Three weeks after being stripped of its first place ribbon from the Calgary Stampede steer show, a disqualified steer has won first place at the Interior Provincial Exhibition.
Riley Chalack of Carstairs, Alta., won first and second place at the Jackpot Steer Show in Armstrong, B.C., with two steers.
The steer that placed first in Armstrong had also placed first at the Calgary Stampede Steer Classic, but was stripped of its ribbon after a blood test showed signs of the drug Banamine.
“The champion is still the champion,” said the steer’s co-owner, Royden Anderson of Didsbury, Alta.
Anderson and Chalack are appealing the Calgary Stampede’s decision to strip the placing and the $10,000 prize from the pair at an appeal set to start today.
