Reservations taken from Gold Plus members only. Must be made no later than August 19,2011. For reservations call Ty Hillman at 254.968.0002 ext. 5102. All other stalls on a first-come first-served basis. No tieouts allowed. $25 a night plus shavings. Current Coggins required.

HOST HOTEL: Winners Hotel & Casino 185 W Winnemucca Blvd. Winnemucca, NV 89445 800.648.4770 Winnemuca Inn (Formerly Red Lion) 741 West Winnemucca Blvd, Winnemucca, NV 89445 800.633.6435

CHOICE HOTELS: choicesportstravel.com Special Rate ID# 00214570 2011 USTRC membership required before you rope and may be purchased at this event.

DIRECTIONS: From I-80 take exit 178 for NV-289 toward Winnemucca/Downtown E. Turn right onto NV-289 W/E 2nd St. Continue straight onto E Winnemucca Blvd

PRELIMINARY ROPINGS Any current USTRC member may enter the Preliminaries. #15, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9: 4-steer Average, progressive after one. Entry fee is $100/roper. May enter three times in each roping. #15 (#14 team, 1.5 sec. off, #13 and under team, 3 sec. off); #13 (#12 team, 1.5 sec. off, #11 and under team, 3 sec. off); #12 (with #11 Incentive) #11(with #10 Incentive)#10 (with #9 Incentive); #9 (with #8 Incentive). Top 20 teams to the short round. Top 30 to the short round of the #9 only. Top five placing teams in the Average of the Regional Preliminary ropings will receive $6,000 in Flex Earnings. All other teams that qualify to the Short Round will receive $2,000 in Flex Earnings. Top five placing teams of the Incentive in the #12, #11, #10 and #9 receive $2,000 in Flex Earnings. Teams placing in the top 5% in the Average of the Preliminary ropings will automatically earn a position in the Regional Shoot-Out roping with entry fees paid. #12 Gold Plus with #10 Incentive. Minimum of $10,000 added to GP purse: 4-steer Average (Incentive determined on 3-steer Average), progressive after one. Century Bonus Available. Entry fee is $150/roper. May enter three times, any combination of Incentive and/or Non-Incentive for a maximum of three entries. $6,000 in Flex Earnings will be awarded to teams placing 1st - 5th in the Average and Incentive Average. Must be 21 or order to enter. #8 Pick/Draw (capped at a #4), pick 1, draw 1 for $120/roper. 3 steer, progressive after 1. #7 team - 2 sec off and #6 and under team - 3 sec. off. Top 30 teams to the Short Round. ON-SITE ENTRY ONLY. Books close at 11:00 a.m. Top 10 placing teams will receive $6,000 in Flex Earnings.

NORTHWEST OPEN Double US Open Tour points awarded to 1st through 10th place in the Average. 5-steer Average, progressive after one. Entry fee is $200/roper, enter three times provided at least one is Incentive. Incentive is a #15 and will be determined on four-head. (Top five Incentive teams will earn $2,000 in Flex Earnings.)

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HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL FINALS

LOOPS WILL FLY. CASH WILL FLOW. SEPTEMBER 3-5, LOVELAND, COLORADO PRE-ENTRY REQUIRED. ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE at www.ustrc.com and on page 62-63 of this issue.

2010 TOTAL PAYOUT

274,589

CASH & PRIZES

NEW IN 2011 $10,000 MINIMUM GUARANTEED ADDED CASH IN GOLD PLUS ROPING!

$1,410,000

$4,000 Guaranteed

in Flex Earnings Awarded

to Average Winners of the #15 Shoot Out

$4,000 Guaranteed to Average Winners of the Open

12 Trophy Martin Saddles Avg winners of #15, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9

to Average winners of the #13, #12, #11, #10, #9 Shoot Outs

PRIZES SHOOT OUT PRIZES

DRAW IN OPTION AVAILABLE ON SITE ONLY AND MAY ONLY BE USED TO ENTER THE PRELIMINARY AND GOLD PLUS DIVISIONS.

$8,000 Guaranteed

GOLD PLUS PRIZES

JR LOOPER PRIZE

Gold Plus Avg Winners Tooled Trophy Leather Rope Bags

3 Trophy Gist Buckles Winners of 6 & Under, 7-9, 10-12

Resistol Felt Hat Tony Lama Boots 3 Pair Cinch or Cruel Girl Jeans

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SCHEDULE SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, 8 AM Open (with #15 Incentive) #15 Handicap #15 Shoot-Out #13 Handicap #13 Shoot-Out #12 (with #11 Incentive) #12 Shoot-Out

SUNDAY, SEPT. 4, (CONT.) #11 (with #10 Incentive) #11 Shoot-Out #10 (capped at Elite #6) with #9 incentive #10 Shoot-Out (capped at Elite #6)

Saturday 12 noon Kids 6 & Under, 7–9, 10–12

MONDAY, SEPT. 5, 8 AM #9 (capped at Elite #5) with #8 incentive

SEPTEMBER 3-5 THE RANCH LOVELAND, COLORADO

SUNDAY, SEPT, 4, 8 AM Gold Plus #12 (with #10 Incentive) Century Bonus Available. $10,000 minimum added to GP purse.

#9 Shoot-Out (capped at Elite #5) #8 Pick/Draw (capped at #4)

ROPING FORMATS PRE-ENTRY MUST BE POSTMARKED BY AUGUST 19, 2011 Anyone Can Enter Preliminary Ropings Draw Positions Available 8/31/2011 www.ustrc.com

STALLS: Reservations taken from Gold Plus members only. Must be made no later than August 26 ,2011. For reservations call Ty Hillman at 254.968.0002 ext. 5102. All other stalls on a first-come first-served basis. No tie-outs allowed. $20 a night plus shavings. Current Coggins required.

HOST HOTEL: Fairfield Inn & Suites 1710 Foxtrail Dr Loveland, CO 80538 970-776-2303

CHOICE HOTELS: choicesportstravel.com Special Rate ID# 00214570 2011 USTRC membership required before you rope and may be purchased at this event.

DIRECTIONS: The Ranch Events Complex 5280 Arena Circle Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 619-4100 Take exit 259 for Crossroads Blvd Turn right onto Co Rd 26/Crossroads Blvd Turn left onto Co Rd 5. Turn left onto Arena Cir

HIGH PLAINS OPEN Double US Open Tour points awarded to 1st through 10th place in the Average. 5-steer Average, progressive after one. Entry fee is $200/roper, enter three times provided at least one is Incentive. Incentive is a #15 and will be determined on four-head. (Top five Incentive teams will earn $2,000 in Flex Earnings.)

SHOOT-OUT ROPINGS Ropers may not enter with the same partner more than once in any Shoot-Out Division. Qualification for a Regional Shoot-Out requires $2,000 of available earnings, which may come from either partner or a contribution from both partners. You may use a portion (increments of $100) of Available Earnings (sum of Flex Earnings and Applied Earnings) toward a Shoot-Out qualification. For example, if the Header has $1,400 in Available Earnings and the Heeler has $600 in Available Earnings, they can combine their Available Earnings to qualify for a Regional Shoot-Out. Eligibility to enter a Shoot-out division requires the roper to participate in a 2011 season Affiliate, Grassroots, or Sanctioned qualifier – OR participate in a Regional Preliminary prior to the Shoot-out entry in that division. Shoot-Out ropings will not be handicapped nor have incentive. Shoot-Out ropings will be progressive after one in all ropings. Entry fee is $150 per roper. Enter two times. #15 and #13 Shoot-Outs are five-steer Averages. #12, #11, #10 and #9 are four-steer Averages. All teams that qualify to the short round will receive $6,000 in Flex Earnings.

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SOUTHEAST REGIONAL FINALS

LOOPS WILL FLY. CASH WILL FLOW. SEPTEMBER 2-5, TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI PRE-ENTRY REQUIRED. ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE at www.ustrc.com or on page 62-63 of this issue.

2010 TOTAL PAYOUT

321,549

CASH & PRIZES

NEW IN 2011 $10,000 MINIMUM GUARANTEED ADDED CASH IN GOLD PLUS ROPING!

$1,410,000

$5,000 Guaranteed

in Flex Earnings Awarded

to Average Winners of the #15 Shoot Out

$5,000 Guaranteed to Average Winners of the Open

$10,000 Guaranteed to Average winners of the #13, #12, #11, #10, #9 Shoot Outs

PRIZES SHOOT OUT PRIZES

DRAW IN OPTION AVAILABLE ON SITE ONLY AND MAY ONLY BE USED TO ENTER THE PRELIMINARY AND GOLD PLUS DIVISIONS.

12 Trophy Martin Saddles Avg winners of #15, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9

AMERICA’S COWBOY SPORT

GOLD PLUS PRIZES Gold Plus Avg Winners

2011 USTRC membership required before you rope and may be purchased at this event. For more information and entry forms visit www.ustrc.com or call 254.968.0002 Photo courtesy of Lone Wolf Photo

Tooled Trophy Leather Rope Bags Resistol Felt Hat Tony Lama Boots 3 Pair Cinch or Cruel Girl Jeans

JR LOOPER PRIZE 3 Trophy Gist Buckles Winners of 6 & Under, 7-9, 10-12

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SCHEDULE FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, 10 AM

SUNDAY, SEPT. 4, 8 AM

Open (with #15 Incentive)

#11 (with #10 Incentive)

#15 Handicap

#11 Shoot-Out

#15 Shoot-Out

#10 (capped at Elite #6) with #9 incentive

SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, 8 AM #13 Handicap

#10 Shoot-Out (capped at Elite #6)

Saturday 12 noon Kids 6 & Under, 7–9, 10–12

#13 Shoot-Out

SEPTEMBER 2-5 TUNICA ARENA AND EXPO TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI

Gold Plus #12 (with #10 Incentive) Century Bonus Available. $10,000 minimum added to GP purse. #12 (with #11 Incentive) #12 Shoot-Out

MONDAY, SEPT. 5, 8 AM #9 (capped at Elite #5) with #8 incentive #9 Shoot-Out (capped at Elite #5) #8 Pick/Draw (capped at #4)

ROPING FORMATS PRE-ENTRY MUST BE POSTMARKED BY AUGUST 19, 2011 Anyone Can Enter Preliminary Ropings Draw Positions Available 8/31/2011 www.ustrc.com

STALLS: Reservations taken from Gold Plus members only. Must be made no later than August 26, 2011. For reservations call Ty Hillman at 254.968.0002 ext. 5102. All other stalls on a first-come first-served basis. No tie-outs allowed. $20 a night plus shavings. Current Coggins required.

HOST HOTEL: Harrah's 13615 Old Hwy 61 North Robinsonville, MS 38664 800-946-4946

CHOICE HOTELS: choicesportstravel.com Special Rate ID# 00214570

DIRECTIONS: Tunica Arena & Expo 3873 Highway 61 Tunica, MS 38676-9206 (662) 363-3299 From Hwy 61, turn left on Museum Blvd.

PRELIMINARY ROPINGS Any current USTRC member may enter the Preliminaries. #15, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9: 4-steer Average, progressive after one. Entry fee is $150/roper. May enter two times in each roping. #15 (#14 team, 1.5 sec. off, #13 and under team, 3 sec. off); #13 (#12 team, 1.5 sec. off, #11 and under team, 3 sec. off); #12 (with #11 Incentive) #11(with #10 Incentive)#10 (with #9 Incentive); #9 (with #8 Incentive). Top 20 teams to the short round. Top 30 to the short round of the #9 only. Top five placing teams in the Average of the Regional Preliminary ropings will receive $6,000 in Flex Earnings. All other teams that qualify to the Short Round will receive $2,000 in Flex Earnings. Top five placing teams of the Incentive in the #12, #11, #10 and #9 receive $2,000 in Flex Earnings. Teams placing in the top 5% in the Average of the Preliminary ropings will automatically earn a position in the Regional Shoot-Out roping with entry fees paid. #12 Gold Plus with #10 Incentive. Minimum of $10,000 added to GP purse: 4-steer Average (Incentive determined on 3-steer Average), progressive after one. Century Bonus Available. Entry fee is $150/roper. May enter three times, any combination of Incentive and/or Non-Incentive for a maximum of three entries. $6,000 in Flex Earnings will be awarded to teams placing 1st - 5th in the Average and Incentive Average. Must be 21 or order to enter. #8 Pick/Draw (capped at a #4), pick 1, draw 1 for $120/roper. 3 steer, progressive after 1. #7 team - 2 sec off and #6 and under team - 3 sec. off. Top 30 teams to the Short Round. ON-SITE ENTRY ONLY. Books close at 11:00 a.m. Top 10 placing teams will receive $6,000 in Flex Earnings.

SOUTHEAST OPEN Double US Open Tour points awarded to 1st through 10th place in the Average. 5-steer Average, progressive after one. Entry fee is $200/roper, enter three times provided at least one is Incentive. Incentive is a #15 and will be determined on four-head. (Top five Incentive teams will earn $2,000 in Flex Earnings.)

SHOOT-OUT ROPINGS Ropers may not enter with the same partner more than once in any Shoot-Out Division. Qualification for a Regional Shoot-Out requires $2,000 of available earnings, which may come from either partner or a contribution from both partners. You may use a portion (increments of $100) of Available Earnings (sum of Flex Earnings and Applied Earnings) toward a Shoot-Out qualification. For example, if the Header has $1,400 in Available Earnings and the Heeler has $600 in Available Earnings, they can combine their Available Earnings to qualify for a Regional Shoot-Out. Eligibility to enter a Shoot-out division requires the roper to participate in a 2011 season Affiliate, Grassroots, or Sanctioned qualifier – OR participate in a Regional Preliminary prior to the Shoot-out entry in that division. Shoot-Out ropings will not be handicapped nor have incentive. Shoot-Out ropings will be progressive after one in all ropings. Entry fee is $150 per roper. Enter two times. #15 and #13 Shoot-Outs are five-steer Averages. #12, #11, #10 and #9 are four-steer Averages. All teams that qualify to the short round will receive $6,000 in Flex Earnings.

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WEST COAST REGIONAL FINALS

LOOPS WILL FLY. CASH WILL FLOW. SEPTEMBER 9-11, PASO ROBLES, CALIFORNIA PRE-ENTRY REQUIRED. ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE at www.ustrc.com and on page 62-63 of this issue.

2010 TOTAL PAYOUT

284,612

CASH & PRIZES

NEW IN 2011 $10,000 MINIMUM GUARANTEED ADDED CASH IN GOLD PLUS ROPING!

$1,410,000

$4,000 Guaranteed

in Flex Earnings Awarded

to Average Winners of the #15 Shoot Out

$4,000 Guaranteed to Average Winners of the Open

12 Trophy Martin Saddles Avg winners of #15, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9

to Average winners of the #13, #12, #11, #10, #9 Shoot Outs

PRIZES SHOOT OUT PRIZES

DRAW IN OPTION AVAILABLE ON SITE ONLY AND MAY ONLY BE USED TO ENTER THE PRELIMINARY AND GOLD PLUS DIVISIONS.

$8,000 Guaranteed

GOLD PLUS PRIZES

JR LOOPER PRIZE

Gold Plus Avg Winners Tooled Trophy Leather Rope Bags

3 Trophy Gist Buckles Winners of 6 & Under, 7-9, 10-12

Resistol Felt Hat Tony Lama Boots 3 Pair Cinch or Cruel Girl Jeans

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SCHEDULE FRIDAY, SEPT 9, 8 AM

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10, (CONT.)

Open (with #15 Incentive)

#11 (with #10 Incentive)

#15 Handicap

#11 Shoot-Out

#15 Shoot-Out #13 Handicap

#10 (capped at Elite #6) with #9 incentive

#13 Shoot-Out

Gist Gold Buckle Roping will begin after 5 p.m.

Saturday 12 noon Kids 6 & Under, 7–9, 10–12

#12 (with #11 Incentive) #12 Shoot-Out

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10, 8 AM

SEPTEMBER 9-11 CALIFORNIA MID STATE FAIRGROUNDS PASO ROBLES, CALIFORNIA

Gold Plus #12 (with #10 Incentive) Century Bonus Available. $10,000 minimum added to GP purse.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 11, 8 AM #10 Shoot-Out (capped at Elite #6) #9 (capped at Elite #5) with #8 incentive #9 Shoot-Out (capped at Elite #5) #8 Pick/Draw (capped at #4)

ROPING FORMATS PRE-ENTRY MUST BE POSTMARKED BY AUGUST 26, 2011 Anyone Can Enter Preliminary Ropings Draw Positions Available 9/7/2011 www.ustrc.com

STALLS: Reservations taken from Gold Plus members only. Must be made no later than September 2, 2011. For reservations call Ty Hillman at 254.968.0002 ext. 5102. All other stalls on a first-come first-served basis. No tie-outs allowed. $25 a night plus shavings. Current Coggins required.

HOST HOTEL: BEST WESTERN BLACK OAK 1135 24th St Paso Robles, CA 93446 805-238-4740

CHOICE HOTELS: choicesportstravel.com Special Rate ID# 00214570 2011 USTRC membership required before you rope and may be purchased at this event.

DIRECTIONS: California Mid State Fairgounds 2198 Riverside Avenue Paso Robles, CA 93446 (805) 239-0655 From Hwy 101, take exit 230 for Pine Street. Turn right onto Riverside Ave.

WEST COAST OPEN Double US Open Tour points awarded to 1st through 10th place in the Average. 5-steer Average, progressive after one. Entry fee is $200/roper, enter three times provided at least one is Incentive. Incentive is a #15 and will be determined on four-head. (Top five Incentive teams will earn $2,000 in Flex Earnings.)

SHOOT-OUT ROPINGS Ropers may not enter with the same partner more than once in any Shoot-Out Division. Qualification for a Regional Shoot-Out requires $2,000 of available earnings, which may come from either partner or a contribution from both partners. You may use a portion (increments of $100) of Available Earnings (sum of Flex Earnings and Applied Earnings) toward a Shoot-Out qualification. For example, if the Header has $1,400 in Available Earnings and the Heeler has $600 in Available Earnings, they can combine their Available Earnings to qualify for a Regional Shoot-Out. Eligibility to enter a Shoot-out division requires the roper to participate in a 2011 season Affiliate, Grassroots, or Sanctioned qualifier – OR participate in a Regional Preliminary prior to the Shoot-out entry in that division. Shoot-Out ropings will not be handicapped nor have incentive. Shoot-Out ropings will be progressive after one in all ropings. Entry fee is $150 per roper. Enter two times. #15 and #13 Shoot-Outs are five-steer Averages. #12, #11, #10 and #9 are four-steer Averages. All teams that qualify to the short round will receive $6,000 in Flex Earnings.

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REGIONAL PRELIMINARY n SOUTHWEST - NM n LONE STAR - TX n SOUTHEAST - MS

2011 REGIONAL PRELIMINARY ENtRY FORM • ANYONE CAN ENtER Team Roper’s Name ___________________________________________________________________

• Entries must be postmarked by the Friday two weeks prior to the date of the

ID No. __________________________________________________________________ E-MAIL ADDRESS ____________________________@___________________________

USTRC REGIONAL PRELIMINARY ENTRY FORM

ATTENTION: YOu musT INcludE YOur OwN ANd YOur pArTNEr’s usTrc Id#.

roping you are entering to avoid late charges. Payments must be made by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order. Personal checks WILL NOT be accepted from members who have written bad checks in the past. • Entries postmarked after the deadline must include a $40 per team late fee, and must be paid with cashier’s check or money order only! • Make entry fees payable and mail to: USTRC CENTRAL ENTRY, P.O. Box 1198, Stephenville, TX 76401. For Roping or Classification Information call the USTRC National Office, 254/968-0002.

★ Open Roping • (#15 Incentive) • May enter up to three times provided at least one entry is Incentive. Maximum of 3 entries • $200/Roper Guaranteed Minimum $5,000 to the Average Winners