Ranch Sorting and Team Penning Ranch Sorting is an event that puts a team of two riders on horseback against the clock working with cattle. Teamwork is the key with both riders working in harmony to cut out the correct numbered cattle and drive them to the pen while keeping the wrong numbered cattle back. Team penning is a fast-paced western hors sport where teams of three riders work together to separate and pen certain cattle from a herd while running against time.