Southern Alberta
Medicine Hat Rodeo Photo FMEDICINE HAT by Darci Friesen
Nicknamed the Broncs and Honky Tonks Professional Indoor Rodeo, this Medicine Hat event will bring you closer to action than you ever believed possible. With seating as close as four feet from the fence - the only thing separating you from the bucking broncos and the careening cowboys – it may just smell, sound and feel like you’re in the midst of the mayhem. Taking place on the weekend of April 20th - 22nd , there will be six main events each day: saddle bronc, bareback, team roping, steer wrestling, bull riding and ladies barrel racing. Following the rodeos on both Friday and Saturday evenings will be a fully licensed dance, complete with DJ.
rom Indoor Rodeo to Chuckwagon Racing
Just shy of two months later, you
will find the Stampede Grounds at Cypress Centre filled with folks who are sporting cowboy boots and hats once again, ready to embark on a weekend of Chuckwagon Racing. With world renowned cowboys – the best in the business in fact – this four- day weekend event, June 7th-10th, will see twelve heats of four chuckwagons each, every day. Chuckwagon racing originally derived from the days of covered wagons and cattle drives, and, today, mimics real events that took place during that time. Te chuckwagon was used to prepare and serve the food to the cowboys during their long round-ups. Eventually, to keep things interesting, these wagons would race one other to the next camp and, once there, try their best
Medicine Hat Rodeo Photo
to quickly ready the horses, pack up and throw their cook stove on-board in preparation for the next leg of their journey. In the modern rodeos, you can still witness the process of throwing the stove (barrel) into the chuckwagon at the beginning of each race.
April 3rd will have the
Chuckwagon competitors holding a tarp auction to raise money for the racing weekend. Te tarp is actually the material that you see covering the wagon. Te tarp itself isn’t sold, but instead, the potential advertising space on each will be visible during the race. For more information of the
Medicine Hat Indoor Rodeo or Chuckwagon Race, go to www.
mhstampede.com or call 403-527-1234
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