ProRodeo Sports News - March 23, 2018

R OUND THE SHORT BY THE NUMBERS The most Top Saddle Bronc of the National Finals Rodeo awards

won by one horse, which is shared by three horses – Angel Blue, owned by Flying U Rodeo, 1985-87; Trade Winds, owned by Big Bend Rodeo,

Out of action

Bull rider Trevor Kastner sidelined with multiple injuries 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).

1964-65, tied in 1969; and Trails

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 of nights in the hospital, but is back home in Roff, Okla.

End, owned by Oral Zumwalt, 1959-61.

The number of loca- tions for the National Finals Rodeo – Dallas (1959-61), Los Angeles (1962-64), Oklahoma City, Okla., (1965-84) and Las Vegas (1985- present).

“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.

The amount of money Josh Peek earned when he won the all-around title

at the 2016 RAM National Circuit

Landingham out for season with injured shoulder Bareback rider R.C. Landingham, who qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo the last two years, will not make it three in a row. The Hat Creek, Calif., cowboy confirmed to the ProRodeo Sports News he will likely be sidelined until January 2019 while recovering from surgery on his left shoulder and right wrist. The shoulder surgery took place Jan. 5, and he underwent wrist surgery March 2. “I had a torn rotator cuff (in the right shoulder),” said Landingham, 27. “I rode through the end of the year last year and through the Finals with a torn rotator cuff and a partially torn bicep tendon. The wrist was just a nagging injury. I had some torn cartilage in there.” Landingham initially hurt his shoulder at the Ramona (Calif.) Rodeo on May 21, and it wouldn’t heal on its own.

Finals Rodeo, which is the PRCA record amount for a cowboy competing in mul- tiple events at the RNCFR. The 2018 RNCFR will be April 5-8 in Kissimmee, Fla., at the Silver Spurs Arena.

“I made it through and got to the Finals and then got it fixed,” he said. “They said I could get back riding in July if I wanted, but I decided that I will just wait until next January and start over at Denver. That will let me get healthy.” Injuries have been constant for Landingham the past eight years, but he believes getting completely healthy is a wise move for him at this point in his career. “With my shoulder the way it was, I couldn’t compete to the level that I need to, to win against the guys who are going today,” Landingham said. “It just wasn’t worth it to keep rodeoing, I wasn’t going to win enough money to make it worth it. It is just smarter for me to take the time off and start over fresh.” In 2016, Landingham finished a career-best sixth in the PRCA World Standings with $211,986 after winning Rounds 7 and 10 and finishing seventh in the WNFR average. At last year’s WNFR, Landingham placed fifth in Round 3 and finished 11th in the average and 15th in the world standings with $106,031.

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