by Julie Mankin | Feb 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
Books don’t close ‘til March 1 on the Bob Feist Invitational, but this year’s calcutta is already looking to be a nail-biter. Which team, on March 29, would you bet will win the biggest one-day prize in professional team roping? Here are some tantalizing early...
by Julie Mankin | Jan 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
Anyone hanging around Wickenburg in December has watched the talent level oftoday’s teenage team ropers from across the country go through the roof. That’s partlybecause of the Hooey Jr. BFI, according to California’s Bert McGill.McGill, who runs an arena-management...
by Julie Mankin | Oct 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Western industry’s longest-running, richest one-day Open roping in Guthrie, Okla., will land on a new day of the week in 2026. The Bob Feist Invitational was held for years on late-June Mondays in Reno, Nev., but since the Covid-prompted relocation to Oklahoma in...
by BFI | Apr 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
The 2025 Wrangler Bob Feist Invitational (BFI) Roping Week concluded a record-breaking week of fast-paced and high-paying No. 8.5 Team Roping with a No. 7.5 incentive, highlighted by Ravanna Bey and Joshua Bray rising to the top. The duo, friends for years, teamed up...
by BFI | Apr 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
The 2025 Wrangler Bob Feist Invitational (BFI) Roping Week concluded a record-breaking week of fast-paced and high-paying #9.5 over 40 team roping, highlighted by Jason Posey and Jeff Souza rising to the top. The duo remained calm under pressure of hall-callback to...
by BFI | Apr 1, 2025 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
Longtime friends and western industry leaders Barry Berg and Monty Crist took the Monday off from their day jobs and walked away with top honors at the 2025 Wrangler Bob Feist Invitational (BFI) #11.5 Businessman’s Team Roping, earning an impressive $175,000 payday....
