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FARM-CITY
PRO RODEO
PROMISES
TOP ANIMAL
ATHLETES
August 2016
By ALEXA LOUGEE
Staff Writer
F
ans of the Farm-City Pro Rodeo
can look forward to a variety of
rough stock at this year’s event. Five
different companies from various
regions are sending animals to participate
in the rodeo. Spectators can expect to see
impressive animals from Calgary Stam-
pede of Alberta, Canada, Korkow Rodeos
out of Pierre, S.D., Corey & Lange/Flying
Diamond Rodeo Co. from Moses Lake,
Wash., Kesler Rodeo Co. from Helena,
Mont. and Palmer-Smith Cattle Co. out of
Milton-Freewater.
Veteran stock contractor Mike Corey of
Corey & Lange/ Flying Diamond will be
bringing his best animals to the Farm City
Pro Rodeo.
“They don’t hire me to bring the second
string animals,” he said. “They hire me to
bring the best.”
One of his best animals coming for bare-
back competition is his horse, Trip Wire,
“He bucks pretty hard,” Corey said.
Fans should also be on the lookout for
what Corey calls a “special” bull.
Bottle Rocket is a young bull, but has
already built quite a resume. Most recently
he won “Bull of the Rodeo” at the Calgary
Stampede. He’s previously won top bull
nods for the Columbia River Circuit and at
the National Finals Rodeo.
Aside from hosting events, Calgary
Stampede also raises rough stock for rodeo.
Kristina Barnes, communications manager
for the Stampede, said the company will
be bringing 47 horses to Hermiston.
Three of those horses have been sired by
six-time world champion bareback horse,
and six-time Canadian champion bareback
horse Grated Coconut. One of those horses,
Timely Delivery, was just named best
Saddle Bronc horse of the Calgary Stam-
pede Rodeo, with Cody DeMoss scoring
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for are Rum Flavoured, a 2015 NFR and
Canadian Finals Rodeo competitor, along
with Mad Money, who was also a 2015
CFR bareback horse.
The Farm-City Pro Rodeo has devel-
oped a reputation for the quality of animal
athletes provided by stock contractors to
the event.
Farm-City has been award the presti-
gious Remuda Award from the Professional
Rodeo Cowboys Association and voted on
by the cowboys for providing a high-quality
and consistent pen of bucking horses.
Farm-City Pro Rodeo won the award in
2009 and in 2014.