Western Events in Alberta

Browse western horse shows, clinics, and competitions coming up in Alberta.

Upcoming Western Events

Semi-Annual Stony Plain New and Used Tack Sale

MAR
14
2026

Indoor tack sale with vendor tables and trailer spaces available. Reserved spaces offered on a first-paid basis.

Heritage Pavilion, Stony Plain Heritage Park
Stony Plain, AB
Marketplace
Western
English

13th Annual Top Gun Horse Sale

APR
10
2026

Canada’s largest horse auction featuring ranch horses, rope horses, team penning horses, barrel racing prospects, kids’ horses, trail horses, and mounted shooting horses. Includes a preview evening and a live auction event.

Calnash Ag Event Centre
Ponoka, AB
Marketplace
Western
Ranch Riding
Team Penning
Barrel Racing
Roping

J.P. Forget Body Control & Ranch Versatility Clinic

MAY
9
2026

Two-day clinic with J.P. Forget covering body control, horsemanship, and ranch versatility. Riders learn responsiveness, leg and seat aids, flexion, transitions, flying lead changes, relaxation, symmetry, problem solving, and preparation for cattle work and ranch events. Includes personalized training plan. J.P. Forget is a decorated reining trainer with multiple national titles and former EC High Performance Coach.

Rocking Heart Ranch
Waterton Lakes National Park, AB
Clinic
Horsemanship
Ranch Riding
Reining
Western

AHAA Open Breed Show

MAY
30
2026

Open breed show featuring halter horse, ranch, walk/trot in-hand, NSBA, and hunter in-hand classes.

Olds, AB
Show/​Competition
In-hand/Halter
Western

Alberta Paint Horse Spring Classic APHA Show

JUN
5
2026
Red Deer, AB
Show/​Competition
English
Western
In-hand/Halter

AHAA Open Breed Show

JUL
11
2026

Open breed show featuring halter horse, ranch, walk/trot in-hand, NSBA, and hunter in-hand classes.

Claresholm, AB
Show/​Competition
In-hand/Halter
Western

Zone 10 APHA Show

JUL
31
2026
Red Deer, AB
Show/​Competition
English
Western
In-hand/Halter

Jill Barron Working Equitation Clinic

AUG
28
2026

Three-day clinic focused on Working Equitation fundamentals, including obstacles, precision, balance, and harmony between horse and rider.

Rocking Heart Ranch
Waterton Lakes National Park, AB
Clinic
Working Equitation
Obstacles
English
Western

AHAA Open Breed Show

SEP
12
2026

Open breed show featuring halter horse, ranch, walk/trot in-hand, NSBA, and hunter in-hand classes.

Strathcona County, AB
Show/​Competition
In-hand/Halter
Western

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