News - Bob Feist Invitational

BFI Documentary to Air on Cowboy Channel

A brand-new film documenting nearly a half-century of footage and interviews from the Bob Feist Invitational will premiere March 23 and 24 on The Cowboy Channel at 6:30 and 9 p.m. Eastern, respectively. The documentary, brought to you by Resistol and Ullman Peterson Events, features sit-down interviews with several former BFI champs like Trevor Brazile, Tee Woolman, Dee Pickett and Rich Skelton, along with recent slow-motion footage juxtaposed with vintage audio play-by-play. “You had to be horseback and you had to handle cattle,” the film captures from Dick Yates, who once entered with Hollywood actor Wilford Brimley’s son. “It put ...Read More

Fresh Corrientes Ready for 47th BFI

Some handy high-numbered snowbirds spent part of February breaking in steers for the 47th Bob Feist Invitational on March 30. With a cash purse of more than $650,000 and 125 teams accepted this year in Guthrie, Oklahoma, the BFI will again demand strong, even cattle. While it’s usually not the first rodeo for cattle used at other big Open ropings, BFI steers are crossed over the Mexican border and broke in specifically for the BFI. “As long as steers haven’t had many runs, they’re fairly similar,” said Scott Gage of 3 Point Productions, who with Jeff Smith will bring hundreds ...Read More

2024 Wrangler Bob Feist Invitational presented by Yeti Unofficial Draw

Check out the ’24 BFI day sheet Bob Feist set this roping up so the fundamentals alone are challenging. That means teams who can outscore and outride the others can win. And THAT means anybody from teenagers to world champs to weekenders with day jobs have a chance. And they’re all entered this year!  Plenty of former BFI champs are in the mix, like 2018 winners Chris Francis and Cade Passig, and some are teamed with youngsters. Clay Tryan and Jade Corkill are bringing teenagers Nicky Northcott and Tyler Tryan. Then there’s Rich Skelton, who’s got Denton Parish, and Walt ...Read More

BFI Producers to Host First Lazy E Steer Roping Since 2013

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 sport’s premier Finals was held there for sixteen years, then returned to Guthrie for five more years until support from Boyd Gaming meant it moved it to their property in Kansas in 2014. On the heels of 2024 Wrangler BFI Week presented by Yeti, Ullman Peterson Events will produce a new four-head steer roping on April 6 at 10 a.m. “Our ...Read More

High-Stakes Barrel Race on Tap for Wrangler BFI Week

The huge climate-controlled arena with great ground at the Lazy E Ranch will host a brand-new 2D barrel race this spring that’s expected to pay $16,650 to win the average and $7,326 to win a round. On the heels of 2024 Wrangler BFI Week presented by Yeti, Wild West Promotions will produce the open barrel race on April 4-5, with no memberships required to enter. Ricky Hibbeler is in charge of ground conditions, including a rake after every three runners with a big drag after every 30. “Our BFI Week has the Lazy E busting at the seams, it’s grown ...Read More

OIL CAPITAL CLASSIC TEAM ROPING SET TO TAKE PLACE DURING BFI WEEK

Produced by Jeff Smith & 3 Point Productions and Ullman-Peterson Events, the inaugural Oil Capital Classic will bring top-tier team roping action to Oklahoma City, while simultaneously bringing the prestigious BFI Week of roping to Guthrie. The Sooner State will welcome roping competitors and fans to a week full of first-class competition.  Kicking off March 27, 2024, at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds and concluding April 2, the event will feature a wide range of open, numbered, junior, and all-girl ropings. Kicking the week off with a day full of junior ropings, the week will progress into numbered and open ropings, ...Read More

47th BFI Set for Easter Weekend in Guthrie

Wrangler BFI Week, which last year paid out a record $3.88 million, is scheduled for March 28 through April 3, 2024, in Guthrie, Oklahoma. It’s anchored by the 47th annual Bob Feist Invitational (BFI) on Saturday, March 30, which alone boasts a $650,000 purse. And this year, producers are adding lucrative barrel racing and steer roping jackpots inside the Lazy E just after BFI Week. The Hooey Junior 10.5 (capped at 6 heelers) and Hooey Junior Open ropings each get their own day to kick things off March 28-29. Last year, Levi James and Garrett Hughes out-roped nearly 400 teams ...Read More

Wrangler BFI Week Breaks Records, Pays Out Nearly $4 Million

Wrangler BFI Week, anchored by the 46th annual Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping on April 1, paid out a record $3.88 million to ropers and drew more than 2,000 teams. The event, running March 29 through April 4, was comprised of 13 separate ropings over seven days in Guthrie, Oklahoma’s Lazy E Arena. Aired live on the Wrangler Network, 112,000 viewers at home watched more than 3.3 million minutes of team roping. On April 2, Treyton Peterson of Plainview, Texas, and Lance Sippy of Canyon, Texas, roped four steers in 30.79 seconds to split a whopping $200,000 cash in the largest-ever 12.5 ...Read More

2023 BFI Week 7 Results

Aggregate Results (on four head) Dustin Shelton and Shawn McCalister, 40.77 seconds, $16,000 Stephanie Kinderknecht and Terry Kinderknecht, 52.11 seconds, $9,000 Jennifer Thompson and John Thompson, 35.40 seconds, on three, $5,000 Sade Noblitt and Makiah Horton, 36.33 seconds on three, $3,000 Billy Ross and Kendall Stacy, 38.53 seconds on three, $2,500 Marcus Cartright and Robert Cartright, 39.52 seconds on three, $2,000 Rey Mata and Randy Herman, 43.86 seconds on three, $1,500 Round One Fast Time Alan Martin and Casey Martin, 7.81 seconds, $3,000 Alan Martin and John Thompson, 7.65 seconds, $2,000 Joe Metcalfe and JK Kinsey, 8.15 seconds, $1,500 Round ...Read More

2023 BFI Week 8.5 Results

Aggregate Results (on four head)  Nick McClelland and Cody Hill, 43.07, $45,000 Steve Taylor and Shannon Killingsworth, 44.65, $28,000 Jeff VanPetten and Jack Morris, 44.66, $18,000 JW Meyer and Gary Brownd, 45.18, $12,000 Russ Cook and Derwood Hopson, 45.66 $9,500 Brandy Lloyd and Robin Bland, 48.17, $7,500 Todd Kimble and John Garcia, 48.98, $5,500 John Johnson and Becky Cannizzaro, 49.32, $3,000 Josh Lilley and Doug Hall, 49.42, $2,500 Tia Danker and Clay Armstrong, 54.50, $2,500 Round One Fast Time Shawn Campbell and Robby Wilson, 7.43, $3,000 Aaron Bond and Billy Lopez Sr., 7.46, $2,000 Craig Moore and Kenny Meeks, 7.48, ...Read More