National 12: GROFF & ROGERS

Clint Groff

Clint Groff, of San Tan Valley, Ariz., sees his earnings from the National

12 Finale as an opportunity to jump start his dream of having his own performance horse business.

“I am really looking forward to buying a few horses to ride this summer. I have been trying to get the money to start my business for a while now and the NTR has given me that chance.”

Proving his worth as a horse trainer, Groff took a 3-year-old mare his grandfather had given him and turned her into a big-time head horse.

“Maggie” has earned Groff upwards of $150,000 in the last four years and was the horse he was riding for his win in the National 12.

“When I first got her, I bet she bucked every single day I rode her for the first year,” Groff recalled. “You never knew when, or where, she was going to blow up, but you could count on the fact that she was going to. She’s 8 now, and in the last three or four years she's only bucked a handful of times. She was definitely tough getting around for a while, but she has been good to me since.”

In the last couple of years Groff has invested a lot of time into reading positive thinking books and attributes much of his positive attitude and ultimately his success in the roping pen to that endeavor.

“I’ve really been able to reprogram my mind towards positive thoughts and confidence and that has helped me both in and out of the arena.”

Logan Rogers

Logan Rogers, of Snowflake, Ariz., had been gradually gaining

momentum in the roping arena heading into the 2017 NTR National Finals and that positive energy helped carry him to a $100,000 win with his stepbrother, Clint Groff.

“I truly believe we won because Clint has a phenomenal, upbeat and positive attitude about everything, and he has helped me realize that if you want to win you have to really believe you are going to. We went into the Finals believing we could win first place just by doing what we had been practicing to do.”

While roping with family can sometimes add a little extra pressure, Rogers believes roping with Groff actually relaxes him more.

“We’re familiar with each other’s style and have roped together frequently at jackpots and in the practice pen,” Rogers explained. “I moved my horse to his house this year when I needed a place to keep him and that gave us even more opportunity to practice together.”

Though Rogers learned to rope young, he spent a lot of his childhood playing football and baseball. Now, he and his wife, Kenzlee, have a family of their own. With three young daughters; Rocklyn, 4, Ridley, 2, and Reece, 4 months, Rogers keeps plenty busy outside of the arena as well.

“We go camping and hunting quite a bit as a family, but honestly we do a lot of shopping and girl stuff too. There isn’t a whole lot of man stuff going on when you have three daughters.”

“I’VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO REPROGRAM MY MIND TOWARDS POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND CONFIDENCE AND THAT HAS HELPED ME BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE ARENA.”

-Clint Groff