by BFI | Feb 20, 2023 | Press-Release
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...
by Julie Mankin | Feb 13, 2023 | Press-Release
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,...
by Julie Mankin | Feb 1, 2023 | Press-Release
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,...
by BFI | Jan 26, 2023 | Press-Release
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...
by Kendra Santos | Apr 5, 2022 | Press-Release
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...
by Kendra Santos | Apr 5, 2022 | Press-Release
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...
