With only four Ariat World Series of Team Roping Heartland events down in 2021, the association has so far paid out a whopping $524,800, plus a prizeline of Gist Buckles and Cactus Saddles.
Eight more Heartland Ropings are on the books for 2021, which should bring the year-end payout to $1.5 million for these premier ropings alone. Just in the last weekend of March, the #14.5 and #8.5 Heartland in Hamilton, Texas, paid $286,400 for the two divisions. The winners of the #14.5 Heartland were Joshua Bray, Midwest City, Oklahoma, and Montrel Gilder, Frankston, Texas, with a time of 32.02 seconds on four head, and they took home $23,850. The winners of the #8.5 Heartland were Carl Marsh, Fredonia, Texas, and Kenny Meeks, Lometa, Texas, who walked away with $40,000…