Jason Glass hasn’t won anything yet. Well ..
. he did win the top day-money prize of $6,000 at the Cowboys Rangeland Derby on Sunday, but that’s not the ultimate prize he’s after. “We’ve got a long Stampede left, so this is far from over,” said Glass, who’s sitting atop the aggregate standings with a three-night cumulative time of 3:34.
17, which puts him exactly three-quarters of a second ahead of Rae Croteau Jr. “For the first three days, these horses are on the right page and the right program. They’re feeling great.
I’m not going to get ahead of myself. So many things can happen in this sport.” Glass was quick to commend the talented group of chuckwagon drivers trying to chase him down.
“There’s so many beautiful horses in these barns and great, great wagon drivers,” he said. “It’s going to be a challenge to keep running strong. I’m just not looking back and I’m going to concentrate on tomorrow.
” Off of the No. 1 barrel in the ninth heat on Sunday, Glass guided his Birchcliff Energy outfit around the Stampede Park track in a quick time of 1:10.78, the best of the 2024 Calgary Stampede so far.
“My horses stood and started and went straight up and straight back,” said Glass, who nabbed the prime spot along the rail after completing the figure-eight pattern in the infield in front of a packed crowd at GMC Stadium. “They just worked beautiful.” It was an extremely speedy heat as Vigen clocked in at 1:11.
81 for the fourth best time o.