A horse was injured Saturday night at the Calgary Stampede’s Rangeland Derby chuckwagon races.

No immediate report was available regarding the horse’s condition, but it was loaded onto a trailer as announcer Les McIntyre told the crowd that the horse would get the best care and would hopefully be able to return to racing.

The horse was part of the rig of Chad Fike, a fourth-generation driver who has been coming to the Stampede for more than 10 years.

The Saturday night injury occurred in Heat 8 of the chuckwagon races. A time-delayed television broadcast of the race showed Fike’s rig starting the race with two other competitors, but didn’t make mention of why the race ended with only those two other competitors crossing the finish line. Later in the broadcast, it was announced Fike had

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