Twice as Nice

Perennial BFI money-winners Riley and Brady Minor aren’t entered this year, which will give someone else a chance to win Horse of the BFI. But eight other pairs of brothers will rope together, including two sets of twins. Jake and Jim Cooper, now 40, were the first...

Champion Match-Ups

Former BFI champs roping together this year, like Chris Francis and Cade Passig, have great odds to do it again. But did you notice the other champs with new partners? Luke Brown, the fifth all-time BFI earnings leader who won the roping back in 2017 with Jake Long,...

2025 BFI The Feist Draw Unofficial

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BFI’s Best All-Time

Possibly the only accolade with more prestige than winning the BFI is winning bragging rights as the BFI’s all-time high-money earner. Over almost 50 years, a trio of three-time champs lead all ropers with money won at the BFI. When Clay Tryan took over as the...

Fast Times Are Classic

It was a perfect fit for Classic Rope to sponsor the Rickey Green Fast Time Award at the BFI this year. Not only did one of the industry’s longest-standing rope companies want to give respect to one of its hardest-working clinicians, but the late Green also had close...