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46th BFI Roster Set

The star-studded cast entered in the 46th annual Bob Feist Invitational on April 1 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, includes the only four humans who’ve won the BFI three times. High-money leader Clay Tryan, Hall-of-Famers Speed Williams and Rich Skelton (roping with other partners), and 2021 champ Kory Koontz will each be part of 125 teams gunning for a first-place cash prize that reached $150,000 last year. Tryan, also a three-time world champion, will try to add to the $259,361 BFI dollars he’s banked with his gold-buckle partner Jade Corkill – who has never won the BFI. And Koontz brings a new ...Read More

BFI to Pay Back One Hundred Percent

Is this an April Fool’s Joke? Not hardly. For the first time in history, the Bob Feist Invitational on April 1 will pay back 100 percent of the pot to ropers. Over the 46 years of the world’s most prestigious and lucrative Open roping, it has traditionally paid back 97 percent, compared to the 80 percent typical of most jackpot team ropings. “It was always our intent to pay back 100 percent,” said Daren Peterson of Ullman Peterson Events, whose BFI on April Fool’s Day will showcase the world’s 125 best teams over five full rounds and a finals. “The 97 percent ...Read More

BFI 46 Adds Ropings, Clinic, and After-Party

Tickets are on sale now for the 46th annual Bob Feist Invitational roping coming to Guthrie, Oklahoma’s Lazy E Arena on April 1 for the fourth straight year.    The world’s richest Open roping, featuring the 125 best professional teams over six rounds, occurs on a Saturday smack in the middle of Wrangler BFI Week, presented by Yeti. In 2023, the extravaganza has been extended to seven full days – March 29 through April 4.   “We paid out $2.88 million in cash last year at Wrangler BFI Week, and look for some record-breaking payouts in Oklahoma now with the ...Read More

High Stakes on Even Cattle

When amateur team ropers drive hundreds of miles and spend thousands of dollars for the chance to win six figures, they don’t need to get outrun just after the preceding team had a loper.   That’s according to Bob Feist Invitational Week producer Daren Peterson, whose 46th Annual BFI is happening on April Fool’s Day this year in Guthrie, Oklahoma (tickets go on sale Feb. 1). That means all the ropers entering the Hooey Jr. BFI, the Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl, the BFI Legends, the 15.5, 12.5, 11.5, 10.5-Over and brand-new 9.5-Over-40, 8.5 and 7.5, on March 29 through April ...Read More

It’s Legendary, It’s Prestigious, It’s the Bob Feist Invitational

In 2021 Kory Koontz became a member of an elite club-a club of 3 time Bob Feist Invitational winners. With wins in 2021, 1996 and 1995 Koontz officially ranked among other BFI Legends Rich Skelton and Clay Tryan, who have also won three titles each. This win also pushed Koontz to the top of BFI earning leaderboards, with over $240,000 won over the course of his career. Koontz explained he couldn't have reached these historic accolades on his own. He graciously accredits his many great partners and horses. Koontz reflected on his 2021 BFI win with Manny Egusquiza explaining, “The ...Read More

Louisiana’s Josie Conner Wins 2022 BFI Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl Breakaway Roping

The BFI Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl Breakaway Roping sent BFI Week 2022 out with a big bang, and young gun Cajun cowgirl Josie Conner stuck it on ’em April 5 for $11,000, including $1,000 for the 18 & Under Youth Incentive. Home-schooled high school senior Conner of Iowa, Louisiana, roped three calves in 12.59 seconds for the last big win of this year’s BFI Week.    “This is awesome,” said Josie, who’s 18, graduates in May and plans to start college at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana in the fall. “The BFI is such a prestigious event in ...Read More

Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl Breakaway Results

Aggregate: 1. Josie Conner, 12.59 seconds on 3 head, $10,000; 2. Cassidy Kelly, 14.3 seconds on 3 head, $6,000; 3. Sarah Angelone, 14.42 seconds on 3 head, $4,500; 4. Shelby Whiting, 15.27 seconds on 3 head, $3,500; 5. Rylea Fabrizio, 15.92 seconds on 3 head, $2,500; 6. Amber Coleman, 16.13 seconds on 3 head, $2,000; 7. Darcy Good, 17.35 seconds on 3, $1,750; 8. Jenna Lee Adams, 18.29 seconds on 3, $1,500; 9. Bailey Gubert, 23.19 seconds on 3, $1,000   First Round: 1. Beau Peterson, 3.21 seconds, $1,000; 2. Tia Wallace, 3.42 seconds, $750; 3. Halle Tatham, 3.55 seconds, ...Read More

Hope T and Whitney D Dominate BFI Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl

Hope Thompson and Whitney DeSalvo are a time-tested team to be reckoned with. They’re the best of friends, and that chemistry has spilled straight into their super-successful partnership. Thompson and DeSalvo roped four steers in 30.78 seconds to take the $20,000 title at the BFI Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl Team Roping, and daylighted the 174-team field by 7.86 seconds. Thompson and DeSalvo have now won this roping two of the last three years, and were the reserve champs that third year.  Hope and Whitney took a half-second lead over the pack into the short round, and slammed the door with ...Read More

Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl Team Roping Results

Aggregate     Hope Thompson and Whitney Desalvo, 30.78 seconds on four head, worth $20,000     Rylea Rae Fabrizio and Debbie Fabrizio, 38.64 seconds on four head, worth $7,500     Dana Markham and Courtney Crites, 39.84 seconds on four head, worth $5,000     Kylee Herrin and Jessy Remsburg, 40.86 seconds on four head, worth $4,000     Emily Gately and Rylie Smith, 41.94 seconds on four head, worth $3,500     Kayelen Helton and Lorraine Moreno, 42.16 seconds on four head, worth $3,000     Casey Warford and Kersti Passig, 43.27 seconds on four head, worth $2,500 ...Read More

At Long Last, Team Rocha and Stewart Strike it Rich

Texans Manuel Rocha and Stephen Stewart had never before set foot in the fabulous Lazy E Arena. And in 15 years of trying, they had never won a check together. Not a nickel. On April 4, the pair of 4+ ropers and forever friends changed all that in dramatic fashion by roping four steers in 34.53 seconds and winning both the BFI 10.5 Roping and the 9.5 Incentive to the tune of $140,000 and a truckload of prizes.    “They said we had to be 10 on our last steer,” said Rocha, who’ll turn 49 next month. “When I saw ...Read More