James Lockhart Roping

05/25/2026

Hey Texas friends.

Go shop at Weston’s ace hardware in Cauldwell. He’s a good calf roper and a good guy. I like to see calf ropers make a good living outside the arena too.

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05/19/2026

Meet “Karen”

05/19/2026

FYI- there are some old videos on my YouTube channel. I’m not great at posting on YouTube.

Here’s the link to my YouTube channel.

Cowboy stories

05/19/2026

I’m trying to buy good bred colts so we will have good rope horses for the next twenty years or so. Here’s a video of our three yearlings.

05/19/2026

Putting the wraps on-

The first wrap is put on as close as I can.

The second wrap I come out a tad bit.

I get my hooey

When I practice - I don’t look up after I pull my hooey.

I untie the calf and never raise up. This really trains me to keep my head down and stay leaned over at the rodeo…

05/05/2026

Late night driving.

There’s several stories about cowboys driving all night being dead tired that I will always remember, but my favorite is the one about Danny and Patricia Hamilton.

They had been on the road for a few days, driving day and night from rodeo to rodeo. Trisha (as Danny called her) was driving and she told Danny she needed him to drive awhile because she was getting really sleepy. So he asked her if she could make it to the next gas station. She did, and he went inside and bought a cup of ice.

He came back to the truck handed her the cup of ice and said this ought to keep you awake for awhile- and he went back to sleep.

I was at Danny and Patricia’s house when this story was told. There was several of us there and we all had a good laugh. Patricia said she was mad enough at him that she drove on a good while. Danny said he was tired and have to have some sleep. There’s a bunch more stories about Danny and Trisha.

I’ve never been brave enough to pull that on my wife. I give credit to Danny and Patricia’s relationship, because I’m fairly sure my wife would’ve dumped the ice all over me- or worse. That’s the best part of rodeo, when you get old you’ve got lots and lots of cool stories.

James Lockhart lives near the Kiamichi mountains in southeast Oklahoma. He writes cowboy stories and fools with cows and horses.

05/03/2026

Makayla won the average at Clayton, Oklahoma just now. They had a lot of barrier and the calves were really uneven some of them ran really hard. I’m really proud of her and JJ. This was a tricky set up and they did great.

04/30/2026

How I cross the legs and sit on the calf.

04/22/2026

Help!!!

Who sells performance horse insurance?

What is the going rate to insure a calf roping horse for loss of use?