Round 5 will open with the award-winning duo FOXX Worthee performing the Canadian anthem. We also celebrate Championship Night with Glitter & Gold, presented by Direct Energy. It’s the grand finale; go big! Sequins, metallic gold accents, shiny belt buckles, and anything that sparkles under the arena lights.   Bareback Riding presented by CLAAS The…

It has been said that the road to the Canadian bronc riding championship runs through Big Valley, Alberta. And it’s true. That central Alberta community is the home of the man who has won six of those titles in a row—Zeke Thurston. And at the start of this Canadian Finals Rodeo, Thurston was in his…

It was a good night to be a Bonnett. Three of the four members of the prominent Ponoka rodeo family enjoyed a productive and profitable round number two at the Canadian Finals Rodeo. It started in the barrel racing when Colby Bonnett bounced back from her challenging opening round to turn in a blazing 13.78…

It was opening night of the Canadian Finals Rodeo at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. Twelve men went up against what many long-time observers called the rankest pen of bulls ever assembled for a CFR. One man rode. That man, 20 year-old Leader, Saskatchewan talent, Grady Young, entered CFR 52’s opening round less than $200.00…