Team Canada at PBR Global Cup

and posted on April 29, 2019

Going 3-for-18, Team Canada finished sixth at the 2019 WinStar World Casino and Resort PBR Global Cup, presented by Monster Energy in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Earning a collective 258 points, the team returned to Canada with $39,500. The Canuck contingent added two scores to their total on Sunday afternoon, with Jordan Hansen (Okotoks, …

Empty Saddles: William Allen “Bill” Smith

and posted on April 26, 2019

Proudly from Cabri, Sask., Bill had many friends in the Western music and cowboy poetry world and shared the stage many times with some of the greats. Bill was fun to visit and an aficionado of horses, poetry and motorcycles, and to honour his last wishes, his ashes will be carried back home to Cabri …

And They’re Off!

and posted on April 22, 2019

The thrilling sport of Thoroughbred and Standardbred horse racing has returned close to Alberta’s capital city in Nisku, and starting in April, racing fans can once again enjoy a full race card. Situated by Edmonton International Airport, the Century Mile Racetrack is the only one-mile Thoroughbred track in Western Canada. Up to 800 Thoroughbred racehorses …

Courage Canada Trail Ride

and posted on April 15, 2019

For 16 years, hundreds of people and their horses have gathered together the last Saturday in May to raise funds for brain injury survivors and their families. This year the date is May 25, and the Courage Canada Trail Ride is once again held at the home of Curtis Anderson, arguably bull riding’s most well-known …