The Arizona Majors: Winter 2026-27 Roping Events

NOV. 2026 – MARCH 2027

NOVEMBER | DECEMBER | JANUARY | FEBRUARY | MARCH

From Buckeye to Wickenburg, here’s where Arizona’s winter money is.

Arizona’s winter team roping calendar runs from November to March, with Ariat World Series of Team Roping qualifiers in Buckeye, Casa Grande, Queen Creek and Wickenburg, the Title Fights at Rancho Rio in February and the National Team Roping Finals in March.

Rancho Rio in Wickenburg, the Team Roping Capital of the World, hosts six stops, including Vegas Week, the Title Fights and the NTR National Finals. Buckeye hosts three. Here’s what’s on the books—get them on your calendar now.

Full calendars: wstroping.com and nationalteamroping.com

November

NOV. 6-8

Ariat WSTR Qualifier

Buckeye Equestrian Center · Buckeye, Arizona

WSTR produces the first stop on the Arizona winter calendar in Buckeye.

NOV. 27-29

Ariat WSTR Qualifier

Buckeye Equestrian Center · Buckeye, Arizona

Thanksgiving weekend in Buckeye beats Black Friday shopping. Every year, the Open draws National Finals Rodeo contestants on their way to Las Vegas, along with veterans who winter in Arizona.

NOV. 27-28

NTR Black Friday Truck Roping

Rancho Rio · Wickenburg, Arizona

National Team Roping gives away a new Ram 3500 dually in Friday’s #9.5 Ram Truck Roping—and the truck goes to the high-point roper, not the average winner.

Points pay through 15 places in the average in the four-steer, enter-four-times handicapped roping. Friday also carries a #9.5 Megabucks for 21-&-over ropers, paying $2,000 in VIP cash to first.

Saturday runs a #8.5 Megabucks for 21-&-over ropers, a #8.5 Saddle Up paying 10 saddles to the top five teams plus $1,000 in VIP cash to the winners, and a #7.5 Buckle Up two-steer paying 10 buckles to the top five teams, with the top 30 advancing to the second round.

Entries close at 8:30 a.m. and roping starts at 9 a.m. both days.

A current NTR membership and Global Handicap are required.

NOV. 30-DEC. 9

Vegas Week

Rancho Rio · Wickenburg, Arizona

Vegas Week runs Big Gamble and High Roller ropings at Rancho Rio every day but Sunday, Dec. 6. It opens Nov. 30 with an Open High Roller, a #15.5 Big Gamble and a #14.5 High Roller and works down the numbers to a pair of #7.5s on Dec. 9.

Big Gambles are $300 per roper and High Rollers $500 per roper. Both are four-steer, pick-or-draw, enter-three-times ropings paying back 80%. The week paid $3 million in 2025, according to Rancho Rio. Entries close at 9 a.m. and roping starts at 9:30 a.m. for the first roping each day.

December

DEC. 1-7

High Roller Legends

Everett Bowman Rodeo Arena · Wickenburg, Arizona

At the Everett Bowman Rodeo Arena, ropers 40 and older—30 and older for women—get a Big Gamble and High Roller lineup of their own, from #13.5 down to #7.5, on the same fees and format as Vegas Week. Monday, Dec. 7, closes it out with #9.5, #8.5 and #7.5 ropings for ropers 50 and older. No roping Sunday, Dec. 6.

Entries close at 8:30 a.m. and roping starts at 9 a.m. for the first roping each day.

DEC. 29-JAN. 2

Ariat WSTR Qualifier

Rancho Rio · Wickenburg, Arizona

Close out 2026 and open 2027 at Rancho Rio, where two arenas and cattle pens as far as the eye can see keep a five-day qualifier moving.

DEC. 30-JAN. 2

Ariat WSTR Qualifier

Horseshoe Park · Queen Creek, Arizona

Walt Eddy and John English produce a second New Year’s option in Queen Creek, running alongside Rancho Rio.

January

JAN. 15-17

Ariat WSTR Qualifier

Casa Grande Rodeo Grounds · Casa Grande, Arizona

Produced by WSTR

The winter swing heads south to Casa Grande, where WSTR produces the qualifier.

JAN. 28-30

Ariat WSTR Qualifier

Rancho Rio · Wickenburg, Arizona

John English, one of the industry’s longest-standing producers, brings the roping back to Rancho Rio.

February

FEB. 9-13

Ariat WSTR Title Fights

Rancho Rio · Wickenburg, Arizona

The Title Fights return to Rancho Rio for five days that wrap up the day before Valentine’s Day. WSTR ranks the event among its five richest qualifiers each year. Fees are $500 per roper, and the event paid out more than $1.9 million in 2026.

FEB. 26-28

Ariat WSTR Qualifier

Buckeye Equestrian Center · Buckeye, Arizona

Vicky Mounyo produces this qualifier in Buckeye, where a covered arena and an outdoor arena keep things running no matter what.

March

MARCH 6-12

NTR National Finals

Rancho Rio · Wickenburg, Arizona

The NTR National Finals runs March 6-12 at Rancho Rio, with an NTR warm-up roping March 5.

The week closes with the Rancho Rio Horse Sale on March 13, where ropers of every level can find something to win on.

—TRJ—