Shali Lord joins the list of ladies running young horses at the National Western and having success. With both performance of Pool Four being on the same day, Lord’s horse Banker stepped up to the plate and performed like a seasoned veteran.
“That is asking a lot of one to run just in a few hours so I just walked him out good and let him be and just kind of left him alone and let him be, catch his air and get a good drink so he was ready to go again,” she said.
Lord came back in Round 2 to be three tenths faster than Round 1 and cinch her spot as the No. 1 cowgirl making it back to the Semifinals from Pool 4.