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Agribition action – photo essay
Rodeo action provided thrills, chills and spills at The Canadian Western Agribition in Regina last week. | John Greig photos You can find all our Agribition 2024 coverage here.
Agribition 2024: Sask. cowboy makes waves in bullfighting and ranch rodeo
For Cassidy Cairns, Canadian Western Agribition provided him with many opportunities. Cairns is 21 and was born and raised near Maryfield, Sask. Now he lives in Oxbow, Sask., and works on a ranch. When he’s not working, though, he’s pursuing two of his passions: bullfighting and ranch rodeo. While these two things may seem chaotic […] Read more
Rodeo photographer has many stories to share
Alberta man found another way to revel in the excitement of the rodeo ring by trading in the back of a bull for a camera
CAMROSE, Alta. — Rodeo is not only dangerous for the riders. Sometimes the arena gets rough for the photographers. A horse and rider fell on Ken Marcinkoski while he was changing film in the player’s box of a Didsbury, Alta., rodeo. He needed stitches in the butt after a horse raced past and kicked as […] Read more
Canadian cowboys excel on major rodeo stage
Riders make a splash at National Finals Rodeo, particularly in the saddle bronc category, where six finished in the top 15
Canada sent one of its largest contingents in recent memory to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas and featured the top 20 professionals in 11 categories. Canadian riders especially excelled in the saddle bronc category with six Albertans finishing in the top 15. It was saddle bronc rider Kole Ashbacher’s first time to the […] Read more
High School Rodeo Finals – photo essay
The Manitoba High School Rodeo Association hosted the 2021-22 high school finals in Souris, Man., June 10-12, along with the final junior high rodeo, in which 85 contestants competed for top honours. The winners will move on to the Canadian High School Finals in Swift Current, Sask., Aug. 4-6. Sandy black photos
The Manitoba High School Rodeo Association hosted the 2021-22 high school finals in Souris, Man., June 10-12, along with the final junior high rodeo, in which 85 contestants competed for top honours. The winners will move on to the Canadian High School Finals in Swift Current, Sask., Aug. 4-6. | Sandy Black photos
Rodeos slowly return after catastrophic pandemic year
Most rodeos in 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But in the spring of 2021, the Calgary Stampede said it would be doing as much as it could to bring the rodeo back after losing $26.5 million in 2020 due to its cancellation. This comes as vaccinations continue across the Prairies. Smaller rodeos […] Read more
High school rodeo
Photo essay | The first Alberta High School Rodeo Association junior event of the 2020-21 season was held in Nanton, Alta., earlier this month. | Mike Sturk photos
The first Alberta High School Rodeo Association junior event of the 2020-21 season was held in Nanton, Alta., earlier this month. | Mike Sturk photos
Cowboys compete
The Steele Scouts assemble on a hill, above, for the start of the 2017 Old Time Ranch Rodeo held Aug. 20 at the Bar U Ranch National Historic Site south of Longview, Alta. The event included cowboys from Alberta ranches competing in wild cow milking, team sorting, team doctoring and branding competitions. | Mike Sturk […] Read more
Stampede horse posts ‘phenomenal’ score
Stampede Warrior | Many horses from the Calgary Stampede stable spend winter on the American rodeo circuit
She was bred to buck, and buck she does — and breaks records while doing it. Stampede Warrior, a horse in the Calgary Stampede rodeo stock stable, set a new arena record for saddle bronc March 15 at Rodeo Houston. Cody DeMoss of Louisiana scored 94 aboard the mare, who is the daughter of famed […] Read more
