It was a tale of two different tracks Saturday night at the Calgary Stampede, one that left possibly the fastest driver of them all on the outside looking in at Sunday's championship final.
Knight will race against four-time Cowboys Rangeland Derby champ Kurt Bensmiller and Layne MacGillivray Sunday night. The winner gets $50,000 and a new GMC truck, with second-place receiving $20,000 and third $10,000.Animal activists from across the country issued statements criticizing the Stampede after a horse was euthanized Friday night.
The Vancouver Humane Society issued a statement, saying, in part, "The reality is that despite efforts over the years to make the event safer, horses continue to die nearly every year in the chuckwagon races. The nature of this event means that that any race could quickly turn fatal," said campaign director Emily Pickett.
"It's time for the Calgary Stampede to move away from these dangerous and inhumane events and to instead focus on the many alternative activities that already attract hundreds of thousands of attendees to the Stampede every year," added Pickett. Animal Justice executive director Camille Labchuk said, "The Stampede competitors and organizers know full well that every year, horses will almost certainly die from horrific injuries in the 'half mile of hell' chuckwagon races. Animal Justice is calling on the Calgary Humane Society, Calgary Police and Alberta SPCA to finally hold this event accountable by bringing charges before the courts.
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