Grace Pain is Moose Mountain Pro Rodeo Queen

May 4, 2026, 2:52 pm
Ashley Bochek

Grace Pain of Langham, Saskatchewan will represent the Moose Mountain Pro rodeo for the next 18 months at local events and rodeos all over the province.

This year the Moose Mountain Pro Rodeo in Kennedy has named their Rodeo Queen. Grace Pain of Langham, Saskatchewan will represent the rodeo for the next 18 months at local events and rodeos all over the province.

“I am 19 years old from Langham, Saskatchewan. I am currently in my second year of Equine Sport Therapy, and I am graduating in June,” says Pain.

“I got into horses at a very young age. I come from a big farming family. I ran for the title of Miss Rodeo Agribition in November and then when that didn’t go through, Jill reached out to me and offered the title of Miss Rodeo Moose Mountain.”

Pain has competed in rodeos as a barrel racer.
“I started barrel racing in 2020 so I have competed in multiple rodeos. Rodeo queens are the ambassadors for the sport. They go out to the public and showcase their rodeos. I am very lucky to represent the Moose Mountain Pro Rodeo which is one of two pro rodeos in Saskatchewan.”

Duties of Rodeo Queen
Pain explains her role as Moose Mountain Rodeo Queen and qualities they embody as mentors and ambassadors of the sport.

“We travel to other rodeos as well as community events. I will be in Kennedy Sunday morning for their pancake breakfast. I do any kind of local community events such as hockey games and visiting care homes and being part of the community and representing rodeo in rodeos and also in non-rodeo atmospheres. I will have the title for about 18 months. I started January 1, and I will have it until the Moose Mountain Rodeo 2027, and then we will crown another queen. It is very cool.

Grace Pain of Langham, Saskatchewan will represent the Moose Mountain Pro rodeo for the next 18 months at local events and rodeos all over the province.

“I haven’t done anything like this before other than competing for Miss Rodeo Agribition, and that was very out of my comfort zone, and it led to this which is really cool. It was never really a dream of mine until I started competing for Miss Rodeo Agribition and then it just became a dream, and it is something that I am so proud to be able to live out.”

Pain competed for Miss Rodeo Agribition last November. Miss Rodeo Agribition represents Canadian Western Agribition at rodeos and agriculture events across Western Canada.

“Competing at Miss Rodeo Agribition, they have different elements to it, and you get judged throughout the whole thing,” she says. “I competed in public speaking, personal interviews, we had a written exam about facts about the rodeo, facts about our Canadian Pro Rodeos, we did horsemanship on horses we had never rode on before, and then some rodeo queen programs also do a fashion show. Agribition did not do that, but it is another big one that we compete in. We are judged by different people in each event. We are also judged on how we interact with people. Whether it is in the rodeo setting or going to a trade show, we had secret judges watching how we interact with the public which was really fun. Although, I didn’t win, it was a great experience.”

Excited for rodeo in Kennedy
Moose Mountain Rodeo Queen Pain will be at the Moose Mountain Pro Rodeo all weekend. She says she is very excited to meet new people and enjoy the events.

“I will be in Kennedy all weekend for the rodeo, and I am super excited.

Getting to represent a rodeo in Saskatchewan means a lot for me. I am a very Saskatchewan girl through-and-through, so to be able to represent the Moose Mountain Pro Rodeo is very exciting. I will be there carrying flags and meeting a bunch of new people which will be really fun as well. I am very excited for the weekend.”