Global headlines brought world attention to the world of Oregon rodeos when a bull hopped a fence at the Sisters Rodeo on Saturday June 8, injuring three people.
Managers putting on rodeo events, including the Sisters Rodeo Association and others in Eastern Oregon, agree that such incidents are extremely rare and assure the public that security measures are in place for spectators at their events.
At the Sisters Rodeo event, a bull named Party Bus jumped the arena fence, and into a concession area where it tossed one person head over feet into the air.
A look back at the stories that made the news in the Blue Mountain eagle in 2023.
This month-by-month retrospective covers a wide range of topics, from rodeo queens to fighting bulls, political tussles to acts of charity, the Grant County Fair to the Blue Mountain Hospital.
Hamsher Fighting Bulls owners Trevor and Marley Hamsher, of Prairie City, just returned from the Bullfighters 2023 World Championship in Las Vegas after winning key honors, including Bull of the Year.
The Hamsher’s won Stock Contractor of the Year and their premier fighting bull Habanero was again crowned Bull of the Year for 2023.
PRAIRIE CITY — “There’s an old saying in rodeo,” said Trever Hamsher, owner of Hamsher Fighting Bulls. “Nobody wants to see somebody get hurt — but if somebody does get