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List Of Calgary Stampede Rodeo Champions
Calgary Stampede rodeo champions have won their respective events in one of the largest rodeos in the world; the rodeo is the heart of the Calgary Stampede. With a prize of $50,000 to the winner of each major discipline, it offers one of the richest payouts in rodeo competition. In Canada, the Calgary Stampede rodeo is broadcast nationally by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on its main network, as well as on Sportsnet One. In the United States, the rodeo is televised live on The Cowboy Channel and live-streamed on the subscription-based The Cowboy Channel Plus application. There are six major professional events – bull riding, ladies' barrel racing, steer wrestling, tie down roping, saddle bronc riding and bareback riding – and four novice events – junior steer riding, novice bareback, novice saddle bronc and wild pony racing. Each professional event is organized as its own tournament, and the cowboys and cowgirls are divided into two pools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary Stampede Rodeo Final Day 17 - 2011
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in the energy, financial services, film and television, transportation and logistics, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health and wellness, retail, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Jarrett
Ryan Jarrett (born December 28, 1983, in Summerville, Georgia), is an American professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in tie-down roping and competes in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) circuit. At the 2005 National Finals Rodeo (NFR), he won the PRCA All-Around world championship. He competed in steer wrestling, tie-down roping, and team roping during the season and at the NFR to win the title. He was inducted into the Rodeo Hall of Fame of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, with more than 28,000 Western and American Indian art works and artifacts. The facility also has the world's most extensive collection of Ame ... in 2010. References External links * Living people 1983 births People from Summerville, Georgia All-Around Roping (rodeo) Steer wrestlers Sportspeople from Oklahoma People from Comanche, Oklahoma {{Rode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Sears
Lindsay Sears (born January 1, 1981) is a Canadian professional rodeo cowgirl who specializes in barrel racing. She is a two-time Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) Barrel Racing World Champion. In December 2008 and 2011, she won the championship at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Life Sears was born on January 1, 1981, in High River, Alberta, Canada. She competed in the usual Canadian sports growing up, such as figure skating and swimming. Additional sports included volleyball, basketball, and rodeo. Sears started her career in National Little Britches Rodeo Association. She graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in Agricultural Applied Economics. She resides in Nanton, Alberta. When she is not competing in professional rodeo, she assists her family in running their cattle business. She also spends time at her second home in Ropesville, Texas, United States. Career Sears joined the WPRA in 2000. She won the World Barrel Racing Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Burger
Mary Burger (born August 18, 1948) is an American professional rodeo cowgirl who specializes in barrel racing. She has won two Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) barrel racing world championships in 2006 and 2016. Burger was 68 years old when she won the championship in 2016, setting a new record for oldest professional rodeo world champion in any rodeo event, male or female. She broke the existing record set by Ike Rude of 59 years old in steer roping set back in 1953. She also broke the record set by Mary Walker in 2012 at 53 years old. Also In 2016, she became the third WPRA barrel racer to wear the No. 1 back number at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). She set a new record for season earnings, and she set a new record by becoming the oldest WPRA qualifier to the NFR at 68 years old. Her horses, Mo and Fred, whom she used to win her titles with, she trained in barrel racing herself. In 2017, she was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hailey Kinsel
Hailey Kinsel (born October 3, 1994), also formerly known by her married name Hailey Kinsel Lockwood, is a four-time World Barrel Racing Champion. Kinsel won the title in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 at the National Finals Rodeo. She has also won the NFR Average title once in 2020. Kinsel and her horses have qualified for the NFR six times in her years in professional rodeo, in 2017 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. Kinsel has been competing in rodeo since adolescence, winning awards through high school and college in both barrel racing and breakaway roping, as well as professional rodeo. Her horse, Sister, won the Barrel Racing Horse of the Year Award in 2018. Early life Hailey Kinsel was born on October 3, 1994. She grew up in Cotulla, Texas, with her parents Dan and Leslie Kinsel (née Walker). Her mother, who has an equestrian background, is a former Miss Rodeo Texas in 1980. Her parents own a commercial beef cattle ranch, and were instrumental in fostering her interest in rod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Lockhart
Lisa Lockhart (born November 11, 1965) is an American professional rodeo cowgirl who specializes in barrel racing. In December 2014 and 2016, she won the Average at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada.''Barrel Racing Average Champions 1959 – 2020'', ''p. 8.'' Life Lockhart was born on November 11, 1965, in Wolf Point, Montana. Lockhart started riding at 6-years-old with a pony. Her two sisters were key in drawing her into competition. Lockhart graduated from Montana State University. She then turned her amateur career into a professional one. She is the aunt of 2017 and 2019 Professional Bull Riders World Champion Jess Lockwood. Career Lockhart joined the WPRA in 1993. In addition to being a two-time NFR Average Champion, Lockhart has the second most qualifications to the NFR with 13, with Charmayne James and Sherry Cervi tied for first with 19 each. She is in 8th place for most money won at an NFR with $151,731 in 2016. For WPRA Career Earnings Leaders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Etbauer
Billy Etbauer (born January 15, 1963) is an American former professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in saddle bronc riding. He competed on the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) circuit along with his two brothers, Robert and Dan. He won the PRCA saddle bronc riding world championship five times. Background Etbauer was born in Huron, South Dakota, on January 15, 1963, and now lives in Edmond, Oklahoma. He is the middle son of three boys who were all first class saddle bronc riders. He traveled, shared resources, and competed with his brothers Robert, Dan, and friend, Craig Latham. Latham was often referred to as "the fourth Etbauer". His brother Robert won the PRCA saddle bronc riding world championship in 1990 and 1991. He married his wife Hollie on April 2, 1994, and had three children, homeschooled by Hollie. He and his wife raise quarter horses in Oklahoma. Career In 1989, in his second year as a professional on the PRCA, he qualified for the National Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Mortensen
Daniel Earl Mortensen (born December 16, 1968) is an American six-time World Champion saddle bronc rider, and a one-time World Champion all-around cowboy. He competed in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) where he won those championships at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). The ProRodeo Hall of Fame inducted him in 2009. Early life Mortensen was born in Billings, Montana, to Sheryl and Don "Mort" Mortensen. He is the youngest of four, having three sisters, Dawn, Denise and Darcy. His father, Mort, was an electrician and his mother, Sheryl, has worked as a teaching assistant at the Lockwood Schools for over twenty-five years. Mortensen developed a passion for rodeo at and early age and won his first team roping competition at the age of 6. By the age of 12 he had progressed through steer (age 10) up to riding bulls at the local youth rodeos. He lives in Billings, MT Education Mortensen attended Lockwood primary, elementary and junior high schools (k-9) from 1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dustin Flundra
Dustin Flundra (born 1980) is a Canadian professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in saddle bronc riding Bronc riding, either bareback bronc or saddle bronc competition, is a rodeo event that involves a rodeo participant riding a bucking horse (sometimes called a ''bronc'' or ''bronco'') that attempts to throw or buck off the rider. Originally ba .... He won the 2014 Calgary Stampede. That year, along with in 2009 and 2010, he qualified for the National Finals Rodeo. He is a multiple-time champion at the Canadian Finals Rodeo. He qualified for the event more than a dozen times. References 1980 births Living people Saddle bronc riders {{Rodeo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeke Thurston
Zeke Thurston (born July 15, 1994) is a Canadian professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in saddle bronc riding. He is a three-time (2016, 2019, and 2022) Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) World Champion saddle bronc rider. Early life Thurston was born on July 15, 1994, in Big Valley, Alberta, Canada. Thurston attended Sheridan College. His father, Skeeter Thurston, was a six-time National Finals Rodeo (NFR) qualifier. Thurston graduated from Sheridan College. Professional career Thurston competes in the PRCA circuit. In 2016, he won the Saddle Bronc Riding World Championship at the National Finals Rodeo. He beat Jacobs Crawley by less than $3,000. He solidified his crown by winning the Average at the 2016 NFR as well as his first NFR go around. In 2019, Thurston won the Saddle Bronc Riding World Championship for a second time. On his way there, he broke the yearly earnings record for the event. Thurston also earned $347,056 which was more than Ryder Wright's e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaycee Feild
Kaycee Feild (born March 4, 1987) is an American professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in bareback bronc riding and competes in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). He is a son of PRCA World Champion all-around cowboy Lewis Feild. He has won six bareback riding world championships, the most of any PRCA bareback riders. He won them from 2011 to 2014, and again from 2020 to 2021. He is the first cowboy to win three consecutive bareback riding average titles at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). Early life Kaycee Feild was born on March 4, 1987, in Payson, Utah. He is the son of Lewis Feild, who was the world all-around rodeo champion three years in a row in the 1980s. As a child, Feild and his brother, Shadrach, often traveled with their father as he rode the rodeo circuit. At age 13, Feild began practicing riding bareback broncs. His goal was to become the best bareback rider in the world. Feild was a scrawny child, however. His father was afraid he would be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Peebles
Steven Peebles (born May 2, 1989) is an American professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in bareback bronc riding. He qualified for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA)’s National Finals Rodeo (NFR) seven times and won the world championship in 2015, after recovering from a near-fatal injury incurred after being bucked from a horse. He has won many of the elite rodeos, including the Calgary Stampede, the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, the Reno Rodeo, the Cody Stampede, and the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. Peebles was mentored by world champion bareback rider Bobby Mote. In 2015, Peebles became a shareholder in the Elite Rodeo Athletes (ERA) tour and was then blocked from participating in future PRCA-sanctioned events, including the NFR. After the collapse of the ERA, Peebles returned to PRCA competition. Early life Steven Peebles was born in Salinas, California, on May 2, 1989 to Ken and Amy Peebles. He has a younger brother, David. Peebles grew up in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
