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Contestants Capitalize on Three-Rodeo Weekend |
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June 3, 2024 l Airdrie, AB
For immediate release
The first three rodeo weekend of the 2024 Canadian Professional Rodeo Association season was packed with drama, spectacular performances and major changes to the Canadian standings as competitors from both sides of the 49th parallel rode into Grande Prairie, Leduc and Hand Hills, Alberta.
Oregon steer wrestler Dalton Massey made his first 2024 foray into Canada a successful one with a 3.5 second winning run at SMS Equipment Pro Tour rodeo, the Grande Prairie Stompede. Solid placings at Black Gold Rodeo in Leduc and Hand Hills Lake Stampede (Craigmyle) for a total of $5764 will see him back at the top of the world standings and in the top ten in Canada as well. |
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2023 was a huge year for Massey as he was season leader in both Canada and the US, and his American earnings established a new record for money won during the regular season. The year ended in disappointment, however, as a broken barrier in the final round at the NFR cost him the world title.
“I don’t look at last year as a loss,” the 31 year old hand reflected. “It wasn’t the end of the year I’d hoped for, but I hadn’t made the NFR before so winning it didn’t have to be the end goal. It was disappointing because of how much work I put into it but it’s not easy to win the gold buckle. There’s so many great bulldoggers and so many things have to go right, you need to stay healthy, you need your horse to be right all season and you need a little luck as well.
“I’ll do things a little differently this year, but the goals are pretty much the same and I want to finish it this time.”
One thing that won’t change this year for Massey is his plan for Canadian rodeo. “My number one goal is to get back to the NFR but I want to be at the CFR in Edmonton as well.”
Massey, who with his wife Hillary, recently bought a place at Hermiston, Oregon, rode Tanner Milan’s award-winning horse Eddie all winter and was on him this weekend as well. “I ride my horse, Rodney, when I’m not on Eddie, and he’s good but he’s not Eddie. That’s a special horse.”
Coming off a year that saw the Oregonian at his first NFR and CFR, he’s well on his way to a return to both year-end classics.
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| The team roping duo of Kolton Schmidt (Barrhead, AB) and Oklahoma heeler Landen Glenn hit the winner’s circle twice on the weekend as their 4.7 second run split the win with Tee Mcleod and Sid Sporer. The Schmidt/Glenn combination struck again at Hand Hills where their 4.5 second effort was good for the outright win and then added a fourth-place performance at Leduc. The combined result was $5800 in each of their bank accounts and an appearance by both men in the top ten of the Canadian standings. |
Another two-event winner was bronc rider Lucas Macza as the High River, AB cowboy padded his lead atop the Canadian standings with wins at Grande Prairie (88.5 points on Duffy’s 420 Bay Moon for $3316) and Leduc (87 points on Macza Rodeo’s 728 Texas Tough for another $1910). The twin wins will vault the three-time CFR qualifier over the $14,000 mark in earnings for the 2024 season.
The CPRA schedule heats up with stops at the Weyburn, SK Bronc Match (June 4) then four Alberta venues – Bonnyville, (June 6-8), Brooks (June 7-8), Lea Park (June 7-9) and Rocky Mountain House (June 7-9).
For complete unofficial results head over the rodeocanada.com
Photo: Dalton Massey, 2024 Grande Prairie Stompede Steer Wrestling Champion. Shellie Scott photo
The Canadian Professional Rodeo Association (CPRA) with headquarters in Airdrie, Alberta is the official sanctioning body for Professional Rodeo in Canada. The CPRA approves 55 events annually with a total payout exceeding $6.8 million. The organization oversees the SMS Equipment Pro Tour Finals Labour Day weekend in Armstrong, BC, holds their premiere event – the Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR) – at Rogers Place in Edmonton, AB October 2-5 and endorses the Maple Leaf Circuit Finals as part of Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, SK in November. Follow the CPRA on Facebook @prorodeocanadaofficial, on Instagram @prorodeocanada_cpra, on X @prorodeocanada or online at RodeoCanada.com.
For more information:
Barb Poulsen
CPRA Communications and Media
Phone: 403 625-9225
Email: media@rodeocanada.com |
 Editorial Note: The information within this release is provided by the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association (CPRA) and is intended for media use. If you use any of the following information verbatim in your publication, or broadcast the details via radio or television, please note that the information is courtesy of the CPRA. * Photos are copyright protected and must not be copied, shared or otherwise disbributed without permission of the CPRA. |
CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL RODEO ASSOCIATION
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2024 NEWS RELEASES and ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ |
| JANUARY |
AUGUST |
| * CPRA Welcomes New CRES Mgr |
* Anderson and Cooper Cash In |
| MARCH |
* Field of Dreams Stampede Lives Up to Name |
| * New Pro Rodeo Canada Partner |
* Veterans Show the Way |
| APRIL |
* Remembering Jasper Pro Rodeo |
| * New CPRA Rodeo Administrator Tanner Girletz |
* Late Season Drama |
| * CPRA-Troy Fischer Silverworks Extend Agreement |
* Lethbridge and Okotoks Rodeo Highlights |
| * Strong Start to Season for Pascal Isabelle |
SEPTEMBER |
| * CPRA Rodeos Added to Cowboy Channel |
* SMS Pro Tour-Labour Day Weekend Highlights |
| * Tanner Milan and Eddie - Powerful Partnership |
* Inching Closer to a CFR Berth |
| * Big Weekend for Jacob Gardner |
* CPRA Year End Award Winners |
| MAY |
* CPRA 2023 Stock Awards |
| * 2023 SMS Equipment Pro Tour Kicks Off |
OCTOBER |
| * Consistent Spring for Logan Bird/Falkland, BC |
* End of Season Wrap-Up |
| * Tim Kemp Among Buffalo Lake Winners |
* 2023 Canadian Finals Rodeo Personnel |
| JUNE |
* CFR Moving to Edmonton in 2024 |
| * Grande Prairie, Leduc and Hand Hills Highlights |
NOVEMBER |
| * Lea Park, Rocky, Bonnyville, Brooks Highlights |
* CFR Performance One Highlights |
| * Innisfail, Stavely, Wildwood Overview |
* Bounce-Back Night at CFR '49 |
| * Wainwright, Sundre, High River, Bassano Wrap |
* 2023 Canadian Finals Rodeo Highlights/Results |
| JULY |
DECEMBER |
| * Benalto Overview |
* KAILANI Sports and CPRA Announce Partnership |
| * Midway Season Highlights |
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| * Bringing the Summer Heat |
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