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Behind the reins: Inside the Calgary Stampede's safety plan for chuckwagon horses

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Calgary Stampede has added a fitness-to-compete program to ensure the horses are in good health before they head out to the track each day.

Each driver is allowed to run their horses for three consecutive days with one day off or four days in a row with two days off.

Horses treated like elite athletes, says fourth -generation chuckwagon driver Chad Fike .

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