Clint Summers' Mr Joes Shadow Bar and Coleby Payne's Cut Off My Spots are the 2025 Nutrena Head and Heel Horses of the Year, presented by AQHA.

This is Mr Joes Shadow Bar's second award and Cut Off My Spots first.

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Kaleb Driggers and Jade Corkill won The CoJo—worth $72,000, Bill Fick Fords and Bloomer Trailers on Saturday, October 11, 2025—capping off Driggers' biggest year ever and Corkill's comeback.

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In December 2025, Lightning Aguilera will back in the box for his second NFR, three years after his first qualification.

The Florida transplant finished the regular season No. 15 in the PRCA world standings with $114,735.75 won on the year after battling it out near the bubble the last month of the season. On this episode of The Score, Aguilera talks about his 2025 season, returning to the Thomas & Mack and how he's preparing for his second NFR.

• Lightning Aguilera: From South Florida to San Antonio
• Lightning Aguilera’s Jess A Moose is 2022’s Head Horse of the Year
• Within Reach: Aguilera’s Team Roping Roots and Aspirations

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• The Short Score: 2025 Riata Championships
• Finally: The Score's Head Horse of the Year Episode
• The $465K Added Solo Select Stallion Incentive Futurity
• Who Deserves the 2025 AQHA/PRCA Heel Horse of the Year Award?
• Ride Registered: Stressman and Canida of AQHA Talk Team Roping and Registered Horses on The Score