McGonigle and Diesel back home with another championship belt buckle

Ally and Cody McGonigle are home again in North Easthope township after travelling to Quebec for another successful championship.

Shakespeare’s champion rodeo steer wrestler Cody McGonigle keeps on winning.

Just home from Quebec now, he has another Canadian championship under his huge and colourful belt buckle.

Cody and his partner Diesel (his American quarter horse), just got home from travelling many miles to get to Saint Tite, Que., for the International Professional Rodeo Association (IPRA)’s Canadian finals in steer wrestling.

They headed to the finals in first place for the season for the second year in a row.

A true talented partnership of athleticism, this horse and rider duo once again captured the season belt buckle and the Canadian championship in steer wrestling.

Once home, McGonigle told the Times: “Winning back-to-back in the Canadian finals in steer wrestling … winning it once was special but winning the title two years in a row is something very special.

“… Yes it does take a lot of miles, sacrifices, great horsepower under the saddle and good people behind these wins.”

He said he is grateful for everyone who’s been in his corner throughout it all: his mom and Dad, Dave and Susan, sister Ally, and grandparents Murray and Margaret. Without their support he could not do what he has done already.

McGonigle and Diesel are still currently travelling down the rodeo road once again, to achieve another trip in calf roping at the 2026 Canadian finals in Saint Tite, Que.

This young cowboy is on the road for over 100 days a year and takes on interested sponsors whenever he travels. Reach him at rodeocowboy182@gmail.com.