Jake and Clay get back to work, making practice runs and talking through what is coming up in each one. They share the story of a match roping where each partner had to head five and heel five and they came out on top. On a typical day they are putting in 25 to 35 runs, getting the reps in and wo...

Joseph Harrison talks about getting in time with your steer and why the approach can change depending on the situation. Roping user-friendly steers is different from roping at an open roping or rodeo, so Harrison explains how he adjusts his approach. Rather than trying to time the steer all the w...

Jake Barnes has spent his life heading, but his love of heeling and the challenge it brings out a different side of his competitive nature, especially when the pressure is on at the World Series Finale. He talks through the difficulty of staying aggressive when you are trying to just catch rather...

Joseph Harrison breaks down the fundamentals of building and delivering an effective heel loop. He explains the three parts of the loop: the tip for aim, the spoke for navigation and the bottom strand for the brakes. He also explains how each part affects the rope's movement. Harrison explains ho...

Watch the #10.5 Businessman's Roping at The COJO Championship Event presented by Tractor Supply Company.

The answer is simple: they roped 24/7, nonstop, as fast as they could go, and they had the desire to win. Clay grew up with a stepfather who was an old school cowboy, riding broncs and bulldogging, and he was a good catcher. Rodeo was all Clay ever wanted to do and that hunger showed up every sin...

Watch the Pro Am Celebrity Invitational at the 2026 COJO Championship Event presented by Tractor Supply Company.

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Watch the All Girl, Jr #10.5 and Open team roping at The 2026 COJO Championship Event presented by Tractor Supply Company on-demand from Belton, Texas. Catch the runs you missed or rewatch your favorites anytime on Roping.com.

Watch the breakaway at The COJO Championship Event presented by Tractor Supply Company on-demand from Belton, Texas. Catch the runs you missed or rewatch your favorites anytime on Roping.com.

Jake and Clay mix methodical runs with wide open ones, and both serve a purpose. Running steers as fast as they can go keeps you sharp and translates directly to the rodeos they are entered up at. Jake talks through his horses including a 12-year-old mare from Max Kuttler that serves as his secon...

For Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper, a day in the practice pen is just another day doing what they love, but there is nothing random about how they go about it. They have reprogrammed their sessions to get the most out of every run, using slower cattle for their horses and faster cattle for t...

Watch the Riata #8.5 Championship and #8.5 Rope Horse Rewards Championship (WSTR Super Qualifier) at the 2026 Riata Championships, held at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, in Arena 2. See some of the best rope horses and ropers in the business compete on one of the industry's biggest stages...

Former UFC heavyweight Travis Browne traded the cage for the Lazy E Arena, teaming up with Ty Looper to win the 2026 Riata Stallion Incentive #8.5 Championship. The California/Texas team split $132,200 aboard their Riata horses before joining DruStew to talk about the win, their families, their l...

Watch the Riata #8.5 Championship and #8.5 Rope Horse Rewards Championship (WSTR Super Qualifier) at the 2026 Riata Championships, held at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, in Arena 1. See some of the best rope horses and ropers in the business compete on one of the industry's biggest stages...

Oklahoma neighbors and longtime friends Lynn Dale Toon and Perry Smith had themselves a day at the 2026 Riata Stallion Incentive Championships. The pair split $30,800 in the Rope Horse Rewards #8.5 Ariat World Series of Team Roping Super Qualifier, then added a second-place finish in the Riata #8...

DruStew breaks down the top Riata Stallion Incentive stallions heading into the final day of the 2026 Riata Championships. See which stallions are leading in three key categories—Top Money-Earning Stallions, Stallion Progeny Entered and Checks per Riata Stallion—for a snapshot of the bloodlines r...

Watch the Riata #9.5 Championship and #9.5 Rope Horse Rewards Championship (WSTR Super Qualifier) at the 2026 Riata Championships, held at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, in Arena 2. See some of the best rope horses and ropers in the business compete on one of the industry's biggest stages...

Mike Bush and Justin Harrell, winners of the #9.5 Rope Horse Rewards Championship, join DruStew live from the 2026 Riata Championships on September 26. Bush and Harrell break down their championship run, the horses they rode and what it took to come out on top at the Riata. Hear from the #9.5 cha...

Watch the Riata #9.5 Championship and #9.5 Rope Horse Rewards Championship (WSTR Super Qualifier) at the 2026 Riata Championships from the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma. See some of the best rope horses and ropers in the business compete on one of the industry's biggest stages, with major mon...

Cori Thomas, owner of Covered by Cori, joins DruStew at the 2026 Riata Championships to talk about the growing relationship between rope horse owners and trainers—and how insurance fits into the equation. Thomas explains how Covered by Cori helps simplify the insurance process while keeping owner...