Roper Profiles

Roper Profiles

The "Roper Profiles" video series on Roping.com dives deep into the lives of top team ropers, including champions like Trevor Brazile, Clay O’Brien Cooper, Jake Barnes, and Patrick Smith. Each profile offers unique insights into their training, mindset, and competition strategies, making it an invaluable resource for ropers looking to refine their skills and learn from the best. Whether you're interested in roping techniques or the personal stories behind these legends, this series provides a comprehensive look at the sport's top athletes.

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Roper Profiles
  • Being a World Champion

    Being a world champion means having a world champion attitude and maturity. Jake Barnes explains his life as a role model.

  • Rodeo Responsibilities

    Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper talk about how they split up responsibilities on the rodeo trail throughout their careers. 

  • How Lari Dee Guy and Trevor Brazile Make Their Horse Business Work

    Lari Dee Guy and Trevor Brazile have built a thriving horse business based on great horsemanship, honesty and hard work. Here are the fundamental components to their operation.

  • The Evolution of Team Roping

    Lone Star Ropes’ Pro Team Dustin Egusquiza, Coleman Proctor, Tanner Tomlinson, Patrick Smith, Manny Egusquiza and young gun Denton Parrish discuss the evolution of team roping and how rope makers like Lone Star are evolving their ropes alongs with the game.

  • Rodeo Stories with Jake Barnes & Clay O'Brien Cooper

    Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper tell stories about traveling in the early days of their careers with Allen Bach, including crazy camper travel stories. 

  • Why Trevor Brazile Has Always Admired Lari Dee Guy

    Trevor Brazile isn't just Lari Dee Guy's business partner. He's looked up to her for her grit and grace, and in this video he discusses that.

  • Fate & Rodeo: The Jake Barnes & Junior Nogueira Story

    How did Jake Barnes and three-time World Champion Junior Nogueira meet? Jake explains the time he first met Nogueira and life changed after that.

  • Welsey Thorp: At The Barrier

  • About Justin Briggs

    Professional horseman Justin Briggs is the rope horse trainer, farrier and colt starter at Briggs Performance Horses. Learn about how Justin got his start and how Jordon and Justin have built their program together through the years.

  • Is Clay Cooper Actually Retired?

    Is The Champ really retired? Aaron Tsinigine wanted us to ask him, so we got his answer on the record for the world.

  • The Making of a Champion presented by Boehringer Ingelheim

    It takes a team to keep top horses performing at their best. In this feature presented by Boehringer Ingelheim, follow three high-level equine athletes and their teams for an inside look at what it takes to keep them in winning form.

  • Gold Buckle Secrets with Jake Barnes & Clay O'Brien Cooper

    Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper won seven gold buckles and were unbeatable—and still are, to this day. What helped these two masters of their craft get to where they are today? And how can YOU apply the same principles to your own time in the arena?

  • Kory Koontz—"The Best Heeler to Never Won a Gold Buckle"

    Kory Koontz's career has spanned three decades in the PRCA, and he's qualified for the Finals 22 times. In a video from the 2018 NFR, Kory Koontz talks about what it means to not have won a gold buckle in his long career but to have started the career of many world champions.

  • Losing a Thumb

    Plenty of great ropers have lost thumbs. Jake Barnes talks about the challenges he faced while overcoming the loss of his thumb at the NFR and how he adjusted his roping.

  • Buddy Check, Presented by Equinety

    The Danny Dietz Memorial Classic connects the rodeo community with veterans. Learn how this unique event and the Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Foundation have helped veterans and Navy SEALS in need, providing a much needed buddy check.

  • A Family Legacy- The Todd Family Presented by CINCH Jeans

    Colter Todd is a cowboy in and outside of the rodeo arena. As a multiple time NFR qualifier in Team Roping, Colter has passed on his love for the western way of life to his children as his family continues to work and produce cattle on their family’s ranch, and compete competitively in rodeo. Pre...

  • The Team Ropers' Battle for Equal Money at the NFR

    For a long time, team ropers were second-class citizens in the eyes of ProRodeo. Jake Barnes and Clay O'Brien Cooper—seven-time world champs—were part of the struggle to get equal money in the largest event in ProRodeo. 

  • Inside the Remuda: Bama Cat

    Meet Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker's Bama Cat, a 4-year-old heel horse that they're excited to show in the futurities this year. 

  • Trevor Brazile’s First Saddle

    The King of the Cowboys Trevor Brazile got his first handmade saddle at 12 and rode it throughout his youth rodeo career. In this video, he shows us the saddle and talks about making it work the hard way growing up.

  • Jake & Clay's Origin Story

    How exactly did Jake & Clay become Jake & Clay? Jake Barnes and Clay Cooper talk about their first time meeting and how they developed into the most iconic and longest-lasting team in history. 

  • Jump-Riding Head Horses

    Dustin Egusquiza talks about jump-riding two head horses in time for the ARHFA. 

  • Trevor Brazile and Lari Dee Guy: The Beginning

    Trevor Brazile and Lari Dee Guy have a unique partnership that has helped shape the rope horse industry. Here's how it got its start in the American Junior Rodeo Association.

  • Jake Barnes - Story Of How He Got Into Roping

  • Webb of Success brought to you by ADM Animal Nutrition

    Riley Webb was born to be a calf roper. Learn how this young roping star is handling his rookie year, high pressure situations and his first NFR qualification in this feature sponsored by ADM Animal Nutrition.