One of the most successful chuckwagon drivers of late, 2024 saw Layne, for the second time in the past three years, win the Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award, symbolic of the Calgary Stampede Safety/Aggregate Champion,. He made his third consecutive trip to the Rangeland Derby’s Championship Final Heat, and also qualified for the championship final at the Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship. He posted thirty top ten runs in 2024, including a day money run at the Ponoka Stampede, and had eight other runs that cracked the top five, and placed in the top ten overall at eight out of ten show championships.
The 2023 World Champion Chuckwagon Driver made history in 2023, becoming the first chuckwagon driver to receive the Calgary Stampede’s prestigious Guy Weadick Award, and go on to win the Rangeland Derby Championship in the same year. Over his career Layne has had two horses named to the Calgary Stampede’s Equine Athlete of Excellence, one horse named to the WPCA’s Equine Outfit of Excellence, and is a two-time winner of the Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award symbolic of the Calgary Stampede Safety and Aggregate Champion. He is a former winner of the WPCA’s Most Improved Driver in 2017, and in 2009 Layne was honored with the WPCA highest annual award when he received the prestigious Chuckwagon Person of the Year Award.
As an outrider Layne won two Rangeland Derby Championships and one Calgary Stampede Aggregate title. Layne’s career began on the CPCA circuit where he was the CPCA’s Most Improved Driver in 2001, the CPCA’s High Point Rookie Driver in 2000, and twice was named the CPCA’s Most Sportsmanlike Driver. Layne and his wife Loreena have 2 children – Taygan and Trey – and now make their home in Coronation, Alberta.
