19-year-old bull rider fatally wounded during rodeo west of Calgary | 24CA News
Family and associates are mourning Seth Saulteaux, the 19-year-old bull rider who died throughout a weekend Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) occasion on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation.
Saulteaux, who was from Makawacis, embraced the rodeo life, following within the steps of his bull using grandfather Marcel Saulteaux. Seth travelled together with his grandfather to rodeo occasions throughout North America earlier than, the age of 14, when he rode his first bull.
Seth certified for the INFR foremost occasion in Las Vegas thrice and had set his sights on using within the Professional Bull Riders circuit.
On Saturday, these aspirations ended as he suffered a deadly blow on what proved to be his last journey.
Seth’s mom Raylene acquired the heartbreaking news by cellphone from a good friend on the Chiniki Rodeo Grounds.
“She called me when he collapsed and they were trying to revive him,” Raylene informed Global News. “Then I lost the signal.”
Family and associates are mourning Seth Saulteaux, the 19-year-old bull rider who died throughout a weekend Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) occasion on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation.
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Marcel, the grandfather who Seth insisted on calling dad, recounted Seth’s final moments.
“He got hit pretty hard,” mentioned Marcel, including that his grandson was sporting a helmet and different protecting gear. “He got up and got out of the arena and told one of his cousins ‘Call my grandpa’, and then he fell down.
“That was it. That was the last of it. They took him in the ambulance. They didn’t even get half mile out of there and he was gone. We raced out there (but) he was gone. He was gone. I think the whole rodeo came to be with us.”
Undated photographs of Seth Saulteaux, the 19-year-old bull rider from Maskwacis killed throughout a July 1 rodeo on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation. (Supplied/Saulteaux household).
Marcel mentioned he had initially tried to push Seth towards roping occasions however they couldn’t compete with bull using for a spot in his grandson’s coronary heart.
“He always wanted to be a cowboy,” mentioned Marcel of Seth, who “had the most infectious smile you’d ever see. You watch him and (are) so proud of him. Sometimes you just swallow your pride and (are) just in awe of him. He tried so hard and wasn’t afraid to do what he was doing.”
— With recordsdata from Global News’ Jayme Doll
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