02/25/2025
It pays to be Riata!
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭 World Series of Team Roping 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 $𝟐𝐌. 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 𝐑𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐒𝐓𝐑 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, which will be done with less than half the teams.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗮. 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. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆-𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 entered the side pot bonus riding Riata nominated horses. There were 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 who roped four steers, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘀.
𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦!
𝗭𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝘀 from Hammond, WY, won the 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 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.
𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 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.
𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳, 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 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 Riata Bonus.
𝗝𝗼𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 sealed the 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 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.