The WPCA Battle of the Foothills chuckwagon races hit the High River Ag Society track this Thursday night.
All the top contenders will be here, including High River's own Jason Glass in heat 8 and Calgary's Chanse Vigen in heat 7.
Vigen is coming off winning the Calgary Stampede for the first time, and Vigen will be defending his Battle of the Foothills title this year too, as he won it in 2024.
It's also back to the traditional 4 wagons per heat over 9 heats, for a total of 36 wagons and drivers.
Look for DeWinton's Dayton Sutherland too, as he's in heat 4 with Blackie's Jordie Fike in heat 6.
The Battle of the Foothills race at 7 p.m. nightly this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with Sunday's heats starting at 4 p.m.
The lineup for the heats has already been decided as follows:
Heat 1:
Cody Ridsdale - Bäre Activewear
Evan Magee - Farmboy Landscaping & Maintenance
Josh Hrynyk - Carmen's Bigway Foods
Roger Moore - AdOil Inc./Canadian Abandonment Services
Heat 2:
Dean Dreger - You Thrifty Animal by Parachutes for Pets
Todd Baptiste - Minhas Micro Brewery
Doug Irvine - Ensteel Industries Ltd.
Dustin Gorst - Century Downs Racetrack and Casino
Heat 3:
Tuff Dreger - Hearts and Hoofprints - The Les David Foundation
Chance Thomson - Omega 2000 Cribbing Inc.
Chance Bensmiller - EllisDon
Chance Flad - Aspen Crossing
Heat 4:
Dayton Sutherland - Kinsmen Consulting
Darcy Flad - Rimrock Feeders
D.J. King - KLS Earthworks & Environmental
Mitch Sutherland - Canyon Rigging
Heat 5:
Wade Salmond - De Havilland Sherpa
Luke Tournier - Pidherney's
Cruise Bensmiller - The Mavericks Chuckwagon Team
Layne Flad - Casa Developments Corp.
Heat 6:
Troy Flad - Shadow Rathole Drilling Ltd.
Jordie Fike - In-Line Pigging Solutions Ltd.
Ross Knight - John Barlow MP - Foothills Conservative Association
Kris Molle - The Mavericks Chuckwagon Team
Heat 7:
Chanse Vigen - Volker Stevin Canada/Glover International Trucks
Logan Gorst - Inter-Pacific Specialized Services LTD.
Troy Dorchester - PureChem Services
Layne MacGillivray - McLean Railings
Heat 8:
Preston Faithful - Ayik Energy Corp.
Jason Glass - Birchcliff Energy Ltd.
Evan Salmond - De Havilland Twin Otter
Kurt Bensmiller - Versatile Energy Services Ltd.
Heat 9:
Rae Croteau Jr. - Bar L5 Ranches
Jamie Laboucane - Wild Rows Pump & Compression Ltd.
Chad Fike - TOMCO Group of Companies
Obrey Motowylo - The Co-operators