Compete is where EQN Sports brings together the associations our readers actually enter: their schedules, their results, and the rules and membership details worth knowing before you haul. Each association has its own page below, carrying the dates it has announced, standings or results where that association publishes them, and a direct link through to its official site for entries. Schedules are drawn from each association's own calendar rather than typed in by hand, so what appears here is what they have published.
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Patriot
Premier Roping Event
The Patriot is a multi-discipline "Cowboy Celebration" — team roping, tie-down, breakaway, barrel racing, goat tying, pole bending, steer wrestling, and roughstock — with stops in Fort Worth, Las Vegas, and Reno. It's one of the richest combined equine events in the country, paying over $1M at Fort Worth alone, and includes the Hooey Junior Patriot, one of the richest youth rodeos in the world.
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Riata Buckle
Roping Incentive
Riata Buckle is a stallion-incentive program for team roping and breakaway roping: horses sired by an enrolled Riata Stallion are nominated annually to compete for guaranteed, added-money purses. The flagship Riata Championships guarantee $2-2.5M, one of the richest team ropings anywhere.
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WSTR
World Series of Team Roping
WSTR is a national handicapped team roping series. Ropers qualify at local and regional ropings throughout the year, building toward the Ariat WSTR Finale in Las Vegas each December alongside the NFR — one of the largest equestrian events in the world, with $18M+ paid out and thousands of teams competing.
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USTRC
United States Team Roping Championships
USTRC is the largest team roping membership organization in the world, with 30,000+ members. Its #1-#9 handicap system lets ropers of different abilities combine into fair team totals, with qualifiers feeding the Cinch USTRC National Finals of Team Roping (NFTR) each spring in Fort Worth.
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Global Handicaps
Rating System
Global Handicaps is the data-driven handicap system behind USTRC, WSTR, and other roping associations. It assigns every roper a number based on skill, using national par times as a common benchmark, so ropers of different abilities can be paired into fair, competitive teams.
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RSNC
Ranch Sorting Nat'l Champs
Cinch RSNC is the sanctioning body for ranch sorting, a timed event where two mounted riders sort numbered cattle between pens as fast as possible. Its 9-point handicap system lets mixed-skill teams compete fairly, feeding state, national, and international points leaderboards that culminate in the Cinch RSNC World Finals.
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Pink Buckle
Barrel Racing Incentive
Pink Buckle is a stallion-nomination barrel racing incentive: horses sired by an enrolled Pink Buckle stallion are nominated to compete at a large-purse event at Lazy E Arena. The 2026 event guarantees a $4.3M payout across an Open 4D division and a Futurity/Derby for young nominated horses.
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Ruby Buckle
Barrel Racing Incentive
Ruby Buckle is a stallion-nomination barrel racing incentive held across East, Central, and West regional events, guaranteeing over $3.7M in 2026. Events combine an Open 5D division with 2D Futurity and Derby divisions for young nominated horses, plus Youth and Rookie classes.
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