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...

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...

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...

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...

Abby Clark of Signature Quarters and Jill and Mindy Klampe of Platinum Trailers join DruStew at the 2026 Riata Stallion Incentive Championships to talk about their businesses, their involvement at the Riata and their connection to the rope horse industry. Hear more from Signature Quarters and Pla...

Rick Montera and Zane Williams, winners of the 2026 Riata Stallion Incentive #9.5 Championship, join DruStew for one of the most personal conversations of the week. The Riata champs talk about the friendship behind their win, share a few stories from along the way and reflect on the support of th...

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...

JR Caldwell and Rodney Teichert are the 2026 Riata Stallion Incentive Rope Horse Rewards #10.5 Champions, putting together a 34.88 on four head to earn $46,200 and a qualification spot at the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale. After the win, Caldwell and Teichert join DruStew at the EQN Sp...

The 2026 Riata Stallion Incentive #10.5 Championship ended with two teams sharing the title. Jaeleigh Holder and Shane Edmonson set the pace from the third high-call position with a 32.18 on four head. Then Makayla Wray and Justin Vogel came back as the high-call team and matched their time, maki...

Jason Stewart, sales manager for Unbeetable Feeds, joins DruStew at the 2026 Riata Stallion Incentive Championships to talk about Unbeetable Feeds’ partnership with the Riata and the company’s support of the rope horse industry. Hear more about the partnership from the EQN Sports Desk, driven by ...

DruStew kicks off Day 3 of the 2026 Riata Stallion Incentive Championships with a stallion report from the Lazy E Arena, breaking down the bloodlines behind the horses that are winning and placing at the Riata. See which Riata stallions are showing up across the results and the bloodlines making ...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

Steve Munz gets them twice at the Riata Stallion Incentive Championships, this time with Casey Martin in the Riata World Series of Team Roping #8.5 Super Qualifier. The team was 38.40 on four head and is taking home $31,350.

Mollie Devereaux & J.R. Caldwell just split $145,700 in the #8.5 Riata Championships and caught up with DruStew on the EQN Sports Desk, driven by Holiday Auto Group to talk about their day inside the Lazy E.

Chance Masters and Carson Hoepker are the champs of the Riata Stallion Incentive #9.5 World Series of Team Roping Super Qualifier for $43,920 with a 31.99 on four head. They take a seat at the EQN Sports desk driven by the Holiday Auto Group to talk about their day inside the Lazy E.

Kennlee Tate sure didn't look like it was her first time steer stopping after winning the Cowgirl Steer Stopping at the Riata Championships abroad SJRDiamondgolddigger by CD Diamond. She catches up with DrusStew on the EQN Sports Desk, driven by Holiday Auto Group to talk about her $10,752 day in...

Scott Higgs with Flying H Ranch, a proud Riata sponsor, catches up with DruStew on the EQN Sports Desk, driven by Holiday Auto Group, from the Riata Championships.