Barnes, Jake

Team Roping • Inducted 1997

Jake Barnes says he was born to swing a rope, and few would disagree. After joining the PRCA in 1980, he qualified for the National Finals Rodeo his rookie season, heading for Allen Bach. He then partnered with legendary Leo Camarillo, before joining forces with Clay O’Brien Cooper. Barnes and Cooper found a formula that led to a record seven world team roping championships. Barnes and Cooper share the NFR team roping aggregate record of 59.1 seconds on 10 head, established in 1994. He was a Dodge National Circuit Finals champion in 1987, 1989 and 1995. Barnes also was the Turquoise Circuit team roping champion in 1985, 1989, 1992, 1994 and 1995. “It has been my dream since I was a little kid to be a world champion,” Barnes said. “All I ever wanted was to be a champion and wear a world buckle.” Barnes was born April 4, 1959, in Huntsville, Texas.

World Championships: 7

Team Roping: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994

National Finals Rodeo Average Champion

Team Roping: 1985, 1994, 2007

Legend of ProRodeo

2006

RAM Circuit Finals Rodeo Champion

Team Roping: 1987, 1989, 1995, 1996

RAM Circuit Year-End Champion

Turquoise Circuit:

Team Roping: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2013

Born: April 4, 1959 in Huntsville, Texas

Joined the PRCA: 1980

NFR Qualifications: 27

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Black Hills Roundup / Belle Fourche, SD
Team Roping: 1991

Buffalo Bill Rodeo / North Platte, NE
Team Roping: 1985, 1988

California Rodeo Salinas / Salinas, CA
Team Roping: 1988

Cheyenne Frontier Days / Cheyenne, WY
Team Roping: 2002, 2011

Clovis Rodeo / Clovis, CA
Team Roping: 1986, 1995

Deadwood Days of ’76 Rodeo / Deadwood, SD
Team Roping: 1989

Dodge City Roundup / Dodge City, KS
Team Roping: 1983, 2005

Ellensburg Rodeo / Ellensburg, WA
Team Roping: 1985, 2005 (tie)

Grand National Stock Show & Rodeo / San Francisco, CA
Team Roping: 1982

Greeley Stampede / Greeley, CO
Team Roping: 1991, 1994, 2002

Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo / Guymon, OK
Team Roping: 2012

La Fiesta de los Vaqueros Rodeo / Tucson, AZ
Team Roping: 1985, 2013

National Western Stock Show & Rodeo / Denver, CO
Team Roping: 1999

Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo / Ogden, UT
Team Roping: 1988, 1990

Pendleton Round-Up / Pendleton, OR
Team Roping: 1994, 2003

Red Bluff Round-Up / Red Bluff, CA
Team Roping: 1991

Redding Rodeo / Redding, CA
Team Roping: 1986

Reno Rodeo / Reno, NV
Team Roping: 1982

Rowell Ranch Rodeo / Hayward, CA
Team Roping: 1981, 1991

Snake River Stampede / Nampa, ID
Team Roping: 2007

West of the Pecos Rodeo / Pecos, TX
Team Roping: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992

World’s Oldest Rodeo Prescott Frontier Days / Prescott, AZ
Team Roping: 1992, 2002

Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo / Spanish Fork, UT
Team Roping: 1990 (tie), 1992 (tie), 2014