Six chuckwagon horses died during this year’s Calgary Stampede. In one incident, the driver who caused the wreck was fined $10,000,

The University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has created a new research chair in Equine Sport Medicine with help from a $250,000 donation from the Calgary Stampede. Research enabled by the new chair will benefit the entire equine industry from show jumpers and racehorses to Western pleasure and rodeo horses and draft horses. Renaud […]

If you are ready for the experience of a lifetime as the Stampede Queen or Princess get your application in now! The 2016 Stampede Queen and Princesses deadline is, Friday, August 28, 2015. The competition for the 2016 Stampede Queen and Princesses begins Thursday, September 8, 2016. “It is an experience like no other and […]

A total of four chuckwagon racing horses died during the 2015 edition of the Rangeland Derby at the Calgary Stampede. The first horse was euthanized after he sustained a broken right hind cannon bone on July 4th, when Layne Bremner’s wagon collided with another. The second death occurred two days later, on July 6th, when […]

On Saturday July 4th, a horse was euthanized following the sixth heat of chuckwagon races. Layne Bremner’s right lead horse, Duke, suffered a broken cannon bone, when two wagons collided on the track. The 10-year-old Thorougbred gelding, a former racehorse, was examined by a veterinarian on the scene and euthanized immediately. Bremner received a $2,500 […]

The Calgary Stampede has reported that during training exercises this morning, two separate incidents occurred. Driver Tim Haroldson was a passenger on a wagon driven by fellow driver Jerry Bremner. The wagon rolled while coming around one of the barrels during morning training. Haroldson was thrown from the wagon and taken by ambulance to hospital for evaluation and treatment. […]

There is something very special about a sport where horse and rider work together as one in a fluid, ever-changing set of circumstances. When there are three of these combinations teamed up, the result is an always-exciting and fast-moving sport called Team Penning. Team cattle penning is a race against the clock where each team […]

In 2009, the Calgary Stampede teamed with Mercuria and the National Cutting Horse Association to take the sport of cutting to a new level. By sweetening the pot in each of the Non-Pro and Open classes by an extra $25,000, the Stampede cutting event became the first show in what has become the Mercuria NCHA […]

Representatives from the federal and provincial governments, the Calgary Stampede and Agrium joined thousands of spectators to celebrate the official opening of the highly anticipated Agrium Western Event Centre in the heart of Stampede Park on June 21st. The Agrium Centre is a one-of-a-kind facility in Canada and a significant infrastructure project in Stampede history. […]

The Calgary Stampede is thrilled to announce that Canadian legend, iconic actor, active philanthropist and passionate horseman William Shatner will lead the 2014 Calgary Stampede Parade as Grand Marshal. In addition, we are proud to have Calgary based speed skaters Gilmore Junio and Denny Morrison as honorary Marshals in recognition of their unique story of […]