The Short Score: 2025 NFR Round 1 Winners Lightning Aguilera and Kaden Profili

The first team out of the 2025 NFR took top honors in the team roping withLightning AguileraandKaden Profilistunning the field.

The pair of two-time NFR qualifiers set the pace with a 4.0-second run that stayed No. 1 for the remaining 14 teams. Aguilera and Profili pocketed $36,667.95apiece to bump them to No. 8 and 7 in the world with $161,403.70and $160,203.50, respectively. The round was a first for Aguilera and a second for Profili, and they joinThe Short Scoreto break down their win.

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