by Julie Mankin | Mar 27, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
A whopping 468 teams of roping’s up-and-coming ranks converged on Guthrie March 28 for the Hooey Jr. BFI 10.5, with a pair of best friends from Missouri earning the six-figure prize. John Cole Van Loan, 17, and Paden Evans, 19, are both straight 5s who live...
by BFI Week | Mar 27, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
A group of four or five families decided to haul together out to Guthrie’s Wrangler BFI Week from California with their kids, who are best friends, and it paid off in spades on Day One. Braydee Bourdet of Hollister is just 15 and roped three calves in 11.56 seconds to...
by BFI Week | Mar 26, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
Veteran team roper Megan Gunter and young Chenoa VandeStouwe, fresh out of college, only met each other at the end of the Lazy E Arena after they caught their first steer in Thursday’s Charlie 1 Horse All Girl Team Roping. The draw team roped all four steers in...
by Julie Mankin | Mar 26, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
A 53-year-old disk jockey cashed checks worth $152,500and a 20-year-old NFR hopeful hauled in $115,500. Wrangler BFI Week presented by Yeti, now in its seventh year at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, concluded seven days of competition on April 1, having paid...
by BFI Week | Mar 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
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by Julie Mankin | Mar 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Premier Women’s Rodeo guarantees $2,000 to Senior champion The Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl Team Roping has for decades been the country’s richest roping for cowgirls, and was the first major event to add breakaway back in 2017. Now, the Charlie 1 Horse Breakaway on March...
