World Champion. Cowboy.
Entrepreneur. Scoundrel. Mentor.
• Kelly is the supreme champion in chuckwagon racing and
arguably Canada’s toughest competitor ever in any sport.
• He raced for five decades and won more World
Championships, more Calgary Stampede Championships
and more races than anyone on the planet!
• By the time Kelly was 40, Calgary Stampede announcer
Joe Carbury called him “The King” because of his
winning ways
• Maybe not always a fan favourite, in Sutherland’s career
he was a leader with remarkable tenacity and formidable
fierceness.
His desire to win fired up both men and horses.
His rivals raced through clouds of
his dust, chasing Kelly’s eagle feather
going hell for leather!