Waxing ecstatic about this battle in the saddle, Pete Branch invokes the lingo of the sweet science. You know, the squared circle. “It’s two really good horses, and as I told somebody the other day, they kind of remind me of two heavyweight or middleweight boxers just standing in the ring, trading punches,” says Branch, …
While we were at the Canadian Supreme over the weekend, the Calgary Stampede crowned their newest Queen and Princesses over the weekend! Congratulations to these beautiful and talented four women: Amber Big Plume – 2013 Stampede Indian Princess Big Plume’s family has been participating in Indian Village for the past 36 years. Big Plume fully embraces …
Few Canadian cutters, if any, have carved out a throne like the one occupied by Dr. Denton Moffat. Still, says Moffat, winning one of these seats would be a real treat. There’s a special incentive to this year’s Calgary Stampede Cutting Horse Futurity, presented by Wrangler — and that’s the final seven Centennial Trophy Saddles …
It starts with an eight-second ride, but it can eventually turn into a full ride. The Calgary Stampede held its 15th annual Invitational 4-H Rodeo, sponsored by Westcan Bulk Transport, Bayer CropScience, and Lammle’s Western Wear and Tack, on Saturday and Sunday at Olds College in Olds, Alta. For some of the approximately 100 participants, …
The kids may be champing at the bit, so to speak. But organizers of the Calgary Stampede’s Invitational 4-H Rodeo make sure to combine enthusiasm with education. The Stampede’s 15th annual Invitational 4-H Rodeo, sponsored by Westcan Bulk Transport, Bayer CropScience and Lammle’s Western Wear and Tack, will set up shop at Olds College, in …
The Calgary Stampede awards the coveted Elite Western Rider Award to this award winning Lacombe, Alberta cowboy: It is the Western equine equivalent of multitasking, and Brad Pedersen seems to have it down to a science. For the second time, the Lacombe, Alta.-based cutting and cow horse trainer has emerged from the Calgary Stampede clutching …
Pedersen punches through for long awaited working cow crown.
The Calgary Stampede\’s 2012 GMC Rangeland Derby Champion is Troy Dorchester. The final four chuckwagon drivers dueled for the prestigious title and lucrative payday that comes with winning the Calgary Stampede GMC Rangeland Derby. Jason Glass, Doug Irvine, Gary Gorst and Troy Dorchester earned their way into Sunday’s final heat by virtue of their performances in …
The Calgary Stampede releases a team of heavy hitters who have stepped up to the plate… and, to no one’s surprise, they swatted it out of the park. The heavyweight division final of the Calgary Stampede’s Heavy Horse Pull, which traditionally closes out The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, shaped up as a doozy Sunday …
The Calgary Stampede says there’s something special about horses at the Stampede . . . \’especially when it’s a once-in-a-lifetime show like the Stampede’s Centennial.\’ This year, during the Stampede’s 100th birthday bash, the Stampede’s Western Performance Horse committee made some very special presentations through the 10-day spectacle. Winners in the three Western Performance Horse …
