The Breakdown

Kincade Henry made his NFR debut in 2022 at just 20 years old and in his third PRCA season. With two qualifications under his belt, he's on the brink of his third sitting ninth in the 2024 world standings with $114,678.66 won on the year.

While Henry's had a rope in his hand nearly his entire life, there was a period in his childhood where baseball was his priority. On this episode of The Tie-Down Breakdown, Henry talks about his upbringing, how he started roping and the years he spent playing baseball instead. 

Henry also breaks down his NFR trips and how he grew as an athlete. Henry puts major focus on mental toughness, and he discusses the help he's had this year with his mental game and how it came into play this year. 

If you take a look at the 2024 PRCA all-around and tie-down world standings, you’ll notice one name out in front: Shad Mayfield. Mayfield is the all-around man in the world of ProRodeo right now, leading the world standings in the all-around with over $220,000 and the tie-down with over $215,000. And there’s only one place you can learn from Mayfield: Roping.com. From training tips to flanking and tying, to practice runs, check out how the 2020 world champion practices ONLY at Roping.com. 

• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Cole Clemons
• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Bill and Cody Huber
• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Resistol Rookie Contender Gio Piloto
• The Breakdown: Buckle Breakaway Bonanza

Madison Outhier is the definition of cowgirl tough following a scary horse accident that saw her mare come over backwards on her in the asphalt parking lot at the Days of '47 Rodeo in Salt Lake City.

In an interview on The Breakdown Podcast, Outhier detailed the series of events that led to the fateful incident on July 18, 2024.

A broken collarbone, fractured ribs, a collapsed lung, and a lacerated liver were among the injuries Outhier sustained. Despite the severity she remained conscious following the accident, supported by fellow rodeo competitors who quickly came to her aid including Marty Yates and ICU nurse Tacy Webb.

Listen to Madison's episode now on The Breakdown Podcast

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• Shelby Boisjoli-Meged's Cheyenne Frontier Days WIN on The Breakdown Podcast
• Maddy Deerman's Bringing the Summer Heat on The Breakdown Podcast
• Cowboy Christmas Recap on The Breakdown Podcast with Taylor Munsell, TiAda Gray and Josie Connor
• The Sports and Horses That MADE Hali Williams

Cole Clemons is staring down his first NFR qualification, and he's just a PRCA rookie.

Clemons, 20, is 12th in the 2024 PRCA world standings with $83,110.96 won on the year, and he also leads the Resistol Rookie of the Year race. The Florida native now living in Texas picked up the win at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho, as well as a second-place finish at the Reno Rodeo back in June.

Clemons joins this episode of The Tie-Down Breakdown to talk about his upbringing, his rookie year, being inside the Top 15 as the fourth quarter of the rodeo season begins and more.

• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Bodie Mattson Takes 2024 NFR Open
• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Bill and Cody Huber
• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Resistol Rookie Contender Gio Piloto
• The Breakdown: Buckle Breakaway Bonanza

You’re on your way to that big roping event when your rig breaks down on a bad curve. It’s a long holiday weekend, it’s pouring rain and it’s getting dark. Worst of all, you have horses in tow, and they’re no happier about this than you are. Here’s where USRoper comes in handy. This nationwide roadside assistance program has been developed specifically for the competitive roper on the road. If you’re a member, 24/7 nationwide roadside assistance for vehicles and/or horse trailers is just a phone call away. Learn more at usroper.com.

Reigning Breakaway World Champion Shelby Boisjoli-Meged clinched her first-ever Cheyenne Frontier Days Championship with a 3.7-second run on 2x Horse of the Year No Wimpy Turns, known as "Onna."

A $16,280 payday at Cheyenne broke the dry spell in Meged's summer run, which has seen her catch calves for small checks or "miss them for a lot of money." Meged says this win has given her confidence a boost—and she's ready to tackle the second half of the summer run.

As of Aug. 6, 2024, Meged is sitting No. 3 in the WPRA World Standings with $94,961.

Catch up on Meged's summer success on this latest episode of The Breakdown.

This episode is brought to you by Roping.com, the premier platform for educational roping content. From breakaway to tie-down and team roping, Roping.com has both educational and entertaining roping content including the Rodeo Video Vault, event livestreams and new content every week. Get started with a three-day free trial here.

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• Titan Martha Angelone Talks Rodeo Beginnings, Horses, Money and More on The Breakdown Podcast
• Rising Star Amy Ohrt Recounts WRWC Breakaway Championship, Her Upbringing on The Breakdown Podcast
• Breakaway Summer Run Preview, Reno Patriot Reveal on The Breakdown Podcast
• The Sports and Horses That MADE Hali Williams

Maddy Deerman's had a big summer run thus far and is currently sitting No. 6 in the World Standings with $65,479 won.

Deerman made a big statement in 2023 with her NFR Open win on bay gelding "Whopper." Since then, she's been leveraging that win to scoop up cash at the 2024 winter rodeos—taking a break in the spring to finish her masters thesis—and jumping right back on the ProRodeo trail to become the No. 5 high money earner over Cowboy Christmas with more than $10K won.

Catch up on Deerman's summer success on this latest episode of The Breakdown.

This episode is brought to you by Roping.com, the premier platform for educational roping content. From breakaway to tie-down and team roping, Roping.com has both educational and entertaining roping content including the Rodeo Video Vault, event livestreams and new content every week. Get started with a three-day free trial here.

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• Titan Martha Angelone Talks Rodeo Beginnings, Horses, Money and More on The Breakdown Podcast
• Rising Star Amy Ohrt Recounts WRWC Breakaway Championship, Her Upbringing on The Breakdown Podcast
• Breakaway Summer Run Preview, Reno Patriot Reveal on The Breakdown Podcast
• The Sports and Horses That MADE Hali Williams

Bodie Mattson won his first national circuit title, clinching the 2024 NFR Open. The 22-year-old from South Dakota posted the fastest time of the entire rodeo in the sudden death Championship Round Saturday, July 13, of 7.6 seconds for the $13,000 win. Between the overall win and a round win, Mattson left Colorado Springs with $16,750.

Mattson joins The Tie-Down Breakdown to break down his win and the greater impact it has in his rodeo goals.

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If you take a look at the 2024 PRCA all-around and tie-down world standings, you’ll notice one name out in front: Shad Mayfield. Mayfield is the all-around man in the world of ProRodeo right now, leading the world standings in the all-around with over $170,000 and the tie-down with over $165,000. And there’s only one place you can learn from Mayfield: Roping.com. From training tips to flanking and tying, to practice runs, check out how the 2020 world champion practices ONLY at Roping.com. 

• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Bill and Cody Huber
• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Resistol Rookie Contender Gio Piloto
• The Breakdown: Buckle Breakaway Bonanza
• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Dez Johnson

Feel like you're in the truck with some of the biggest breakaway winners over Cowboy Christmas as Breakdown host Lillian Kent visits with Reno Rodeo Champion Taylor Munsell, Greeley Stampede Champion TiAda Gray and overall high money earner Josie Conner, who dominated the week with $15,815 won.

This episode is brought to you by Roping.com, the premier platform for educational roping content. From breakaway to tie-down and team roping, Roping.com has both educational and entertaining roping content including the Rodeo Video Vault, event livestreams and new content every week. Get started with a three-day free trial here.

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• Titan Martha Angelone Talks Rodeo Beginnings, Horses, Money and More on The Breakdown Podcast
• Rising Star Amy Ohrt Recounts WRWC Breakaway Championship, Her Upbringing on The Breakdown Podcast
• Breakaway Summer Run Preview, Reno Patriot Reveal on The Breakdown Podcast
• The Sports and Horses That MADE Hali Williams

The Huber name is famous in the Great Lakes Circuit as father and son Bill and Cody Huber have both built legendary careers there. 

Bill, a two-time NFR qualifier, is a PRCA circuit system legend holding 29 Great Lakes Circuit titles, 22 in the tie-down roping alone, 17 of which were consecutive from 1986-2002. He's also the 2002 Dodge Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo champion. Cody is also making a name for himself with four Great Lakes Circuit year-end titles and more than a quarter million dollars in the PRCA.

Bill and Cody join The Tie-Down Breakdown to talk about their careers, family and more.

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The Pink, Ruby and Riata Buckles will combine their breakaway roping efforts into one mega-event for the progeny of stallions across all three programs, doubling the number of available horses and doubling the payout for fall 2024. This collaboration will guarantee a $200,000 purse, with a $50,000 guarantee for 5-and-under breakaway horses. These changes will make this contest one of the largest in the world, if not the largest breakaway purse offered this season.

The Riata Buckle Breakaway is a singles division event, women contestants only. Entry fees are $800 per entry. Entries close September 15th.

Entries:

• Horses may be any age offspring from nominated Riata Buckle, Ruby Buckle and Pink Buckle horses.
• Futurity incentive age is 5YO and younger. The 5YO Futurity is an incentive within the roping. The All-Age and 5YO Futurity incentive run together. Ropers entered in the Futurity rope for the incentive pot, and additionally may DOUBLE DIP the All-Age short round.
• Ropers may enter twice as all-age and once as Futurity, or twice as Futurity and once All-Age.

• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Resistol Rookie Contender Gio Piloto
• The Breakdown: Buckle Breakaway Bonanza
• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Dez Johnson
• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Westyn Hughes

Australian Ariana Varischetti moved to the United States in 2022 to find her footing in the ProRodeo world, leaving behind a lucrative coal mining job to take a run at the Resistol Rookie of the Year breakaway title.

Since then, she's endured a jaw-dropping truck-and-trailer wreck, struggled with the United States' rodeo score situations and the financial difficulties many of the ProRodeo family know all too well.

Get to know Ariana Varischetti, who's currently sitting No. 9 in the Rookie standings with $5,751.

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This episode is brought to you by Riata Buckle and the Buckle Breakaway Bonanza. 

The Pink, Ruby and Riata Buckles will combine their breakaway roping efforts into one mega-event for the progeny of stallions across all three programs, doubling the number of available horses and doubling the payout for fall 2024. This collaboration will guarantee a $200,000 purse, with a $50,000 guarantee for 5-and-under breakaway horses. These changes will make this contest one of the largest in the world, if not the largest breakaway purse offered this season.

The Riata Buckle Breakaway is a singles division event, women contestants only. Entry fees are $800 per entry. Entries close September 1st.

Entries:

• Horses may be any age offspring from nominated Riata Buckle, Ruby Buckle and Pink Buckle horses.

• Futurity incentive age is 5YO and younger. The 5YO Futurity is an incentive within the roping. The All-Age and 5YO Futurity incentive run together. Ropers entered in the Futurity rope for the incentive pot, and additionally may DOUBLE DIP the All-Age short round.

• Ropers may enter twice as all-age and once as Futurity, or twice as Futurity and once All-Age.

• Titan Martha Angelone Talks Rodeo Beginnings, Horses, Money and More on The Breakdown Podcast
• Rising Star Amy Ohrt Recounts WRWC Breakaway Championship, Her Upbringing on The Breakdown Podcast
• Breakaway Summer Run Preview, Reno Patriot Reveal on The Breakdown Podcast
• The Sports and Horses That MADE Hali Williams

Gio Piloto grew up in Botucatu, San Paulo, Brazil, with a love for horses, and now he's chasing the 2024 Resistol Rookie of the Year title. 

The now 24-year-old moved to the United States back in 2019 to become a professional tie-down roper, learning from some of the best like Blair Burk, Shane Hanchey and Marcos Costa. Piloto and and Costa—first Brazilian world champion tie-down roper—have become like brothers, with Costa teaching Piloto about horsemanship, training and life outside of the arena.

Piloto is currently No. 10 in the Resistol Rookie Tie-Down Roping standings with $7,363.06 won on the year thus far. Piloto joins The Tie-Down Breakdown to talk about his life Brazil, moving to the United States, his mentors, goals and more.

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This episode is brought to you by Riata Buckle and the Buckle Breakaway Bonanza. 

The Pink, Ruby and Riata Buckles will combine their breakaway roping efforts into one mega-event for the progeny of stallions across all three programs, doubling the number of available horses and doubling the payout for fall 2024. This collaboration will guarantee a $200,000 purse, with a $50,000 guarantee for 5-and-under breakaway horses. These changes will make this contest one of the largest in the world, if not the largest breakaway purse offered this season.

The Riata Buckle Breakaway is a singles division event, women contestants only. Entry fees are $800 per entry. Entries close September 15th.

Entries:

• Horses may be any age offspring from nominated Riata Buckle, Ruby Buckle and Pink Buckle horses.

• Futurity incentive age is 5YO and younger. The 5YO Futurity is an incentive within the roping. The All-Age and 5YO Futurity incentive run together. Ropers entered in the Futurity rope for the incentive pot, and additionally may DOUBLE DIP the All-Age short round.

• Ropers may enter twice as all-age and once as Futurity, or twice as Futurity and once All-Age.

• The Breakdown: Buckle Breakaway Bonanza
• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Dez Johnson
• The Tie-Down Breakdown: Westyn Hughes
• The Tie-Down Breakdown: The Shane Hanchey Story