Feeling inspired by the likes of Lari Dee Guy and Jackie Crawford to get started in breakaway roping? You’re in the right place. First things first: read Breakaway Roping 101. Then, watch the following videos to build your breakaway roping foundation. Lesson 1: Determine Your Rope Size Watch the video. Start by learning about your most essential piece of gear: your rope. Lari Dee Guy and Hope Thompson break down what rope size they use and how different sizes match different styles. Watch the full lesson. Lesson 2: Learn to Handle Your Rope Watch the video. If you are new to breakaway ropin ..read more

Rylee George loves the skill it takes to rope a calf on the big setups back home in California, and has some tricks in her back pocket for nailing a long score she used to tie for the win at the 2024 Guymon Pioneer Days, earning a total of $4,771. Originally from Oakdale, California, Texas A&M Commerce masters student George roped two head in 5.6 seconds to tie for the win with Jill Tanner of Stephenville, Texas. With the co-championship, George will have approximately $24,300 in WPRA earnings, bumping her from No. 20 to No. 14 in the World Standings. “My first calf—they were walking fre ..read more

The 2024 WRWC breakaway roster has been announced ahead of the world’s richest women’s only rodeo taking place from May 13-18 in the DFW Metroplex. The WRWC is the largest event purse in the history of women’s rodeo. It will pay out $750,000 in 2024 while crowning World Champions in both the Pro and Challenger classifications in the following disciplines: team roping (heading and heeling), breakaway roping and barrel racing. Table of contents Background on the Breakaway Athletes Last Chance Qualifier Context 2024 WRWC Schedule 2024 WRWC Breakaway Roster WRWC Pro Leaderboard WRWC Challenger L ..read more

Teton Ridge announced that The American Contender Tournament will return to three cities nationwide to host the 2025 Regional Finals in Las Vegas, Lexington and Tulsa. The American Contender Tournament West, Central and East Regional Finals attract qualifiers from across the United States to compete in a tournament style format in hopes of making it all the way to The Crown Jewel of Rodeo – The American Rodeo 2025. Just under 300 Qualifiers lead to automatic qualifications toward the Regional Finals in January and February 2025: 2025 American Contender Tournament Sched ..read more

Lari Dee Guy defeated a difficult week in California to win the Clovis Rodeo with a time of 14.4 seconds on four head, earning $6,222. The win coupled with her $2,828 payday at the Clark County Fair & Rodeo in Logandale brings Guy’s California run total to $9,050, bumping her inside the top 20 in the world standings with $20,780 earned. Clovis adds another figurative notch to Guy’s belt; becoming the third major California win the breakaway industry icon has taken in 3 years. (All thanks to her horse Rex, she adamantly adds.) In 2022 she won the Red Bluff Round-Up and finished No. 2 at the ..read more

Nikayla Brill roped smart to win the 2024 Resistol Rookie Roundup on borrowed horse “Buck” she’d only ran a few practice calves on. For her effort, Brill won a total of $3,309 that’ll go exclusively toward the Resistol Rookie of the Year standings. Currently sitting No. 4 with $4,892 in earnings, the win should land her somewhere at the top of the leaderboard with Shiloh Napp and KC-Gail Churchill. “Winning this is a huge blessing,” Brill, 22, said. “Every girl that was here wanted to win.” Brill’s victory came following a bumpy Saturday performance that saw many ropers throw past or top-knot ..read more

The Breakaway Roping Journal will be on-site in the Fort Worth Stockyards for the Resistol Rookie Roundup for the April 26-27, 2024 event, and here is the breakaway roping format and draw for the first performance of the $100,000-added event. What is the Resistol Rookie Roundup? For the third year in a row, Resistol in partnership with The Cowboy Channel, will host the Resistol RookienRoundup on April 26 and 27 at 7:30 pm in the Fort Worth Stockyards Coliseum. Sanctioned by the PRCA, the top 15 PRCA rookies in each event, in their first year as card holders ..read more

Ahead of the WCRA’s Rodeo Corpus Christi hosted on the bayfronts of Corpus Christi, Texas, May 7-11, the organization today announced the 189 athletes who will compete at the final Triple Crown of Rodeo (TCR) event. The remaining roster includes 132 timed event athletes and 57 roughstock athletes who qualified by nominating their efforts on the WCRA VRQ leaderboard. Table of contents 2024 WCRA Rodeo Corpus Christi Breakaway Roster First performance – Wild Card – Tuesday, May 7 Second performance – Wild Card – Wednesday, May 8 Third & Fourth performance – Progressive – Thursday & Frid ..read more

The second annual Total Feeds National Breakaway Championships held in conjunction with the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping is back in Fort Worth, Texas, at the Will Rogers Memorial Center April 23-25, 2024. The action kicked off Tuesday, April 23, with the Total Feeds Open Ladies Breakaway in the Watt Arena. Wednesday, April 24, will showcase the Total Feeds 19 & Under Ladies Breakaway in the Watt Arena and the breakaway action concludes Thursday, April 25, with the Total Feeds 15 & Under Ladies Breakaway, also in the Watt Arena. For family and fans that aren’t able to make ..read more

WPRA World Champion Breakaway Roper Hope Thompson is recovering after the barrier caught her horse’s bridle in Clovis, California, whipping her horse around and ejecting her over the front into the dirt. Thompson, 38, of Abilene, Texas, was coming off a win in the first round of the $15,000-added Clovis Rodeo, having been 2.9 to win  $1,640, when she backed into the box to nod her head on her second calf. “I nodded my head, just like I did on the first one,” Thompson remembered. “It happened so fast, I didn’t know what happened. I felt my horse switch directions, but all of the sudden I w ..read more