The Team Roping Journal

LUCKY BUCKY LIVES UP TO HIS NAME

Just when we thought reigning World Champion Team Roper Junior Nogueira's horse herd couldn’t get any better, he buys Lucky Bucky from nine-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo heeler Cesar de la Cruz and steps up his already dominant game. Nogueira and his partner in the 2021 gold buckles, Kaleb Driggers, have a commanding lead in the 2022 world championship race. And this little buckskin horse and a whole lot of horsepower has everything to do with it.

“I should have owned Lucky Bucky a long time ago, but God’s timing is always meant to be,” Junior said. “I’m

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