by Julie Mankin | Jan 25, 2025 | Press-Release
One thing the explosion of futurity competition for rope-horse trainers has done is kept some of the best ropers in the world from having full-time partners. That means two former BFI champs – Trevor Brazile and Billie Jack Saebens – will shake out their Cactus and...
by BFI Week | Jan 17, 2025 | Press-Release
Wrangler BFI Week, which last year paid team ropers a record $4.35 million in cash, will run two arenas for the first time when it returns to Guthrie, Oklahoma, March 26 through April 1. “Just four years after we moved BFI Week from Reno to Guthrie, we had a 153...
by Julie Mankin | May 6, 2024 | Press-Release
Wrangler BFI Week on Easter weekend, anchored by the 47th annual Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping on March 30, paid out a record $4.34 million to ropers in 2024 plus prizes worth at least $175,000. The event running March 28 through April 3 was comprised of...
by BFI Week | Apr 1, 2024 | Press-Release
Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira were flawless to win the first BFI of their already legendary careers.BFI Photos by Andersen CbarC Photography It’s a roping rarity when teams rise up to dynasty status, and last names are optional. Jake and Clay. Speed and Rich. We...
by BFI Week | Mar 27, 2024 | Press-Release
Horses of the 2023 BFI Clint Summers’ 11-year-old bay Joe and Logan Medlin’s 7-year-old bay Cantina were named Head and Heel Horse of the BFI, respectively. Powered by Dixon Flowers Rope Horses, the Horse of the BFI winners’ sculptures were created by Steve Miller of...
by BFI Week | Mar 27, 2024 | Press-Release
For the first time in eleven years, a lucrative stand-alone steer roping will be held at the Lazy E Arena, which was built by Ed Gaylord in 1984 specifically to host the PRCA’s National Finals of Steer Roping. The best steer ropers in the world, many of whom hail...
