Joe Beaver
Team and Tie-Down Roper Champion
Inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2002, Joe Beaver is a nationally renowned team and tie-down roper. He is the PRCA all-time career earnings leader with earnings exceeding over $2.5 million through 2005.
Joe joined the PRCA in 1985, and since then he has won eight world titles: two as the World Champion All-Around Cowboy, and the other six as the World Champion Tie-Down roper. He holds 20 Wrangler NFR Qualifications, one Pace Picante Series title, and nine Pace Picante Series qualifications.
Joe can testify to the positive effects of Equine Essentials. “Since I began feeding Equine Essentials to my horses, I’ve noticed a remarkable difference in their body soreness and overall appearance. They have great coats and muscle tone, and they are very sound. Turbo, the head horse I rode at the National Finals Rodeo in 2006, has been my number one horse for five years; he is 17 years old so the miles and runs were catching up to him. After a few weeks of the Equine Essentials, his overall soreness was gone. He performed outstanding over the 10 long days at the Rodeo. He is now as sound as a young horse this year. In addition, I usually have trouble keeping a calf horse performing at its best in Las Vegas for 10 days, but Equine Essentials kept Murphy, my calf roping horse, from getting sore.”
Joe helped call the action during the 2005 Wrangler NFR broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2. His favorite hobby is to hold roping schools, and he owns three horses: Legacy, 11; Scooby Doo, 24; and Jet, 16.
Professional Highlights
2006
• Won all-around title at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and team roping title with Marty Becker at the Hamel, Minnesota Rodeo and Bull Ridin’.
2005
• Won the team roping title with Dennis Gatz at the War Bonnet Roundup Rodeo in Idaho. Won tie-down roping titles at rodeos in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
2004
• Finished the year seventh in tie-down roping with $139,522; 17th in the team roping with $38,282; and third in the all-around with $178,167.
2003
• Won the tie-down roping title at Snake River Stampede in Idaho and won co-champion at Rodeo Royal in Calgary.
2002
• Won all-around titles at rodeos in Oregon, Colorado, and Oregon. Won the tie-down roping title at the Colorado State Fair and Rodeo; the team roping title with Brad Culpepper in the Logandale, Nevada Rodeo; and co-champion at the Cody, Wyoming Stampede.
2001
• Won tie-down roping titles at American Royal Rodeo in Missouri and the Snake River Stampede in Idaho. Won co-champion at the New Mexico State Fair.
2000
• Won all-around titles at rodeos in Arizona, South Dakota, Texas, and Colorado. Won tie-down roping titles in Nevada, British Columbia, and Texas.
1996
• Won the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in Texas.
Other accomplishments:
• World champion runner-up in the all-around race (1991, 1993–94, and 1997)
• Won the Wrangler NFR aggregate tile (1987–88, 1992, and 1996)
Additional awards:
• PRCA Resistol tie-down roping and Overall Rookie of the Year in 1985
• Coors Original Fans Favorite Cowboy in 2001
