Just weeks after the passing of his father, the legendary Roy “Super Looper” Cooper, Tuf Cooper rode into the box at the inaugural Music City Rodeo and delivered a 7.2-second run that earned him the win—and marked a major emotional moment in his 2025 season.
On the latest episode of The Tie-Down Breakdown, the official podcast of CalfRoping.com and The Breakaway Roping Journal, Cooper breaks down what the win in Nashville meant to him, how he’s balancing grief and rodeo, and why he’s gunning for another NFR qualification in 2025.
Tuf Cooper on The Breakdown
In the episode, Cooper shares the story of how he walked out of high school to rope 35 fresh calves with Roy, the mental strategy he’s carrying into the summer run, and his belief that it may take $500,000 to win a gold buckle in 2025.
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