Scoring: The calf gets a 20-foot head start – one of the longest in professional rodeo. Once the cowboy ropes the calf, he flanks it, which is picking it up on its side or its back. After the calf is ...

The highest-paying one-day rodeo is quickly approaching and it boasts the best athletes in the World throughout all eight events. See who will be battling it out for their chance at the big checks ...

BLACKFOOT – One of the oldest events if not the oldest event in rodeo is calf roping. Now called tie down roping, except by the true old-timers in the game, calf roping started on the ranches, when a ...

With the 2025 season coming to a close, a lot of eyes are on the tie-down roping standings. All year, the most talented guys in the sport have been battling it out for those top 15 spots. With about a ...

The Tie-Down Roping at the Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo in Stephenville, Texas was somewhat of a preview to what we will see at the National Finals Rodeo in December. Caleb Smidt of ...

Not all details have been confirmed, but a tie-down roper appeared to suffer a degloving injury at the North Dakota Rough ...

Perhaps his greatest moment as a cowboy came courtesy of his experimenting with team roping, but for Houston native Fred Whitfield, his heart still lies with tie-down roping. In 1999, Whitfield became ...

The Shane Hanchey Invitational concluded yesterday in Giddings, Texas. Let’s look at what happened and who walked away victorious. This invitational had a star-studded line-up. With 60 contestants, ...

Haven Meged didn’t think his calf got out. Then came a cutting “Yah!” from his buddy, Ty Harris. That was enough to convince Meged. The Tarleton State 19-year old jumped out and wasted no time ...

Big and soggy is how you can describe the calves in Round 8. The calf ropers saw these calves in Rounds 2 and 5, so they all knew what was ahead of them. The big man from Apache, Okla., Hunter Herrin ...

Eight-time world champion Joe Beaver, who hails from Huntsville, ruled at RodeoHouston in the 1990s and 2000s, winning three all-around and one tie-down title. Now it’s his protégé’s time to shine.

BLACKFOOT – One of the oldest events if not the oldest event in rodeo is calf roping. Now called tie down roping, except by the true old-timers in the game, calf roping started on the ranches, when a ...