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Bareback
Riding
| Steer Wrestling
| Team Roping
| Saddle Bronc Riding
Tie-Down Roping
| Barrel Racing
| Bull Riding
| All-Around
Team
Roping
The
key to success? Hard work and endless practice.
Team roping partners must perfect their timing,
both as a team and with their respective horses.
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Team
ropers such as Joe Beaver and
Travis Tryan spend long hours
perfecting their timing with
each other and their horses.
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Similar
to tie-down ropers and steer wrestlers, team ropers
start from the boxes on each side of the chute from
which the steer enters the arena. The steer gets
a head start determined by the length of the arena.
One
end of a breakaway barrier is attached to the steer
and stretched across the open end of the header's
box. When the steer reaches his advantage point,
the barrier is released, and the header takes off
in pursuit, with the heeler trailing slightly further
behind.The ropers are assessed a 10-second penalty
if the header breaks the barrier before the steer
completes his head start. Some rodeos use heeler
barriers too.
The
header
ropes
first
and
must
make
one
of
three
legal
catches
on
the
steer
—
around
both
horns,
around
one
horn
and
the
head
or
around
the
neck.
Any
other
catch
by
the
header
is
considered
illegal
and
the
team
is
disqualified.
After
the
header
makes
his
catch,
he
turns
the
steer
to
the
left
and
exposes
the
steer's
hind
legs
to
the
heeler.
The
heeler
then
attempts
to
rope
both
hind
legs.
If
he
catches
only
one
foot,
the
team
is
assessed
a
five-second
penalty.
After
the
cowboys
catch
the
steer,
the
clock
is
stopped
when
there
is
no
slack
in
their
ropes
and
their
horses
face
one
another.
The Tie-Down competition was intense last year at Industry Hills. Four contestants finished this event within half a second of each other. Jesse Egan won 1st place with a time of 9.1 seconds. He earned $1,984 in prize money. Travis Ortiz placed 2nd with 9.3 seconds, earning $1,641. Jason Vohs placed 3rd with 9.4 seconds and Stan Branco finished 4th with 9.5 seconds. Brian Arave placed 5th and Kyle Lockett, this year’s IHR All-Around Cowboy, placed 6th.
Stran Smith set the Industry Hills Rodeo Tie-Down Roping record of 7.6 seconds in 2006, besting Joe Beaver’s long standing record of 8.7 seconds set here in 1997
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