CALGARY—Caleb Smidt took on and beat three former champions to win $100,000 on Showdown Sunday at the Calgary Stampede rodeo. Smidt, from Bellville, Texas, won the tie-down roping title with a time of 7.3 seconds to edge out 2010 Stampede champion Matt Shiozawa, of Chubbock, Idaho, by 3/10ths of a second. Sage Kimzey of Strong City, Okla., won his third bull riding title at the Stampede thanks to his 92.5-point ride atop Night Moves. The 37-year-old driver from Meadow Lake, Sask., guided his chuckwagon around the Stampede Park track in a time of 1:10.87 to win $100,000. Todd Baptiste of Cando, Sask., finished second in time of 1:11.30 to win $25,000.

Source: thestar July 15, 2019 00:49 UTC