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PROGRESSION
Hello Ropers! Spring is finally here and for a lot of you the spring weather has come none too soon. We finished up another great NTR National Finals in Wickenburg, Arizona. The fifth annual event had a phenomenal turnout and awarded lots of cash and prizes to the winners.

SUMMER TOUR SCHEDULE
AUG 31, SEPT 1, 2 . . CHEYENNE, WY. . 49.

2019 CHAMPIONS
1st in Ave - 33.85 on 4, Dick Churchill & Michael Eugenio Calmelat $16,320, Saddles & Buckles 2nd in Ave - 35.66 on 4, Roger St Clair & Ryon Glick $12,240 & Buckles 3rd in Ave - 35.78 on 4, David Jenkins & Brady Jenkins $8,160 4th in Ave - 38.06 on 4, Jamie Payton & Glen Crane $4,080 5th in Ave - 39.

NATIONAL 11 FINALE
“I’ve got too many horses now-a-days,” said the National 11 Champion Header. “I can’t ride as many as I used to. I usually have three or four around, sometimes more than that. Right before Vegas people bring me horses to tune up so I’ll have 10 or 12. I don’t get to jackpot much then.

9 LEGENDS CHAMPIONSHIPS
“I’ve had a few different kinds (of cancer),” explain Goss, who wasn’t even sure he wanted to come to Arizona. “It was kind of a lark that I came. My wife told me that I should go because I might not get any better. She’s not one to pull punches so I came down in May and I’ve been getting practiced up at Ron and Kay Miller’s place.

OPEN TO THE WORLD TRUCK ROPING
With three kids in tow, Miranda, 6, Miguel, 3 and Mateo, 1, Ivan and Noemi decided to vacation in Arizona during this year’s NTR Finals to escape the Colorado winter, visit friends and watch their family rope. Hernandez had no plans to rope himself, but when his cousin Manuel.

NATIONAL 9 FINALE
Working part-time in the admissions office for Sturgis Regional Hospital along with haying their 300 irrigated acres and working on building a new shop/house combo with her husband Kevin, Jaeger hasn’t had a ton of time to jackpot throughout the year.

NATIONAL 8 FINALE
Both are ranch kids in southern Arizona, both are home schooled and both love to team rope. Peterson and Compton partnered again at the inaugural Junior BFI in Reno, Nevada, but didn’t have much luck. It was a new game though when they teamed up in Wickenburg.

COWPUNCHERS
“It has a forest allotment and we needed to get the cattle off,” said Kay, who has been married to Ace for 19 years. “It is very brushy country, hard to get around. I was actually helping them a little by telling them what I could see on Google maps from our home computer.

ARIZONA REAL ESTATE
You don't need us to tell you that Arizona is the hottest spot in the country for team ropers six-plus months of the year. If you've ever  considered joining the masses we have compiled some of the best listings for equine enthusiasts from real agents who know ropers and know Arizona.

The View from the Auction Block
In addition to auctioneering, Friskup manages the horse sale in Clovis, New Mexico, where he produced one of the first team roping specific horse sales circa 1993 and still produces two jackpots and rope horse sales each year, in March and August.