Sage Kimzey Collects Second CBR World Title in Cheyenne

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Aug. 5, 2016 - PRLog -- Sage Steele Kimzey was the only cowboy to ride all five bulls at the CBR World Finals at Cheyenne Frontier Days and as a reward the twenty-one year old bull rider from Strong City, Oklahoma earned his second CBR World Championship title, his first World Finals event average win and a check for $140,000.

"Getting paid for doing what I love, riding bulls, it's all I've dreamed about since I was three years old and to get to come do it for a living it doesn't get any better than that," said Kimzey while surrounded by reporters and fans.

Wkth 23 qualified rides from 49 outs on the first night of competition, Kimzey finished second  behind US Army Veteran Juan Alonzo who was inspired by the elite forces of U.S. Navy Leap Frogs and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds performing and cheering him on from the chutes.

Alonzo for the second consecutive year finished first after round one and two posting 90 points and 87 points for 177 while celebrating Military Monday.

With his fourth World Champion bull riding title on the line and three rounds to go of the CBR World Finals, Sage Steele Kimzey came to work on night two at his temporary office, Frontier Park arena.

Night two began with Jacob O'Mara, the No. 2 bull rider coming into the finals, taking the early lead in round three with 90 points. That score would hold against the field of 24 where 12 posted qualified rides.

Rookie rider Jeffery Ramagos and veteran Neil Holmes were both 89 points followed byCody Teel and Sage Kimzey who were both 88.5 points. Jonathan Brown, Wyatt Rogers, Taryl Smith and Mickey Andrews would all receive scores but it was Eli's Vastbinder 87.5  that would be the winning combination to advance to the semifinal round.

Advancing on aggregate scores earned from night one's two rounds and the third round on night two, 12 bull riders prepared for their fourth bull.

Cody Teel would strike first with 88 points after watching the first three buck off. Eli Vastbinder answered with the same 88 points to get three bulls down in Cheyenne.

Rostockyi, who left the arena in round two on a stretcher, snatched the fourth round lead with a comeback ride on 9100 Kojack for 89 points.

The fans would fall silent as the last cowboy that could challenge Kimzey's dominance of the World Standings and the World Finals average, Jacob O'Mara, bucked off a rookie bull of Lyndal Hurst's.

Kimzey, knowing he had clinched the World Championship title by riding his first three, never backed down and tapped out the bull he watched Teel ride in round two for 90.5 points and the round win.

After 92 total outs it was three veterans and the rookie Tyler Taylor, who came into the competition as an alternate and rode all three draws and found himself in the Shoot out round of his newly found CBR career.

Selecting their own fate in the final round, Kimzey opted for CBR World Champion bucking bull, Cowtown Cartel.

Rostockyj took Outside the Box who assisted him to two tour event wins this season, Eli Vastbinder, 263 on three took no time telling Tuff Hedeman he would ride cowboy favorite Boomer.

Rookie Tyler Taylor tied with Cody Teel at 262 points on three, but managed to edge out Teel for the final round with a back judge score from round four. He was left with a lesser known bull, Jared Allen's Uncle Tink who was unridden in CBR competition.

Riding in reverse order, rookie Tyler Taylor bucked off first. Riding to tie Kimzey and be the second man to cover four bulls at the 2016 World Finals, Eli Vastbinder was 90.5 points.

Rostockyj, matched with J908 for the fourth time found himself in unexpected trouble.

"I let him well me a little and the way he bucks a little is a lot," said Rostockyj after the competition.

Kimzey selecting the rankest bull in the pen of final four bulls, William Barnette's Cowtown Cartel, selected the bull he knew if he rode he would win. Kimzey, the bull rider who was born to ride bulls paired with the bull who was bred and born to buck him off, had a firm seat from the first jump and landed on his feet amongst the many cowboy hats being thrown from behind the chutes out of respect for the new four time World Champion.

"It's amazing, coming in he (Cowtown Cartel) was just named the World champion bull and I knew I had a good chance to be a lot of points on him if I rode him. Stepping off one of the greatest bulls in the world with the whole crowd behind you, its pure bliss," said the champ about his 93 point score in the Shoot Out round in Cheyenne.

"Anytime you get to see all your hard work pay off like it has done in my bull riding career, being in the  position I am in today, and to see the blood sweat and tears pay off, it's a great feeling.

Kimzey's price package win included Juan Jose Muñoz Andrade Custom Saddle, Full Quill, Exotic Hand Made Custom Boots by Fenoglio Boot Company, Hyo Silver Trophy Buckle, and a bonus check for $100,000.

Eight-time World Champion bull rider Don Gay who watched and commentated on the only bull rider he thinks has a legitimate shot at breaking his record said it best on night two from the announcer's booth when describing Sage Kimzey.

The 2016 CBR World Finals at Cheyenne Frontier Days awarded the following monies for the 2016 season: $372,500 to Bull Team Contractors including the $120,000 to the 2016 Bull Team World Champion owner, Jeff Harris: $100,000 to CBR World Champion Bull Rider Sage Kimzey; additional $50,000 in the World Finals event payout; $20,000 to 2016 CBR Horizon Series Tour Champion Koby Radley, $5,000 to Bullfighter of the Year, Brandon Loden.

World Finals Average Event Results

1, Sage Kimzey, Strong City, Okla., 445.5 points, $140, 00. 2, Eli Vastbinder, Statesville, NC, 353.5, $22,000. 3, Cody Rostockyj, Lorena, Tex., 266. $$6,000. 4, Tyler Taylor, Stephenville, Tex., 262. $5000. 5, Cody Teel, Kountze, Tex., 262, $6,000.

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