To the Motes family, horses are everything. They spent years creating the breeding program that produced CD Rockstar and CD Starbucks, and when it came time to take the best care of these two great ones, the whole family stepped up.

The story and ropers behind team roping's greatest heel horse, Jackyl, as told by the ropers lucky enough to swing a leg over him. 

Patrick Smith officially retired his sorrel, big-kneed gelding, in 2019. The gelding is now turned out at Smith’s Lipan, Texas ranch, enjoying retirement after a career that spanned two decades and shaped the career of his two-time world champion owner.Amigo—registered with the AQHA as Sunday Nig...

BoomBoom Firecracker has nearly swept the American Rope Horse Futurity Association events in 2021. He's a prime example of Brazile's start-to-finish program, and in this video Brazile breaks down what makes him so great.

Trevor Brazile's home-raised mare Relentless Glory is one of team roping's top earning mares of all time, and in this video, he talks through a training session on her both heading and heeling. He explains how the reps they take in the practice pen help give her confidence to perform when he pres...

Yellowstone is one of the great young horses in Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker's horse program. Here's what makes him work and here's the gear they use to keep him solid.

Clay O'Brien Cooper has a new top horse. "Trooper" has big shoes to fill, but he comes from the right line of great horses to make the leap into greatness.

Trevor Brazile's Toybox is one of his favorite young head horses of all time, standing out from his elite pack of futurity horses for his speed, scoring ability, talent handling a steer and mental edge.

Rolex is another young horse Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker have been working on together, heading and heeling at their Decatur facility. See inside the program.

Justin Briggs talks about what it was like riding Rollo as a strong-willed 2-year-old to when he and Jordon knew the gelding was special.

Friday is a talented aged head horse that Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker use as a help horse. The horse had a problem with keeping his butt in the corner before Brazile and Baker bought him, and he would shift his hips under the rope in the corner. This video describes how Brazile fixed these iss...

Levi Lord is pretty sure of it: they don't make deals like the kind he got on Little Bay anymore. Ten years ago, Lord was a freshman in high school with a little money in his pocket. The South Dakota kid had just been to a truck roping in Texas and won some cash, and he was on the hunt for a high...

Clay O’Brien Cooper rode the bay gelding LB to over a million dollars in earnings, including wins at RodeoHouston, the American and the George Strait. The horse—made by the great Kory Koontz­—had a style all his own and carried the seven-time World Champ to the richest years of his rodeo career. ...

Dustin Egusquiza had the best regular season of his rodeo career in 2021 aboard the big roan gelding named Mohawk. What did he like about him, and why did he fit Egusquiza's style?

Madison Outhier talks about what makes her horse, Rooster, one of the top breakaway roping horses. She discusses his breeding, how he was trained and what he does to help her score.

Linsay Sumpter analyzes a foundation-bred mare for versatile use in all of the roping events.

Kelsie Chace-Domer has long been dominant on Littleman, her great breakaway horse. Chace-Domer and Lari Dee Guy assess what makes him so good.

Horse breeding has become more and more popular in the breakaway roping industry. Erin Johnson has a history in horse breeding with her late father's breeding program.

Great horses are hard to come by. Erin Johnson shares the legacy of her great gelding Bubba and all he has done for her career.

Erin Johnson's palomino gelding, Chico, has stepped up in a big way. Now her No.1 breakaway roping horse, Johnson shares information about Chico.