{"id":800430,"date":"2026-07-14T02:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800430\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T02:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:55:14","slug":"calgary-stampede-crowns-champions-as-2026-edition-comes-to-a-close-discoverairdrie-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800430\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Stampede crowns champions as 2026 edition comes to a close &#8211; DiscoverAirdrie.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calgarystampede.com\/results\/rodeo\/rodeo-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Calgary Stampede wrapped up<\/a> Sunday with champions crowned across the rodeo, chuckwagon races, relay races and agriculture competitions, while more than 122,000 people attended the final day, according to the Calgary Stampede.<\/p>\n<p>The organization said 122,559 people visited Stampede Park on Sunday, bringing total attendance for the 10-day event to 1,411,954.<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories:<\/p>\n<p>Bareback champion crowned<\/p>\n<p>According to the Calgary Stampede, Bradlee Miller of Huntsville, Texas, became the first rodeo champion crowned Sunday after winning the bareback riding title.<\/p>\n<p>Miller entered Championship Sunday atop Pool B with $16,500 in earnings before scoring 88.5 points aboard Forgetfull Nelly in the Finals. He later selected Stevie Knicks for the Showdown and secured the championship.<\/p>\n<p>To see the full results of the rodeo, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calgarystampede.com\/results\/rodeo\/rodeo-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calgary Stampede website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Laboucane captures chuckwagon title<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary Stampede said Jaimie Laboucane closed out the Rangeland Derby Chuckwagon Races by posting the fastest time of the final night at 1:10.12.<\/p>\n<p>Laboucane also claimed the overall championship with a cumulative time of 11:57.12. Jason Glass finished second overall at 12:04.32, while Chanse Vigen placed third with a total time of 12:06.43.<\/p>\n<p>Relay race champions<\/p>\n<p>According to the Calgary Stampede, Crazy Cree won the ENMAX Relay Race championship with a time of 3:01.11 to claim the $15,000 grand prize.<\/p>\n<p>White Lightning Express finished second in 3:01.70, while Poitras Relay rounded out the top three with a time of 3:01.87.<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture competitions conclude<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary Stampede also crowned champions in several agriculture events Sunday at the Nutrien Western Event Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Annie Chance and her horse, Black Gun Face, won the Cowboy Up Challenge, earning the Grand Champion title, a $10,000 prize and a Calgary Stampede buckle.<\/p>\n<p>In the Heavy Horse Pull, owner Terry Yoder and teamster Chris Hatfield claimed the heavyweight division after their horses, Doc and Roy, pulled 13,000 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Elite Bred Heifer Invitational concluded with Reid Hunter of Waskatenau, Alta., and KAYR Winnie 2529 being named Grand Champions. According to the Calgary Stampede, Hunter received a $12,000 scholarship and $5,000 in cash, while Reserve Champion honours went to Katie Kolenosky of Perdue, Sask., and SVY Elsa 550N, who earned a $6,000 scholarship and $2,500 in cash.<\/p>\n<p>The Calgary Stampede said the final day brought another edition of The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth to a close after attracting more than 1.4 million visitors over 10 days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverairdrie.com\/features\/daily-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for our daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0and get the latest Airdrie and area headlines delivered straight to your inbox every afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Calgary Stampede wrapped up Sunday with champions crowned across the rodeo, chuckwagon races, relay races and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-800430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}