by Julie Mankin | Apr 24, 2026 | News
Last-minute partner swaps and the last hurrah for Wade/Thorp March 29, 2026 by BFI Spring is for new beginnings – and a shakeup in Sunday’s BFI roster. After three years on and off together, two-time World Champion Header Clay Smith, 34, and two-time NFR heeler Coleby...
by BFI Week | Apr 2, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
Glenn Bailey from Howell, Texas, and Wylie Platt from Denison won the 8.5 Roping by six full seconds to go back to Texas with the biggest roping paychecks of their lives. They’d bested 525 teams on three to become high callback, but the big money played havoc on minds...
by Julie Mankin | Apr 1, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
The drama of the actual Feist, which pitted a 20-year-old kid against a two-time world champ in the short round, had nothing on the 9.5 Over 40. The final day of Wrangler BFI Week saw roping producer Kelly Tuley of tiny Red Oak, Texas, heel his way to...
by Julie Mankin | Apr 1, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
Just one day after Arizona’s Justin Franks had watched his 20-year-old son Maverik experience the heartbreak of missing the high-team steer in the 12.5 for that $110,000-a-man payday, Justin capitalized on his own chance March 31 on what was dubbed Two-Million-Dollar...
