The Red Bluff (Calif.) Roundup, entering its 87th year, plays host to the 10th stop on the 26-venue Wrangler ProRodeo Tour this weekend. The annual rodeo begins on Friday, April 18 and culminates with the final round on Sunday, April 20.
Just days ago, the Grand National Rodeo wrapped up its seven-performance rodeo near San Francisco.
In Red Bluff, cowboys and cowgirls will not only compete for part of a purse that exceeded $230,000 in 2007, but points that apply toward the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour standings and entry into the Ariat Playoffs series, an exciting four-rodeo showdown starting in August in Caldwell, Idaho.
. Red Bluff, a venue on the Wrangler Tour since its inception in 2000, is located 130 miles north of Sacramento, California’s capital city.
Last year, California was represented by bull riding champion Shane Gordon of Fort Jones, who rode two bulls for 138 points, good for $5,186. Also, steer wrestler Levi Wisness of Keene, N.D., defended his title by recording a three-head time of 25.7 seconds and pocketed $5,530 in the process.
Other average champions from the 2007 Red Bluff Roundup were bareback rider Tom McFarland of Wickenburg, Ariz.; team ropers Tommy Edens and Coby Jones, both of Gatesville, Texas; saddle bronc rider Cody Wright of Milford, Utah; tie-down roper Jake Hannum of Ogden, Utah; and barrel racer Brittany Pozzi-Pharr of Victoria, Texas.
Learn more about this rodeo at http://www.redbluffroundup.com/
