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13.5 Heartland Finale in Hamilton, Texas

As ropers, we are all drawn to the sport for the sheer need to compete and the love of team roping. Many times, when you are at a World Series Qualifier, you will not only see familiar faces and friends in the arena that you will compete against, but you will see roping producers, wanting in the action too. For the most part, roping producers are active ropers that still need to get their fix in between hanging banners, sorting steers and dealing with broken water lines at the stalls. At the #13.5 Heartland Finale in Hamilton, Texas this past weekend, one of the biggest WSTR producers finally connected for the win.

Memorial Heartland 10.5

When it comes to the big money over this past weekend, the 10.5 Heartland Finale put on by Mathews Land and Cattle in San Antonio, Texas was definitely worth the fees. The Heartland had 195 teams entered which added up to $156,000 in cash to be paid out bringing the annual Heartland payouts to nearly $700,000. The Champions of the day were Aldo Serna and his partner Robert Bustamante.

Heartland Starts 2021 at Quarter Million!

October has always been a great month to rope, but the USTRC Finals usually dominated that time slot. This year with their change of date it didn't take contractors from the region any time to fill this gap. The special qualifier produced by WSTR in late October was a great roping and certainly did its part to give ropers options. But most unique to this event was the two Heartland Championships, a #11.5 and #9.5 over 40. Combined they paid $250,000, for a huge launch of the 2021 season!