2023 Calgary Stampede Rodeo Highlights - Day 1

It was a hot day of Pool A competition! Check out today’s winners.

[@katherinehunter9526]

Thanks!❤🤠🐎🐃

[@fluffyanne1177]

Show us how Trudeau got heckled over and over and over again

[@GroeGroeMartinez]

the love of my life Alberta when i saw first time i know this the place for ever and ever

[@amandah8258]

The scenes shot in the twinkle light hallway were very "Love is Blind"

[@nmelkhunter1]

Awesome video! Thank you sharing the best sport!

[@benoitlaferriere8581]

🇨🇦💪

[@user-ub1gz8lx8c]

Best city in Canada without question.

[@lulutileguy]

nope but it is nice

[@user-ub1gz8lx8c]

@@lulutileguy what's your favorite

[@scooot86]

@@lulutileguyit is for sure, where are you from…deadmonton?

[@HongboShi]

Calgary is a city with shitty weather, extremely dry air, windy all the time and no greenery. Edmonton is better in almost every aspect compared to your so called city Calgary.

[@OfficialChaseFischer_5A]

Jestyn Woodward?

[@gunstargizmo]

Hard to believe it's 2023. Well, this is a conservative province.

[@nmelkhunter1]

Rodeo, the best sport.

[@johnnyfreedom4117]

Where the heil are the Chucks?

[@ericmills100]

CHUCKS ARE IN THE EVENING EVERY NIGHT: See below from WIKIPEDIA: Horse welfare and deaths The sport has faced opposition from animal welfare groups, who contend that it is unnecessarily cruel to the horses (which occasionally suffer injuries requiring them to be euthanized), and want the sport banned.[10] For instance, four horses died following chuckwagon races at the 2009 Calgary Stampede,[11] and a wagon crash during the 2007 Stampede in which three horses died and a driver hospitalized led officials in Calgary to review the safety of the sport.[12] Six horses died in 2010, two from heart attacks.[13] Approximately 65 horses have died in chuckwagon races at that event between 1986 and 2015.[14] In 2013, a 12-year-old thoroughbred ridden by an outrider collapsed with a burst lung artery and died shortly afterwards, a death attributed to exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage.[15] Four horses were euthanized after suffering leg injuries in races at the 2015 Stampede.[14] Supporters of the event argue that the horses are well cared for, before and after the race itself. At the Calgary Stampede, officials work closely with local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Calgary Humane Society staff to ensure that the horses are fit enough to endure the race.[10] Wagon drivers express sadness over the periodic deaths of horses at the Stampede, explaining that, while unfortunate, animal injury and death are a normal element of any ranch or farming operation. Critics counter that chuckwagon racing is simply an adrenaline sport and produces no food. Thus the practice is an unnecessary and cruel risk to force horses to take.[10]

[@luannecorlett4683]

you like animal cruelty do you

[@nmelkhunter1]

@@ericmills100It’s you again, the self righteous do gooder.

[@lulutileguy]

like to see everyone make money cowboys vendors midway hotels bars this is best party in Canada

[@ericmills100]

WIKIPEDIA: CALGARY STAMPEDE - CHUCKWAGON RACES - Horse welfare and deaths The sport has faced opposition from animal welfare groups, who contend that it is unnecessarily cruel to the horses (which occasionally suffer injuries requiring them to be euthanized), and want the sport banned.[10] For instance, four horses died following chuckwagon races at the 2009 Calgary Stampede,[11] and a wagon crash during the 2007 Stampede in which three horses died and a driver hospitalized led officials in Calgary to review the safety of the sport.[12] Six horses died in 2010, two from heart attacks.[13] Approximately 65 horses have died in chuckwagon races at that event between 1986 and 2015.[14] In 2013, a 12-year-old thoroughbred ridden by an outrider collapsed with a burst lung artery and died shortly afterwards, a death attributed to exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage.[15] Four horses were euthanized after suffering leg injuries in races at the 2015 Stampede.[14] Supporters of the event argue that the horses are well cared for, before and after the race itself. At the Calgary Stampede, officials work closely with local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Calgary Humane Society staff to ensure that the horses are fit enough to endure the race.[10] Wagon drivers express sadness over the periodic deaths of horses at the Stampede, explaining that, while unfortunate, animal injury and death are a normal element of any ranch or farming operation. Critics counter that chuckwagon racing is simply an adrenaline sport and produces no food. Thus the practice is an unnecessary and cruel risk to force horses to take.[10]

[@nmelkhunter1]

You do your thing, they’ll do theirs. You’re just another do gooder who wants to control people’s lives through government control.