The Team Roping Journal

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Q: Tell us about your journey to Tolar.

A: I’m originally from Fort Pierce, Florida, east of Okeechobee. My family moved to Stephenville in 1998, and my parents bought a Western store there when I was in sixth grade. Jordon and I moved to Chilton, Texas, when we got married in 2010, then to Tolar in 2021.

Q: Have you roped all your life?

I got my start with horses from my grandma. She trained hunter jumpers and dressage horses, so horsemanship has always been a part of my life. My mom got into cutting horses, so I rode a few of those. I started roping in fifth grade, so

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