GND#15 with Chanse Vigen 2023 World Champion Chuckwagon Driver

Chanse Vigen has spent his entire life on a horse. He had followed his Father, Mike Vigen, and his grandfather Ralph Vigen since he was a young cowboy with a whip in his back pocket hoping to just get tall enough to "reach the horn" (on a saddle) and to race like his family did before him. Many years later after spending almost 15 years as an Outrider on the racing circuit, he found himself thrust into the wagon. He never looked back. 2023 was an epic year for Chanse as he claimed the World Championship, and broke a 61 year old record to boot.
We get into the entire history of the sport of Chuckwagon Racing as it pertains in particular to the Calgary Stampede. The generational bloodline that is Family Vigen. The treatment of the horses as a roster, but more importantly as part of their family. We get into operational costs and what goes into running a stable of a team of this size. We ALSO run over a clip that made National news whereby Chanse had to save a runaway Wagon during a race back in 2007-"Indiana Jones-type shit" We talk purse money in comparison between certain rodeos, advertising and sponsorhips, the grind of the circuit, and finally his incredible 2023 run. AND so much more, we had a blast during this episode, and we also had a special guest in Tom McCarthy, a special friend and hype man for Chanse Vigen race team. Saddle up partners!
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