Midnight Stadium
Midnight, the greatest bucking horse of all time, began his rodeo
career by bucking off his owner, Jim McNab of Fort Macleod Alberta,
after a car backfired. McNab then sold the black horse to stock
contractor Peter Welch and Strawberry Red Wall, producers for Canadian
rodeos in the 1920s. After acquiring, Midnight, they increased their
string by adding a smaller black horse called Tumbling Mustard from the Sarcee Indian reservation. Col. Jim Eskew, a noted Waverly, N.Y., producer of eastern rodeos, bought the pair and then sold them to Verne Elliott and Ed McCarty. Midnight retired in the mid 1930's. Midnight was inducted in 1979 to the PRCA - ProRodeo Hall of Fame and in 1981 to the CPRHF - Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame.
Our Facility
Midnight Stadium ... our complex is highlighted by a modern and well kept Indoor Arena with a 200' x 135' heated and ventilated riding area, with hitching facilities and a Concourse area with bleacher capacity for 200. There are cattle chutes for team & calf roping. The attached Concession building (40' x 34' ) with a concession area for 32 has washrooms and kitchen facility (commercial grill, flame Bar BQ grill and deep fryer) . This building is handicap accessible.
The outdoor Arena (approx 200'+ x 150') with hillside bleacher seating for approximately 500. The outdoor arena has Team & Calf Roping chutes, bucking chutes as well as adjoining corral space with heated waterer and sheds for housing cattle