NFR Qualifier Trevor Kastner

MAN WITH A PLAN

It’s not how you start. It’s how you finish; A tried and true saying that defines 33-year-old Oklahoma bull rider, Trevor Kastner. Last year Kastner said he set one goal each year…to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo. The son of a saddle bronc rider, Kastner, is now a six-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier and an elite rodeo athlete that will take center stage next month at the 2020 NFR.

Kastner enters Arlington as the number thirteenth ranked bull rider with total earnings this season of $55,281.

He competed on 60 bulls for 16 qualified rides or 27%. His average ride score is 85.38, with his highest mark ride 89.5 on Ferdinand to win the Dodge City Round-Up Xtreme Bulls. He is now a six-time NFR qualifier who admits 2020 was anything but ordinary.

“I just stayed on the right one’s at the right time.”

Competing in approximately 30 rodeos this season, Kastner’s lifetime profile suggests he likes “big time” rodeos where he rides and finishes strong. He’s won the big ones, RodeoHouston, and Fort Worth Livestock Show Rodeo twice, second at San Antonio this year, just to name a few.

In 2019 he finished 11th in the world standings with $161,216. He placed in one round at the Wrangler NFR and finished 14th in the average after earning $12,115 and earned a $58,00 paycheck winning RodeoHouston.

Kastner said the deep history of RODEOHOUSTON made the championship win there rewarding.

“The money stands out for sure, but the history of winning RodeoHouston has been going on here forever,” Kastner said. “To put your name next to the guys that have won, it is awesome.”

Kastner’s early career included qualifying for the Intercollegiate Rodeo Association College National Finals Rodeo in 2009-2010.

In bull riding only competitions, he has competed on the Tuff Hedeman Bull Riding Tour as well as PBR and CBR pro tours. Kastner joined the PRCA in 2008.

In 2019 he finished 11th in the world standings with $161,216. He placed in one round at the Wrangler NFR and finished 14th in the average after earning $12,115. But 2019 was good for Kastner, winning RodeoHouston and the $58,000 check that skyrocketed him to the top of the standings a while last year.

He qualified for the NFR for the first time in 2011, finishing 12th in the world standings with $101,202. He placed in two rounds of his Wrangler NFR debut and had six event titles that season.

His best PRCA finish was in 2012. He was at the top of his game in the Thomas and Mack, winning $58,895 in round nine as he was the only qualified score in the “rank pen” of buckers. Kastner won two rounds and placed in three rounds, finished fifth in the PRCA world standings, and third in the NFR average with $80,096 for total earnings of 2018 earnings of $168,553.

In 2013 he won round 6 and tied round 9, placed in one other round to finish eighth in the world standings with $129,434.

In 2014, he broke a bone in his hand that is the slowest healing bone in the body, and that break sidelined him for the rest of the year.

In 2015 won he won three titles, finished 20th in the world standings with $56,157. He would fight back from injury to qualify in 2018 after narrowly missing (16th in 2017) and 23rd in 2016.

In 2016 – Finished 16th in the world standings with $74,143.

In 2017 he finished 23rd in the world standings with $63,883 and ten event titles.

In 2018 he dislocated his shoulder in round six and left the competition with $10,000, the bonus check for qualifying, and ranked 15th in the average with 76 points on one head.

Trevor lives with his wife and two children in Roff, Oklahoma.

Courtesy of TuffHedemanBullRiding.com