Resistol Rookie contender Jade Mitchell has only been breakaway roping for 4 years, but she's holding her own inside the top 10 in the rookie standings with $12,917 earned. Hauling with McKenna Hickson, Jade Mitchell is drawing on her lifelong experience in the cutting horse pen to her her mindset focused on the task at hand—a bell-collar catch. Jade Mitchell is the daughter of $5 million cutting horse trainer and 2021 Open Futurity Champion John Mitchell. Not one to stick to one event, Mitchell...
Sep 04, 2024•27 min•Season 3Ep. 26
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 ...
Aug 30, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 25
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 follo...
Aug 21, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 24
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, bei...
Aug 14, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 23
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 sittin...
Aug 07, 2024•25 min•Season 3Ep. 22
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 s...
Jul 24, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 21
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. ___ This episode is brought to you by Roping.com If y...
Jul 18, 2024•7 min•Season 3Ep. 20
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 conte...
Jul 10, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 19
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...
Jul 04, 2024•47 min•Season 3Ep. 18
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 standi...
Jun 25, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 17
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...
Jun 19, 2024•22 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Amy Wilson is a well-known face in Western media circles for her 11-year career on television and radio. But Wilson's road to media royalty wasn't as easy as one would think. Crowned Miss Rodeo America, Amy spent a year being the face of the rodeo industry before returning home to work three jobs while searching for a new opportunity promoting rodeo and agriculture. After constantly putting herself out there, she was hired on by RFD-TV and moved to Omaha. Fast forward more than a decade and Wils...
Jun 12, 2024•27 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Coming this fall, September 29, 2024: the Buckle Breakaway Bonanza . The Pink, Ruby and Riata Buckles are combining all of their efforts into one mega-event for the progeny of stallions across the three programs. This will double the number of horses that are eligible to compete for the payout in the fall of 2024. This collaboration will guarantee a $200,000 purse, plus a $50,000 guarantee for 5-and-under breakaway horses. These changes will make this one of the largest breakaway ropings in the ...
Jun 05, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 14
2022 WPRA Breakaway World Champion Martha Angelone needs no introduction. The NFR Open Champion, 4x WRWC World Champion, WCRA Champion and VRQ Bonus Winner two years running knows how to make both ProRodeo and the WCRA family of events work for her. The Breakdown caught up with Martha following her solid week of WRWC competition where she racked up $50K in earnings. This episode is supported by Purina and their new RepleniMash® product. Check out RepleniMash® and Martha’s favorite Purina® Ultium...
May 30, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Amy Ohrt came away with the $60,000 Women's Rodeo World Championship Breakaway Title thanks to a 1.76-second run inside AT&T Stadium on May 18, 2024. Hear her perspective on the biggest win of her career, the story behind her main mount "Frothy" and what molded her into a cowgirl that regularly competes in five events. Connect with Your Hosts: The Breakaway Roping Journal Follow on Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok Episode-Specific Links Purina® RepleniMash® Product - Horse Mash Th...
May 23, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Buckle up for another breakaway-focused Breakdown episode featuring a ProRodeo summer run preview and talk with the producer of Patriot Reno, TC Long. Patriot Reno is in new hands this year and is hosting an open breakaway on June 28 in perfect timing with the Reno Rodeo. They’ll also be a Ladies Open Team Roping with #9.5 Incentive, 4D Barrel Race, Open Calf Roping and more. Get all the details about the Patriot Reno Open Breakaway Roping here, or on https://patriotevent.com/patriot-reno/ . Con...
May 15, 2024•25 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Hali Williams has grown from formidable youth to NFBR-Qualifying talent. In this episode of The Breakdown podcast, co-host Lillian sits down with Hali to hear about the importance of childhood sports on the physical strength of young ropers, the different effects of solid horses throughout her youth rodeo career, and what 2024 holds for her. This episode is sponsored by Purina and their new Replenimash product that helps keep your horses hydrated and nourished. Connect with Your Hosts: The Break...
May 01, 2024•52 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Dylan Hancock notched the biggest win of his career so far taking home the 2024 San Angelo Rodeo title, a win even more important as it's his hometown rodeo. Hancock, the reigning Resistol Rookie of the Year All-Around Cowboy and Tie-Down Roper , entered the short round April 19, ninth in the average. After winning the short round with a 7.8-second run, Hancock secured the average win with a 24.9 on three calves to take home $12,472 between the short round win and average title. Hancock joins Th...
Apr 25, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Macy Young dominated the 2024 Bob Feist Invitational Breakaway Roping with an aggregate of 10.63 seconds on 3 head. The Breakdown podcast got to sit down with Macy to discuss some how the BFI magic came to be, plus the breakaway practicing it takes to ace “catch mode” inside the Lazy E Arena. This episode is supported by Fastback Ropes. Check out their lineup of ropes suited for breakaway ropers at https://fastbackropes.com/# Connect with Your Hosts: The Breakaway Roping Journal Follow on Social...
Apr 16, 2024•27 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Calf pushers are some of the most important yet unrecognized helpers in the sport of rodeo. Desmon “Dez” Johnson just might be the most famous calf pusher in the industry, and while he's a respected household name, there's a chance spectators have never heard of him. Johnson was the official calf pusher at the 2022 and 2023 NFBRs at the Southpoint Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, and he also frequently works Joe Beaver’s junior ropings. The Huntsville, Texas, native has one of the hardest jobs in the...
Apr 10, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Hear from the 2024 RodeoHouston Champion Jackie Crawford, who won this bucket list rodeo and pocketed $50,000, pushing her to No. 1 in the World with $76,408 won. Jackie breaks down the setup at RodeoHouston, what she was trying to see on the start and how she dealt with tough calves to emerge victorious. This episode of The Breakdown is sponsored by Purina, with their Replenimash product that encourages hydration and gastric comfort. Connect with Your Hosts: The Breakaway Roping Journal Follow ...
Apr 03, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 6
More Texas Swing rodeos have come and gone, and Saturday, March 23, 2024, Westyn Hughes took home the Rodeo Austin win. Hughes is a three-time NFR tie-down roper from Caldwell, Texas. He won Rodeo Austin with a 24.3 on three calves and pocketed $14,875 during his trip, m oving him from 27th in the PRCA world standings to 10th. Hughes adds the Rodeo Austin title to his lengthy list of wins, which includes the 2023 Fort Worth title and 2021 San Angelo title, as well as the 2016 Resistol Rookie of ...
Mar 27, 2024•20 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Danielle Lowman is a beloved breakaway roper hailing from the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. Her laid-back attitude and ability to rope in lightning-fast times had made her a crowd favorite ever since she started hitting ProRodeos in 2019. Now, she’s a 2x NFBR Qualifier. Hear about Lowman’s upbringing, journey to the lethal competitor she is today and her view on where the breakaway industry is going on this episode of The Breakdown. Connect with Your Hosts: The Breakaway Roping Journal Follow o...
Mar 20, 2024•43 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Shane Hanchey has a world title and 14 NFR qualifications to his name, but becoming a professional tie-down roper wasn't always the plan. The Louisiana cowboy had a once-in-a-lifetime horse, Reata , who change the course of his life, putting him on the path to the Thomas & Mack. But it hasn't always been easy. Hanchey joins The Tie-Down Breakdown to reflect on growing up as a calf roper in south Louisiana, when he made the decision to rodeo for a living, his gold buckle, horse struggles and ...
Mar 13, 2024•51 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In this episode of the Breakdown, host Lillian Kent talks to Kimes Breakaway creator Chris Neal about the ins and outs of the event including format and how to qualify. Connect with Your Hosts: The Breakaway Roping Journal Follow on Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok Episode-Specific Links Link: KimesBreakaway.com Link: Spalding Labs...
Mar 04, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In this episode, the former Breakaway Breakdown host, Casey Allen officially announces the podcast's relaunch as The Breakdown, powered by The Breakaway Roping Journal and CalfRoping.com. Each week, new hosts Taylor Vollin and Lillian Kent will introduce listeners to a top talent in "The Breakaway Breakdown," and "The Tie-Down Breakdown," segments. Get to know the new hosts and find out what's in store for your new-and-improved favorite podcast for all things calf roping.
Feb 23, 2024•24 min•Season 3Ep. 1
As 2023 comes to a close, there's no better way to reflect on the rodeo season than by looking back on the 2023 NFBR. Shelby Boisjoli entered the 2021 NFBR No. 1 in the world but just couldn't clinch the world title. She finally got redemption, though, this year, being crowned the 2023 Breakaway Roping World Champion after 10 rounds in Las Vegas. Three-time NFBR qualifier Cheyanne McCartney was hunting for an average title, and that's exactly what she accomplished. McCartney roped nine of 10 cal...
Dec 31, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 20
On this episode, world champion Lari Dee Guy weighs in on some traits that make great breakaway horses, discusses the evolution of horse training styles and the breakaway hore market. This episode is brought to listeners by Gold Buckle Horse Sales.
Dec 05, 2023•24 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Get ready—it's Part 1 of our rapid fire NFBR prep series leading up to the National Finals Breakaway Roping. On this episode of The Breakdown, Anthony Lucia breaks down everything fans need to know about the NFBR before it kicks off on December 5. He discusses the headlining stories, and some insider scoop going into Las Vegas and what fans can expect to see play out at the South Point Arena. Lucia will be announcing his second NFBR in 2023 and has a unique perspective both fans and athletes can...
Dec 04, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Three-time NFR qualifying heeler, Paden Bray has recently begun making his name as a calf roper at the ProRodeo level. He's been learning how to make adjustments to his winning heel loop and how to time out the perfect run, so he breaks down some of the technical components and lessons he's learned along the way as it applies to different roping events. Guest host, Taylor Vollin from The Score and The Team Roping Journal talks to Bray about the mental hurdles that come with working two events at...
Nov 28, 2023•23 min•Season 2Ep. 17
