The Team Roping Journal

GOING AT IT WITH FOCUS, FIRE AND INTENSITY

ake (Barnes) and I entered the rodeo in Salinas (California) this summer, and watching the cowboys who are out there roping right now wowed me and took me back. For starters, guys like Wesley Thorp, Junior Nogueira and Levi Lord made some really terrific heel shots in the first round. What amazed me was their intensity, and the physicality of their roping. They’re young and strong, and

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