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The NFR takes place on 10 consecutive days. At the end of the NFR, there are two barrel racing champions: the World Champion, who completed the year by earning the most money during the season and the finals combined; and the Average champion, who won the NFR by having the best aggregate time. It is possible the two champions may be the same ...
This article lists all of the major champions from each of the events held yearly at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR), National Finals Steer Roping (NFSR), and National Finals Breakaway Roping (NFBR). Barrel racing and breakaway roping are sanctioned by the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA).
The National Finals Rodeo (NFR), known popularly as the "Super Bowl of rodeo," is a championship event held annually by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA).). Said organization, founded in 1936 as the Cowboys' Turtle Association, then renamed the Rodeo Cowboys Association in 1945, and known as the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association since 1975, established the NFR in order to ...
Lisa Lockhart (born November 11, 1965) is an American professional rodeo cowgirl who specializes in barrel racing. In 2006, 2008, 2012, and 2013, she won the Canadian barrel racing championship at the Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR). In 2014, 2016, and 2023, she won the Average at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). [1]
Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to run a cloverleaf pattern around preset barrels in the fastest time. In collegiate and professional ranks, it is usually a women's event, though both sexes compete at amateur and youth levels.
The next year, 1964, she became the reserve NFR Average champ and the Reserve World Champion, with a career best of $7,042 season earnings. She finished inside the top five of the GRA World Standings five times. The climax of her career was winning the World Barrel Racing Championship in 1965. [3]
Petska won the barrel racing event at Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyoming, twice, in 1972 and in 1973. [6] She also won the NFR Average in 1972. [1] Petska won 13 consecutive go-rounds in the NFR, which is still a record. She still holds the record for the most rounds won at the NFR in the barrel racing event in one year with 7 rounds.
Qualification for the event comes via winning the season title or winning the average title at the regional circuit finals rodeos in bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing, breakaway roping or bull riding. To qualify, a competitor must compete in one of the 12 PRCA U.S. regional ...