Cedarlane Ouray Warrior is making quite a name for himself.
The two-year-old Clydesdale stallion capped off the six-month show season with a grand champion win at Canadian Western Agribition.
His owner, Reg Madsen of Hamiota, Man., agrees the horse has a long career ahead, if he chooses to continue.
“That’s going to be probably determined next spring, after breeding,” Madsen said. “It depends on how hard he is on himself.”
He bought Warrior as a foal from an Ontario breeder. He had purchased a half-brother that has also shown well and sired a colt and a filly before he was gelded.
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Madsen has been showing horses for about 50 years and attended Agribition many times. He said the quality this year was better than in past shows and the classes were well attended.
Draft horse entries were up 37 percent this year. The number of draft horse exhibitors increased 53 percent to more than 50.
For Warrior, the competition was the culmination of shows across Manitoba, the World Clyde championships in Madison, Wisconsin, a competition in Lansing, Michigan, and the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.
At the world championships, he was named junior champion and reserve grand champion.
“The horse that beat us came from the U.K.,” Madsen said. “We beat all the Canadian horses so that made ours the best Canadian-bred stallion.”
In Michigan, the stallion was reserve grand champion and at the Royal, he placed first in his class.
“He’s just a well bred Clydesdale stallion,” Madsen said. “He’s big for his age. He’s got good conformation and is well marked.”
The markings include one on his leg that resembles an arrowhead, which resulted in his name.
Madsen also exhibited the grand champion gelding, Tex.
Calico Farms of Huxley, Alta., showed the grand champion mare, Calico Sensational Diva.
In the Belgian shows, Duhaimes Belgians and Percherons of Paynton, Sask., exhibited the grand champion stallion, Kresbie’s Nait.
The grand champion mare was Flatlands Hanna, from Flatlands Belgians at Kronau, Sask.
Creek Side Belgians and Tom Lane of Birtle, Man., showed the grand champion gelding or grade mare, Bar RB Baxter.
The grand champion Percheron stallion was Valinvilla Simon, from Calico Farms.
Elkview Percherons, and Gordon and Joseph Ross, from Elkhorn, Man., showed the grand champion mare, Elkview Kayla.
The grand champion gelding was Jet, shown by Lone Oak Percherons of Birtle, Man. Lone Oak also won the championships in the four- and six-horse hitch classes and the draft team.
Rhys Spencer of Qu’Appelle, Sask., who won the world title in the youth-driven team class at the Clydesdale championships in Wisconsin, also won his class at Agribition.
