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The Calgary Stampeders will likely be without their sideline horsepower during this weekend’s Grey Cup championship.

Operators of the Toronto Argonauts’ home, BMO Field, are refusing to allow the team’s touchdown horse, Quick Six, to take to the sidelines, where it normally gallops to celebrate touchdowns, Stampeders spokesman Jean Lefebvre said Monday.

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“There’s some challenge in getting the horse onto BMO Field … it’s potentially not possible,” he said.

“We understand the reason is that BMO Field is laid out differently and there’s limited space.”

He said the CFL is talking with BMO Field officials, hoping for some kind of compromise, “but what we’re told right now is that it’s not possible.”

The facility is managed by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd.

If refused, it would be the second Stampeders Grey Cup appearance in a row where the mascot was refused the right to thunder down Toronto sidelines after Quick Six was denied running space at Rogers Centre in 2012 due to safety concerns.