b"From the Back OF THE BOXBy John SamsillYou can contact me directly at johnsamsillteamroping@gmail.com if you have any questionsor would like to schedule a clinic or a lesson. Clay OBrien CooperFull Line of theFencing Arizona forT eam roping has becomeright. I also didnt have a lot of money so winningSo another reason this great sport is growing isDan HubbellHighest Quality Products Over 50 Years! a very big sport in thewasnt an option if I wanted to keep out on the road.because it is being passed down from one generation western lifestyle. It hasI roped our first steer but my heeler missed. As I wasto the next. What other sport do you know of that events that pay out millionsexiting the arena I was deflated and Im sure it showeda grandparent can compete not only alongside of of dollars and the finals of thealthough I was trying my best not to show it. Claya grandchild but with them? My son used to go to A Full-Service Residential & Commercial Fence Company World Series of Team RopingOBrien Cooper was the first to ride over and tell mea lot of rodeos with me. A lot of the time my wife and the United States Team Roping ChampionshipsThat was a really nice spin. I immediately felt likehad to stay home to hold down the fort. She told me are breaking payout records every year it seems. II had just won the rodeo. Clay will never know whatonce that she was worried about our son when I was would have laughed at the notion that a single teamthat meant to me at that moment. roping. I told her that the rodeos were the safest place roping could pay out life-changing money but thathe could be. 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