JR Caldwell and Justin Copp took the win in the 2026 Riata #12.5 Championship, roping four head in 29.21 seconds to pocket $151,200. After the win, Caldwell and Copp joined DruStew at the EQN Sports Desk, driven by Holiday Auto Group, to talk about their championship run and what it took to come ...

Charles Zschiesche, sales manager for Cactus Ropes, joins DruStew at the EQN Sports Desk, driven by Holiday Auto Group, to talk about the growth and evolution of Cactus Ropes, the company’s partnership with the Riata Championships and what’s next for the brand in the team roping industry.

Fresh off their Ariat World Series of Team Roping Title Fights #11.5 win, Adam Evans and Taylor Mitchell kept their hot streak rolling at the 2026 Riata Championships. Evans and Mitchell won the Rope Horse Rewards #11.5 Ariat WSTR Super Qualifier with a 32.38 on four head, earning $45,600 and a q...

Dean Tuftin of DT Horses joins DruStew on the EQN Sports Desk, driven by Holiday Auto Group, at the 2026 Riata Stallion Incentive Championships for a conversation about Hickory Holly Time, the stallion’s incentive at the Riata and Tuftin’s commitment to the rope horse industry. An NFR heeler as w...

Watch the Riata 12.5 Championship and 11.5 Rope Horse Rewards Championship (WSTR Super Qualifier) 2026 Riata Championships from September 24 from the second arena at 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...

Colby Lovell and Ty Arnold came out on top in the 2026 Riata Stallion Incentive Pro Futurity, roping five head in 34.82 seconds to pocket $100,000.
Lovell headed aboard Royal Underdog, a 2021 gelding by Metallic Payday out of Crowns Royal Ransom. Arnold heeled aboard Sugga Boom Boom, a 2022 geldi...

The Riata Stallion Incentive #14.5 Championship came down to tenths of a second in the short round. Tennessee’s Clark Adcock, riding Sevens Brazos Flash (Two Eyed Brazos), and Arkansas cowman Ben Runyon, riding Jesses Pick (Jesses Topaz), finished four steers in 27.46 seconds to take the champion...

Cannan Wescott and Kase Key took the National Rope Horse Rewards #13.5 Championship, finishing four head in 28.05 seconds to pocket $43,200.

Wescott, of De Leon, Texas, headed on Poker Playin Bailey, a 2013 gelding by Poker Playin Ike out of Wily Bertha (Wilywood), bred by Anita McKesson. Key, o...

The Riata Championships Open is underway at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and the bloodlines are already doing the talking. DruStew and Lucas Gentry break down the head and heel horses competing at the 2026 Riata Stallion Incentive, looking at the bloodlines showing up across the Open an...

Watch the #13.5 Championships Short Round at the 2026 Riata Championships on September 23. See some of the best rope horses and ropers in the business compete on one of the industry's biggest stages, with major money, championship titles and Riata bragging rights on the line.

Watch the Riata 14.5 Championship and 13.5 Rope Horse Rewards Championship (WSTR Super Qualifier) from the second arena at the 2026 Riata Championships. See some of the best rope horses and ropers in the business compete on one of the industry's biggest stages, with major money, championship titl...

Watch Riata Pro Futurity (5 & Under), Riata 14.5 Championship, 13.5 Rope Horse Rewards Championship (WSTR Super Qualifier) from the main arena at the 2026 Riata Championships. See some of the best rope horses and ropers in the business compete on one of the industry's biggest stages, with major m...

Dakota Kirchenschlager rides French On Time, a six-year-old mare by One Time Pepto with plenty of natural intensity and all the ability to match it. The key to getting the most out of a horse like this, Dakota explains, is keeping her relaxed and confident so that talent has somewhere productive ...

Watch the #11.5 WSTR, #10.5 WSTR, #9.5 Heartland, #10.5 USTRC Legends at the The Ariat World Series of Team Roping's Title Fights in Arena 2 on September 19.

The Title Fights showcase some of the highest money ropings of the WSTR regular season, awarding qualification spots to the multi-million ...

Ferron Lucero recaps all the Day 2 winners from the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Title Fights in Sweetwater, Texas. Catch up on who struck first and took home the checks on opening day from the EQN Sports Desk, driven by Holiday Auto Group.

Watch the #11.5 WSTR, #10.5 WSTR, #9.5 Heartland, #10.5 USTRC Legends at the Ariat World Series of Team Roping's Title Fights in Arena 1 on September 19.

The Title Fights showcase some of the highest money ropings of the WSTR regular season, awarding qualification spots to the multi-million do...

Ferron Lucero recaps all the Day 1 winners from the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Title Fights in Sweetwater, Texas, from the Open through the #12.5 WSTR. Catch up on who struck first and took home the checks on opening day from the EQN Sports Desk, driven by Holiday Auto Group.

The Ariat World Series of Team Roping's Title Fights in Sweetwater, Texas.
Friday, September 18, starting at 9:00 AM CDT: WSTR Open, #15.5 WSTR, #14.5 WSTR, #13.5 WSTR, #12.5 WSTR

Roping.com has you covered from the first steer to the short round. Full on-demand replay of every day's action is a...

The Ariat World Series of Team Roping's Title Fights in Sweetwater, Texas.
Friday, September 18, starting at 9:00 AM CDT: WSTR Open, #15.5 WSTR, #14.5 WSTR, #13.5 WSTR, & #12.5 WSTR.

Roping.com has you covered from the first steer to the short round. Full on-demand replay of every day's action i...

DruStew brings you the latest team roping news from September 14, 2026, on this week’s Industry Weekly Update, powered by Priefert, from the EQN Sports Desk, driven by Holiday Auto Group.

DruStew draws for the Rope Horse Rewards ahead of the upcoming Riata Championships on September 14, 2026, in this episode of In Studio with DruStew from the EQN Sports Desk, driven by Holiday Auto Group.

DruStew breaks down big news from GEMS and Global Handicaps, including what caused the recent technical difficulties. Plus, he lines out the upcoming events you need on your radar in this episode of In Studio with DruStew from the EQN Sports Desk, driven by Holiday Auto Group.

Dakota Kirchenschlager steps on a kind, athletic five-year-old mare by Hickory Holly Time, owned by Dean Tuftin, to work through one of the most overlooked fundamentals in team roping: delivery speed. Slowing down your delivery gives your horse more time to read the play, stay balanced, and stop ...

Dakota Kirchenschlager saddles up Shinedown, a five-year-old mare by Metallic Cat who has already seen the show pen and is making a strong case as a standout prospect. Big, physical, and fast with an exceptional stop, Shinedown has the athleticism and eye appeal Dakota looks for in a horse built ...