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Kimzey Wins LJ Jenkins Bullriding Tour Championship Bull Team

PBR riders turned stock contractors, bringing their own bulls to compete against top contractors across the country with the best bull riders in the business.

Andrea Hanson

The third annual LJ Jenkins Bullriding Tour Championship concluded at Resorts World Las Vegas.  

With an impressive $250,000 payout, the daysheets were filled with PBR riders and up-and-coming champions. The event is sure to grow in the future, with rumors of a Cowboy Channel broadcast possibility next year. 

National Finals Rodeo qualifier and PBR Champion Trey Kimzey took home the $50,000 prize and first place bull team with "390 Top Shelf" scoring 91 points with PBR rider Boudreaux Campbell aboard. 

Kimzey's second bull "99G Ricky Vaughn" bucked Wacey Schalla off at 4.81 seconds, but still brought an average score of 22.67. Together the team brought 192.14 points for Kimzey. 

LJ Jenkins during his event on Tuesday.
LJ Jenkins during his event on Tuesday / Nathan Meyer Photography

Mason Taylor's team came in second winning $30,000. PBR World Champion Daylon Swearingen rode "6X4 Walkin Tall" for 7.41 seconds averaging 21.67 points. Austin Richardson covered "8X2 Dang Dang" for 89.5 points. The team scored a total of 190.08 points. 

CCC and Foreman took third place with "141H Fearsome" and Alex Marcillo's impressive 90-point ride. Joao Lucas assisted the win with his 86-point ride on "O65 Knockout." CCC and Foreman were the top team with both bulls covered for 189.33 points. 

Coming in fourth were Sho-Me Rodeo and Burkham. Top rider of the event Dalton Kassel spurred the hair off "930F Not Yet" for 91.5 points. Gabriel Morais bucked off "2003 Red Bull" at 1.52 seconds, still averaging 22.25 points. Together the team brought in 187.85 points. 

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Nathan Meyer Photography

Close behind in fifth with 187.67 points were Barrett and Cash Money. Both bulls were covered for 87.50 points. Jeter Lawrence rode "D10 Cooter Brown" and Ernie Courson covered "801 Left Eye Lopez."

In its third year of production, the LJ Jenkins Bullriding Tour has quickly turned into the premier bull team event in the nation. The large payout and experienced riders are sure to bring the heat for spectators and competitors. 

The crew bucked roughly 65 bulls in each two-and-a-half-hour performances with only one chute for each delivery. LJ's big brother Dustin "The Jester" Jenkins kept the crowd entertained, and the addition of Tyler Taylor on the microphone added some insight to the arena alongside veteran announcer Brandon Wren. 

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Andrea Hanson
ANDREA HANSON

Andrea Hanson strives to live the western lifestyle every day. Growing up in northern Minnesota, resources to the rodeo world were scarce. Though other hobbies persist, as her father is widely known in the snowmobile racing community. Knowing that season was short, she was always drawn to horses as her sister with Rett Syndrome was in hippotherapy since she was a young age. When the scholarship opportunity to Dodge City Community College in Dodge City, Kansas came, she jumped on it. Moving south just a barrel racer, she worked every day to tie goats and rope calves. Concluding her time in Kansas, she continued her education at Oklahoma State University, where she will graduate in May of 2024 with a Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Communications. Hanson is passionate about college rodeo, and its impact on her life. After not having a traditional step into the rodeo world herself, she strives to share the stories of others in the industry so many call home. 

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