by Julie Mankin | Jan 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
Anyone hanging around Wickenburg in December has watched the talent level oftoday’s teenage team ropers from across the country go through the roof. That’s partlybecause of the Hooey Jr. BFI, according to California’s Bert McGill.McGill, who runs an arena-management...
by Julie Mankin | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Western industry’s longest-running, richest one-day Open roping in Guthrie, Okla., will land on a new day of the week in 2026. The Bob Feist Invitational was held for years on late-June Mondays in Reno, Nev., but since the Covid-prompted relocation to Oklahoma in...
by Julie Mankin | Mar 22, 2025 | Press-Release
Few other professional sports have as many two-generation superstars as rodeo does, particularly team roping. The BFI win column boasts champs from two sets of two-generation families. David Motes was already a world champion header (he won the 1977 gold buckle...
by Julie Mankin | Mar 9, 2025 | Press-Release
Possibly the only accolade with more prestige than winning the BFI is winning bragging rights as the BFI’s all-time high-money earner. Over almost 50 years, a trio of three-time champs lead all ropers with money won at the BFI. When Clay Tryan took over as the...
by Julie Mankin | Mar 8, 2025 | Press-Release
It was a perfect fit for Classic Rope to sponsor the Rickey Green Fast Time Award at the BFI this year. Not only did one of the industry’s longest-standing rope companies want to give respect to one of its hardest-working clinicians, but the late Green also had close...
