Some of the biggest names in rodeo are stampeding down to Lawrence next week for the district's annual summer rodeo.
Rodeo vice-president Murray Hellewell said the best bullriders from around the country would be travelling south to take part in the January 28 event.
The field would include members of the well-known Church family, from the North Island.
The contingent would include Merv, Aaron and Paddy Church.
''They're the next-generation cowboys coming down ... and they're going pretty good at the moment,'' Mr Hellewell said.