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PBR Canada’s Elite Cup Series returns to Red Deer next week

Bull-riding event set for Feb. 1
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PBR Canada’s Elite Cup Series returns to Red Deer on Feb. 1. (File photo courtesy of Covy Moore/Covymoore.com)

Professional Bull Riders (PBR) will soon buck back into Red Deer to kick off the 2025 Canada Cup Series.

The series returns to the city for the fourth consecutive year with the PBR Red Deer Classic at the Peavey Mart Centrium on Saturday, Feb. 1.

"PBR Canada’s Cup Series regularly features Canada’s best riders alongside some of the organization’s top international athletes, squaring off against the rankest bucking bulls from across the nation," states a media release published on the PBR website.

"For one night only, fans will witness exhilarating eight-second rides and wrecks throughout the action-packed event as the PBR’s courageous bull-riding athletes face off against their 2,000-pound opponents born to buck."

PBR has competed in Canada since 1996 and operates two tours. Joining the Touring Pro Division, the Cup Series debuted in 2016 as the nation’s first cross-country, nationally televised bull-riding series. At PBR Canada events riders have the opportunity to earn points towards both the Canadian, and Velocity Global or Challenger Global standings.

When the Cup Series last travelled to Red Deer in February 2024, Jake Gardner of Fort St. John, B.C. went a perfect two for two, to win the first major of the year. Gardner also rode his way to the winner's circle when the Canada Cup Series made its Red Deer debut in 2022. Jared Parsonage of Maple Creek, Sask. won the 2023 PR Red Deer Classic Event.

Prior to the debut of the PBR Canada Cup Series in Red Deer, the city held two developmental Touring Pro Division events in 2015 and 2016, both won by Garrett Green of Meeting Creek, Alta.

The bull riding action for PBR Canada Cup Series’ Red Deer Classic, begins at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the Tickets Alberta Box Office located in the Peavey Mart Centrium foyer, online at TicketsAlberta.com, or charge by phone at 866-340-4450.



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