Lockhart gets first Wrangler NFR round victory on new horse with Friday triumph
By NEAL REID for WPRA
LAS VEGAS – Lisa Lockhart closed her eyes and breathed a big sigh of relief after walking up the Thomas & Mack Center arena tunnel on Friday night.
The 12-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier had just won the second round of the $10 million rodeo with a 13.65-second run on her 8-year-old buckskin mare Rosas Cantina CC “Rosa,†which she worked into her rotation on a major scale this season. Lockhart and her longtime mount, 15-year-old Louie, have two Wrangler NFR average titles (2014, 2016) and a dozen go-round victories together, but this year’s Finals maybe Rosa’s time to shine.
