Here at the Double Dollar we take the roping horse program very serious. As the years go by, we will have the luxury of having more of our own colts out of our great studs and mares-but for now we buy young horses off several ranches in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska and Colorado. We only start with the cream of the
crop. We look for athletics, size and conformation--if we can get them with chrome, that's all the better. Most important to us is their mind. If, through our training techniques, they prove they are not good-minded, their days are numbered here.

Before we enter horses into the roping program, we pride ourselves in having them extremely broke in every way. We cut on most all of the rope horses for 60 to 90 days. We get them to flex and bend, move off our leg pressure, break at the pole and be totally behind the bridle before we graduate them to the next level. When they are ready, we then track a lead steer until their confidence and our confidence are conclusive they are ready for the arena.

Throughout the duration of the training, all rope horses will work in the feedlot, ranch, and high mountain country fulfilling such duties as moving, sorting, gathering, doctoring and branding cattle. These horses definitely get used and put in all kinds of situations.