ProRodeo Sports News | March 4, 2022

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

SAN ANTONIO STOCK SHOW & RODEO

Sage Kimzey adds another San Antonio title to his resume Four-Timer BY TANNER BARTH I t hasn’t been the busy winter rodeo season that seven-time PRCAWorld Champion Sage Kimzey is used to, but it hasn’t slowed down his productivity one bit in 2022. Kimzey has entered just four rodeos since the TOP MONEY WINNER Stetson Wright ($36,750, saddle bronc riding, bull riding) BAREBACK RIDING TOP SCORES Wright

1. Kaycee Feild..........................$21,000 2. Tim O’Connell.........................18,000 3. Jess Pope...............................15,000 STEER WRESTLING 1. J.D. Struxness. .....................$20,750 2. Tyler Waguespack...................16,250 3. Jesse Brown...........................11,250 TEAM ROPING 1. L. Aguilera/J. Torres..............$21,500 2. R. Stoebner/J. Harrison. .........17,250 3. C. Proctor/L. Medlin................16,000 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Stetson Wright......................$25,750 2. Kolby Wanchuk.......................15,500 3. Layton Green. .........................12,750 TIE-DOWN ROPING 1. Tuf Cooper............................$19,500 2. Cooper Martin.........................17,000 3. Haven Meged..........................14,000 BARREL RACING 1. Hailey Kinsel.........................$24,000 2. Dona Kay Rule........................18,000 3. Cheyenne Wimberly................12,500 BULL RIDING 1. Sage Kimzey.........................$28,500 2. J.R. Stratford..........................22,250 3. Trevor Kastner. .......................14,167

conclusion of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Teton Ridge in December in Las Vegas. He has made them all count and then some. Just in the month of February, between the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo and the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Kimzey earned $58,327. He credits the longer break and in part more downtime to his early season success. “I’ve slowed down a lot this winter with the birth of my son,” said Kimzey, 27. “I haven’t been going to near as many rodeos, but I’ve been showing up fresher and more mentality locked in. So, the break and the slower pace has been good for me this winter. I’ve really just been capitalizing on all my opportunities, so it’s been good.” One of those opportunities he capitalized on was during the finals in San Antonio. The Texas bull rider matched up with Andrews Rodeo’s Ol’ Son. His eight-second cover was good enough for 92 points and ultimately the win in the Alamo City. “He’s a really nice bull, there’s no doubt about that,” he said. “When the list came out for the draft, he was one that was definitely at the top of my list. I felt like a guy could be a lot of points on him. He was really electric coming out to the right of the gate. That bull was all he was built up to be and more.” His victory lap Feb. 26 was his fourth at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. He said it’s a place he loves competing at and it never gets old walking out of the AT&T Center with a buckle. “This rodeo is amazing, and the fans are truly amazing. The stock we get to get on is fantastic and the payout they give us makes it even better.” Kimzey said. “So, winning at a place like this never really gets old.” This past December, Kimzey won his seventh PRCA Bull Riding World Championship, he now only trails Don Gay, who has eight for the most in the sports history. He said while that’s in the back of his head he knows there’s still a lot of rodeoing left to be done. “The goal is obviously to win as many world titles as I can,” he said. “We have a lot of season left and a big Wrangler NFR ahead, but this is just one more step in that direction for sure.”

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Sage Kimzey rides Andrews Rodeo’s Ol’ Son to a rodeo-best 92 points during the finals at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.

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