CALGARY (June 18, 2026) — The world's best rodeo athletes are heading to Calgary for 10 days of elite competition, as the 2026 Calgary Stampede Rodeo returns to GMC Stadium from July 3 to 12.
The first ORHA show is already in the books for 2026. The weather was a bit chilly and the horses were fresh but Ontario reiners had a great weekend in Clinton at REACH Huron for the Spring Fling!
Jen: The first Reining and Ranch shows of the season are underway in Ontario and for many riders, months of winter preparation have now met reality.
Sharon: It was one of those conversations where everyone pauses for a second before answering.
Sharon: In my 20s (not that long ago really…lol) there was an expression that became very popular where I lived: often shortened to PMA, it was: Positive. Mental. Attitude.
For those who know how to look, the topline of a horse is one of the clearest chapters in the horse’s story. From the poll, along the neck, across the back and over the hindquarters, the topline quietly reveals how a horse has been worked, developed, and asked to carry itself.
In the last issue of The Rider, Sharon and I had a conversation about longevity with horses, and does our growing need for instant gratification seep in to the need for fast results in the horse world – and the answer to that was a resounding – yes.
Sharon: As digitisation, technology, and AI continue to evolve at an ever increasing pace, it seems we humans, although worried about what AI will do to our jobs, we are happy to enjoy some of these spoils – from Amazon delivering spontaneous purchases we never would have considered years ago to replacing our perfectly good phones for something newer with even more functionality (I am waiting for the phone that teleports you from one place to the next), our appetite for instant gratification...
August 15 – 17, 2025, was the last J&J Reining show, we don’t know if that’s forever or just for now but either way – we need a break! We’ve learned an awful lot since we started in 2021 and have crafted and hosted nine shows. We put everything in to the shows – the planning would start each January, and we wouldn’t finish working on the show until September. We can’t thank our sponsors, volunteers, supporters, competitors, show staff enough – without them our dreams would have remained just...
Three days of Reining and Ranch Classes featuring two full-slates of NRHA, ORHA, and JJ Reining Inc classes. Over 115 individual horses competed in the different classes, NEW for this show was the Reining Maturity on the Friday (for horses 8+), and the Future Reiners class on the Saturday!
