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Welcome to the 36th Annual Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping Classic! Dear BFI Attendee, Ullman–Peterson Events is honored to carry on what we consider to be the most prestigious Open roping in the United States. What started as 40 teams back in 1977 has now grown to 100 teams of the best ropers in the world. The conditions are tough; with a long score and hard-running cattle, the best of the best always shine and fans get the opportunity to watch some of the best horses in the industry. This year will be no exception, Flying T Cattle Company (Rowley and Cathie Twisselman) is bringing a herd of fresh steers that will test everyone. We’re proud to be able to cater to the team roping industry’s elite professionals. Over $600,000 in cash and awards will cover the arena floor at the close of the 36th annual BFI. The entry fee this year is still $5,000 per team and we still only hold 3% per team for administrative and cattle costs—that’s just $150 per team. The cash payout will remain the same as it did last year: All 15 teams that make it back to the short round will receive a check. As always, there were teams that didn’t get in, which is disappointing. We sincerely wish we could take all who enter. However, the general consensus from spectators and

sponsors is that it would take away from the prestige of this roping. Not only that, but the production would last much longer, causing problems with video and Internet broadcasts and interfering with the BFI’s interaction with the Reno Rodeo. Speaking of sponsors, we’d like to welcome back and extend a huge “thank you” to the supporters who’ve been with the BFI for many years—as well as the new sponsors that have come on board. The support from these companies is what makes the BFI payoff and prize line so legendary. Thank you for your continued support, and let’s have a great roping! We look forward to meeting our newly crowned champions at the historic 36th Annual Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping Classic! Sincerely, The Team at Ullman-Peterson Events,

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My, How Times Have Changed in 1978 larry Goss and Mike Garrison (pictured) won the Bob feist invitational Team Roping Classic by roping six steers in 81.42 seconds on a 35-foot score in Chowchilla, Calif. The fast time on one steer that year was 9.23 seconds, set by Jim Peterson and John Rodriguez. Goss and Garrison’s average win is the second-slowest in the history of the event, while Peterson and Rodriguez’s single-steer mark is the slowest in that category.

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A Matter of Time in 1987 Bobby Hurley and Denny Watkins turned in the fastest time of the Bob feist invitational Team Roping Classic with this 5.64-second gem on an 18-foot score at the Reno (nev.) outdoor arena. Brenda allen Photo Courtesy of the roPers sPorts news

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in 2006 Keven Daniel won the PRCA/Resistol Heading Rookie of the Year award. The next year, he qualified for his first Wrangler national finals Rodeo with Jhett Johnson. in 2008, he roped with Cory Petska and Ryan Motes and finished in the crying hole: 16th. However, among other wins, he and Petska had one bright spot at the Bob feist invitational Team Roping Classic. “i’d never won anything at the Bfi,” Daniel said. “Cory Petska and i went out in the first round and hadn’t done good all day. There were two steers there that they won dang near every round on that year and we finally got

one of them. We were 4.74, won the fifth round and dang near had the fast time.” Coleman Proctor and Jake long, incidentally, had the fast time that year with a 4.46. Daniel and Petska’s 4.74 is the second-fastest time ever clocked at the Bfi, but doesn’t see the record books because of Proctor and long’s run. “i like the look of it,” Daniel said of the buckle. “it’s pretty cool—it’s not the average buckle and i hope to get one of those someday—but it’s good to win something at the Bfi.”

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Tanner Bryson, a roper-turned artist, creates the annual BFI poster Of all the second careers professional ropers enjoy, artwork is one of the least likely. But that’s exactly the career Tanner Bryson—who, during his professional rodeo career won Reno, Austin and held the fasttime record at the Pendleton Round-Up for 10 years—has pursued. In fact, Bryson rodeoed ChrIsta BrunorI Photo with the men whose images he rendered to emblazon the cover of this program and on posters around Reno to represent the 36th Annual Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping Classic. “The roping has been around for over 30 years, so it’s historic,” said Bryson, who has both headed and heeled at the BFI over the

Corre Cted dates !* years. “So that mystique—with all three of the guys coming to every roping—was a nice tribute.” Since the first BFI in Chowchilla, Calif., in 1977, Allen Bach, Denny Watkins and Mike Beers have paid their fees for a chance at winning the biggest one-day roping. “I know these guys and roped with them all and even rodeoed with Denny Watkins for a season,” Bryson said. “I just thought it was a tribute to those three guys who are all past champions of the rodeo.” Bryson’s natural artistic abilities were nurtured from an early age by his grandmother, then later by a high school teacher, and he eventually got his degree in graphic design and illustration from the University of Arizona. “When I got out of college, I didn’t pursue my art right away,” Bryson said. “I went off roping at the rodeos, and then got into my horse business. It’s just been in the last two or three years that I’ve gotten back into the art.” Now, with three children and a horse training and trail riding business to nurture, he doesn’t travel to rope anymore, but stays connected to the rodeo world and his old friends through his art. “I wanted it to look authentic,” he said of the image. “To me, the richest medium you can use is oil. I wanted to do something different. I chose an antique, Western-type font. I wanted the background to be almost like it was on fire: to really catch your eye. I wanted it to be something that you would hang on the wall for a western theme. I didn’t want it to look corporate or too modern. I wanted it to look antique.” The original, and two artist’s prints, will be auctioned at the BFI Cowboy Auction and Dinner the night before the roping. Bach, Beers and Watkins will personally autograph the painting and meet the winning bidder. Of course, posters will be for sale around the roping as well. For more on Bryson’s art, visit tannerbrysonart.com.

*The dates printed in previous issues of “Spin to Win Rodeo” were incorrect. We apologize for any confusion.

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(In order of fastest time on six head) 43.75 43.87 44.62 44.63 44.63 45.21 45.37 45.49 45.70 45.72 45.79 45.92 45.98 46.54 46.92 47.63 47.72 47.83 47.96 48.79 49.83 50.41 51.35 51.40 52.01 53.30 54.89 56.48 56.78 57.99 67.03 70.86 74.88 81.42 82.67 -

turtle Powell & Monty Joe Petska, 2004 Clay tryan & Patrick smith, 2005 Charles Pogue & Britt Bockius, 2000 speed williams & rich skelton, 2002 Colby siddoway & Caleb twisselman, 2011 Mikey fletcher & travis woodard, 2003 Clay tryan & travis Graves, 2012 Caleb Mitchell & ryan Motes, 2009 Jake Barnes & Clay o’Brien Cooper, 1988 speed williams & rich skelton, 2001 Charles Pogue & Britt Bockius, 1999 J.d. yates & Jay wadhams, 2010 Brandon thone & Chad harper, 2006 Charles Pogue & steve northcott, 1991 steve Purcella & Casey Chamberlain, 2007 Matt tyler & Kory Koontz, 1996 Bobby hurley & Cody Cowden, 1997 Clay tryan & walt woodard, 2008 troy frazier & wade Jess, 1989 rick steed & Greg Bennett, 1992 Matt tyler & steve northcott, 1993 rocky Carpenter & tom flenniken, Jr., 1990 Kevin stewart & K.C. Jones, 1994 rube woolsey & Kory Koontz, 1995 speed williams & rich skelton, 1998 tim fanning & Mark fanning, 1985 danny Garcia & stewart Pike, 1986 david Motes & denny watkins, 1981 dee Pickett & Mike Beers, 1987 Mark arnold & rickey Green, 1984 tee woolman & leo Camarillo, 1980 Bret Beach & Clay o’Brien Cooper, 1982 ron darnell & Matt silveira, 1977 larry Goss & Mike Garrison, 1978 Brian Burrows & allen Bach, 1979

4.46 4.79 4.86 4.90 5.00 5.00 5.04 5.06 5.09 5.17 5.18 5.18 5.27 5.29 5.40 5.44 5.46 5.51 5.60 5.64 5.86 5.89 6.00 6.09 6.09 6.09 6.13 6.16 6.30 6.49 6.94 7.56 8.31 8.45 9.08 9.23 -

Coleman Proctor & Jake long, 2008 nick sartain & Kollin Vonahn, 2009 shane durbin & hollis harris, 2004 Kelsey Parchman & Caleb twisselman, 2010 Corey Kidd & adam Plyler, 2011 Charles Pogue & dennis Gatz, 2006 wade wheatley & Kyle lockett, 2002 Chad Masters & Clay o’Brien Cooper, 2012 tyler Magnus & Jacky stephenson, 2003 luke Brown & nicky simmons, 2005 tee woolman & tyler Magnus, 1999 Bret Boatright & Kory Koontz, 1997 tyler Magnus & Clay o’Brien Cooper, 2000 david Key & Kory Koontz, 2007 daniel Green & Chris Green, 1996 doyle Gellerman & Bobby harris, 1985 Justin hampton & dusty watkins, 1992 Brady wren & Cody Guess, 2001 david Motes & dennis Gatz, 1988 Bobby hurley & denny watkins, 1987 tee woolman & rich skelton, 1993 Bret Boatright & terry selland, 1991 Jake Barnes & Clay o’Brien Cooper, 1989 Guy howell & Bobby harris, 1998 Mike Macy & terry selland, 1990 (tie) tee woolman & Monty Joe Petska, 1990 (tie) richard eiguren & tim Van ostran, 1995 Jerry skaggs & Joel Maker, 1986 Bob McClelland & wade Masters, 1994 Gary Johnson & Clayton ward, 1981 dee Pickett & Mike Beers, 1984 Bob McClelland & rickey Green, 1979 Julio Moreno & rickey Green, 1982 Joe Murray & rickey Green, 1977 Joe Murray & sam williams, 1980 Jim Petersen & John rodriguez, 1978

Please note the score for the following years: 1977-1980: 35-foot score at Chowchilla, Calif. 1981: 25-foot score at las vegas, nev. 1982: 35-foot score at Denton, Texas 1984-1988: 18-foot score at Reno, nev. (outdoor Arena) 1989-2012: 18-foot score at Reno, nev. (indoor Arena)

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from indoors to outdoors, the reno/lake tahoe area provides diversions to suit any tastes and during BfI, activities for the roper skyrockets.

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Get into town Saturday, June 22, just in time for the Double Dollar Horse Sale Preview. The next day, horses sell and you can find a top prospect or a ProRodeo-caliber mount. Check into your room at the Silver Legacy Hotel and Casino, then head up to the mountains for a day at North Lake Tahoe. “We always play golf then hang out at Lake Tahoe and camp,” says World Champion Nick Sartain, who has the second-fastest time on one steer in the history of the BFI. At Lake Tahoe, you’ll find golf, biking, hiking, water sports, beaches and fishing opportunities. You’re only limited by time. After a late lunch at Jason’s Landing and Beachside Grille in King’s Beach, hop in the car and head back to Reno through Carson City. “Drive down through Washoe Valley and Carson Valley for beautiful old pristine ranching valleys,” rodeo announcer Bob Tallman says. “But be careful: if the speed limit is 55 and you’re going 56, you’re getting a ticket.” Do a little downtown sightseeing, and then head over to the rodeo grounds for the carnival and wiener dog races. The Reno Rodeo began in 1919 and in 1997 won the PRCA’s award for Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year. “Reno Rodeo is one of the most progressive rodeos on the planet. It just keeps getting bigger and bigger,” Tallman says. “If you buy a ticket, you’re going to watch a very impressive grand entry, there are 52 girls that ride in every performance, then you’ll see a great rodeo, every world champion will be there at one point or another.” Grab some carnival food before heading to the arena. After the performance, head over to the Silver Legacy Hotel and Casino for a chance to rub shoulders with the cowboys, pull the one-armed bandit or roll some dice if that’s your game. Of course, be sure to check local listings for headliner acts in and around town that might catch your fancy. Country music star Scotty McCreery will perform at 8 p.m. in the Silver Legacy’s Grande Exposition Hall, so catch the tail end of the concert after the rodeo performance.

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The next morning, grab some grub at Peg’s Glorified Ham n Eggs. Then make your way to the rodeo grounds for the Kid’s Dummy Roping, a big hit with ProRodeo cowboys and their fans alike. You’ll catch Derrick Begay there signing autographs, and the competition is free for the kids. Winners receive trophy saddles sponsored by the BFI and Heel-O-Matic Training Systems. Then stick around town and take the kids to ride go-karts or play puttputt golf. “I’ve got two kids, and our little girl is 4. We played a lot of putt-putt before the BFI last year,” says Jake Long, who holds the record for the fastest run in BFI history with header Coleman Proctor. “And we always go to the BFI Cowboy Auction and

Dinner at the Silver Legacy. It’s got a great atmosphere with all of the ropers there and it’s fun to watch, too.” The doors for the free event in the Silver Legacy’s ballroom open at 5 p.m. with the auction starting at 6. Then, don’t miss the rodeo that night, and catch the Businessman Steer Decorating. Teams of two find a business to sponsor them, then one person holds the steer with a rope and the other ties a ribbon around the steer’s tail. It can get a bit wild! “Obviously, my favorite thing is the prestige of the whole week in Reno,” says Patrick Smith, who won the BFI in 2005 with Clay Tryan. “With the BFI and the Reno Rodeo, it’s just an awesome week to team rope for a living.”

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DAy THREE Monday, June 24 It’s BFI day in Reno. You’ve got a long day of great roping ahead of you, so you’ll need food. Hit Café Central in the Silvery Legacy to enjoy a chili-cheese omelet bright and early. The restaurant is open 24 hours a day, which is key because you’ll want to get to the Reno Livestock Center Arena around 7 a.m. to get your seats. The Grand Entry starts at 7:45, so you can see all the ropers before the event gets underway. The action starts at 8 KIrt steInKe Photo a.m., so spend your day watching the from fine dining, to dummy ropings to the actual BfI, reno offers everything a team roping fan best ropers in the country compete for could want and more. thousands and thousands of dollars in kid,” says Riley Minor, who was second in the average in 2012. prize money and awards. “I like the set up, because it’s not a 4-second roping. You’ve got If you need a break from the arena-action, take a stroll to let the steer out a ways, and even if you draw one that really around the Double R Marketplace to see what some 150 runs you’re still in it because it’s a six-header. If your horse vendors have to offer for everyone in the family. While you’re can run, it’s a great jackpot.” After you watch the winners get shopping, make your way to D Bar M Western Store, where their thousands in prize money and awards, head back to the all the ropers and their families like to shop for the latest and Silver Legacy and enjoy steak and seafood at Sterling’s Seafood greatest. But don’t spend too much time out of the arena. “It’s Steakhouse. the most prestigious jackpot, and I’ve watched it since I was a

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Speed Williams and Rich Skelton, among many other accolades, are the only team to win the Bob feist invitational three times. Two other headers, Charles Pogue and Clay Tryan, have won it three times, but no other heeler has won it more than twice. Williams and Skelton’s first win, in 1998, came after their first world title. The second win, in 2001 came on Rich Skelton’s 35th birthday. The last, however, came with Williams fighting through some serious food poisoning. The two men each took time to reflect on their successes at the world’s richest one-day roping.

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1998 SPEED WIllIAMS

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a lot of people from back east never rope in the long boxes and long scores and never learn to use the horse or have the horsepower to compete there. everything you have to have to win back east doesn’t necessarily translate out west. It is a whole other world, and that’s why the guys from out west struggle in the short scores, because they never have to be three and, in the east, you have to be three all the time. for me, I always headed for my dad at the house. he rode colts and you weren’t supposed to miss. you learned to run close, catch and turn cows for him, because if you didn’t, you got sent over to push cows. It taught me how to catch. the BfI is about using your horse and having a horse that can run, cow and score. that’s where the guys from back east struggled, because that’s not how they win everyday back then.

1998 RICH SKElTON

Back then, the steers were big. If I recall right, that year they were all big and pretty much they were all black and they sure did run. I think we were 12 on the first one that year. we came back and drew some good ones and made some good runs, but the steers were a handful back then. It’s the same roping as it’s always been, but basically you have to have a head horse out there that can really run and [speed williams’ horse] Bob was good at that. I always thought, if we could get off to a good start in that first round, place and get a little money, I had a good head horse and if we drew decent we just had to make good runs.

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I was really sick that year. I tried to draw out on rich, I had been puking for about two or three hours. My wife and I got food poisoning that night. I had the fever and the sweats and I tried to get him somebody else. I told rich whoever he got to replace me could ride Bob, I just wanted to lay in the truck and die. he said, “I don’t want to rope with anybody else, I want you.” I puked all day long. we placed in the short round that year, when the gates banged I thought I’d seen enough and I welded it out of there because all I wanted to do was go lay down. that one, to me, it was a fond memory because I give all the credit to that horse. all I did was set up there and I tried to score and then he’d run me to the cow and I’d rope and then I would just go out the back of the arena. I tell you what, that was a rough day.

2001 SPEED WIllIAMS

I rode Bob for all three of my BfI wins. I won all my u.s. finals titles on Bob. the George strait I won on three different horses. that horse could run so fast. I still pay the consequences for riding him: going to the chiropractor and getting my back worked on. when he left the back of the box, it was like you were on a rocket. you can’t overcome that speed when you get to those jackpots. he would buck, though. on those cold mornings, like at the BfI, my alarm clock would go off at 4 a.m. and I’d have to go get him saddled to get the buck out of him. he never bucked in competition and I always made sure he was warmed up. he was an outlaw and didn’t like people. now, he’s retired in the pasture.

2002 SPEED WIllIAMS

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2001 RICH SKElTON

roany, he could really run, too. one thing about it there, if you got out too quick on the heeling side, you could push those steers into the left wall. But if you have a horse that could run, with that long start, you could ease up around them and it sure helped. he’s retired, turned out down at my father-in-law’s ranch.

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It was such a cool feeling anytime we won that roping. when I was a little kid, I got the , and you’d have to wait a month to see all the pictures of the guys you’d heard about at the BfI. they’d have pictures of leo Camarillo, denny watkins and Mike Beers that we never got to see back then. It’s the oldest, most prestigious roping there is. It’s exciting to come out and rope against the best teams in the world.


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SITUATION

graves: I was just thinking I needed to do what I’ve been doing all day. as many times as we’ve done this and been in this kind of situation, nerves don’t really come into play. we had to be 8-something, and Clay roped him to be 7, so I just had to do my job and catch.

STEER

graves: the steer really ran a little, but he ran straight. Clay roped him and held him up a little bit, and I’m picking my horse up here getting ready to make the corner.

SITUATION

Tryan: we were high callback, and I think we needed to be 8-something to win it. I just wanted to make sure I didn’t break out, and that I caught and finished good so I didn’t make my partner slip a leg. nerves really aren’t a factor here, I really just look at this as another steer. I’ve won the BfI three times now, and it’s rare to get that many opportunities to win a roping like this, so I just didn’t want to waste that chance.

BODy POSITION

Tryan: My left hand is holding dew up to soften the corner, but I really don’t have to do much. dew is a great horse, and that’s what separates him and makes him so great. I’ve watched videos of myself on him, and my feet hustle him and kick a little to drive him forward, but I’m mainly keeping my feet down underneath my shoulders and riding correctly. But really, all of that has to be done before I ever make a run, I’m just reacting at this point.

HORSE

HORSE

graves: I’m riding superstar in the photo. I’ve won everything on that horse. the BfI, the wildfire three times, everything major I’ve won on him. he’s real honest, he can run, which is handy to have there, and he never takes my throw away.

Tryan: I’m riding dew in this picture. he was 13 then. he really works good everywhere. I mean, I think he’s the best horse in the world, so it’s an advantage to ride one that good in this tough set up. he runs hard, he scores great.

BODy POSITION

graves: My left hand is holding my horse up so he doesn’t cut the corner, and the tip of my rope is pointed at the steer’s back. that way, I’m already timing my steer, and when I turn the corner my swing is level and the angle of my rope is right to throw. I’m hustling him and using my legs to ride him down the arena and get him to the right spot.

STEER

THE WIN

graves: It was a huge dream to win. as a kid, I always watched the BfI tapes. It was just really a fun roping and a lot of fun to win.

Tryan: this was probably the best steer we had all day, even though we didn’t really know what he was going to do before hand. we had time to work with, and this steer just ran straight down the arena with his head up and handled great, too.

THE WIN

Tryan: It’s a huge honor to win the BfI, and a really big accomplishment for my career. there are a few major ropings that really mean a lot, and the BfI is one. It’s like the Masters in golf. when I was growing up, it was the big roping that started it all. everything else came after the BfI as far as prestige.

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Brad Culpepper’s horse Preacher doesn’t win many awards. You see, most “Horse of the _____” prizes are sponsored by a breed association—and in rodeo it’s usually not the American Paint Horse Association. His fl ashy palomino Paint does, however, turn heads. Whether it’s simply his color or the way he works, people take notice. In fact, last year, the organizers at the Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping Classic noticed enough to award the tobiano top heel horse of the BFI. “Paint horses don’t get much recognition at all,” Culpepper. “So it was pretty special to get some recognition. It was also special because my dad had been gone for two years. He’d have gotten a kick out of it and bragged and told everybody about it. That’s what made it special for me.” It was a friend of Culpepper’s father, in fact, whose head was fi rst turned by the horse. He was a 4-year-old stud standing in a pasture with a few cows. “He looked like a Welsh pony, big head, big neck, no butt,” Culpepper said. “My dad and his buddy bought the horse for $400 apiece—just for something to do. My dad brought him home and I broke him and I started riding him. We were going to make something for the grandkids. Somewhere along the way, the other guy sold his share out to my dad. I kept riding him and riding him and he just kept getting better and better.” Culpepper’s rodeo routine was to compete nationally one year, then the next year compete locally. In 2006, Speed Williams and taylor stoeKleIn Photo riding Preacher in Vegas one time. I’d like to see him out he planned to rope together at the George Strait Team Roping there.’ Then when I did in 2009, he was still alive. He didn’t Classic in March when Culpepper’s top horse went down to go to the Finals, but he watched on TV every night.” injury. He called Williams and told him if he wanted a new In the ensuing years, Allen Bach, Travis Graves and Cesar partner, he’d understand. Williams said he wanted Brad, so he de la Cruz have all mounted out on Preacher and say he’s loaded up Preacher and drove to San Antonio. real easy to ride. “I hadn’t really ever done anything on him before, and I “He’s small, athletic and coordinated,” Culpepper said. won it,” Culpepper said. “He’s never in your way. You can make him do what you From that point on, largely due to the influence of want him to do. He’s quiet and he scores very good. He’s his father, Donnie, he stayed out on the rodeo road one of the best horses in the box you can have. He’s up and qualified for the Wrangler NFR in 2009 and 2011, under himself, never strung out, and all-around a good exclusively aboard Preacher. horse. I know he’s not the best horse in the world, but he’s “We named him Preacher because we bought him from good and there aren’t a Baptist preacher,” many good ones out there. Culpepper said. “Then “Just when I think he’s not the best, I go get Just when I think he’s not when I took him on the the best, I go get on some road and started winning on some of these guys’ horses at a rodeo I of these guys’ horses at a money on him, my dad have to mount out on and I find out I like rodeo I have to mount out said I ought to change his on and I fi nd out I like my name to Evangelist. Dad my horse better.” -Brad Culpepper horse better.” said, ‘I’d like to see you

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Riley Minor’s Top BFI Head Horse Riley Minor’s professional roping career is yet young. Nevertheless, he shares a unique and distinguished honor with one of the most accomplished roper/horsemen of all time: J.D. Yates. These two are the only men whose horses have been honored twice with the Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping Classic Top Horse. In 2005, J.D. Yates’ Buster won the award for top head horse. Then, in 2010, his horse, A, ridden by his cousin Jay Wadhams, won top heel horse. Riley Minor, on the other hand, fi rst won the top head horse award in 2008 with his buckskin Cadillac. Then last year, his horse taylor stoeKleIn Photo Ketchup, was honored again. Then, Minor’s rodeo horse, Dollar, fell with him at San Ask anyone, with a long score and hardAntonio, breaking his leg. He was sidelined until June. running cattle, a head horse is the most crucial piece of the “I had people exercising my horses,” Minor said. “But I’d BFI puzzle. hardly ridden Ketchup. Then at the BFI, the horse gave me a “I feel like I never get outrun on him,” Minor said. “At the chance and he competed. That horse, I didn’t know he could BFI it’s a long score. You let them out and have to go run run that hard. At the BFI, I wasn’t 100% and I couldn’t ride them down.” as good then as I can now. I could just let them out and he’d Last year Ketchup carried him to a second-place fi nish. go run them down. The cattle at the BFI are really big and What’s even more remarkable was that Minor hadn’t ridden run really hard. You don’t want to over haze them. If they the horse over a dozen times prior to the BFI. “I had a little brown horse that I had bought and ridden for just go in to him a little bit, it’s better. It seems like he just lets you go rope. He doesn’t do anything fancy, but he stays a little bit there, but wasn’t getting along with him,” Minor out of your way.” said. “Tanner Bryson, he buys and sells a lot of horses, so Minor’s second-place fi nish was the most money he’d I ended up trading that brown horse and some money for won roping in a single day. Ketchup. We did the And, he found out he had whole deal over the phone. a horse that can handle I never rode old Ketchup the jackpots and longbefore we did the deal. I score rodeos. Since then, got him and went to a he’s placed on Ketchup at jackpot in San Angelo the Wildfi re, and when his and I had a chance, but I didn’t win anything. The next roping I went to was the Mike top horse got injured at this year’s San Antonio Rodeo, both Cervi Jr. Memorial, and I won second with Monty Joe Petska he and Erich Rogers used the horse—even in the short score. Still young, 10 years old, Ketchup has a promising future as and fi fth or sixth with Brady Minor. I won $12,000 on him a long-score horse and back-up for Minor’s rodeo string. And, three days after I got him. I’d only run a couple practice he’ll be backing him into the box again this year at the BFI. steers on him.”

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Allen BAch

“When I first started roping, we roped big, fast, rank cattle and when you roped them, you had to slow them

down and handle them around there. It was 35-foot scores and 650-pound steers with big horns and big wide legs. It was so fun.”

“At the BFI, you’re going against the conditions and the cattle more than you are the other ropers.” “When you’re younger, there are certain moments that are defining in your career. If you haven’t accomplished something that is—in your mind—great, you doubt yourself. That’s what the BFI did for me. It was the only big roping at the time. By winning it, in 1979, it helped define me. You could even say that that money had something to do with me going on and winning the world and the average six months later.”

“I’ve roped there with my In the previous 35 years, only three men have attended every Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping classic:

son, Joel. One of

Allen Bach, Mike Beers and Denny Watkins. What’s more remarkable is that each year they’ve entered, they’ve

my goals is in a

been competitive. There isn’t another sport where that is so. even in golf’s Masters, in which past champions

year or two to be

are always welcome to play, Arnold Palmer doesn’t have a chance to don the green jacket. These three men,

able to rope with

however, are as serious a threat win to the buckle now as they were in 1977. Along with the highlights from

my youngest son,

the roping’s history, our three champions comment on what the roping means to them and the sport.

Tyler at the BFI.”

Photos courtesy of the Ropers sports news

allen Bach wins the BfI with Brian Burrows in Chowchilla.

1977

the BfI moves to denton, texas, for one year, where Bret Beach and Clay o’Brien Cooper win by roping six steers in 70.86 seconds on a 35-foot scoreline.

tee woolman and leo Camarillo win the BfI in its last year in Chowchilla.

1979

1980

ron darnell and Matt silveira win the first-ever BfI on a 35-foot score in Chowchilla, Calif., by roping six steers in 74.88 seconds.

1981

1982

1983

1984

dee Pickett and Mike Beers win the BfI in 56.78 seconds. the last time the event was held outdoors.

1987

no BfI held. denny watkins wins the BfI with david Motes, roping on a 25-foot score at las Vegas. It was the first and only year the BfI was held there.

speed williams and rich skelton win the first of their three BfI titles as a team.

the BfI moves to the outdoor arena in reno, nev., with an 18-foot score where Mark arnold and rickey Green win.

1988 Jake Barnes and Clay o’Brien Cooper win the first BfI held at the indoor arena in reno with a 45.70 on six head.

1991

walt woodard finally wins his first BfI, roping with Clay tryan.

1998

2004

2008

turtle Powell and Monty Joe Petska set the fastest time on six head: 43.75.

Charles Pogue wins his first of three BfIs.

Clay tryan wins his third BfI title, tying speed williams, Charles Pogue and rich skelton for most BfI titles.

2012

Bob feist sells the BfI to ullman-Peterson events. Coleman Proctor and Jake long set the fastest time on one steer: 4.46.

MIke BeeRs

“When I won the BFI, at the time, it was the biggest roping in the country and the most prestigious roping in the country. At the time, it was $20,000, and in 1987 that seemed like $100,000. That was the most that had ever been won at a team roping. It was like winning the lottery for a team roper.”

“It’s a cowboy’s roping and that’s what’s so fun about it.”

“To me, it’s the greatest one-day roping of all time. People come to the BFI to watch the best ropers in the world.” “All the other jackpot ropings, anybody can enter. But at the BFI, it’s the Bob Feist You had to be recognized as one of the better teams in the country to be able to come to it.”

“That arena in Reno where they have the BFI holds like 5,000 people and it’s packed. Where else do you go to a team roping that has paid spectators?”

how many competitors can you think of in any other sport who have been to a sporting event for 36 years in a row? The three of us, Allen, Denny and I, still rope pretty good.”

come back and draw our next three. chowchilla had a 35-foot score and the arena was 800 feet long. It was a fun roping. I think we won a round and we were just tickled to death with that.”

As long as I can scrape up $2,500, I’m going to go every year. And I still think I’m competitive.”

DennY WATkIns

“When I won the BFI, it was one of the happiest times in my life. My

wife and I just had our first child that year, a month prior I had won the Oakdale 10-steer and after the roping was over I was waiting in the casino to go have dinner with my dad and some other friends. At that time I believe the roping paid $10,400, which was the most it had ever paid. It was a real exciting time for my little family at that particular moment.”

“I wish we could have that 35-foot score again. That was a roping contest.” “It’s a game of patience. You’ve got to rope aggressive, but you’ve got to be smart. I’ve always looked at the BFI as a five-header to get to a oneheader. You just got to get close.”

“We still want to win; once a competitor always a competitor. I go there to win, those competitive juices never go away. I love to go do battle against those guys. I respect them and their ability. We still rope good enough. If it’s our day, we can win that roping.”

“The BFI is the greatest roping in the world and I commend Bob Feist for sticking to it and gutting it out. I think he revolutionized the whole team roping jackpot industry.”

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What makes the Bob feist invitational Team Roping Classic one of the best ropings in the country? taylor stoeKleIn Photo

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Corky ullman, denny watkins, Bob feist, Mike Beers, allen Bach and daren Peterson celebrate at the 2012 Bob feist Invitational team roping Classic.

ANTHONy gONzAlES smart, consistent roping is what wins it!!!

JENNIFER zOlIS TRUBy round and round it goes, where it lands nobody knows....

gRANT KEllER “excellence sells itself.” DANIEl AylWARD the conditions of course set it apart, but being hosted in “the biggest little city in the world” is what really makes it unique!

EATHAN SHElTON THOMPSON watching good horses, JAMES NAylOR It’s the big one, with the big names, and the long score!!! Better be horseback and come cattle and the ropers are great. ridin!!!! gAlEN HAll Great ropers, wicked good horses, speed, control, patience, horsemanship, being able to handle cat- DENNIS DORR you have the best ropers in the world that tle, it takes it all plus a little luck, and it’s great to watch. come together to battle it out on six steers. you have some of the best head and heel horses. when you put that all DAN HUgHES for the fans, it’s the chance to see some together with the conditions it is one of the best ropings of the best ropers in the world. action-packed and never there is. boring. for the ropers, great chance as a circuit or local DEBBIE FURgESON lEWIS Money. Money. and roper to get in on some big money, a well as the top pro More Money!!! guys. everyone has a chance at the big bucks, and the prestige of winning one of the best roping events in the RICKIE THACKER separates the men from the boys world! where pride, glory and skill all meet up at the same arena to take a shot at the long score and the running cattle. NANO URIAS $$$$$$ DUKE KEgEl Because it is about horsemanship and discipline not how fast you can throw your rope.

NICK TEIxEIRA separates the head horses and the horsemanship.

SUSy CRITES It is the most requested dVd at my house. with a house full of team ropers they will watch it time and time again, every time commenting on each run. how can they watch the same thing again and again?! there is so much that we get get from this roping!!!

DERECK BROWN Because the guest list is full of names people know and names people need to watch for. MIKE HAglUND on this playground you have to earn It to deserVe It!!!!