Individual stories of personal triumph, evolution and horses are hidden in the history books of the longest-running open roping of its kind—the Bob Feist Invitational. From baby-faced, young champs who’ve cashed big checks to legends who’ve won back-to-back titles at the Feist, lives have been changed over the long scores and strong cattle of the BFI.
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Brooks Dahozy breaks down the second round from the Open Title Fights in Wickenburg, Arizona.
Brown and Corkill win the 2019 Broc Cresta Memorial Open roping from second call-back.
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Cody Snow breaks down his and Wesley Thorp's winning run from the 27th Annual Invitational Open Team Roping Jackpot in Odessa, Texas.
Stran Morris and Dustin Searcy win $11,000 in #15.5 at the Wildfire Roping in Hamilton, Texas.
WPRA legends Jackie Crawford and Annette Stahl win $7,380 for roping four steers in 32.13 seconds in Hamilton, Texas' Circle T Arena at the Wildfire Roping.
Clay Smith continues his dominance over the field with 2019 Wildfire Roping's Gunslinger Open title, this time with Junior Nogueira.
Clay Smith and Jake Long continue their hot streak—that includes a win at the National Western Stock Show in Denver and the Texas Circuit Finals in Waco—with a $30,000 win at the Wildfire Open to the World.
As the women gear up for October’s 2018 Cinch Ladies Championships, last year’s winners offer insight on preparing for the roping, getting it done, and what comes after.
According to Oren Mathews, owner of Mathews Land & Cattle, luck doesn’t have anything to do with good cattle, successful ropings, and a top-notch operation run by some of team roping’s most proven ropers.
The Junior NFR is one of the USTRC’s premier programs, partnering with Bret Beach’s Total Team Roping to produce qualifiers across the country.
Despite the loss of her best horse and last year’s broken foot, luke claimed the second spot in the rankings when she won the #11-exclusive and the top two spots in the all-girl at the rocky top super qualifier.
Marcos Bustamante was the highest money earner between the Wiley Hicks Jr. Memorial roping and the ADVO Companies Roping.
Calvin Taylor, 14 , of El Paso, Texas is currently first in the Junior NFR Open Header standings and sixth in the Junior NFR #10 Heeler standings. His sister, Caroline, is coincidentally featured on page 50 as one of the top ladies in the Cinch Ladies Standings.
Stamps’ first year as a card-carrying USTRC member finds her at the top of the ladies’ leader board, as well as in a 50-point tie for third in the Junior NFR #10.
After deciding to get focused and get serious about winning, Swayze took the #1 spot in the Cinch Ladies Standings and is currently in second.
Sterlin English, 15, of Benen, New Mexico, won first and second in the average at the Junior NFR Open qualifier at the Downs’ Classic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this February, giving him an early lead in the Junior NFR points standings for the event’s $100,000-added finals in Las Vegas this December.
Clay Smith has led the PRCA World Standings since the season began in October 2017. He and heeler Paul Eaves have a $10,000 lead on the rest of the pack with $56,537.02 won as of Friday, June 15. Smith and Eaves will start their assault on the regular season in Reno, Nevada, first at the Bob Feist Invitational, then at the Reno Rodeo and on to the Fourth of July run.
The Bob Feist Invitational’s six-head marathon on a long score with fresh cattle is just as much a mental test as it is a physical feat. Clay Tryan, who has won the Bob Feist Invitational three times and amassed $214,111 in earnings there alone, has built up the kind of mental endurance it takes to battle the best in the business in Reno’s Livestock Center the third Monday in June and come out on top, time and time again.
Now tied for second, Outlaw was tied with Jo Ann Merritt for the top spot when she won the WPRA All-Girl at the Patriot in February and took home a cool $10,000.
After Jason Smith’s hall of fame college football career at Baylor University, the St. Louis Rams used their second overall pick to select him in the 2009 NFL Draft. The native Texan played five seasons—2009-2013—as an offensive tackle in the NFL, with the Rams, the New York Jets and the New Orleans Saints. Smith, who turned 32 on April 30, first picked up a rope in 2003, and has been at it ever since. He now lives with his wife, Dacie; 3-year-old son, Jate; and baby girl, Drue, in Fairfield, Texas.
How carbon monoxide poisoning took the life of one of team roping’s bright young cowboys, and why it should never, ever happen again.
Denny Gentry joined RFD-TV's The American's Randy Bernard May 29 to announce a partnership between the World Series of Team Roping and The American.
Game-changer Bobbi Williams helped usher in a new era in team roping in more ways than one.
In the emergency room or the roping arena, Dr. David Fletcher gets it done.
Currently holding the number-13 spot in the Cinch Ladies Standings, Remsburg is motivated to stay topside by locking down her action in the arena.
Colorado’s cowboy doctor partners with the team roping community to bring joy and rodeo to his kid patients.
Oklahoma’s Casey Hicks won the #12 and placed both in the #12 and #13 at the Wiley Hicks Jr. Memorial Roping in Amarillo, Texas, March 17, 2018.
Jeff Busby has known success, but his recent battle with cancer strengthened his relationships with God and his wife in ways he couldn’t imagine.
Whitney DeSalvo, 22, is wrapping up 2017 in the top spot times two, ranking first not only in the USTRC’s Cinch Ladies Standings after raking in a cool $73,300 for the year, but also finishing up as the WPRA World Champion Heeler. Amidst her recent successes, she’s also decided to continue pursuing her bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas at Monticello and has some words of wisdom for making the most of life on the road and what it takes to be number one.
North Carolina’s Jaxson Tucker won the Open and the #15 at the South Georgia Classic in Perry, Georgia.
Wengert, a horseshoer and owner of Wengert Land and Cattle, heeled four steers in 31.80 seconds behind fellow Arizonan and truck driver Brady Alexander to win the #11 Boehringer Ingelheim Finale from third callback with a short-round run of 7.79 to take home $309,000.
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Randy Brooks has never missed a World Series of Team Roping Finale, despite serious injuries.
Smith and Nokes roped four steers in 31.10 seconds to win $290,000 in the World Series of Team Roping's #12 Ariat Finale.
Lewis runs West Texas Equine Clinic in Abilene, Texas.
A 6.12-second short-round run won Daren Sims and Spunk Sasser $238,000 at the 2017 Yeti World Series of Team Roping #13 Finale.
Kaleb Driggers paid it forward to Oregon team roper Brian Rosebrook.
No matter the language, the love of team roping translates across borders and oceans as international team ropers travel stateside to get in on the action, and in return, American ropers travel abroad to discover a little piece of home.
Team roping vacations in Arizona are seemingly impervious to Mother Nature, Father Time and the American economy, so this could easily be the perfect winter to head to the desert and see what all the fuss is about.
Korean War Veteran W.T. Ridings’ love affair with team roping has roots in 1940s Oklahoma.
Rich qualified for RFD-TV's The American at the USTRC's Eastern Regional Finals.
Brothers Philip and Alex Schuman from Hawaii balance team roping and entrepreneurship on Colorado's Front Range.
Nogueira got his second Shoot-Out win of the day.
