There will be a ranching competition at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede. Eli J. Ridder/CHAT News

By Jesse Gill

STAMPEDE 2024

New Medicine Hat Stampede ranching competition taking place Friday

Jul 25, 2024 | 4:37 PM

A new ranching competition will take place at the Medicine Hat Stampede Grandstand shortly after the gates open at noon on Friday.

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The Cowboy Clash Ranch Scramble will be a competition between five well-known ranch families from the Medicine Hat area.

Cowboy Clash goes Friday at 12:30 p.m. at the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede. Courtesy: Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede

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Included will be a number of tasks like branding, doctoring, loading a cow in a trailer, roping, and other everyday ranch tasks during a timed event.

Brad Howe, chairman of the event, said it helps show people what things are like on the ranch.

“We came up with five ranches, some of them such as the Porter, Hargrave, Cavan, they have a long-standing history with the Medicine Hat Stampede already, and then we went out a little further, we came up with Maser and Vossler,” Howe said.

“A lot of these ranches have been in the same family for over 100 years.”

Howe adds the winner of the competition will get a championship buckle and bragging rights.

It all gets started at 12:30 p.m. on Friday and is expected to last a few hours.

Entry to watch is included with gate admission to the grounds.