ProRodeo Sports News - October 29, 2021

Kimzey, a six-time world champ – 2014-19 – made the most memorable ride of his career aboard Bruiser. In Round 8, of the 2019Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. Kimzey had a 94-point ride on Powder River Rodeo’s SweetPro’s Bruiser. SweetPro’s Bruiser was voted bull of the night for Round 8, and it is a ride Kimzey will never forget. “As a bull rider, Bruiser is one you dream to get on and I’m glad it happened,” Kimzey said about his lone ride on the rank bull. “In my opinion, he’s probably the coolest bucking bull of all time. He’s a pet in the back pen. You can go love on him and scratch him. He was a fair competitor. He stands good in the box and he’s all you can ask for. He’s super athletic and super fair and honest every trip. He has the wow factor.” Bruiser was good as advertised and then some with Kimzey. “My ride on Bruiser was my most memorable by far,” Kimzey said. “He had been around for quite a while at that point, and I wanted to draw him ever since he was a 3-year-old. When I found out I drew him for Round 8 I was so excited. That ride was everything I thought it would be and then some. You couldn’t have drawn up a script that was any better. He would make one to three rounds to the left, and then he would just stall out and he’s a big bull. He would go to just jumping straight in the air and backing up a bit. If he did buck guys off that’s when it was going to happen. That was his signature move.” J.W. Harris won back-to-back-to-back world titles from 2008-10 and added his fourth in 2013. He won the 2019 San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo with a 92.5-point ride on SweetPro’s Bruiser in the finals. “I wish every bull was like Bruiser,” said Harris, who retired from competition in May. “Don’t get me wrong, the bull bucked. But he was the kind you wanted to get on every time you went somewhere because you know if you ride him, you’re going to win. But shoot, you stub your toe on him once and he would throw you off. “He’s just a cool animal. He’s gentle and you can walk up and scratch him, but yet he will probably go down as one of the greatest bucking bulls ever. He just moved so fluid. Whenever you watch him, it looked like he did things with ease. I was a fan of him.” On Aug. 17, 2019, Ruger Piva had a 92-point on Bruiser at the Caldwell (Idaho) Rodeo and he’s the gold standard as far as Piva’s concerned. “He’s the best bull I have ever ridden, and it will probably be that way forever,” Piva said. “He felt, really, really good. He pulled on you just enough to let you know he was there, so you had to keep riding him the whole time. Just all-around, he’s the best feeling bull I have ever been on. “That night in Caldwell there was a lot of pressure because I was in my home state and everybody fromChallis who knew I was getting on him got tickets and came down. I tried to keep it a secret, but everybody found out. I’ve won Cheyenne and Pendleton, but I don’t think I will have a ride like I did in Caldwell that night.”

“He was a once-in-a-lifetime bull. He was a big, stout athletic animal with a personality to match. It is crazy how cool he is to be around. He’s one of those bulls who makes what we do fun. He had intensity that other bulls didn’t have.” ” – H.D. PAGE

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Dan Hubbell Sage Kimzey had a 94-point ride on Powder River’s SweetPro’s Bruiser to win Round 8 of the 2019 Wrangler NFR. The standout bull owned by H.D. Page is retiring.

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