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Chuckwagon racing is an equestrian rodeo sport in which drivers in a chuckwagon led by a team of Thoroughbred horses race around a track. The sport is most popular in the Prairie Provinces of Canada , where the World Professional Chuckwagon Association and the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association are the two major racing circuits.
Live attendance is nearly three-quarters of a million people annually, and live radio coverage of the entire WPCA Pro Tour as well as the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby is broadcast to an estimated audience of 250,000 per night on satellite radio via Rural Radio on SiriusXM Channel 147, with several thousands more outside the listening area ...
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. [1] With a prize of $50,000 to the winner of each major discipline, it offers one of the richest payouts in rodeo competition. [ 2 ]
Calgary Stampede Kelly Sutherland , nicknamed "The King", [ 1 ] (born October 29, 1951) is a professional rodeo competitor in chuckwagon racing . He is a 12-time world champion of the World Professional Chuckwagon Association and 12-time winner at the Calgary Stampede .
The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, exhibition, and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.The ten-day event, which bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", [2] attracts over one million visitors per year and features one of the world's largest rodeos, a parade, midway, stage shows, concerts, agricultural competitions, chuckwagon racing, and First Nations ...
Troy Dorchester (born August 21, 1970) is a Canadian professional chuckwagon racer. He is the only chuckwagon driver to have won chuckwagon racing's "Triple Crown" consisting of the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby, the Calgary Stampede Aggregate Title and the Ponoka Stampede in a single year. He accomplished the feat in 2012.
It annually hosts the rodeo, the chuckwagon races and the evening grandstand show portions of the Calgary Stampede. Thoroughbred racing on the half-mile track here ended in 2008, making the annual chuckwagon races during Stampede Week the only event that now uses the track. [1] In June 2022, 3 Stampede Grandstand was renamed GMC Stadium. [2]
Chuckwagon racing is an event at some rodeos, such as the Calgary Stampede which started in 1923. [17] Chuckwagon races were held from 1952 until 1998 at Cheyenne Frontier Days, [18] one of America's biggest rodeos. The National Championship Chuckwagon Race in Clinton, Arkansas draws tens of thousands each Labor Day weekend. [10] [19]