Calgary Stampede Daily News Briefing – Friday, July 14th, 2017
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Chuckwagon and Agriculture Competition Results:
Rodeo:
Full rodeo results here.
Chuckwagon Racing:
Details on night four of the GMC Rangeland Derby can be found here.
Agriculture Results
Daily agriculture results can be found here.
What’s happening today:
Music:
Coca-Cola Stage
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
9 p.m.
Nashville North
Foxx Worthee,
8 p.m – 9 p.m.
Chris Buck Band,
10 p.m – 11 p.m.
Tanya Ryan,
12 a.m., 1 a.m.
Scotiabank Saddledome
Alabama
7 p.m.
Hits of the Day
Strongman Demonstrations, Crowd Challenges & Kids Strength Challenge: The Strength Edge puts on an exhibition of common strongman lifts and challenges. Experienced competitors will be available to explain, demonstrate and challenge spectators in some of the common disciplines of the sport of Strongman. Bring your kids down before 3 p.m. each day to participate in a strength challenge run by experienced coach and former Alberta’s Strongest Woman competitor Sarah Weigand and Crossfit Most’s Jenn Swagar. Community Park South, 11 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Character Meet & Greet: Meet the stars of your child’s favorite shows up-close and personal at the BMO Centre Courtyard. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Donatella & Leonardo: 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Shimmer & Shine: 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sharing Our Culture: Watch different styles of dancers perform with live drumming. Indian Village, 6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Daily Agriculture Exhibits Highlight
Heavy Horse Pull Competition (Light Weights) – The Heavy Horse Pull is an exciting, action-packed event featuring true workhorses. The Calgary Stampede Heavy Horse Pull is Canada’s premier pulling competition, with teams arriving from across North America to vie for top honours. The teams will pull more than five times their body weight a distance of 14 feet.
7 p.m. – Agrium Western Event Centre
Ranch Rodeo – A traditional type of rodeo in which teams of cowboys and cowgirls, from different ranches, compete against each other in events based on the tasks commonly performed on a ranch every day.
11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Agrium Western Event Centre
INTERNATIONAL AG + AGRI-FOOD COMMITTEE
Our “Where in the World do you Farm?” campaign is meant to invite international guests with an interest in agriculture & agri-food to our IAC booth in the Agrium Western Event Centre to meet with us.
2017 marks Canada’s 150th birthday! To celebrate this occasion IAC has created the IAC Canada 150 Reflections Project. We are asking industry leaders who offer a wealth of experience and insights across a broad range of industries to share their thoughts and perspectives on what has been the biggest advancement in the agriculture/agri-food industry. You can find some of these reflections in the 2017 Profile magazine. The full 150 can be found by following us on Twitter @stampedeIAC, and Facebook: Calgary Stampede International Agriculture & Agri-Food committee
11:00 a.m. – 6 p.m. – Country Trail, daily
For more detail, contact agmedia@calgarystampede.com
Also happening today
Heritage Cabin, Agrium Western Event Centre, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Stampede Talent Search Semi-Finals, Boyce Theatre, 6:30 p.m.
Heavy Horse Pull, Agrium Western Event Centre – Arena, 7 p.m.
Interesting Stories
Veteran Stampede competitor takes Non-Pro and Open-Bride in Working Horse Classic: Whether it’s that ingrained cowgirl humility or she genuinely doesn’t remember, Suzon Schaal can’t tell you how many Calgary Stampede Champion belt buckles she’s won.
Whatever that number may be, it grew by two Thursday afternoon as the veteran Stampede competitor took the Non Pro and Open Bridle classes in the Working Cow Horse Classic held at the Agrium Western Event Centre.
Mare awarded Canadian National Supreme Halter Champion title for the fourth time at 2017 Calgary Stampede: When you’ve got it, you’ve got it – and First Knight Striders Black Satin, owned by Holly Whyte and Bill Clark of Tomahawk, Alta. has it in spades as the six-year-old mare was awarded the Canadian National Supreme Halter Champion title for the fourth time at the Calgary Stampede on Thursday afternoon. What does Whyte attribute the winning streak to?
Alberta’s Zeke Thurston riding high with third Calgary Stampede Championship in his sights: Alberta’s Zeke Thurston already has two Calgary Stampede championships, and could be in the running for three after notching a go-round win Thursday in Round 7 action. The Big Valley Saddle Bronc rider actually earned money in two rounds in one day, as he started the afternoon with a reride to complete Round 6. His 84 score there gave him a share of third place and $3000. Then he came back on his Round 7 horse, Super Sox, with an 86 mark. That was good enough for first and another $5500.
GMC Rangeland Derby – Kurt Bensmiller unseats Chanse Vigen in the aggregate: Kurt Bensmiller has been on the hunt for days, and on night seven of the GMC Rangeland Derby he managed to unseat Chanse Vigen for top spot in the aggregate. Bensmiller has won the two World Professional Chuckwagon Association events leading up to the Calgary Stampede, and leads the WPCA tour in in points.
Attendance Results:
Thursday, July 13, 2017: 116,080
Same day 2016: 109,644
Cumulative attendance for 2017: 838,721
See more at calgarystampede.com