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GREEN SCORES BIG Garrett Green riding Wild Hogg’s 5 Smiling Bob to score 90 pts. Green won it all with 173.5 pts on two head at the Chad Besplug Invitational in Claresholm, Alta.
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LEVI SIMPSON
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C.P.R.A.
2018 Canadian Professional Rodeo Association Schedule APRIL
Welcome Back Well the 2018 rodeo season is on its way with the completion of Regina Agribition back in November and, more recently, two bull ridings — the Feb 17 Rebel Energy Services Xtreme Bulls event in Red Deer and the Chad Besplug Invitational in Claresholm Feb 24. Congratulations to Zane Lambert (Red Deer champion) and Garrett Green (Claresholm winner for the second year running). And I’m happy to say that plans for CFR45 are moving ahead. A Canadian Finals Rodeo committee has been set up and plans are underway for what will be an outstanding show. Former Six-Pack ticket holders (to be renamed ‘All-In’ ticket holders) will have an opportunity to purchase tickets in April. General on-sale will occur in late May. Ticket prices will range from $35–$72 (plus ticket fees) per performance. Six performances of professional rodeo action are planned from Oct 30 – Nov 4. In addition to the seating available in Westerner Park’s Enmax Centrium, the CFR will be simulcast into the Parkland Pavilion which is connected to the Centrium. Fans can also enjoy an on-site trade show in the Prairie Pavilion, a non-sanctioned Rising Stars youth matinee rodeo and a number of off-site Red Deer events. While the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel has been named the official hotel of the Canadian Finals Rodeo, there are upwards of 3,000 hotel rooms in the Red Deer and adjacent (30 km radius of the city) region. The Sheraton will also be the site of the Night of Champions gala, the official kick-off for contestants and sponsors. If your organization has an interest in partnering with the CPRA in a sponsorship capacity, please contact us. Thank you to all who attended the AGM in late March. The future of Canadian rodeo looks to be an exciting one with room for growth and new directions. I’d like to welcome Jeff Robson, who has returned to the CPRA in an official capacity, as the organization’s General Manager. Jeff brings a wealth of business and rodeo experience to the role and we’re happy to have him aboard. Hope to see you soon at one of our spring events.
Medicine Hat, AB.................................. Apr 6–8 Olds, AB *................................................. Apr 13 Tofield, AB *............................................ Apr 14 Camrose, AB........................................... Apr 27–29 Coleman, AB........................................... Apr 27–29
MAY Drayton Valley, AB............................... May 4–6 Stavely, AB.............................................. May 10–12 Falkland, BC............................................ May 19–21 Grande Prairie, AB................................ May 30–Jun 3 Leduc, AB................................................. May 31–Jun 3
JUNE Wildwood, AB *..................................... Jun 2–3 Hand Hills, AB........................................ Jun 2–3 Rocky Mountain House, AB............. Jun 7–10 Brooks, AB.............................................. Jun 8–9 Lea Park, AB........................................... Jun 8–10 Innisfail, AB............................................. Jun 15–17 Okotoks, AB * (team roping)............ Jun 16 Wainwright, AB ProTour................... Jun 21–24 High River, AB........................................ Jun 22–24 Sundre, AB.............................................. Jun 22–24 Ponoka, AB ProTour........................... Jun 26–Jul 2 Airdrie, AB............................................... Jun 27–Jul 1 Williams Lake, BC ProTour.............. Jun 28–Jul 1 * – Special Event ProTour – Tour Rodeo Dates are subject to change. Please visit rodeocanada.com for up-to-date information, up-to-the-minute rodeo results and draws.
— Terry Cooke, President, CPRA
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Pro Rodeo Canada Insider
The Short Round
By CPRA & TERRI MASON
LOGAN BIRD SOARING I am happy to report that 2017 Canadian Tie-down Roping Champion Logan Bird of Nanton, Alta., has advanced to the semi-finals at Rodeo Houston. Bird came awfully close to dying early in December in a single-vehicle accident that saw him ejected from the car and then his vehicle roll over him, breaking his jaw in three places, breaking four ribs and puncturing a lung. —T.M.
STERLING SIDELINED
ROBSON BACK
Saddle bronc rider Sterling Crawley, a four-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, will likely be sidelined for six weeks while recovering from a broken right clavicle. Crawley suffered the injury following his 84-point ride on Calgary Stampede’s Young Karma in the second round of the semifinals at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. “They put a plate and four screws in my collarbone,” said Crawley, 26. “They are thinking with the plate and the screws the collarbone will be stronger than just letting it come back on its own. I’m back at the house (in Weatherford, Texas) with ice on my collarbone and starting to recover.” Crawley qualified for the WNFR in 2012–13, 2016–17. A year ago, he finished a career-best sixth in the world standings with $215,530. Crawley finished 14th in the 2017 CPRA standings but has never attended enough rodeos to qualify for the CFR. —T.M.
The Canadian Professional Rodeo Association is pleased to announce that Jeff Robson is returning to the organization as General Manager. Robson, a businessman and former Canadian Finals Rodeo team roping qualifier, was instrumental in negotiating the recent Canadian Finals Rodeo contract. “Jeff is the right guy for the job,” asserts CPRA president Terry Cooke. “Rodeo is unique. Jeff knows the language and brings a skilled perspective to the position. He did a good job in the past for the Association. We’re glad to have him back.” Robson is already actively working in his new role. “Rodeo has been a huge part of my life. I’m happy to be part of the CPRA staff as we move forward. I hope to provide clarity for the Board and work on a number of initiatives — from both a CFR and general CPRA standpoint.” —CPRA
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THE SHORT ROUND
C5 Rodeo’s amazing grey, Virgil, carrying Kaycee Feild to a 90.75-pt score, the win and a chunk of the million bucks
the Canadian colours very well as he placed in both the long go and short go, finishing third overall, for $5,907. Luke Creasy won the long round to collect $3,868 and continue enjoying his best-ever early season results to remain solidly in the world standings. Unfortunately, Creasy incurred separated ribs and will be out for a few weeks. Michael Solberg finished up 8th in the average to take home $387. Steer wrestler Harley Cole placed in one round and the short go, finishing up fifth in the average for a sizable $3,781 payoff; Curtis Cassidy collected $1,661 by placing in the second round of the tie-down roping. Barrel racer Kirsty White caught a 7th place average cheque of $1,072 while bronc rider Jake Watson ($514) and team roper Clay Ullery ($118) also cashed cheques at Tucson.
SOUTH OF THE MEDICINE LINE ARLINGTON The world’s richest one-day rodeo, RFDTV’s non-sanctioned The American, presented by DISH paid out $2 million to the best rodeo athletes in PRCA, PBR and WPRA, and those who earned their spot as a qualifier, making the American dream come true for three athletes who advanced out of the semi-finals to split the milliondollar purse. Seven Canadians qualified for Sunday’s Final, including bronc riders Clay Elliott, Zeke Thurston and Layton Green; steer wrestlers Tanner Milan and Scott Guenthner; bareback rider Orin Larsen and barrel racer Carman Pozzobon. 54
Larsen, Guenthner and Elliott advanced to the Showdown Round of Four in each event where Larsen was the big winner — finishing second for $25,000. Neither Elliott nor Guenthner were able to cash in on Sunday. In the bareback riding, C5 Rodeo’s much-celebrated Virgil did it again! The great gray carried four-time world champion, Kaycee Feild, to 90.75 for the win and a share of the million-dollar side pot as a qualifier.
TUCSON At Tucson, Ariz., 93rd annual La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, (also known as Tucson Rodeo) bareback rider Clint Laye carried
The state of Texas certainly hosted some happy Canadians in February! At the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, 2016 World Champion Saddle Bronc rider, Zeke Thurston, led the Canadian charge to the pay window. His 3/4 split overall netted the Big Valley, Alta., cowboy $13,983. In the steer wrestling, Curtis Cassidy — holder of 12 Canadian championships — split fourth overall for a lucrative $9,616 payoff while in the bareback riding event, three-time NFR qualifier, Orin Larsen, topped the Canadian bareback riders with $6,354. Other Canadians to cash in at the rich Texas stop included bareback riders Clint Laye ($4,831) and Luke Creasy ($2,378); steer wrestlers Scott Guenthner ($3,270) and Tanner Milan ($595); saddle bronc rider Sam Kelts ($2,378); barrel racer Carman Pozzobon ($2,378) and tie-down roper Kyle Lucas ($1,784). The San Antonio Finals saw two Calgary Stampede horses in the spotlight. In the saddle bronc riding, 2015 World Champion Jacobs Crawley put together an 87-point ride on Tokyo Bubbles enroute to the overall championship and $25,767. In the bareback event, Mason Clements topped the Finals with a spectacular 90-point ride on 2012 Canadian saddle bronc, Special Delivery. —CPRA
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CELEBRATING FALKLAND! A CENTURY OF RODEO By TERRI MASON
IS CELEBRATING ITS MUCHANTICIPATED CENTENNIAL RODEO THIS YEAR.
For those who haven’t been yet, Falkland is a small community (pop. 800) located on scenic Hwy # 97 between Vernon and Kamloops in the north Okanagan Valley of B.C. What began as a picnic celebrating the end of the Great War in 1919 has morphed into a full-on, communityengaged professional rodeo on Canada’s most revered weekend — the May Long. The event is the biggest fundraiser of the year in the small community, and it has grown to include three full days of parades, marching bands, no end of horses, the professional rodeo, a heavy horse pull and thousands and thousands of people from all over the world buzzing through the gates to the open air and covered grandstands. Approximately 150 volunteers help put on the stampede, and with this being the 100th, they are gearing up for big crowds. There are three afternoon rodeo performances and the main stock contractor is award-winning Northcott-Macza. The rodeo also features novice events and steer riding. A crowd favourite is the kids calf scramble (a fun way to burn off some energy!) and of course, the beauty and precision of the drill team. Falkland is also pulling out all the stops to attract an appreciative audience with one of the most amazing half-time shows around,
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The One-Armed Bandit & Co. If you like dogs, horses, mules, bison, mustangs, dogs and Longhorn/Watusi cross steers, not to mention a talented cowboy, then you’ve got to see this show. John Payne is a one-armed cowboy who has performed overseas and at the biggest and most prestigious rodeos in the world. To say he can ride herd on darn near anything, and put them anywhere he wants is an understatement and has to be seen to be appreciated. How good is The One-Armed Bandit? Well, John Payne has single-handedly won the prestigious title of Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association “Specialty Act of the Year” 12 times. With first-come, first-served camping right across the street, the three-day rodeo and community celebration has also become Canadian Cowboy Country April/May 2018
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Historic Rodeos Here are some more of the oldest professional rodeos in the Canadian West. Mark your calendar and plan the mother-of-all road trips! 61st Stavely Pro Rodeo May 10–12, Stavely, Alta. 100th Falkland Stampede May 19–21, Falkland, B.C. falklandstampede.ca 50th Leduc Black Gold Pro Rodeo May 31–Jun 3, Leduc, Alta. 102nd Hand Hills Stampede Jun 2–3, Hand Hills, Alta. 623rd Lea Park Pro Rodeo Jun 8–10, Marwayne, Alta. 58th Innisfail Pro Rodeo Jun 15–17, Daines Rodeo Ranch, Innisfail, Alta., innisfailprorodeo.com 65th Wainwright Pro Rodeo Jun 21–24, Wainwright, Alta.
OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: Cole Scott of Kamloops, B.C OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM: 1939 Falkland Stampede poster
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TOP: The legendary cowboy, Kenny McLean, (left) considered by many to be the greatest Canadian rodeo cowboy of all time, behind the chutes at Falkland Stampede
a traditional meeting ground for annual reunions of friends and families. Oh, plus there are two dances! This is the year to head for the Okanagan and join this little mountain town in celebrating 100 years of dedicated volunteers, loads of community spirit and an event well worth travelling to. Congratulations, Falkland — a century of rodeo is an amazing feat. c
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BOTTOM: 1939 Falkland Stampede poster
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Pro Rodeo Canada Insider Back-to-Back Wins for Green Chad Besplug Invitational Courtesy CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL RODEO ASSOCIATION
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he Chad Besplug Invitational has been known throughout its five-year history as a great place to kick-start your season. In fact, through its first four years, the winner of the event has gone on qualify for the CFR — Dakota Buttar in 2014, Devon Mezei in 2015, Brock Radford in 2016 and Garrett Green in 2017.
Zane Lambert riding Outlaw Buckers Red Pheasant for 88.5 points
Bull Riding Season Openers Lambert Wins Red Deer Courtesy CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL RODEO ASSOCIATION
The result was a solid tworide performance that enabled the Manitoba native to collect 172.5 points for the win and a tidy $3,756 payday at the Rebel Energy Services Xtreme Bulls event that kicked off the 2018 CPRA calendar season. “I had a young Lindsay Carlier (X-6 Ranch) bull called Midnight Rain and he hadn’t been ridden yet,” the 2013 PBR Canada Champion recounted. “I was happy to still be there at eight seconds.” In the short go, Lambert was part of a three-way split with Garrett Green and Jared 58
Garrett Green at Chad Besplug Invitational
Parsonage — all three with 88.5 rides. Then, the two-time CFR qualifier matched up with Outlaw Buckers’ Red Pheasant for his finals bull. “I just cocked my hammer and was able to get him rode.” The win, coupled with his second place finish at Regina’s Agribition Rodeo in November, provides a nice boost for Lambert who intends to make the CFR a major priority this year. The central Alberta resident is looking forward to having the event in Red Deer. “It’s so close to home for me,” Lambert enthused. “I love Red Deer and I’m really happy the CFR is staying in Alberta. The City and the Westerner really wanted it and I think they’ll do a great job putting it on.”
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fter a winter break from bull riding to allow him time to heal up, Zane Lambert, the Ponoka, Alta., sensation was ready to get back at it.
Green, the Meeting Creek, Alta., bull rider, is hoping that statistic holds up in 2018 as he won a head-to-head confrontation with Radford at the Claresholm venue on Saturday night. “It’s pretty cool to be 90 points in the short round last
year and then to do the same thing this year,” Green smiled after his winning ride. This time around the 90-score came on the back of the Wild Hogs bull, Smiling Bob, and combined with his long-go score of 83.5, gave the 26-year-old 173.5 on two for a $3,712 payday and a beautiful custom-painted electric guitar. “Winning this event twice in a row means everything to me,” Green admitted. “Chad (and Alpha bull) do an amazing job putting on this bull riding and the crowd here is totally into it. It’s so much fun riding here.”
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Kolby Wanchuk on C5 Rodeo’s AB1X Biff, one of two C5 horses that helped the young cowboy earn fourth place in the average at Agribition Pro Rodeo held in Regina in late November. Agribition Pro Rodeo is considered the first rodeo of the 2018 season.
ROAD TO THE CFR
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IX METAL PLATES, 27 SCREWS AND LOTS OF GOLD MESH. A CARPENTER’S SHOPPING LIST? NOPE. MAYBE THE CONTENTS OF A TOOL BOX? UH-UH. WHAT SURGEONS USED TO PATCH KOLBY WANCHUK’S FRACTURED SKULL? BINGO!
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Wanchuk was injured last July while competing at the Moose Mountain Pro Rodeo in Kennedy, Sask. “That horse has been around a while, and she’s a bit of a rough one some days,” begins the 2016 Canadian Novice Saddle
Bronc champion in describing his draw that day, Pelican Brief. “But she was really nice this time.” “I finished the ride and went to get off on the pickup man and got caught in a bad spot. As I came down, the horse turned and kicked me in the side of the head and fractured my skull — took a pretty big chunk out of it.” From there, it was a trip to a hospital in nearby Kipling where doctors, as Wanchuk explains, ‘sewed his head up’. Then it was another ride to Regina where he underwent surgery. Less than two months later, the Sherwood Park, Alta., cowboy was back in the rodeo arena competing at the Winston Bruce Memorial Match Bronc Riding. “I wasn’t nervous at all; it was just good to nod my head again,” offers Wanchuk. “I got by my first one, but it wasn’t great. My second one had a few moves and got me down, but I was just happy to be back.” “I was craving it since I got hurt. When I was going to Winston’s (Bronc Riding), the doctors said I was good to go. I haven’t been back since, so it’s healed up nice.” With that day in Kennedy now a distant memory and Wanchuk embarking on his first pro rodeo campaign, his goals remain as they always have. “I want to get to the CFR and NFR and hopefully win Rookie of the Year titles,” confirms Wanchuk, who qualified for six amateur and semi-pro finals in 2016 while capturing All-Around and saddle bronc championships in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. By the end of February, he was inside the top five of the world rookie saddle bronc standings and led the Pro Rodeo Canada rookie standings. “It’s been good. Nothing has bothered me since getting back,” says Wanchuk. “I’ve landed a couple of times on my head, and it’s been ok.” “I can still feel the plates and screws, so I know they haven’t fallen out. The original plan was to leave them in there unless they start bothering me.” And Wanchuk is confident his expected heavy travel schedule throughout North America on the rodeo trail won’t be affected. “Yeah, I’ve been through airport security, and I guess there’s not enough in there yet to set off the detectors.” c Canadian Cowboy Country April/May 2018
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