Thousands of fans cheered the Toronto Argonauts to a decisive 41-24 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, but it was the horseplay of another set of fans that drew media coverage this past Grey Cup weekend.
A group of Calgarians suited up in western attire and rode a horse into a downtown Vancouver hotel on the Thursday before the big game. The rider was Di Wensel, chair of the Calgary Grey Cup Committee, and horse was a black mare called Tuffy Nuff.
“It’s one of my most favourite things I do all year,” Wensel told a reporter last year when she rode Tuffy into a Hamilton hotel lobby. “I’ve been coming to the Grey Cup for twenty years, but being a part of this great, amazing group is fantastic, representing the city of Calgary and the Stampede is awesome.”