Day 1: Calgary Stampede appearance starts the 2024 edition off strong

Day 1 of the 2024 Calgary Stampede is  now  fully  booked,  and  it's  been  an  exciting  start  so  far.
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  Kicking  off  the 2024 edition of the  world's  largest  outdoor  spectacle  was the  day  of  the  annual  parade,  with hundreds of thousands  of  people  lining  the  streets  of  downtown Calgary  to enjoy the festivities.| 
 
  From there, more than 161,400 people  streamed  into  the Calgary Stampede grounds,  bringing  the  two-day total  to  201,902.

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  The Calgary Stampede Cutting Horse  competition,  which  began  Thursday,  concluded  Friday  with Mia Webster  of  Bend, Oregon winning  the  unlimited  amateur  draw  category.  Winners  of  the  five categories  will  share  $80,000 in  prizes.
 
  It was the start of  the rodeo and chuckwagon events at this  year's  Calgary Stampede and it was a  good  start in  the  tie  ropes  for four-time PCRA  World  Champion  Tuf Cooper.| His new  frame  helped him  finish  7th  3  times  to take  first place  in  the  $7,000  payday.
 
  Full rodeo results  can  be  found  here.
 
  It was a  very  close  opening night on the chuckwagon  track  with the leader and  runner-up  separated  by  just  half a second.| Chad Fike had the  best  time of the night  at  1:11:08  and Jason Glass was second  at  1:11:58.  More results can be found here.
 
  The weather is  setting  up for a spectacular first weekend  at  the Stampede Grounds.|  There's  plenty  to  do  too.|  The  full Calgary Stampede schedule  can  be  found  here.
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