World Professional Standings
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Major Awards And Victories
- 2014: Orville Strandquist Memorial Award (Calgary Stampede Top Rookie Driver)
- 2018: CPCA High Point Driver, Calgary Stampede Equine Outfit of Excellence - "IKE" - Champion Champion Left Leader
- 2022: Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Champion Driver, Calgary Stampede Equine Athlete of Excellence - "BREEZE" - Champion Champion Right Leader, Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede, Century Downs Racetrack and Casino "WINNER'S ZONE" Champion, Century Downs Racetrack and Casino Aggregate Champion, WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence - "BREEZE" - Champion Right Leader
Personal Information
In just his third season on the WPCA Pro Tour, the 2022 season was a phenomenal success for Kris . He won his first show as a member of the WPCA at the Medicine Hat Stampede, then followed it up with a big win at the Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby, and capped the season off by winning the Aggregate title at the Century Downs Century Downs Racetrack and Casino World Chuckwagon Finals and the Century Downs Racetrack and Casino "WINNER'S ZONE" Championship and setting a track record in the process. 2022 saw Kris post 36 top ten runs, including nine first place runs and seventeen runs that also placed inside the top five. He had top ten overall aggregate finishes at seven shows throughout the 2022 season, and for the second time Kris had a horse named to the Calgary Stampede's Equine Athlete of Excellence when "BREEZE" was named the Champion Right Leader, and by year's end "BREEZE" was also named Champion Right Leader on the WPCA Equine Outfit of Excellence as well.
After spending the first nine years of his career on the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association (CPCA) circuit, Kris moved to the WPCA Pro Tour in 2021, and let his presence be known right off the bat when he set a track record at the Dewberry World Chuckwagon Races on opening day of the 2021 season.
Prior to joining the WPCA, Kris enjoyed a very prosperous career on the CPCA circuit where, in just 9 seasons, he won 12 CPCA show championships, qualified for the championship final heat for the CPCA Championship five consecutive years, was the CPCA's Top Rookie Driver in 2011, the CPCA's Most Improved Driver in 2012, and was the recipient of the CPCA Family of the Year in 2011. Kris won the Orville Strandquist Memorial Award as the Calgary Stampede’s Top Rookie Driver in 2014, in 2018 his horse “IKE was named Champion Left Leader on the Calgary Stampede’s Equine Outfit of Excellence, and he ended the year as the CPCA's High Point Driver.
Kris started driving pony chariots at the age of 14 and by age 16 he was driving pony chuckwagons. He twice won the North American Pony Chuckwagon Championship before moving to the thoroughbred wagons after the 2010 season. A certified farrier and equine dentist, Kris’ off-season interests include hockey, hunting and horses, and works as Lead Operator for Repsol Oil & Gas Canada. Kris and his wife Wendy have 2 children – Kaeden and Blake - and make their home in Chauvin, Alberta.
