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Highlighting the movers and shakers of the breakaway roping industry and sport, inside the arena and behind the curtain.

Wanda Harper Bush ropes a calf aboard a gray horse in front of a packed grandstand, piggin string in her teeth
GET TOUGH
Battle Of The Sexes: Wanda Harper Bush Was Out-Roping the Men
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Before the Breakaway Boom: 10 People Who Helped Build the Sport
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Winning the West
9 Cowgirl Hall of Fame Ropers Who Paved the Way for Women in Rodeo
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Elite of the Elite: Only Three College Breakaway Ropers Have Won It All TWICE
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Breakaway Benefactor: Mack Altizer
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Breakaway Benefactor: Cindy Gruwell
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Breakaway Benefactor: Lari Dee Guy
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Breakaway Benefactor: WPRA's Roping Director Jolee Lauteret-Jordan
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Breakaway Benefactor: 18-Time WPRA World Champion JJ Hampton
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Breakaway Benefactor: Columbia River Circuit's Jennifer Casey
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Breakaway Benefactor: South Dakota's Carole Hollers
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Cowgirl Hall of Fame to Induct Women's Roping Icon and Advocate Lari Dee Guy in 2021 Class
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Shelby Boisjoli-Meged ropes a calf in the breakaway roping at the 2026 Caldwell Night Rodeo in Idaho
SEVEN FOR SEVEN
Behind the Top 15: Shelby Boisjoli-Meged
Taylor Munsell being presented her 2025 World Championship saddle and buckle.
RUN IT BACK
The Breakaway Breakdown Throwback: 2025 Champions Taylor Munsell and Rylee George
Josie Conner ropes a calf at the 2026 Governor’s Cup in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
WILD WILD WEST
2026 Wilderness Circuit Finals Breakaway Roping Tracker: Draw, Times and Results
Danielle Lowman San Angelo 2026
NOW IN CAVE CREEK
2026 Turquoise Circuit Finals Breakaway Roping Tracker: Draw, Times and Results
Jordan Minor takes her victory lap after winning the 2026 Pendleton Round-Up breakaway roping average.
OUT WEST
2026 Columbia River Circuit Finals Breakaway Roping Tracker: Draw, Times and Results
Britni Carlson riding Winston Crime out of the breakaway box
AGAINST THE RULES
Britni Carlson’s Winston Crime Is a Two-Event Circuit Finals Horse
The Breakaway Roping Journal
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