Kastner Sidelined with Multiple Injuries

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Bull rider Trevor Kastner, a three-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (2011-13) will likely be out of action for six to eight weeks after being injured during a ride March 15 at Rodeo Austin (Texas).

Kastner, who was second in the March 19 PRCA World Standings with $57,241, broke six ribs, and suffered a Grade 2 laceration of the liver and a concussion when he was bucked off Beutler & Son Rodeo’s Tombstone.

“The bull turned back in the gate to the left, and when he threw me off it slapped my head against the ground,” said Kastner, 30. “It dazed me pretty good, and before I could get up he came back around and stepped on me around my stomach. I got (bucked off) quick and I was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. I had never been on that bull before. He was a young bull, I didn’t know who he was.”

Kastner spent a couple nights in the hospital but is back at home in Roff, Okla.

“I’m still waiting for a follow-up doctor’s appointment,” he said. “I’m good with the concussion, it’s just the ribs and internal stuff I’m dealing with. I’m hoping to be back the first week of May, but I’m just going to play it by ear and see how I feel. I just had a little girl, and now I can spend more time at home with her. I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason.”

Kastner and his wife, Kate, had a baby girl, McKenna Mae, Feb. 14.

Kastner had a strong winter run, highlighted by winning the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 3, with a score of 251.5 points in the three-head average. Kastner left Fort Worth after earning $12,655.

Courtesy of PRCA