Father and son compete at Calgary Stampede 100 years apart, continuing family rodeo legacy
Lynn Edge is carrying on his family's tradition of rodeo competition at the Calgary Stampede, a century after his father competed there for the first time.
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Lynn Edge, a steer breeder from Cochrane, Alta., has been competing in the horse cutting competition at the Calgary Stampede for the past 25 years — and his family's connection to the event spans a remarkable century.
His father, Norman Frank Edge, was a rodeo competitor at the Calgary Stampede back in the 1920s, competing in the very first stampede when Guy Weadick was putting on shows there. "When Guy Weadick was putting on shows here at Calgary the very first stampede, my dad competed in that and then in 1922 through to 1929, he competed aggressively, he won Calgary a couple of times," Lynn said.
Norman's accomplishments included winning Brahma Steer Riding in 1927, the Bareback Championship in 1928, and the Wild Horse Race with Oille Edge and Johnny Munro in 1929. In 2017, the town of Cochrane honored him by placing his image on the back of the town's $20 bill currency. He was inducted into the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1983.
Lynn has won several accolades of his own, including the 2023 Canadian Championship in the $5,000 Novice Horse, and most recently the Canadian Championship in the $50,000 Novice Horse in 2025. "We've been doing it in the family for a lot of times and if you look at it, he won it in (19)25 and (19)27, and we're now in 2027 or getting close. That's 100 years apart so that's pretty cool," Lynn said.
While Lynn's children aren't interested in continuing the family's stampede legacy, his granddaughter may be the next in line. At 15, she's starting to ride — and she's riding the cutting horse that Lynn won the $50,000 championship on.
