02/25/2025
It pays to be Riata!
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ World Series of Team Roping ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐
๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ $๐๐. Congratulations to Yost Events on this great event which will no doubt become at least the third largest WSTR qualifier of the 2025 season. Of course, we can't resist sticking our chest out with ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ, which will be done with less than half the teams.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ. These side pot events will be offered at major events that are streamed with the Title Fights hosting the first Riata Side Pot Bonus event of 2025. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐-๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ entered the side pot bonus riding Riata nominated horses. There were ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ who roped four steers, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ๐.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฆ!
๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐ from Hammond, WY, won the ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ of the year heeling on his 6-year-old gelding, Mighty Fine Blu Boon, by Once in a Blu Boon. He placed 4th place in the #11.5 winning $11,130 plus $4,000 in Riata Bonus money.
๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ went to Leo Amado, Tucson, AZ heading on his 12-year-old High Brow Cat rope horse, "Cats Play More." Leo won $6020 for 8th place in the 9.5 roping, plus a Riata Bonus of $3000.
๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ, Ainsworth, NE headed on Sd Dash to Colonel, an eight-year-old stallion by A Dash Ta Streak . He won 7th in the 12.5 roping, winning $5,570 plus an additional $2,000 for his ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ Riata Bonus.
๐๐ผ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ sealed the ๐ฐ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ Riata Bonus of $1000 with a 9th place check of $3720 in the 12.5 roping heeling on his 8-year-old mare, Im A Lady Every Time, by ONE TIME Pepto.