{"id":496,"date":"2011-07-06T13:10:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T19:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/?p=496"},"modified":"2011-07-19T13:21:24","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T19:21:24","slug":"countdown-to-the-2011-showdown-sunday-at-the-calgary-stampede-is-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/countdown-to-the-2011-showdown-sunday-at-the-calgary-stampede-is-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to the 2011 Showdown Sunday at the Calgary Stampede is on!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With the Calgary Stampede fast approaching, people will already be counting down the days to the famous Showdown Sunday.\u00a0 The Stampede starts this Friday, July 8th and carries on until the Showdown Sunday on July 17th.\u00a0 This year will mark the first year ever that the Stampede prize money tops the two million dollar mark!\u00a0 The Calgary Stampede is unique in that the 20 contestants in each of the six major events are competing by invitation only.\u00a0 The six major events at the Stampede include Bareback Riding, Bull Riding, Barrel Racing, Saddle Bronc Riding, Steer Wrestling, and Tie-Down Roping.\u00a0 There is also Novice Bareback, Novice Saddle Bronc, Jr Steer Riding and Wild Pony Racing for the youngsters and up-comers of rodeo.<\/p>\n

For those of you who don’t fully understand exactly how the “Tournament Style Rodeo” at the Stampede works I’ll give you a quick run-down:<\/p>\n

1) Contestants are divided into 2<\/strong> pools with 10<\/strong> contestants in each pool.\u00a0 Each day of competition will act as a new rodeo as the contestants compete for $60,000 in prize money ($10,000 per each event).<\/p>\n

2) The top 4<\/strong> money earners in each<\/strong> pool will advance to Showdown Sunday while the remaining 6<\/strong> competitors in both<\/strong> pools will compete on Wild Card Saturday.\u00a0 The top 2<\/strong> in each event from the Wild Card Saturday will advance to the Showdown Sunday.<\/p>\n

3) The Final (on Sunday) will consist of the top 4<\/strong> contestants in each<\/strong> pool (8 total) plus the top 2<\/strong> from the Wild Card Saturday making the total number of contestants who compete in the first final 10<\/strong>.\u00a0 The 4<\/strong> highest scores\/times from the first go will then advance to the Showdown Round.\u00a0 These top 4 will give it their all for a chance at the top prize of $100,000 and the Calgary Stampede Championship.\u00a0 With over $1,000,000 to be given away on Showdown Sunday it makes it the Rodeo’s Richest Afternoon.<\/p>\n

You can check out all the competitors in each pool for each event including a bio about each of them by going here<\/a>.\u00a0 Pool A will start July 8th and end on July 11th while Pool B will start July 12th and go until July 15th.\u00a0 Here is a list of the barrel racers in each Pool:<\/p>\n

Pool A:<\/strong><\/span>
\nAngie Meadors
\nBenette Barrington
\nBritany Fleck
\nBrittany Pozzi
\nCrystal Shaw
\nDeb Renger
\nJoleen Seitz
\nLauren Byrne
\nLindsay Sears
\nSherrylynn Johnson<\/p>\n

Pool B:<\/strong><\/span>
\nJody Sheffield
\nJulie Leggett
\nLisa Lockhart
\nNellie Williams
\nRana Koopmans
\nSavanah Reeves
\nSierra Stoney
\nSue Smith
\nSydni Blanchard
\nTammy Fischer<\/p>\n

To check the broadcast schedule for the Stampede click here<\/a>.\u00a0 You will also be able to find videos, photos, news and more by going to that link.\u00a0 For a complete list of the draws and results each day go here<\/a> (at the moment this link shows results from 2010 but we can expect it will change within the next few days).<\/p>\n

Be sure to stay tuned for more updates on the Stampede as it gets underway!\u00a0 Don’t forget to “Like”<\/a> us on Facebook and to “Follow”<\/a> us on Twitter to make sure you are receiving these updates!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the Calgary Stampede fast approaching, people will already be counting down the days to the famous Showdown Sunday.\u00a0 The Stampede starts this Friday, July 8th and carries on until the Showdown Sunday on July 17th.\u00a0 This year will mark the first year ever that the Stampede prize money tops the two million dollar mark!\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,7,18,17,6,31,55,37,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bareback","category-barrel-racing","category-bull-riding","category-calgary-stampede","category-rodeo","category-pro-rodeo","category-saddle-bronc","category-steer-wrestling","category-tie-down-roping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":608,"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496\/revisions\/608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rodeoclassifieds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}