Team Roping

Team Roping entry fees must be paid by 5:30 pm the night of the rodeo, regardless of whether you are in the performance or the slack. If you do not pay by 5:30 you will be turned out. Team roping is limited to 100 teams between the #8 and #11. The entry fee is $60 per team. Competitors in team roping are both cowboys and cowgirls competing equally with each other. There are two mounted riders, the header, and the heeler, working together as a team to catch a steer as fast as possible. The steer is given a head start from the roping chute with the use of an electronic eye barrier. A broken barrier is a ten-second penalty. The header attempts to rope the steer around the horns. A head catch is also legal, as well as one horn if it is caught along with the nose. The horns of the steer are wrapped with "horn wraps" to prevent any injury to the animal. Once the header has caught, the header will turn the steer to the left and the heelers job is to rope both the steers hind legs. If only one hind foot is caught the team is penalized five seconds.