A new team roping benchmark was set at Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho on Thursday, June 19th.
Mason Appleton and Rance Doyal broke the previous world record by a tenth of a second, setting the new best time at 3.2 seconds. The previous world record was last matched by Tyler Wade and Wesley Thorp at the 2023 National Finals Rodeo.
However, it’s not the only time the 3.3 mark was achieved. Jade Corkill and Clay Smith hit 3.3 seconds in 2021 along with Dustin Egusquiza and Travis Graves. Junior Nogueira and Kaleb Driggers did it at the NFR in 2017. Brock Hanson and Ryan Motes hit it in 2012, and Chad Masters and Jade Corkill were the first to hit 3.3 back at the 2009 National Finals Rodeo…