Calgary horse checks into Ottawa hotel at Grey Cup (VIDEO)
How can you tell that Calgary has arrived at the Grey Cup?
I’ll tell you how.
There’s a damn horse in the hotel lobby!
There's a #HorseInTheHotel!!! #GreyCup #Ottawa #Calgary #CFL #Horsepower pic.twitter.com/3u7jsfJui4
— Calgary GC Committee (@CALGARYGCC) November 25, 2017
You can’t take these guys anywhere.
It’s a Grey Cup tradition that started in 1948, when the Calgary Stampeders capped off an undefeated season by winning their first championship. A group of Stamps fans, along with about a dozen horses, took the train from Calgary to Toronto.
Naturally, they rode their horses right into the prestigious Royal York Hotel and the rest is history. It’s widely believed that traveling Stampeders fans turned the Grey Cup from just a game into the party that it has become.
The Calgary Grey Cup Committee escorted Tuffy the horse checked into the Metcalfe Hotel in Ottawa around 7 pm ET Friday night, with much fanfare.
Tuffy the horse is in the Metcalfe Hotel lobby. The tradition continues… one that started at the Royal York Hotel Lobby in Toronto in 1948 during #GreyCup week. pic.twitter.com/efp2HwaBOn
— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) November 25, 2017
Canada’s Minister of Sport @kenthehr is here… in a hotel lobby with a horse during #GreyCup week. He just fed the horse a carrot. pic.twitter.com/52h0Cri4pE
— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) November 25, 2017
The talk of the town has arrived! #TuffytheHorse has graced us with his presence! @calstampeders @CALGARYGCC #stampeders #GreyCup #Ottawa #TuffytheHorse pic.twitter.com/Q0dJSs8sSE
— The Metcalfe Hotel (@metcalfehotel) November 25, 2017
Here are some videos that captured the moment:
The tradition continues! #HorseInLobby #GreyCup pic.twitter.com/uowNigaz8h
— Calgary Stampeders (@calstampeders) November 25, 2017
Here's Tuffy!!! The horse arrives at the lobby of the @metcalfehotel #GreyCup @CalStampeders pic.twitter.com/t46u79jaag
— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) November 25, 2017
— The Metcalfe Hotel (@metcalfehotel) November 25, 2017
The Stampeders, who lost in the championship game last year, are favoured to beat the Toronto Argonauts in the Grey Cup on Sunday.
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