The sun was shining down as people from all over Alberta travelled to help celebrate the centennial Handhills Rodeo on the weekend of Friday, June 3.
The rodeo was opened by the Miller Family, descendants of Jack Miller, who started the rodeo one hundred years ago as a fundraiser for the Red Cross to help aid the war.
This year’s festivities included the Calgary Stampede royalty and show riders, all-pro Canadian chuckwagons and chariot races, and a full rodeo featuring Calgary Stampede stock.
There was also delicious food including pancake breakfasts, roast beef suppers and beef on a bun for anyone who needed nourishment.
Attendees of the rodeo probably suffered from a sunburn or two, as the weather reached highs of 26 degrees Celsius.
The unofficial winner of the Chuckwagon races is Wade Salmond of Weekes, Saskatchewan who finished the race with a time of three minutes and eleven seconds.
The biggest cash prize of the rodeo was taken home by Stetson Vest of Childress, Texas, who won $1,410.71 for his time of 8.2 seconds in Tie Down Roping.
