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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.
Last year’s team roping at Industry Hills was outstanding. Four teams finished within 1 second of each other. Blaine Linaweaver and Brandon Bates won 1st place with a time of 5.7 seconds. They each took home $1,267 in prize money. Cody Bray and Jared Hixon placed 2nd with a time of 6.3 seconds. Ed Necochea and Chris Branham placed 3rd with 6.5 seconds and Cody Mora and Josh Wineman placed 4th with 6.7 seconds.
In 2007 Jake Rodriguez and Gary Ford, finished their head and heel catches in a sizzling 5.0 seconds setting the fastest team roping time record at Industry Hills Rodeo.
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