The Team Roping Journal

5 FLAT with Dakota Kirchenschlager

LETTING IT FLY

How Dakota Kirchenschlager let the work he’s putting in at home speak for itself at the Riata Buckle.

This is our third-round steer from the 2022 Riata Buckle at the Lazy E Arena. We’re using this run because these pictures really show the kind of run I want to make when the money is up on five head—especially on a young horse. In these images, I’m riding DT Misty Cat, a Hickory Holly Time mare owned by Dean Tuftin’s DT Horses. We’ve showed her to some success throughout the year, but this futurity was about throwing her into the fire, and she

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