Story by Piper Whelan Professional rodeo will return to Olds, Alberta, this fall, and it’s arriving with a cultural twist. The first Oldstoberfest, a celebration combining the tradition of rodeo with Bavarian culture, will be held Sept. 18-20 in Olds. The highlights of this event are a Pro Rodeo Canada-sanctioned rodeo at the Olds Regional …
RELEASE BY PRO RODEO CANADA For the first time, Pro Rodeo Canada bareback riders were in the spotlight this past weekend. While there are a handful of bullriding-only events and the annual Wildwood Bronc Bustin\’ for saddle bronc riders on the yearly schedule, bareback competitors have never before enjoyed a night for themselves until now. …
In the rodeo arena, this pickup man is known as a cowboy’s cowboy. Behind all the glitz of his career, Rempel has an instinctive understanding of livestock, backed by an extreme knack for showmanship. If you can handle the pressure of the rodeo arena, Rempel says the payoff to his job doesn’t necessarily fill his …
You have to be a true cowgirl to do this job. I’m not saying you have to be able to win the rodeo next weekend, have a father that you followed on the rodeo trail for 20 years, or have lived on a ranch all your life. True cowgirls, in my mind at least, only …
Real Life Rodeo Queen Secret #7. Sometimes I\’m afraid of what happens next. What happens when the crown comes off and I’m just, me? I’ve got an education and I have past work experience but will it be the same when I’m done? This is what I’ve been working towards my entire life – so …
The Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame has announced the following inductees for 2015. Dee Butterfield – Contestant An 11-time CFR qualifier and one-time NFR Qualifier, Dee Butterfield is also the 1992 Canadian Barrel Racing Champion. Butterfield has over 40 years of experience as a barrel racing and horsemanship clinician. Greg Cassidy – Contestant …
Big reveal. Western Horse Review writer and The Lovely, Rugged Road blogger, Katy Lucas is working on a piece for our next issue, the core of which is close to her heart – rodeo. It\’s a story that couldn\’t have come at a better time. My social media feed fills up daily with rodeo talk, and …
Real Life Rodeo Queen Secret Number 6: There’s a right way and a wrong way to do “the wave”. Often the subject of jokes and criticism as seen by Corban Livingston’s hilarious interpretation, our wave is a symbol that is uniquely “Rodeo Queen”. Like many aspects of the rodeo queen world our wave is derived …
Life\’s too short for flat hair. I was recently asked by a Western Horse Review fan, “What is the deal with the hair?” She wondered why she’d never seen a queen with straight hair and why on earth do the curls have to be so big? She even joked about the greenhouse gas emissions from …
Surely at one time or another we\’ve all been sweet on the charming young gals flying around the rodeo arena in their spangled outfits and accoutrements – the princesses and queens, all curls and smiles beneath their glitzy cowboy hats. Recently, at one of our fall editorial brainstorming sessions, we wondered what the real life of …
