Canada

Granum Rider Set To Retain Title
[Oct. 16, 2010] Gerry Hansma is the defending champion in the marquee class at the annual Calgary Stampede Cutting Horse Futurity. Gerry Hansma is the defending champion of ...

Horse-lovers protest meat industry
[Oct. 5, 2010] Animal-rights activists blocked the entrance to a slaughterhouse near Montreal Monday in one of several demonstrations against the killing of horses for ...

Superstar bull rider dead at 56
[Oct. 4, 2010] "I watched him when I was 12 years old in BC and riding steers," said two-time Canadian champ Wayde Joyal. "When I came to Alberta, I went to one of his ...

Curtis Cassidy wrestle way to top of rodeo
[Sep. 28, 2010] It's been a year to remember for the Cassidy brothers on professional rodeo's steer wrestling ...

Two men found dead in car outside Quebec rodeo
[Sep. 20, 2010] Police in Quebec are investigating after two men were discovered dead in their car at an outdoor parking lot used for a popular rodeo festival ...

Respected horseman Northcott dies
[Sep. 20, 2010] The rodeo community lost one of its senior stock contractors on Wednesday with the death of Harvey Northcott. The 73-year-old Caroline horseman, ...

B.C. barrel racers run for saddles
[Sep. 10, 2010] For the first time ever the barrel racers of B.C. gathered in Williams Lake for the B.C. Barrel Racing Finals — a three-day extravaganza of riding and racing which culminates in a fantastic awards evening where amazing prizes are given to the top ten finishers in each division.

CPRA Press Release - September 9, 2010 - Long Weekend Rodeos See Shifts in Season Standings
[Sep. 9, 2010] AIRDRIE, AB – The September long weekend was the second to last weekend of rodeo action in the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association's (CPRA) 2010 rodeo schedule before the Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR) in November. With three rodeos going on, one of which being the Wrangler Canadian Professional Rodeo Tour Finals in Armstrong, B.C., contestants showed no sign of taking it easy as they attempt to qualify for the CFR in Edmonton, Alta. By Courtesy of CPRA

CPRA Press Release - September 3, 2010 - Merritt, BC and Okotoks, AB
[Sep. 5, 2010] According to Elaine Grant-Gill, the Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo just wouldn’t be the same without a crisis to overcome... By Courtesy of CPRA

Canadian champ tops bareback event after first round
[Sep. 3, 2010] The reigning Canadian champion bareback rider scratched out an 87-point spur ride on the Calgary Stampede ranch's big black mare Mad Money to pick up top ...

Crunch time for foothills cowboys
[Sep. 1, 2010] A quirk in the 2010 pro rodeo schedule has rodeo events scheduled in a span of five days and some local cowboys need to cash in as much as they can to qualify for the Canadian Finals.

Flundra rides for world title shot
[Aug. 31, 2010] Dustin Flundra of Pincher Creek will be going full bore during the next month of saddle bronc ...

CPRA press release ~ August 30, 2010 ~ Lethbridge Whoop-Up Days
[Aug. 30, 2010] When Justin Berg discovered he’d drawn Kesler Rodeo Co.’s Country Cat for the second time in two weeks, he was through the roof. By Courtesy of CPRA

Bull riders will try to hang on in Ontario
[Aug. 27, 2010] The top 40 bull riders in the world will face off against the fiercest bucking bulls Saturday and Sunday at Citizens Business Bank Arena in the Professional ...