Highlights from the road

RodeoHouston - Heading to the Finals - Plus the Wild Card: The Canadians

Here's a quick update on the Canadians competing at RodeoHouston, courtesy of Billie-Jean Duff. Note: RodeoHouston has waved the Mark-Out Rule Sam ...

PBR - Parsonage Takes Lethbridge!

Parsonage Wins Bridge City Chrysler/LA Towing PBR Challenge As the lone rider to go a perfect 3-for-3, Parsonage catapults to No. ...

2018 WNFR - Round 10 - The Canadians

What Happened With the Canadians Tonight: Wasn't that a party? All told, the Canadians are bringing home well over a half-million ...

2018 WNFR - Round 9 - The Canadians

What Happened With the Canadians tonight: BB: Orin Larsen placed for the third time in three nights. He was 86.5 ...

2018 WNFR - Round 8 - The Canadians

What Happened With The Canadians Tonight: Six Canadians, Six Cheques - has it ever happened before??? OHHH, Canada!!! It was Canadian Night, an ...

Indian Relay Director Wins Big

and posted on May 21, 2019

At the glittering Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, a short documentary called Fast Horse, a behind-the-scenes look at Cody Big Tobacco and the Old Sun Blackfoot Indian Relay Racing team from Siksika, earned Edmonton-raised filmmaker Alexandra Lazarowich the Short Film Special Jury Award for Directing. Lazarowich, who is Cree herself, couldn’t hold back …

Empty Saddles: Vernon “Bud” Butterfield

and posted on May 17, 2019

Bud Butterfield only rodeoed for eight years, but in that time, he earned the record for the most Canadian championships in steer wrestling (6), and he also won steer decorating and steer wrestling at the Calgary Stampede in 1956, 1959, 1962 and 1963, a record that still stands. Bud was featured on the 2017 Ponoka …

Eighth Annual Second Chance Trail Ride

and posted on May 13, 2019

How would you like to swing onto your good horse at Lindberg, Alta., ride down the old Iron Horse Trail with a bunch of other like-minded folk, stop halfway and enjoy a barbeque lunch, mount up again and ride to Elk Point where you will enjoy a scrumptious supper, bid wildly on silent auction items …

Charlie Russell Rides Again

and posted on May 7, 2019

A century after its last show, the imagery of 20 of the 24 paintings and the eight bronzes of Charlie Russell, the most famous cowboy artist in the world, will once again be displayed at the Calgary Stampede, the show that introduced the artist to Canada. How this all came about is the stuff of …