She’s THE Champion of the Biggest Rodeo in the World!

Congratulations to Team Alberta’s Faith Lundberg who cinched the title and is the 2023 World Champion Goat Tier! Lundberg’s title was won at the 2023 National High School Rodeo held in July in Gillette, Wyoming. Teams from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba headed across the Medicine Line to compete, and many ended up in the …

Skills of the Outfits

A Working Bridle Stockhorse Showcase The Canadian Bridlehorse Association was born out of like-minded people to create a community of horsemen and women here in Canada. Our aim is to maintain and promote the art of developing the fine, bridled stock horse. The mission of this outfit is to “preserve and promote the intricate craft …

MULTI-AWARD-WINNING HORSEWOMAN 

Reading Niki Flundra’s long list of accomplishments (so far) makes you wonder what you’ve done with your life.  Seriously.  Let me just reel off some of her qualifications: a master horse trainer, a licensed pyrotechnics expert, a multi-award-winning act as a trick rider and a Liberty horse trainer who has performed multiple times at every …

Homegrown – Grow a Birdhouse!

By the fabulous Terri Mason   Until I signed the mortgage papers and bought my little Taj Mahovel here in Maple Creek, I had spent my life only interested in grass from a grazing perspective. But then came home ownership, and suddenly, everything changed.  Seed catalogues began arriving. I was on a first-name basis with …

True Grit – Sandy Cooper-Black

  BY TERRI MASON December 30th started out with excitement for Sandy Cooper-Black as he and his rodeo buddies hit the trail from Saskatchewan for a bronc riding jackpot in Brooks, Alberta.  With his friends cheering him on, Sandy was spurring for the whistle, but he bucked off and hit the cold arena sand headfirst, …