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Wednesday, April 19, 2017 — Red Bluff Daily News 5 Bucking horses, bulls are silent partners with personalities n bronc riding, bull riding Brett Stall rides Yellow Fever, owned by Four Star Rodeo of Cottonwood, Calif., at the 2016 Red Bluff Round-Up. The six-year-old bull knows his job, said owner Jeff Davis. Photo by Hubbell Photography. Horse of the Canadian Finals in 2015. When Tiger Warrior was done at the WNFR last December, he came to John Growney's ranch, where he has been breeding mares. Aer the horse works the Round- Up, he will be taken back to Calgary. is is the first year the Calgary Stampede has brought animals to Red Bluff. Tom Lange and Mike Corey, owners of Fly- ing Diamond and Corey and Lange Rodeo, have provided their livestock for the Round-Up for the past three years. One of the horses they will bring to Red Bluff is the bareback horse Trip Wire. e paint horse, who is a bit smaller than average, is a tough horse to ride, Corey said. "Most all the top cowboys have had a chance to ride him, and he's a difficult horse to ride. ey say he's really strong, he doesn't weaken any time during the ride, and he gets stronger as the ride goes on." Not many cow- boys have won checks riding Trip Wire. "ey have a real deep appreciation" for the horse, Corey said. "ey don't win on him very oen because they don't ride him very oen. ere's just not many like him in the world that buck so hard, and he consis- tently bucks very hard." Rodeo livestock are oen considered like fami- ly among their owners, said Reno Rosser, and stock contractors pride themselves on bringing their best to the Round-Up. "When we come to Red Bluff, we bring the best that we have. We take a lot of pride in their performance, and if they don't perform well, we won't be successful." He likens his animals to children: "Watching your horses perform is like watching your kids play baseball. You get that same feeling." e 96th annual Red Bluff Round-Up is April 21-23 at the Tehama District Fairgrounds in Red Bluff, Calif. e performances begin at 7 pm on April 21, at 2:30 pm on April 22 and at 1:30 pm on April 23. Tickets can be purchased online at Red- BluffRoundup.com, or at the gate. For more infor- mation, visit the website or call 530.527.1000. Tiger Warrior, owned by Calgary Stampede, will compete in the saddle bronc riding at the Red Bluff Round-Up. The ten-year-old bay stud has spent the winter in Red Bluff at the Growney Ranch.