The Olds Fair and Rodeo held Aug. 7-9 has been running for 110 years and has grown into one of Canada’s largest summer livestock shows.
Each year, supreme championships are awarded to the top animals from horse, cattle, sheep and goat shows. This is the only Canadian show to feature a single parade of all livestock species at one time.
The supreme beef bull and female from this show go on to compete in a larger arena at the Canadian Western Agribition in Regina in November.
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The results from Olds are as follows:
Supreme champion beef bull was a red Simmental entered by Remington Cattle Co. of Del Bonita and Canterra Cattle Co. of Airdrie, Alta. A Simmental cow from Czech-Mate Livestock of Carstairs, Alta., was supreme beef female.
The supreme draft horse award went to a Clydesdale stallion entered by Gord Campbell from Riverside Clydesdales of Fawcett, Alta.
Supreme champion dairy was awarded to a Holstein cow shown by Don Chalack of Innisfail, Alta.
The supreme champion sheep banners went to a horned Dorset ram from Patric and Rocky Lyster of Fawcett and a Hampshire ewe from Clint Ashbacher of Halkirk, Alta. Ashbacher also won the supreme breeders’ flock award.
The supreme champion goats were split into meat and dairy classes. The supreme Boer goat buck and doe was awarded to Merna Gisler of Innisfail. The supreme dairy doe was a Toggenburg entered by Sharon Lamontagne of Nanaimo, B.C.
The supreme commercial doe was awarded to Roxey Gordon of Strasbourg, Sask., and the top buck was from John Henderson of Spruce View, Alta. Shae and Lori Fries of Edgerton, Alta., had the supreme percentage doe. The supreme Angora doe went to Glynnis Tober of Stony Plain, Alta., and Henderson had the supreme buck.
