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...
by BFI Week | Mar 31, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
In the 11.5 Businessman’s, which began as the signature numbered roping associated with the BFI in Reno, Nevada, years ago, Colorado buddies Darren Ridley of Las Animas and Jason Devore of Fort Lupton came tight on the biggest win of their lives. They had assumed...
by BFI Week | Mar 30, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
Tyler Tryan and Levi Lord stomped on the gas straight out of the starting blocks at the 49th annual Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping Classic yesterday, and kept their feet on that floorboard start to finish to take the win in dominating fashion. I’ve never seen...
by BFI Week | Mar 30, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
Dubbed Million-Dollar Monday, the richest roping of Wrangler BFI Week presented by Yeti on March 30 was the 12.5. It drew just over 400 teams from all over America, and the good steers inside the made-for-steer-roping Lazy E Arena meant the short round so tight that...
