The Team Roping Journal

(At Home With)

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Q: How old were you when you knew you wanted to rope for a living?

A: Being my dad’s son and growing up in that circle, that’s, just what I was going to do. By the time I was 12 or 13, I knew that I was at least going to try to make the NFR. My dad rode outside horses, so I got to ride a lot of different horses growing up, and kind of got groomed that way.

Q: How old were you when you started roping for a living?

I filled my permit at Red Bluff

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