Alanna Blinn The fastest women alive!
ST. ALBERT - It was a wet and wild time in St. Albert on Saturday, as the 42nd annual Rainmaker Rodeo lived up to its name.
Just minutes before the main rodeo event was set to begin, the sky opened up and the mud soon started to develop.
The ensuing slop led to slippery footing for the animals and some quick exits for the cowboys.
"Thankfully, the only thing injured (because of the rain) was a little cowboy pride," said Jim Oscroft, the event chair.
Alanna Blinn made sure to keep her powder dry during the brief rainstorm so she could perform during intermission. The 21-year-old is world champion in women's fast-draw shooting.
How long would it take you to whip your gun from its holster, cock the hammer back and fire? Two seconds? One second?
Even at half a second, you'd still be left with a smoking hole in your chest if you pulled pistols against Blinn.
Her world-record time is 0.26 of a second. Only a handful of male fast-draw competitors have matched her time.
With few duels being fought these day, Blinn perfects her craft against less dangerous targets -- the Alberta native showed off her skills for the crowd by shooting at balloons.
Blinn is the feature performer of the Bearpaw Gunslingers Wild West Show, back at the Rainmaker for a second year.
The group performs staged gunfights around the fairgrounds and midway.
This year it has also set up a booth where budding gunfighters can compete using wax bullets and single-action revolvers to see who has the fastest gun.
Live music and a dirt-bike jumping exhibition are also part of this year's event, but the chuckwagon races were canceled because of the rain.
