Sarah Angelone Secures the Charlie 1 Horse Breakaway Roping Title

Angelone topped the field of cut-throat breakaway ropers at the 2023 Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl Breakaway Roping to kick off  BFI Week on Wednesday, March 29 at the Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, OK. Angelone’s time of 9.73 seconds on three calves earned her the $14,000 aggregate championship. Andersen CbarC Photo From placing in both long rounds to switching horses between short-go runs, Sarah Angelone called the right shots during the Bob Feist Invitational Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl Breakaway Roping. The Virginia cowgirl played her cards right and defended her number-one position going into the short go to come out ...Read More

Kelton and DeSalvo Take Home the Charlie 1 Horse All Girl Team Roping Title

It was only their second time roping together, but for Kenzie Kelton and Whitney DeSalvo, the pairing has been quite sweet. When the dust settled, it was the college student from Arizona and three time WPRA World Champion from Arkansas that sealed the deal and walked away as the 2023 Bob Feist Invitational Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl Team Roping Champions and a $20,000 payout.   The team roped sharp throughout the day, coming into the Short Round in fifth position with a time of 29.55 seconds on three head. It was their smart and consistent run of 7.95 seconds on their ...Read More

2023 Charlie 1 Horse All-Girl Team Roping Results

Aggregate Results (on four steers) Kenzie Kelton and Whitney DeSalvo, 37.50 seconds, $20,000 Dana Markham and Kelly Snow, 38.19 seconds, $14,000 Connie Harris and Megan Gunter, 39.49 seconds, $11,000 Carsyn Tharp and Kennlee Tate, 42.59 seconds, $8,000 Jessica Montgomery and Jackie Crawford, 43.13 seconds, $6,000 Martha Angelone and Danielle Roper, 43.86 seconds, $5,000 Kenna Francis and Whitney DeSalvo, 44.71 seconds, $4,000 Decca Gagan and Whitney DeSalvo, 45.05 seconds, $3,000 Incentive Results (on three steers) Dana Markham and Kelly Snow, 27.76 seconds, $7,500 Emma Carrell and Courtney Crites, 29.45 seconds, $4,500 Connie Harriss and Megan Gunter, 31.21 seconds, $3,000 Avery Goegelle ...Read More

Bid on a Bones

Our generous Wrangler BFI Week supporters have allowed us to raise $214,400 over the past six years to help local charities! This year, our annual BFI calcutta on March 31 will feature a custom Heel-O-Matic Bones dummy – the proceeds of which will benefit the Oklahoma chapter of Flags Of Honor. And you can bid even if you’re not in Guthrie! For the first time, calcutta teams and items can be bought online. Just register to bid at www.goldbucklehorsesale.com (scroll down to BFI Online Sale). “We love their mission of ‘meeting sacrifice with hope’ by helping the families of not only the ...Read More

Let’s Hear it for Five Living Legends With BFI Threepeats on Their Roping Resumes

Here comes the 46th annual BFI, and this year’s unprecedented 100% payback has the Western world buzzing. The anchor event of BFI Week 2023, which will run March 29 through April 4 at the world-famous Lazy E Arena in Guthrie, Oklahoma, will be held April 1. Five cowboys—Clay Tryan, Kory Koontz, Speed Williams, Rich Skelton and Charles Pogue—have won the BFI battle three times. Four of the five, including the big three on the all-time BFI earnings list—Tryan at $259,361, Koontz at $241,514 and Skelton with $221,406—are entered up again this year. What does it take to come out king ...Read More

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