GUTHRIE, Okla., April 1 – Glenn Bailey from Howell, Texas, and Wyatt Platt from Denison received the 8.5 Roping at Wrangler BFI Week, offered by Yeti, by six full seconds to return to Texas with the largest roping paychecks of their lives. The occasion, anchored by the 49 th Annual Bob Feist Invitational, ran March 26 via April 1 and paid ropers a report $6 million in money and prizes. Bailey and Platt had bested 525 groups on three steers to develop into the final to rope their fourth. But the massive cash performed havoc on minds within the quick spherical, so the 11 groups earlier than all of them had no-times or single-leg penalties. The 16 th callback was nonetheless successful the roping (and wound up second for $88,000).
“Anytime I try to safety up, I mess up,” stated Bailey, who makes it a behavior of not watching the staff in entrance of him. “I knew we just had to be 14 seconds to win, but I went after that steer just like I did the first steer.”
Bailey and Platt capitalized with a run of 8.26 – but it surely nearly wasn’t to be when Platt’s first try at a dally didn’t take.
“A lot of times, the way she stops, I don’t get a second chance for a wrap, but today she let me have a second chance,” Platt stated of his mare, Miracle Moon, that he raised and employed Rhett Nelson to coach. “I wasn’t turning loose of that rope. Didn’t matter if my hand was in it or my thumb was in it – I wasn’t turning loose.”
They acquired the flag, and the win paid them $130,000 plus Cactus saddles, Gist buckles, and Justin boots. They had additionally positioned within the fifth rotation.
“They had the barrier set up really good – if you saw the steer move an eyelash, you were clean,” stated Bailey. “It was great. They also had some great cattle. We got lucky and drew two that let us be 6 and 7.”
In addition, Bailey and Platt received the 7.5 Incentive for one more $4,500-a-man with their three-head whole of 23.3 seconds. Bailey and Pratt left Guthrie with $71,000 per man, respectively.
“This is kind of like [the World Series of Team Roping Finale in] Vegas, but right here in the backyard,” stated Platt, 59. “It doesn’t cost nearly as much, but you can still win a lot of money. My wife and I have been here since Saturday. We watched the BFI and just hung out.”
They raised three sons and personal Platt Welding and Construction, which started with fencing and barns however advanced into the structural metal contracted to construct 20,000-square-foot properties.
“He doesn’t miss very often,” Platt stated of Bailey. “Nine out of 10 times, he’ll turn you four
steers at any roping. And he rides good horses.”
Bailey had purchased his bay horse, Bully, off the web for a thousand bucks as a 3-year-old that was not halter-broke, and did all of the work himself. The horse is 12 now, and Bailey purchased his full brother, too.
“I love that horse on fast cows – he can make up time if I miss the start or a steer splits the gates,” he stated.
The grandfather of 15, nearly to show 72 years outdated, stated he hadn’t received a examine for a few months and was getting pissed off.
“We have a local Wednesday night jackpot, and they’ve been kicking my teeth in for weeks now,” Bailey stated. “Finally, it clicked, and it clicked at the right time.”
The subsequent morning, Bailey stated he was nonetheless “walking about six inches off the ground.” He retired 9 years in the past from creating software program at Texas Instruments, the place he led groups working in Japan, Germany, Taiwan, and China – he referred to as Shanghai his second residence as a result of he spent a lot time there.
Bailey was lowered to a 3.5 classification as a header after he turned 70, however that is no odd retiree. To keep in form for roping and since he says it’s enjoyable, he runs. Bailey has competed within the Great Wall of China marathon twice and the Pikes Peak Marathon about 10 occasions. Just for the report, that’s over 26 miles. But he’s additionally performed 100K races of greater than 60 miles every – and the final one was simply two years in the past.
He discovered to rope again within the Nineteen Eighties when somebody at Texas Instruments posted a discover on the bulletin board that he was giving roping classes for 50 bucks. In newer years, Bailey went to a Speed Williams college and took classes a number of occasions from Kevin Stewart.
“I love BFI Week because I see people I met years and years ago – guys I remember roping with in my 20s,” he stated.
Press launch supplied by jm@outwestmedia.web
About Ullman Peterson Events
Since 2012, Phoenix-based Ullman Peterson Events has owned and produced the Bob Feist Invitational, held every spring in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Annually, the richest competitors for professional ropers, it anchors six subsequent days of extra high-stakes novice ropings which might be among the many most profitable on the planet. In addition to Wrangler BFI Week, the agency produces the Double Down week of ropings in Fallon, Nevada, every July, and the five-day Cody Johnson Championship Event in Belton, Texas, every October.
Complete Results of 8.5 Roping
First Rotation: 1. 6.75 seconds, Chad A Scott and Tyler Wyrick, $4,000; 2. 6.91, Jack Foster and Jack Moore, $3,000; 3.7.44, Jeff Danker and Steve Harrison, $2,500, 4. 7.48, Chad A Scott and Tyler Wyrick, $2,000; Second Rotation: 1. 7.02 seconds, Joe Bob Nunez and Kade Elkins, $4,000; 2. 7.24, Darren Ridley and Randy Koehn, $3,000; 3. 7.39, Casey Glenn and Cody Cannon, $2,500; 4. 57.52, Casey Glenn and Cody Cannon, $2,000; Third Rotation: 1. 6.31 seconds, Gary Cripps and Gary Cox, $4,000, 2. 6.80, Ricky Parker and Derwood Hopson, $3,000; 3. 7.24, Gabe Volf and John Fowler, $2,500; 4. 7.65, Clint W Gann and Kevin Lucas, $2,000; Fourth Rotation: 1. 7.21 seconds, Bubba Guedry and Chance Hashaw, $4,000; 2. 7.29, Cort Haynes and Brody Mathiews, $3,000; 3. 7.32, Brandon Nelson and Mike Roberts, $2,500; 4 .7.51, Gary Hugle and Tate Durant, $2,000; Fifth Rotation: 1. 6.60 seconds, Mike Bush and Brad Thrash, $4,000; 2. 6.76, Glenn Bailey and Wylie Platt, $3,000; 3. 6.81, Justin Franks and Ken Matheson, $2,500; 4. 7.51, Adam Martinez and Richard Martinez, $2,000. 7.5 Incentive: 1. 23.35 seconds on three, Glenn Bailey and Wylie Platt, $9,000; 2. 28.64, Mike Bush and Jeff Tilley, $7,000; 3. 28.82, Justin Franks and Shawn L Sullivan, $5,000; 4. 29.61, Adam Martinez and Harold Barnes, $4,000; 5.32.07, Cliffton Harrison and Alvin Childress, $3,000. Aggregate: 1. 31.61, Glenn Bailey and Wylie Platt, $130,000; 2. 37.51, Jess Roberts and Jake Clarke, $88,000; 3. 37.69, Casey Glenn and Cody Cannon, $62,000; 4. 38.26, Mike Woolven and Brandon Clifton, $37,000; 5. 38.26, Jeff Danker and Shawn L Sullivan, $37,000; 6. 38.43, Aaron Bogle and Steve Jeter, $24,000; 7. 39.47, Jay Rueter and Jerry Bliss, $18,000; 8. 40.48, Cliffton Harrison and Alvin Childress, $14,000; 9. 40.51, Shannon Matheson and Mike Lemons, $12,000; 10. 40.66, Daniel Goodman and Devon Stutenkemper, $11,000; 11. 40.95, Justin Franks and Ken Matheson, $10,000; 12. 41.51, Dusty Leatherwood and Joaquin Huntington, $9,000; 13. 41.55, Wade Beckham and Paul Murdock, $9,000; 14. 41.62, Fred Diaz and Jeff Sliva, $8,000; 15. 42.41, Cole Storey and Karl Mosshart, $8,000; 16. 43.59, JP Powell and Kelly Tuley, $8,000; 17. 43.90, Kay Stevens and Harold Barnes, $7,000; 18. 44.78, Nick Scott and Lance Belcher, $7,000; 19. 45.18, Shannon Matheson and Ken Matheson, $6,000; 20. 45.57, Austin Hodges and Brent Moffett, $6,000; 21. 45.76, Gabe Volf and Steve Murdock, $5,000; 22. 48.06, Mike Bush and Brad Thrash, $5,000; 23. 48.52, Richard Crow and Bryan Leeper, $5,000; 24. 52.68, John Cogburn and Lynn Dale Toon, $5,000;
25. 25.01, Chad Weaver and Les Brock, $5,000.