Kimzey, a mere 22 years of age, has just come from winning a 2nd CBR World Championship title in July; the only Rider to complete five rides at the 2016 CBR World Finals in Cheyenne, Wyoming – held during the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. Eight-time PRCA World Champion Don (Donnie) Gay thinks that Sage Kimzey has a legitimate shot at breaking his bull riding record. Donnie went on to say, “Kimzey grew up at the rodeo. He was born to do this. He rides fundamentally flawless, and it’s all he has ever wanted to do.”
CLN with Kimzey and Alexis Bloomer
Indeed – “Kan-Do Kimzey” in his inaugural PRCA year, smashed records. In 2014, at the very young age of 20, he won the PRCA Rookie of the Year. During the 2014 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, he won an event-record-tying four rounds. He ended up winning the 2014 PRCA World Championship; only the 2nd Rookie Bull Rider to do so. The last time that feat was accomplished was back in 1963, by Bill Kornell. Sage’s total WNFR earnings that year were $175,466; the highest of any other rodeo competitor in Vegas during that event, earning him the RAM Truck Top Gun Award; and he finished with a rookie record total, any event or combined, of $318,631.
So he did.
In 2015, after a successful bull riding season that included winning 12 major PRCA events, “Kan-Do Kimzey” placed in an amazing seven rounds at the WNFR, securing his second PRCA World Championship.
It seems that Sage Steele Kimzey made his earthly debut in August of 1994 with a recipe for success, and he has been meticulously following it up to and including the 2016 season. He has won an impressive 13 major PRCA events this year, including the prestigious San Antonio and Pendleton rodeos. All of us at the Cowboy Lifestyle Network wish him the very best. We
NOTE: This is the 32nd Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo; running Thursday, December 1 through Saturday, December 10. Performances will be held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. They start at 6:45 pm (PT), nightly.
Watch it LIVE at 10 pm (ET) on the CBS Sports Network, immediately repeating at 1 am (ET).
