Meet the Winners
2025 Texas Ranch Roundup Champions – R.A. Brown Ranch-Throckmorton, TX
Arena Team Members: Lanham Brown (Team Captain), Myles Brown, RA Brown, Nick Eiguren, Cort Peterson and Tucker Brown
For 129 years, this historic family business has been producing some of the finest cattle and Quarter Horses in the industry. R.H. Brown had a livestock commission company at the Fort Worth Stockyards. He began selling Angus bulls in the 1890’s and the Throckmorton ranch was established in 1895.In 1906, R.H. brought the first Hereford cattle to Throckmorton County. His son, R.A. Brown, Sr., grew up working at the Stockyards and during summers he worked at the Throckmorton ranch. But at age 15, the young Brown moved permanently to Throckmorton to help during the severe drought. Then the extremely cold winter of 1917 killed much of the cow herd. Instead of attending school, R.A. hauled wagon loads of hides, skinned from the dead cattle, 60 miles into Abilene to trade for cotton-seed cake to feed the surviving stock. While still a young man, R.A. assumed full management of the ranch when his father passed.
R.A. was a progressive cattleman, an equally so with horses. In fact, he is credited as one of the founders of the AQHA and is included in the association’s Hall of Fame. He remained at the Throckmorton ranch until his sudden death in 1965, which then passed the leadership of the ranch to his 26-year-old son, Rob Brown. Rob and his wife, Peggy, guided the ranch’s course for the next 48 years. Under their care, the R.A. Brown Ranch has been honored with some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including the Cattle Business of the Century and AQHA’s Best Remuda Award. In addition, Rob was honored with the Golden Spur Award, inducted into the Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery and, like his father, the AQHA Hall of Fame.
The reins were passed once again and now the ranch is owned and operated by Rob & Peggy’s four children – Jody & Betsy Bellah, Rob A. & Talley Brown, Todd & Marianne McCartney, and Donnell & Kelli Brown. After more than a century, it continues as a family ranch. Many of the 6th generation work on the ranch today with five competing on this year’s team. In fact, the 7th generation can be heard cheering from the stands! This seamless transition validates Rob and Peggy’s lifelong ambition: “Keep the ranch in the family, and the family in the ranch.” The R.A. Brown Ranch is proud to be one of the founding ranches of the Texas Ranch Roundup.