Q: Two world championships in one day. How does it feel?
Rodger: Well, you hear people talk about a golf god? There happens to be a roping god, I guess, so he must have been riding with me. It feels great. This is the greatest show to come to. I go to both of them, and (this one has) the camaraderie and the people, and it’s just more fun than any show you go to all year. It’s just great.

Q: Tell us a little bit about your mare.
Rodger: She’s by a horse called “Rooster,” and her mama was Genuine Redbud, and Robbie Schroeder did everything on her. She is so athletic – much more than I am. He started her in working cow, and we started roping on her. She’s just now starting to settle down and take hold and do what she’s supposed to do.

Q: Could you talk us through your tie-down roping run?
Rodger: Are you kidding? I’m not sure what I did! Robbie got onto me yesterday because I was late on my cattle, and I was getting out late. I looked at the cattle and didn’t think they’d run that hard. And sure enough they did. And when I roped on her, I got kinda hung up for a second. That calf was probably one of the biggest calves I’ve ever flanked in my life, and when he dipped, she worked so good, and I flanked him and he took a tie well and she just worked her heart out. She normally does. If I do my job, she’ll do hers.

Q: You didn’t have any time to savor your win before you had to rope again.
Rodger: There wasn’t much air down there. I couldn’t find any air in that whole arena. It was pretty dense out there.

Q: Walk us through your heeling run.
Rodger: Well, I wanted to get out and stay wide, and I did. But I hit the bleachers with my rope, so I had to shake it out and come back, and I didn’t have time to take but a couple of swings, and when I swung, she just dropped. She does her job.

Q: Who was heading for you?
Rodger: Robbie Schroeder. Robbie trained the mare. I’m 64. I started roping when I was 52 – that was the first time I ever roped a cow. I learned from rodeo cowboys, and then I got this horse and Irish Whiskey Mix from Robbie, and I go to Robbie’s quite often. He has chewed on my hind end, I’ll tell you, and his voice carries a mile, but he knows what he’s talking about and he’s showed me the right way to do it.