| CFR Highlights |
 CFR 2019 - Night 6
“The Canadian title is one I’ve been gunning for a while. I’ve accomplished a lot of things that I didn’t think I would before this one. And to hear I broke the earnings record is pretty cool. It goes to show how rodeo has grown as a whole. It’s pretty special for me to do what I love and make that kind of money.”
... Zeke Thurston as he was crowned 2019 Canadian Saddle Bronc Champion one year ago.
* CFR 2019 Round 6 News story
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 CFR 2019 - Night 5
“I saw the draw last night right before I went on stage to get my (Round 4) buckle so I had a little more jazz when I saw that horse beside my name... Special Delivery is an outstanding draw of Calgary’s. I’ve had lots of success on him. We’ve had some mixed feelings about each other... but I think we made up for that today. I was pretty happy about tonight.”
... Canadian Bareback Riding Champion Orin Larsen after marking 90 points aboard Calgary Stampede's Special Delivery.
* CFR 2019 Round 5 News Story |
 CFR 2019 - Night 4
“This is a great rodeo with an amazing atmosphere. I’m just happy to be here!”
... CFR tie-down roper Ty Harris after recording a 7.0 second run to equal the CFR tie-down roping record set by two time Canadian Champion Matt Shiozawa.
* CFR 2019 Round 4 News story |
 CFR 2019 - Night 3
“I’ve been on this bull four times; I won Ponoka this year with 90 points on him. He’s a bull that’s been to the PBR Canada Finals, the NFR and CFR. He’s outstanding and I was really excited when I knew I had him.”
... Canadian Bull Riding Champion Edgar Durazo after winning CFR 2019 Round 3 on Vold Rodeo’s 398 VJV Whiskey Hand
* CFR 2019 Round 3 News story |
 CFR 2019 - Night 2
“When I saw the draw last night, I was pretty excited... Special Delivery is one of my favourite draws. He’s big and strong. He’s wild and has a big mane. Everything about him is cool. When I saw I had him, I knew I had a chance.”
... CFR bareback qualifier Cole Goodine one year ago after winning CFR '19 Round 2
Round 2 CFR 2019 News story here |
 CFR 2019 - Night 1
“Our game plan coming in was just to make a good solid run, but as the team roping went on and there was four flat, 4.3, 4.2, we knew we had to go out there and be as fast as we could.”
... CFR team ropers Dawson & Dillon Graham one year ago about their Round 1 success
Round 1 CFR 2019 News story here |
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| Message from CPRA President, Terry Cooke |
 All of us would love to be heading to Red Deer right now and getting ready for CFR47. Unfortunately, that can’t happen this year. But instead, we can spend some time reflecting back on the wonderful Canadian Finals Rodeo that 2019 brought us… and look ahead to the return of professional rodeo and the CFR in 2021.
I want to offer special congratulations to the CPRA athletes, stock contractors and their four-legged partners who will soon be making their way to Arlington, Texas for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
Closer to home, it’s exciting to see CPRA Committee Reps, Shane Crouch and Lloyd Gray, orchestrating a meeting of our rodeo committees for Nov 21st. It will be great to see everyone get together and start planning for 2021. I'm sure some good ideas will come out of this meeting.
We have also been in regular contact with Alberta health authorities and continue to work closely with them in planning for next year’s rodeo season.
We’re all aware that we will have to make changes in how we do business from now on but l am confident that we will overcome the challenges the pandemic has brought us. I believe that our existence depends on all of us being more creative if we want to continue to prosper. The western way of life is very dear to us all and we have to stick together to keep it going.
 Finally, to celebrate our traditional CFR week, I invite you follow along on the Rodeo Canada website and social media channels where we’ll be looking back at CFR 2019. Feel free to share your favourite photos, videos and memories over the week ahead.
See you down the rodeo trail,
Terry Cooke
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