Two-time World Champion Shad Mayfield and the Barrilleaux family bought Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion Zak 34, who will stand ...

Riley Webb, Shad Mayfield and Haven Meged share their picks for the 2026 AQHA/PRCA Tie-Down Roping Horse of the Year.

Three years after Stylish Bugsy, “Bugsy,” first earned the honor and two years after a suspensory injury cost him nearly all of 2024, Shane Hanchey’s 14-year-old gelding has been named the 2026 ...

When a very young Joe Beaver in the spring of 1985 forked over what, in today’s dollars, would be $30K for a calf horse that looked used up, people thought he was nuts. “He’s crippled and everybody ...

Every calf roping result from the 2026 Canadian Finals Rodeo, Oct. 7–10 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, updated after each performance.

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Shad Mayfield took home the Reno Rodeo's silver spurs with a win worth $15,583 as he battles friend Riley Webb at the top of the standings. Mayfield ropes his short-round calf in 7.8 seconds—the ...

Brazilian Resistol Rookie of the Year contender Gio Piloto joins The Tie-Down Breakdown to discuss his life, goals and more. Gio Piloto dismounts to tie a calf during the 2024 Resistol Rookie Roundup.

The calf roping at the 2024 National Finals Rodeo was packed with exceptional horsepower, including two of the top AQHA Horses of the Year: Figure To Fly, aka Lollipop, and Major A 2009, aka Earl. One ...

The 15 best calf ropers in the world have mostly settled on their horses for Round 1 of the 2024 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo when it kicks off Dec. 5, 2024, at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.