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Glossary of Roping Terms
Added Money - Money added to the purse that was not derived from entry fees.
Affiliate - Refers to USTRC approved ropings around the country, where USTRC
members can compete, and acquire personal earnings that can be used towards the
acquisition of Regional and National Finals Shoot-Out
positions.
Cap - Refers to the maximum handicap
classification number that a roper can have in a particular roping. Example: If
a roping is capped at a #3, no roper with a handicap greater than #3 is eligible
to compete in the roping.
Classification Committee - These are
the state and regional Committees made up of appointed members and members voted
by USTRC membership, that vote on the classifications of ropers across the
United States.
Bridle Catch - Is a catch where the rope hangs in the steers’
mouth.
Corriente - Breed of cattle originating
in Mexico especially suited for team roping.
Double Numbers - A classification
whereby a roper has a different classification for heading and
heeling.
Dragger - Steer that drags their hind
legs and will not hop.
Eliminator - Steer that is nearly
impossible to rope and eliminates a roper from the Average of a
roping.
Floor - Refers to the minimum
classification number a roper must have in order to participate in a specific
roping. Example: If a roping has a #6 floor, no roper who has a classification
less than a #6 is eligible to compete.
Full Go-Rounds - A full go-round is a
round where every roper entered gets the opportunity to
rope.
Ground Money - Is a term that originally meant competitors received
their entry fees back as a prize consideration. Has in recent years been
interpreted to mean multiples of the entry fee.
Incentive - As it relates to team
roping, an Incentive is a roping within a roping. A separate pool of money is
set aside from the regular payout pool of money in a roping. This money can only
be won by those ropers which meet the stated Incentive criteria of a roping. A
typical "Incentive" would be a case where a #10 roping is stated to have a #8
Incentive. In this case, a portion of the fees from all the #8 teams entered is
set aside, and can only be won by those teams which are classified as #8 or
less. While these teams (#8) are the only ones eligible to win the Incentive
pool of money, they are eligible to win money in the overall payout as
well.
Lap-and Tap start - The term means roping without a barrier.
Limited Entry - Refers to enter one
time and enter twice ropings as opposed to more traditional multiple entry
ropings where ropers have numerous partners.
Personal Earnings - Earnings that a
roper acquires as a result of competing at either a USTRC Affiliate event, or a
USTRC sanctioned event which does not come in addition to the awarding of a
Regional or National Finals Shoot-Out position.
Pigtail - Is the short
part of a rope barrier that breaks away when the barrier is broken.
Progressive - Is another term for sudden death that means, when you miss you are
eliminated. Progressive after one means that from the very beginning of the
roping, when you miss you are eliminated. Another example would be progressive
after two, which means that a roper is guaranteed to rope two steers, however,
anything beyond two steers is sudden death.
Pull Barrier - Refers to a
rope barrier that must be "pulled" or stretched across the opening of the
box.
Rotation - Is another term for "heat". This would be a set number of ropers that
rope allrounds prior to the short round, before the next "rotation/heat" has the
opportunity to compete.
Scoreline Lengths - This term refers to how
much of head start the steer is given before the roper is allowed to the leave
the box.
TBA - Is an abbreviation
for the term "To Be Announced". Many ropers who do not have partners before the
draw have the option to pay for both sides and put "TBA", in the vacant
position.
Tie On - Refers to practice of tying the
heeling rope to the saddle horn, versus dallying.
Up and Back - This is the practice of two ropers entering with "A" heading and
"B" heeling, then entering again in the same roping with "B" heading and "A"
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