102 Red Bluff round up brings people from all over the country to the Northstate

REDDING, Calif. — — The Red Bluff Round-Up, the country’s largest three-day rodeo, is back in the Northstate with a sold-out day on Saturday and tons of fun activities and competitions for the whole community to come out and watch.

Cowboy hats, spurs, and horses filled the Tehama District Fairgrounds. Competitors came from all over the state and country, including steer wrestler Bridger Anderson.

“We’re all trying to make it to the National Finals Rodeo in December,” Anderson said. “It’s a year-long competition to qualify and Red Buff , California is definitely on that route. If you have an opportunity to come out to this rodeo, it’s not something you should ever miss.”

Anderson is from North Dakota and decided at a very young age, he wanted the rodeo life.

“When I was three years old I told my mom I wanted to be a professional steer wrestler and a paleontologist,” Anderson said. “I gave up on the paleontology, but we’re still steer wrestling. It’s always just been the dream to be able to rodeo for a living and now that dream has become a reality. ”

Anderson placed first in Saturday's competition with a time of 3.8 seconds.

Miss Rodeo America Kennadee Riggs was also at Round-Up and shared in the excitement.

“You’re always on the edge of your seat,” Riggs said. “We like to say we’ll sell you the whole seat but you’ll only use the front edge of it.”

Round-Up is not only great for the competitors but also for the community. Each year it brings in about 5 million dollars to the local economy.

But more than that, it brings the community together.

“I think this is one of the tightest communities I’ve been able to see and I see hundreds of rodeos,” Riggs said. “I love how the community of northern California all comes together and they’re so invested in and engaged whether or not they are a part of the rodeo industry. They are a part of it this weekend.”