Calgary Grey Cup Committee chair, Steve Sommerfeld, rides Tuffy Nuff the horse into the lobby of a hotel as the annual tradition kicks off Grey Cup festivities ahead of the 113th CFL Grey Cup between the Edmonton Elks and Montreal Alouettes in Calgary, Alta., on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Taffy the horse walks through Calgary hotel in decades-old Grey Cup tradition
Nov 12, 2026 | 7:57 PM
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CALGARY — Taffy the horse walked to the tune of screaming bagpipes through a tight Calgary hotel lobby.
It was recreating a decades-old CFL championship tradition ahead of the Grey Cup game between the Edmonton Elks and Montreal Alouettes on Sunday.
A horse given the name and title of Tuffy has ridden through a hotel in the host city of the championship annually since 1948, the year a Stampeders fan rode a horse into the lobby of a fancy Toronto hotel.
Taffy, a brown-freckled and white horse, took on that mantle as he sauntered to the check-in counter at the Homewood Suites in Calgary and then to the bar to slop up a bowl of Guinness beer.
