The Team Roping Journal

Freeze Frame

with Kory Koontz

Photo by CBarC/Andersen Photography

SITUATION: Sixth callback in the Mathews Land & Cattle’s Ariat World Series of Team Roping Open Qualifier short round in San Antonio, Texas

TIME: 5.74 seconds

OUTCOME: First in the roping with a time of 34.8 seconds on five head, worth $4,870 for the team.

a) POSITION: In an earlier round, I might not have put myself quite as far up beside the steer, but, on this last one, I wanted to be a little more aggressive. I moved up

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