The Team Roping Journal

The Team Roping Journal magazine educates and entertains readers who actively participate in the sport. We help you to obtain the best results with step-by-step instruction in how to perform at a higher level and win more often. After all, we all know that while the heart is in the land and on the ranch, the ego is alive and well when it comes to besting your friends in the arena.

Dear Roper

The Team Roping Journal

SUPREME QUEEN • J.D. Yates added yet another AQHA World Championship to his career with Sue C Royalty, owned by Tearney Ranch and by One Time Royalty out of Sue C Lena, Junior Heading, worth $25,298.85.

NITE NITE • Coming off their American Rope Horse Futurity Association World Championship, Joseph Harrison and One Nite Special—by Gunners Special Nite out of Thelmas Wiz—continued their winning streak with the Gold Buckle Futurities 4 & Under Heeling win for $31,500.

TURQUOISE PROUD • Derrick Begay and Colter Todd will represent the Turquoise Circuit at the 2025 NFR Open after winning the Turquoise Circuit Finals average worth $6,411 each for a time of 19.9 on three, and they claimed the year-end titles with $18,309.42 won.

FORT WORTH SET TO HOST '25 PATRIOT, US FINALS • Will Rogers Memorial Center will again host The Patriot and USTRC's Cinch NFTR this spring.

KIRCHENSCHLAGERS HELP EACH OTHER TO 2024 AQHA WORLD TITLES IN SENIOR HEADING, HEELING ON STARLIGHT OAK 017, DT HICKORYS PLAYTIME • Colorado cousins Tate & Dakota helped each other to their first AQHA World Titles.

CODY JOHNSON HONORS EXEMPLARY COWBOY

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(At Home With) • Logan Moore of Pleasanton, Texas, was the winningest heeling newcomer in the world last year, earning him the title of 2024 Resistol Rookie Heeler of the Year. Moore, 23, won $67,017 as a pro rodeo freshman to finish 29th in the world. He has high hopes for taking it up another notch his sophomore season in 2025.

TAKING IT INSIDE: TIME TO ROPE RANK AT THE WINTER RODEOS

KNOWING YOUR TENDENCIES; WORKING ON YOUR WEAKNESSES

FIRST RESPONDER JEREMY NIX AND USMC VETERAN RALPH SAULTS ARE THE 2024 CHAMPIONS OF CHARLY CRAWFORD'S AMERICAN HERO CELEBRATION • Texas' Jeremy Nix and Ralph Saults of Nebraska finished what they started to the tune of $30,000 when they won Charly Crawford's signature event.

LEXI ANDREWS RECLAIMS RESISTOL JR. HEADING TOP SPOT WHILE BRIT SMITH DOMINATES IN THE HEELING • The Resistol Jr. Champion race is shaking up as Lexi Andrews returns to No. 1 on the head side and Brit Smith surges to first in the heeling.

TOP 4 GAINING ON LEXI ANDREWS IN CINCH LADIES HEADING STANDINGS • The ladies in second and fourth are gaining on Lexi Andrews in the Cinch Ladies heading, while on the heel side, Tamie Massey is the only roper climbing the standings.

5 FLAT with JohnRyon Foster

PEAK PERFORMANCE • What does peaking at the right time mean for a rope horse, and how do you make it happen?

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Inner Strength with Miles Baker WHATEVER IT TAKES • Just a few years ago, Miles Baker was a 5 heeler who trained horses for a living. In 2024, he won the AQHA Junior Heeling World Championship as an 8 heeler because he's been working at it, day in and day out. Here's how.

TONOZZIS TAG TEAM ROCK ON GUYS IN TWO EVENTS • The blaze-faced sorrel is a double threat.

The Top Young Horses of 2024 • The cream of the crop from the futurity and jackpot game 6-and-under.

2024 TOP 6-&-UNDER MONEY EARNERS | HEADING

2024 TOP 6-&-UNDER MONEY EARNERS | HEELING

ROPING ROYALS WEIGH IN ON NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS • How the Big Dogs Ring in the New Year

THE SCORE