The Score from The Team Roping Journal

Solo Select founder Melanie Smith joins The Score 30 days out from the second Solo Select Rope Horse Futurity, Sept. 30–Oct. 1 at Circle T Arena in Hamilton, Texas, where a minimum $620,000 in added money is on the line...

The final month of the 2026 PRCA regular season is officially here, and there is still plenty left to decide in the team roping world standings. On this episode of The Short Score , Calli Montague breaks down where the...

Steve Friskup has spent decades with a front-row seat to the horse business, from selling everyday team roping horses to standing behind the microphone as some of the industry’s highest-priced horses went through the...

For 14 years, the Philipp Ranch Production Horse Sale has given buyers a chance to take home horses that have been raised, trained and used within the Philipp Ranch program. This year, John and Shane Philipp say they...

Cole Eiguren has a legacy in front of him of family who tend to win buckles at the Cheyenne Frontier Days. All before he backed in the box at The Daddy of 'Em All, the 25-year-old Fruitland, Idaho man had years of the...

Some of the biggest money to be won in the 2026 season was captured during the month of July, including the NFR Open and the California Rodeo Salinas . Jake Smith and Nicky Northcott took home the NFR Open win in...

Joseph Harrison has ridden plenty of great horses, but when the chips were down and the most money was on the line, he kept going back to Main Street Boon. Better known as "Street", 2004 gelding by Pepto Boonsmal out of...

It took Cade Passig years of working every job on the crew before he found his was to the microphone announcing for Mathews Land and Cattle. Growing up with a rope in his hand, Passig never wanted to do anything...

The end of June and Cowboy Christmas saw momentum build for numerous teams, especially ones who were in need. Lightning Aguilera and Kaden Profili kicked off a three-week span of huge ProRodeo team roping storylines...

Chris Francis has won some of the sports biggest ropings, but much of his life happens behind the scenes at some of the biggest jackpots in the country. On this episode of The Score, Las Vegas, New Mexico's Francis...

Cooper Freeman grew up in Carthage, Missouri, surrounded by roping. His parents bought an indoor arena, steakhouse and western store when he was young, and Freeman grew up in the middle of jackpot team ropings, barrel...

After eight years and more than 3 million downloads, Chelsea Shaffer is handing The Score’s reins to the Team Roping Journal’s newest hire, Calli Montague. Montague, known to most as “Frank’s daughter,” grew up with a...

Korbin Rice grew up in Hobbs, New Mexico roping calves with his brother. By his freshman year of high school, they'd switched to team roping full time. By his senior year, he'd made up his mind to rodeo for a...

Jake Smith and Douglas Rich head into the 2026 ProRodeo summer run with plenty of momentum after winning the Music City Rodeo in Nashville. In this episode of The Short Score, Smith and Rich break down their win, which...

Sterlin English is used to seeing his name at the pay window. Now it shows up in the cast list of Taylor Sheridan's newest project. The team roper plays Austin Lewis on "The Dutton Ranch," the latest Yellowstone...