Tyler Taylor Rides Three to Collect the Largest CBR Purse on the Road to Cheyenne
Riding in his third CBR Shootout appearance, Tyler Taylor followed
Tuff Hedeman’s advice to ride three bulls and take home the largest purse of
the season as he won his first Road to Cheyenne event at the CenturyLink Center
in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Hedeman returned to Bossier with his signature event, the
Eldorado Resort Casino Shreveport Tuff Hedeman Championship Bull Riding, with
25 elite cowboy athletes in the classic event that pits man vs beast producing
the two-hour bull riding that has entertained Ark-La-Tex fans for fifteen
years.
“Slide up there and do my job and don’t worry about the
lights or the money,” was Tuff Hedeman’s advice to the Stephenville, Texas bull
rider just moments before he was presented with the $23,050 jumbo check, the
Hyo Silver custom engraved buckle and the CBR prize package on the floor of the
arena in front of a packed house.
Taylor rode past five World Champions and ten Wrangler National
Finals Rodeo qualifiers to win both the second and third round on his way to
earning his first Road to Cheyenne tour event. Sixteen bull riders rode one,
six succeeded on two and Caleb Sanderson and Tyler Taylor were the only
competitors to conquer three and split the richest event prize package of the
CBR season, $48,500.
“The Lord blessed me tonight and I knew it was my time to
win, and I know I can be one of the best bull riders in the world, I just have
to keep believing in myself,” said an ecstatic Tyler Taylor at the out gate.
Round One
The large pot of gold waiting for them in the winner’s
circle inspired the twenty-five bull riders as they brought their best game to
Bossier City posting a season high sixteen qualified rides in round one to start
the competition.
Eli Vastbinder, the number two rider out of the chutes and
in the CBR World Standings, took the early lead posting 90 points on 169
Crimson King (Loe / Melton). Four more competitors would post scores in section
one including Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier Cody Rostockyj turning
in a rousing ride on 3112 Dirty Blonde, a new bull on tour this season with the
Brown Ranch bull team.
The consistency of the cowboys continued in section two with
five scores including Tyler Taylor’s first ride of 88 points on 138 Cracker
Jack (Hudgins). Taylor admittedly had to
hustle to get the score as 148 got him in the well a little before he adjusted
to finish the 8 seconds on his first attempt of this bull.
“I had seen him on other tours, really good had a lot of
timing, right there around to the right, I kind of got into him a little, but
he was smooth and I got kicked out to finish and get a score,” said Taylor.
Caleb Sanderson of Hallettsville, Texas made his first ride
of three on Benny Cude’s -929 No Hands and was 87.5.
Navajo Nation champion rider Cody Jesus, riding in his first
Road to Cheyenne tour event since winning the average and qualifying last week
in Rio Rancho, turned in 88 points on Y9 Final Judgement (Burleson/Barnett). Section
three saw five more qualified rides including World Champion Kimzey’s smooth 87.5
on Hurst’s 3713 Cheecho.
Semi Finals
The CBR Bull Team Challenge bulls fought back in the second
round with only six of the twelve Semi Final contenders making the whistle.
Corey Bailey was the first to ride two as he was 87 points on
Red Solo Cup (Silent 7) and a 174 on two. Kimzey would follow with 86 on Cude’s
21X1 The Duke to tie Bailey in the average. Rorey Maier kept his 77 points on
Hurricane Harry (Hudgins) for 164.5 on two.
Caleb Sanderson took the lead in the semifinals with 88 points
and 175.5 on two after riding Harris’s Dirty Little Secret. But Taylor was next
and he knew opportunity was knocking.
“I got Flab Slab in round two and he is the old veteran bull
on tour, heck he might be older than me... I was 90 points on him and he felt
great, just up and down with lots of timing, I was super happy I got him,”
finished Taylor.
Jesus matched Taylor with 89.5 on L33 Tomale (Ray Ludtke)
and they were both 178 on two. Rostockyj would buck off followed by the first
round leader Eli Vastbinder who was matched with the rankest bull of the night,
22 Cowboy Cut from Rhon Brown.
Shootout Round
Taylor picked first followed by Cody Jesus, Caleb Sanderson
and Sage Kimzey. Kimzey, battling the flu as well as the bulls, bucked off Big
Lew in 3.47 seconds in the only rematch of the Final Four man round. Sanderson,
having his best performance on the Road to Cheyenne, hustled for the entire
eight seconds to earn the first score of the Shootout, 87.5 points on 79 Rojo
(Melton). Riding third was Cody Jesus in his second consecutive Shootout Round
and was whipped down in 3.23 seconds from Hurst’s 343 Rio.
With one rider left Taylor went to work.
“I was number one coming back in the four man, and I had
seen Lyndal’s bull (343 Rio) a bunch, but I picked the one I didn’t really know,
cause it keeps my mind fresh, keeps you from thinking about it too much… he was
rough in the chute now, but they got me out,” said Taylor of his winning eight
second winning ride aboard 831 Restraining Order owned by Rhon Brown, Brown
Ranch.
World Standings Race
Sage Kimzey continues to dominate the CBR World Standings
leaderboard where he has been parked since the fall CBR run. Eli Vastbinder
added 90 points with his first round win, while third place Campbell bucked off
as did fourth place Jeff Askey. While Kimzey remains at the top, Vastbinder
continues his hallmark style of consistency that will keep Kimzey looking over
his shoulder with six regular season events left on the schedule and five
rounds of the CBR World Finals at Cheyenne Frontier Days. Tyler Taylor breaks
into the top ten and eighteen-year-old Navajo Nation Champion Cody Jesus, who
won the average in Rio Rancho, becomes a contender adding two more qualified
rides in his CBR debut. Sanderson will make a move in the standings as he
earned three scores in Bossier. World Standings available on the home page on
CBRbull.com.
Bull Team Challenge
Competition
It was a tight race in the bull pens of Bossier with nine
teams turning in two qualified rides with less than 4 points separating the top
seven team three bull scores and only .08 points between first and second
place. The bull team of Scott Burleson and William Barnett earned the Bossier
Bull Team buckle with 280.38 points. Their winning run included two qualified
rides from Y9 Final Judgement and 264Z Houdini Martini with Cody Jesus and
Dustin Bouquet piloting the CBR regulars. 2079 Cowtown Cartel anchored the
team’s rank bull score of 89 points with Cody Rostockyj lasting 5.88 seconds in
his first match up on the CBR’s 2106 Bull of the Year.
Mike Rawson was second with 280.30 and two qualified rides
from 9100 Kojack and J159 Leroy Brown. Jeff Harris and partners Rafter B and
Rockin C were in third place with Hurst Pro Rodeo sliding in fourth with
278.62. Champion Bull was Loe / Melton Bull Company’s Crimson King and Jaynes
Gang Flab Slab, each with 90 points rides in the semifinal match ups.
Cowboy Cut turned in the rankest score of the night as he
bucked off Eli Vastbinder in the Semi Final Round and earned 90 points from the
four bull judge system in place at the CBR.
Bossier Shootout Results
1, Tyler Taylor, Stephenville, Texas, 88.5 on 831
Restraining Order (Brown). $23,050.00. 2, Caleb Sanderson, 87.5 on 79 Jojo
(Winston/Melton), $13,450. 3, Cody Jesus, Sawmill, AZ, 0, 343 Rio (Hurst). 4,
Sage Kimzey, 0, Big Lew (Brown).
Bossier Average
Results
(on 3) 1, Tyler Taylor, 266.5, $23,050.00. 2, Caleb
Sanderson, 263, $13,450. 3, Cody Jesus, 178, $2,250. 4, Sage Kimzey, 174,
$2,250.
1, Burleson/Barnett #1, 280.38 pts, $20,000. 2, Rawson #2,
280.30, #12,000. 3, Rafter B – Rockin C/Harris, 279.10, $8,000. 4, Hurst Pro
Rodeo, 278.62., $5,000.
Round by round scoring available on cbrbull.com ~ CBR Media
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