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Calgary Herald
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Day 7 of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo: Dawson Hay has 'wild' bronc-busting' day
Dawson Hay rides Enigma in the saddle bronc competition during the Calgary Stampede rodeo on Thursday, July 10, 2025. Photo by Gavin Young / Postmedia It was Dawson Hay day Thursday at the Calgary Stampede. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Calgary Herald ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Calgary Herald ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors A 91.5-point party aboard buckin' bronc Enigma became the top score — of any event — through seven rodeo shows at GMC Stadium. And the Albertan was quick to credit family for the rowdy ride that set him off right in front of home-province fans. 'I don't know if it really sunk in yet — that was pretty wild,' said Hay, a 27-year-old saddle-bronc star from Wildwood. 'I seen this horse earlier this year. My cousin, Ben, got on him, and he kind of had some trouble with him. 'We had a little pep talk before the round (Thursday), and I ended up trying something new … and that seems to be the ticket on that one.' Your weekday lunchtime roundup of curated links, news highlights, analysis and features. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again 'Ben' is cousin Ben Andersen, who's also competing in the Stampede's Pool B saddle bronc event and had an interesting first round himself. First, the bronc rider from Rocky Mountain House, Alta., was fortunate to come away unscathed when his ride, Mistress, went down to the ground right out of the chute and trapped Andersen's leg under him. Then the 25-year-old scored 84 on a re-ride on Betrayed Cankaid, earning a small payout of $1,500 for a share of fifth spot. Not nearly the delightful $7,000 Hay pocketed for first-day cash and not quite what his other cousin, 28-year-old Logan Hay — Dawson's older brother — grabbed after his third-place 88 on Alberta Moon for a fat $4,500 start. But it helps to pocket early-round dollars of any amount with the Stampede's new format of advancing just the four top aggregate money winners — instead of the four forwarded in previous years — after three rounds. 'Everything can change,' said the younger Hay, who might now be bending Andersen's ear in a reversal of advising roles moving into the Friday and Saturday Pool C rounds. 'I mean … you see in that last set when Brody Wells, I think, ended up winning the set after he fell off in the first round. So anything can happen around here.' Especially since it's a packed pool, with so many top-shelf competitors in the mix. Included is reigning Stampede champ Kade Bruno, the Idahoan who was shut out on Day 1 despite a solid 83 ride aboard Frontier Acres. 'Jeepers … you talk about a stacked pool,' Hay said. 'But it seems like there's no easy pools in any tournament-style rodeo or any rodeo at all. It's pretty amazing. There's guys that are 40th place in the (world) standings that are liable to go and beat you at any point. 'So there's really no easy set … that's for sure. It's stacked all the way through every rodeo.'
Calgary Herald
3 days ago
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
Day 6 at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo: Saddle-bronc finale setting up to be a 'salty' one
Article content Saddle up and hold on tight, Calgary. Article content The bronc bustin' is shaping up to be a who's-who for the $50,000 champion's cheque at 'The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth'. Article content Article content A few champions from past Calgary Stampedes have already punched their tickets to the big saddle-bronc dance on Showdown Sunday. Article content And the promise of a few more earning spots to the finale is still in the chutes. Article content Article content 'It should be good bronc ridin' Sunday,' promised Alberta cowboy Zeke Thurston, with three more days on tap — and three more showdown berths on the line — in the high-profile rough-stock event. Article content Article content 'The cream always rises to the top in our event,' continued Thurston, of Big Valley, Alta. 'It don't matter if you're here or at the National Finals Rodeo. Like Championship Sunday here is going to look like a round at the NFR. It's going to be the best-of-the-best guys. That's kind of how these deals work. Article content 'It'll be salty bronc ridin'.' Thurston himself is a three-time Stampede king, having won a trio of consecutive titles from 2015-17. Article content He's through to this year's final day after coming out of Pool B action Wednesday with the top money from 10 cowboys through three rounds. His 86 points aboard Turf Wars on Day 3 of the pool gave him $4,500 from the round for a $14,416 total. Article content Article content He got that by scoring high all three days, including a 90.5 on Monday's first day of the pool and an 88.5 during Tuesday's second round. Article content 'I've actually had a really good year,' said Thurston, who is joined in advancing from Pool B to Showdown Sunday by New Mexico's Zachary Dallas ($12,000) and Australia's Damian Brennan ($9,000). Dallas, with an 87.5 aboard Bright Lights, and Wyoming's Brody Wells, with a round-best 88 on Painted Heart, were the only busters better than Thurston on Wednesday. Article content 'Kind of a slow winter, but here in the last just about two weeks — since about the 26th of June — I've won just about $55,000,' continued Thurston. 'I think in the last 10 days or two weeks, I've just about doubled my yearly earnings there, so it's been pretty good. I think I'm the second-highest money winner over Cowboy Christmas for rough stock.'
Calgary Herald
3 days ago
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
RODEO NOTES, Day 6: Barrel racer Carlee Otero 'ready to be a champion' at Calgary Stampede
Article content After his 87.5-point ride on Dancing Queen, the Idaho cowboy was firmly in control of a spot for Showdown Sunday. That effort stuck for second place, and the payday of $5,500 pushed him into the top aggregate money hole for the pool — at $14,000. Article content Cooke was joined by Montana's Sam Petersen — with $13,500 — and Utah's Dean Thompson — with $11,500 in advancing to the championship day. Article content TIE-DOWN ROPING Article content Ty Harris was tops again in tie-down roping. Article content His 7.2-second time in the event Wednesday won him the $7,000 first-place prize for a second time in three days of Pool B competition. Article content So the Texas cowboy moves on with brother, Joel — a one-two punch with $16,000 and $13,500 in the aggregate totals — to Showdown Sunday. Article content Joining them is Riley Webb after his runner-up day in Wednesday's go-round. The fellow Texan went 7.4s to grab $5,500 for a $13,250 three-day total. Article content Article content It began with Will Lummus, Rowdy Parrot and Cash Robb as the three-day steer-wrestling leaders and ended with Lummus, Parrot and Robb advancing onto Showdown Sunday. The only shift was Lummus' win Wednesday — with a 3.6-second run — moved him ahead of Parrot for the top aggregate total of the pool. Article content Enough to win the day-money and send her onward to Showdown Sunday in breakaway roping. Article content Good, from Abilene, Texas, roped her calf in a lightning-quick 2.4 seconds — the best time of Pool B — to cash $7,000 and pad her Stampede bank to $14,000. Article content Only fellow Texan Hali Williams made more — $16,500 — to join Good and New Mexico's Maddy Deerman — with $10,250 — in earning berths in the championship day. Deerman held on to that third slot despite registering a no time in Wednesday's go-round. Article content Article content Jesse Petri might be howling at the moon after Wednesday's ride aboard Wolf Bait. Article content A celebration was certainly in order for the Texan, as he rode the mighty bull to an 85.0 score for second place and a spot in Showdown Sunday. Article content The only cowboy to put on a better performance on Day 3 of Pool B was Florida's Clayton Sellars, with 88.5 points on Red Rust. Article content But Sellars fell shy of advancing to the championship day, due to better three-day money totals by Saskatchewan's Grady Young and Texans Petri and Trey Benton III. Young pocketed $14,400, Benton put away $11,400, and Petri grabbed $10,325 in rodeo's most celebrated event. Article content Bull-rider Young, in his first Stampede following in the footsteps of dad Blade, joins saddle-bronc veteran Zeke Thurston as the only two Canadians coming out of Pool B competition to make Showdown Sunday … Trygg Madsen is the 2025 Calgary Stampede novice saddle bronc champ. The Utah cowpoke totalled 208.5 points in the three days of the junior event to give him the title Wednesday. He secured it with a Day 3 64.5-point ride aboard Zealous Departure for third place … Day 7 of the Stampede rodeo goes Thursday — with the first day of Pool C action — at GMC Stadium (1:30 p.m., Sportsnet West/Sportsnet One).
Calgary Herald
4 days ago
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
Petersen claims $7,000 prize in Pool B bareback action at the Calgary Stampede
Sam Petersen was excited when he saw that he drew Twin Cherry as his ride at the Calgary Stampede rodeo on Tuesday. Article content 'Honestly, pretty scared at the same time,' said Petersen when he found out he was going up against the celebrated Calgary Stampede bucking horse. 'I mean, that's one of the rankest horses in the world and one of the most eliminating horses in this world. Article content Article content Article content 'I was ready to get out of that bucking chute and get it over with for dang sure. I'm just so blessed and so happy it worked out the way it did.' Article content Article content The bareback rider from Helena, Mont., was definitely up for the challenge as he earned a score of 89 points from the judges. Article content 'I just knew today it was going to be a pivotal moment in my career and I had to go at that horse with everything I had,' he said. 'I knew if I did my job correctly, I had a very good chance to win.' Article content And that's exactly what happened leading to a payday of $7,000 for Petersen to give him a total of $10,250 in earnings through two days of Pool B action. That puts him just $250 behind Utah cowboy Dean Thompson, who scored 88 points atop I'm All Ears to earn Tuesday's second-best payout of $5,500. Article content Only the top three money earners though three days of action will earn their spots in Showdown Sunday to get a chance at the top prize of $50,000. Article content Article content 'One more (ride),' said Petersen, who will head out after Wednesday's performance to take part in rodeos south of the border in Sheridan and Casper, Wyo. 'Take care of that tomorrow, and hopefully I'll be back here next Sunday.' Article content Although he finished in a tie for fifth place on Tuesday, Idaho's Cooper Cooke is still sitting in third place in the standings ($8,500) by virtue of winning Monday's go-round. Article content Competing at the Greatest Outdoor Show On Earth for the third straight year, Petersen earned his first go-round win in Calgary. Article content 'So far, I haven't had much success,' he said. 'It just didn't seem like I drew the right horses at the right times. And this year, it seems like I finally have a little bit of change.' Article content Which resulted in him enjoying his first victory lap around the infield in front of the fans packed into GMC Stadium. Article content 'I love victory laps more than anything,' he said. 'This is my first time doing it in Calgary, so it's definitely my favourite one. The atmosphere is so electric. All these people, it's pretty amazing.'
Calgary Herald
5 days ago
- Climate
- Calgary Herald
Texans compete with heavy hearts at Calgary Stampede after devastating flood back home
Article content A serious flood over the Fourth of July weekend in Texas is weighing heavily on the hearts of rodeo competitors from the Lone Star State. Article content Especially those currently participating at the Calgary Stampede. Article content The flooding has been especially tough for the Harris brothers, Ty and Joel, who hail from San Angelo and are competing in the tie-down roping event at this year's 'Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth'. Article content Article content San Angelo is one of several areas in Central Texas that have been severely impacted by the floods. Article content Article content 'It's very, very difficult. My wife and I were watching the flooding all day yesterday, and it just affects you emotionally,' Joel Harris said on Monday. Article content 'You realize that rodeo isn't the most important thing. Coming out here and competing really puts things into perspective — people in Texas are going through a really hard time. Article content 'We have friends whose homes have flooded, and I know that many lives have been lost. I'm thankful my family has been safe through it all, and we are praying for those truly affected by the flood.' Article content The top four spots in the tie-down roping event on Monday were all claimed by Texans: Ty Harris took top honours, followed by Cash Hooper in second, Riley Webb in third, and Joel Harris rounding out the top four. Article content Ty Harris was able to briefly put the flooding out of his mind as he raced to 6.7-second clocking, earning $7,000 on the first afternoon of Pool B competition. Article content Article content 'I think about my roping three, four, maybe five minutes before I rope — then I rope, and it's off my mind,' said the 27-year-old cowboy. Article content 'I was thinking about the flooding as I was coming up here today, but I think we're pretty used to having to block things out. It's always something — not always as catastrophic as this, not people losing their lives — but always something we deal with mentally.' Article content The severe flooding in Texas has tragically left more than 100 people dead. Article content Article content Ty plans to donate 10 per cent of his winnings to families affected by the disaster. Article content 'You feel helpless being here while everyone's back there. You're just calling family, grateful to hear they're safe,' he added. Article content According to police in San Angelo, more than 12,000 houses, barns, and other structures have been affected in the city of approximately 100,000 people.
