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Stetson Lawrence knocks one down for 87.25 points (Ceilis Pyper - Foley Bucking Bulls / K Bar C) at the PBR Unleash the Beast TicketSmarter Invitational in St. Louis, MO. Photo by Andy Watson / BullStock Media

Patiently waiting his turn at the PBR Unleash the Beast event in St. Louis, MO. Photo by Andy Watson / BullStock Media

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On The Cover - Trevor Kastner makes it look easy as he rides Mellow Yellow (Andrews Rodeo Co.) for 88 points at the Old Fort Days Rodeo in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Photo by Phillip Kitts / Avid Visual Imagery

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Letter from the Editor

Welcome to the March issue of Humps N Horns!

in life.

I hope that you have survived the winter and are looking forward to some spring time temps. We are excited about this issue and have a great lineup of articles for you to enjoy this month.

Rodeo and bull riding is a community filled with so many great people. I know many of you are like the people we have featured this month where you are trying to pass on the wisdom and experience that you have gained from a life well lived.

We have features on not one but two Trevors! Trevor Kastner and Trevor Reiste are both professional bull riders who have had great careers in the PRCA. As most cowboys are, they are both not only great bull riders but just good people, too. The kind of guys you’d enjoy sitting around and having a chat for a while. We are also excited to introduce you to Matt Hughes, the rodeo coach at Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Matt is another great guy who is doing all that he can to help develop the next generation of rodeo athletes. His goal is to not only develop them as professional rodeo athletes, but to help them develop and mature as people and set them up for success

Please, don’t ever stop doing that. Our country needs more of us to step up and pass on the values that build strong families and, in turn, strong communities. Until next time, Terry

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Talking “Bull” with Brayden

Hi, my name is Brayden Hollywood Brown and I’m a Jr bull rider. Today I’m going to be giving you my opinion on who I think is gonna win the 2022 PBR Global Cup without knowing the bulls the riders have drawn. Let’s test just how accurate I am. Reach out to me on any of my social medias and tell me who you think is going to win from last to first. So let’s get into it. Finishing in last place, I have team Mexico. Alvaro Aguilar, Edgar Durazo, Javier Garcia, Jorge Valdiviezo, and Francisco Morales. In my opinion Alvaro is easily the best rider on this list. Even though he’s been inconsistent he’s been killing it on the velocity tour and at a few bull team events I’ve seen him at. I haven’t seen Francisco or Edgar since the last Global Cup so I don’t have much to say on them. As for Jorge and Javier I’ve never heard of these two guys before but they are at the Global Cup, so I am excited to see how well they do. In 5th place, I have team Australia. Brady Fielder, Ky Hamliton, Cody Heffernan, Callum Miller, and someone else tbd. I won’t lie, I was pretty disappointed to not see Aaron Kleier on this list. Easily, the best Australian bull rider riding right now. You could make the argument between Aaron and Ky but in my opinion Aaron is the better bull rider. With that being said Aaron still could be put on this list because they still have an opening. Ky right now is the name that stands out to me. He’s been riding a lot of PRCA and some PBR. He’s definitely been reaching, if not exceeding, his full potential as a bull rider. Everyone else on this list has won just about every bull riding there is in Australia at least once.

At number 2, I have team USA Eagles. Dalton Kasel, Mason Taylor, Chase Dougherty, Boudreax Campbell, and Stetson Wright. Honestly, I’m a little disappointed because I feel like Chase and Stetson could easily have been replaced by higher ranked riders in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong, Stetson is already an all time great in the PRCA, but he doesn’t have that much experience in the PBR. Chase is good but he’s been struggling as of late with consistency. Nonetheless, this team is stacked and ready to compete for a Global Cup title. Coming in at number 1, I have team Brazil. Jose Vitor Leme, Joao Ricardo Vieira, Kaique Pacheco, Silvano Alves, and Dener Barbosa. On this team you have your reigning and defending back to back world champ, Jose Vitor Leme. A guy that has been in the top five every year and your current (as I’m writing this) number one in the world, Joao Ricardo Vieira. A three time PBR World Champ, Silvano Alves. Your 2018 PBR World Champion, Kaique Pacheco. As well as, the coolest and craziest balance bull riding style I’ve ever seen, Dener. This is the clear winner to me just based on experience in the sport, let alone their experience in this format. I can already tell this is going to be one of my favorite Global Cups yet. To find out more about me or tell me your opinion and your predictions on what you think the outcome of this year’s PBR Global Cup will be, hit me up on any of my social medias all of which are Braydenhollywoodbrown. Thanks for reading, Brayden Hollywood Brown

Coming in 4th place, I have team Canada. Jordan Hansen, Dakota Buttar, Cody Coverchuk, Jared Parsonage, Brock Radford. All of these guys used to ride in America but they have been in Canada for the past two years.They have all been doing excellent in Canada and I’m hoping that will translate when they come over here to get on some rank bulls. I’m excited to see all of these guys return to America, and compete for their home country. 3rd place, I have team USA Wolves. Now, here is where it got hard for me. Every one of the rest of these guys on the top three list are riding on the UTB. Stetson Lawrence, Keyshawn Whitehorse, Cannon Cravens, Cody Jesus, and Dakota Louis. These top three were so hard to pick from because they’re so close together, talent wise. This is the best Team Wolves roster I’ve seen so far, and I’m excited to see them shine.

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Don’t Skip the Foundation Foundation will take you to the top. Don’t skip the foundation. This was my first bull ever in 1979. He had zero chance to get me on the ground but I didn’t know it. My dad provided 30+ head of steers when I was a kid and I rode them to a career foundation.

You boys that want to be real bull riders better do something for your confidence or you’ll be frustrated your whole career. Go through the process and you’ll experience success, don’t and you won’t. 19 years later I won the PRCA rodeo in Payson and claimed a buckle my Mom and Dad had made. Humble beginnings and a disciplined work ethic = Success. Don’t skip the process of stepping the rungs of the ladder to success. There are no exceptions to the rule. You skip the process, you leave something on the table that you may never know. But I promise you will. Jesus Loves You! Cody Custer

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Outside the Arena with...

Matt Hughes By Georgia Akers

When we think about coaches for athletic events in schools, the sports that come to mind are football, basketball, and baseball. Those are the big three. But in the world of western sports competition, there are rodeo coaches in schools that have rodeo teams who compete with other educational institutions. They recruit, offer scholarships and coach their team to be the best. They also mentor these students in life skills that will carry them for the rest of their lives. Matt Hughes is a rodeo coach. He sets the bar for the students in western sports events as well as being an example of how to be the person they should be in this world. As an aside, the college where he coaches also offers classes of particular interest in cowboy lifestyle careers such as western silversmithing and farrier training. It opened, for me, an entire new area of college academics that I had not considered.

Tell me about yourself. I live in Tucumcari, New Mexico with my wife, Megan, and my two kids Tilden, age 2 and Heidi Rae, 11 months. I went to college at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, Mo. I majored in public relations. I was on the rodeo team riding bulls. I was raised around rodeo. I quit high school to help at our ranch. I got my GED. I started riding bulls and got my PRCA card. I did not go to college until I was 20 years old. Missouri Valley had a rodeo team. One of my best friends was there and told the coach about me. He knew of me and added me to the team and offered me a scholarship. It was not a full scholarship but enough. I graduated from the college and stayed around to help the team and build a reputation. I found out about an opening for a rodeo coach at Mesalands Community College in New Mexico. I applied and was hired. I have been here for five years. Rodeo is the only sport at the college. What events are common in college rodeo? There are nine events: bare back riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, tie down roping, team roping, steer wrestling, goat tying, barrel racing and break away roping. The women compete in the team roping, goat tying, barrel racing and break away roping. How do you recruit your athletes?

Photo provided courtesy of Matt Hughes.

I go to the high school finals are held in either Lincoln, Nebraska, Rock Springs, Wyoming, or Gillette Wyoming. They are held two years at one venue then rotate to another location. I also get a lot of students through word of mouth about our program. My best recruiters are the students themselves. Humps-Horns.com · 9 · March 2022

There are certain events I am always looking for athletes. I never fill every slot for the rough stock. In selecting athletes, I consider what they are majoring in. Our school has one-year certificates as well as a two-year associate degree. Scholarships in college can be 75% to a full ride. How large is the average rodeo college team? The average team is around 30 nationwide. Do you have a favorite event? Not really. I have an equal amount of respect for all the events, but I am probably drawn to the rough stock since I was a bull rider.

Photo by Phillip Kitts / Avid Visual Imagery.

How do you inspire your students? I organize a program and give them an opportunity to achieve the goals that they want to achieve. My job is providing them as many opportunities to meet the goals. My coaching and management style is to emphasize we are one huge family. We do everything together. We are all here for the same reason. There is competition within the group but when we show up for an event with another college, we are all one. I try to keep them motivated. I also expect a level of courtesy from my athletes: yes sir, no sir.

They are to conduct themselves accordingly or they will not be on the team. They are representing the team and the school and how they act, also reflects on me as a coach, the team, and the school. I also attend every practice. We meet every Monday, and we start off discussing what we will do that week. We plan practice strategies. We might watch films. We set practice that week based on these strategies. What is the hardest event to coach? All events have their challenges but tie down roping is the hardest. There is a lot more horsemanship and you are only as good as your horse. There are more things that can go wrong. You stress the fundamentals but there are more things that can happen and cost a win. What is the easiest event to coach? All have different challenges but bareback riding and bull riding because I participated in those sports. How do you coach a western sports athlete? Each event is different. I look for bad habits and then try to critique to eliminate those habits. I am at every practice in order to observe and make the athlete better.

Photo by Phillip Kitts / Avid Visual Imagery.

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At Mesalands CC, rodeo is the only sport. Where does the livestock come from? The horses in events such as barrel racing, calf roping etc. are owned by the students, and they pay for their upkeep. Our bulls are tour caliber bulls. Stock contractors are looking for events to give their young bulls some experience and see if they have what it takes to go to the next level. Do they buck? Do they have what it takes to be a rodeo athlete. At this age they are equivalent to PRCA circuit bulls. The same applies for the horses. The steers, calves and goats are provided locally. At competitions, it is the hosting school that provides the livestock. Photo by Phillip Kitts / Avid Visual Imagery.

Do you ever have former students come back to you and ask for help? Yes. Rodeo is a sport that athletes consistently develop bad habits, get in a slump that causes them to stop winning or they are coming back from an injury. They will call and ask me to help them figure out what they are doing wrong or to get them back to winning. I always tell them to come on down and spend a week or so to get tuned up.

What happens when the students time at the school is complete? How do you see your role?

Depends on what their goals are. Some students are good at rodeo, but they want to graduate and want to purse their academic choice. I encourage them to go to work. Others want to become pro rodeo athletes. My encouragement to them is my expectations are they good enough to qualify for the NFR. So, my students need to graduate and go to work or pursue their pro rodeo career. And I try to assist them in reaching their goals.

How many events does your college compete in during the year? We are in a designated region and compete during the school semester which is fall and spring. It is technically year-round because the college finals are held in early June. At the finals, the top two schools per region compete with their top three athletes per event. In a regular season there are 10 rodeos. Students compete on their own during the summer at local rodeos. Students must pay their entry fees and travel expenses. We pay for schooling and practice pens. Entry fees are usually $100. Also, western sports is the only sport that allows an athlete to compete in school events and compete in pro rodeo and earn money. Approximately 40% are on the pro circuit.

Photo provided courtesy of Matt Hughes.

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MY COWBOY HAT STILL FITS By Abe Morris

Mike Callicrate - Part I Mike Callicrate was born in Denver, Colorado in July 1951. There was a total of eight kids in the Callicrate family. His father, Paul, grew up on a Weld County farm and became a millwright, eventually working on the Public Service power plant in North Denver and supervising the installation of the ventilation system in the Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70. Young Mike took an interest in 4-H and ended up getting a job at the local grocery store in Evergreen, Colorado. He was about 15 years old when he became good friends with Pat Moroff who dressed western and drove a neat red pickup truck. Pat invited him to go to the RCA rodeo in Boulder and Mike gladly accepted. Instead of going to the rodeo grounds they first stopped off at the local Boulder airport. Pat never let on why they had taken this little detour. Eventually, Callicrate found out that they were picking up World Champion rodeo cowboys Larry Mahan and Bill Kornell. Mike thought it was the neatest thing to be sitting four across next to these already famous rodeo cowboys. Larry Mahan made a jam up bull ride and won first place at the rodeo. Mahan’s bull had turned back and spun right in the gate. Mike was on Cloud Nine. On the way back

to the airport, they blasted the radio when the song Light My Fire by Jim Morrison and the Doors came across the airwaves. This ah ha moment was forever embedded in Callicrate’s mind and from that moment on he knew in his heart that he wanted to become a world class professional bull rider. After graduating from high school, Mike got a job working for the Salisbury Saddle Company in Fort Collins, Colorado. They sold products that were endorsed by Larry Mahan and that was a way to continue the relationship that had been established a few years before. A Colorado Highway patrolman named Billy Clark had known that Callicrate had bull riding and rodeo interests and so one day he asked Mike if he would be interested in learning how to braid bull ropes. Clark gets the credit for teaching Mike the craft. Later on during his rodeo career he would often be seen side by side at various rodeos behind the bucking chutes braiding bull ropes next to Booger Bryant from Hagerman, New Mexico. They both compared notes and would come up with new innovations on the fly in order to braid better quality bull ropes. They put leather in the handholds to make them sturdier so they wouldn’t roll over. They also worked on better ways to design the handholds and started to put nylon cords in the wear strips so the ropes would last a lot longer. Back in those days a good quality grass bull rope probably didn’t last more than about 25 or 30 rides. Mike Callicrate was one of the first braiders to build ropes from a much stronger polyurethane fiber that lasted a lot longer than the traditional grass bull ropes. The older style bull ropes were actually braided from either manila or a sisal fiber. Nylon was never used because nylon had a tendency to stretch. The bull rope sales helped Mike pay his way up and down the rodeo trail. In fact, at one juncture of his rodeo career, the Callicrate bull ropes had become so popular that Mike was actually making more money selling them than he was riding bulls. Soon after working at Salisbury Saddle Company, Mike Callicrate moved to Texas to rodeo and attend Sam Houston State University. He was hoping that he could qualify for and pay in-state tuition since he had established his new residence in the state of Texas. Another reason that Callicrate chose to move was because he knew he would be able to get on much better bucking bulls than the state of Colorado could offer. SHSU would have none of the lesser tuition status and Mike was forced to withdraw from school after only one semester and move back to Colorado. He just couldn’t afford the financial costs. While in Texas, he got to know some of the elite bull riders such as Bobby Steiner, Don Graham, Pete Gay, and David Elms. He also got to watch many of the ‘toughs’ because he was able to enter and compete at the weekly Mesquite Championship Rodeo. David Elms was the older brother of Chick and Monte. He was

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not as well known as Chick or Monte though. Mike reflected back saying that, “David was one of the best people and best bull riders I have ever known. When I was in Texas, I really valued his coaching and advice.” The David Elm’s quote that I remember most that applies to bull riding, and life, is, “Keep your hand shut, your head down, and get a new hold every jump.” Back in Colorado, Callicrate received a phone call from Mike Cusimano informing him that rodeo coach Gordon Steinmiller was putting together a very talented group of kids to be on the team for the Lamar Community College in Lamar, Colorado. He jumped at the opportunity to receive a full ride scholarship to attend school there. Mike also jumped at the opportunity to be a part of the livestock judging team with the encouragement from former Lamar rodeo coach and animal science professor Red Heath. After a couple of years at Lamar he transferred to Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He competed on the rodeo team there as well. All told, Mike Callicrate qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo in Bozeman, Montana four consecutive years. He was runner up to the college national title in the bull riding event in 1972 behind Don Graham from Texas. While attending college, he also settled down and married a very talented barrel racer from St. Francis, Kansas named Vicki Calnon. He also became very heavily involved in the cattle business and industry as well. Mike graduated from CSU in 1975 with a degree in Animal Science During the early days of his rodeo career Mike traveled a lot with Jerome Robinson who recently passed away on Sunday January 9, 2022. Jerome Robinson was such an innovative rodeo cowboy and treated rodeo as a business minded venture. Not only did Jerome want to be a successful bull rider and proved that year after year, but he also wanted to have something to show for it at the end of the season besides a bunch of debt and credit card bills. Mike Callicrate was one of the rodeo cowboys who figured out early on that it made a lot more business cents as well as sense to be able to take to the skies and pilot a small aircraft in order to compete in as many rodeos as possible. Everyone out there was

Mike Callicrate - Final bull in Yuma, AZ. striving to end up in the top 15 at season’s end in order to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo. Callicrate got his pilot’s license and purchased a 1964 Comanche 250, the same model aircraft that Larry Mahan and Bill Kornell were flying. It was by far the best four place single engine aircraft ever built by Piper. He still owns that airplane and has logged about 8,000 hours in it. Mike Callicrate had all of the ability, try and talent to make an eventual WNFR qualification in the bull riding event. But his family and business aspirations took precedent over his desire to make the Finals. Callicrate had a family. He was married to Vicki and had a very young son named Tyler. Mike was 27 years old, had just won first place in the bull riding event at Yuma, Colorado and decided to call it quits. He was living in St. Francis, Kansas at that time and ventured back there to tend to business and raise his family. Callicrate realized quickly that there wasn’t enough income on the family farm and ranch to support everyone, so he organized a group of local investors to build the first commercial feedlot in Cheyenne County, Kansas. Mike built and operated the business for eight years before building a newer and more modern facility on the home place in 1978. Tragically, Tyler was fatally injured in a car accident in May 1996 at the age of 19. Tyler was a passenger in the back seat of a vehicle. Mike’s other son Teegan is now a business partner in the companies Mike started several years ago. Callicrate also has three grandchildren, Wilson, Charles, and Clara Mae.

Demonstrating the new Callicrate Pro Bander in Argentina 2018.

Nowadays, Mike Callicrate toggles back and forth from Colorado Springs and St. Francis on a weekly basis. Most of the time, he flies his Comanche 250, but occasionally he drives.

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(to be continued)

Inspiration Point

the feet of Jesus. A good thing can become a bad thing when it distracts us from the main thing. What is the key to having peace in the midst of a life filled with distractions?

by Keno Shrum

Distracted Luke 10:40 - But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.”

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT2) Before you work for Christ, worship with Christ. Guest article writen by Jon Haley, Hallmark Baptist Church - Fort Worth, Texas

I do not believe I need to spend a lot of time proving or explaining to you what it means to be distracted. I also do not see a need to build a case toward the reality of how distracted most people are. The picture, below, is from Japan but could be any city and could be almost anyone. We live with constant noise and continual distractions. The verse above is from Luke and is about two sisters. Martha was hosting Jesus in her home and wanted everything to be perfect. Mary, her sister, wanted to sit at the feet of Jesus and worship. The keyword is distracted. Martha was distracted by all her work and she failed to worship. I wonder if we can learn from these few verses what the results of being distracted from worship cause? Luke 10:41 - And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. Living a life of distraction leads to a lack of worship and causes us to be worried and troubled. A distracted life is a stressed life. I find this story amazing. Jesus, who is the Prince of Peace is sitting in the living room of Martha. However, she is not at peace, in fact, she is filled with anxiety and stress. She was doing a good thing, but she failed to do the most important thing. She failed to rest at

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Chile Relleno Chicken Soup INGREDIENTS • • • • • • • • • • •

5 poblano peppers 2 T butter 1/4 c onion , chopped 2 cloves garlic , minced 1 t cumin 4 c chicken broth 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 lb. chicken breast, cubed 8 oz cream cheese 3 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

INSTRUCTIONS 1.

Place peppers in a plastic bag and seal to trap in the steam. Let cool, then rub off as much of the skin as possible. Cut off the stem, then slice in half to remove and discard the seeds. Finely chop the peppers and set aside.

In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add in the onion and cook, stirring frequently, until translucent (about 5 minutes). Add in the garlic and cumin and cook until fragrant, about 20 seconds. Stir in the chopped poblanos.

Pour in the chicken broth, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a very gentle simmer.

Stir in the cooked, chopped chicken.

Add in the cream cheese and 2 cups of the cheddar cheese; whisk until smooth.

Pour into bowls and sprinkle the top of each with the remaining cheddar cheese.

Clean and dry the poblano peppers and then roast them until the skin is charred and blistered. (You can do this by either placing the peppers on a foil-lined cookie sheet a few inches under the broiler set to high, flipping once. Or setting them over an open flame on a gas burner, turning on all sides. It will take about 10 minutes.)

Submitted by Dana P. - Fort Worth, TX Send us your favorite recipe to bullnews@humps-horns.com

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TREVOR KASTNER By Kelly B. Robbins

Bull riders are a special breed of cowboy. They know who they are, and they love what they do. Bull riders are smart, they are skilled, and they are tough! Meet Trevor Kastner. He is a smart, skilled, and tough professional bull rider from Roff, Oklahoma, with over 50 event wins in his career. Trevor has earned over one million dollars pursuing the “toughest sport on dirt”. Trevor grew up in Ardmore, Oklahoma, where his dad John was a ranch foreman and an amateur saddle bronc rider. Trevor started riding calves when he was five years old, and he has been riding bulls ever since. “My parents were always real supportive of anything we wanted to do,” Trevor said. “They believed that if we really wanted to do something, we should go for it.”

Trevor is a six-time NFR qualifier, from 2011-2013 and 20182020. His favorite rodeo is the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, which is where he just happens to be headed next on February 19-21. I asked Trevor what he felt was his greatest accomplishment as a bull rider. “I guess I’d say that being able to make a living at bull riding for the past ten years is my greatest accomplishment.” Trevor’s last event was the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. When he wasn’t riding, he worked with Dustin Boquet training kids five to fourteen years old at a Rough Stock Camp the PRCA held there. The

Trevor and his wife, Kate, are raising four-year-old daughter McKenna and two-year-old son, Korbyn on their 40-acre spread in Roff, Oklahoma. They have 15 head of mares and raise ranch horses. When he purchased his PRCA card in 2008, Trevor was riding bulls only part time. In 2010 he began riding a full schedule of events. “My most memorable ride was at the 2012 NFR,” Trevor revealed. “I was the only rider to get a score in the round.” Humps-Horns.com · 16 · March 2022

PRCA ProRodeo photo.

During his high school years at Dickson High School, Trevor participated in junior and amateur rodeos. He got a rodeo scholarship to Western Oklahoma State College in Altus, and later he got a scholarship to Ranger College in Ranger, Texas. He qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo in 2009 and 2010. He was the reserve bull riding champion in the Central Plains Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association in 2010.

Trevor Kastner looks for eight seconds at the Spanish Fork Fiesta Days in Spanish Fork, Utah. Photo by Phillip Kitts / Avid Visual Imagery.

cowboys worked with the kids training them on mechanical equipment and teaching them the fundamentals of bull riding and bronc riding. “We didn’t use any live animals, just drop barrels and stuff,” Trevor explained. “Any time you can help these kids do something they want to do, it’s good! Some of these kids have never even been to a rodeo. It was really fun to see their reaction as they experienced rodeo for the first time. Our goal was to expose them to the fundamentals of rough stock and to teach them how to do things the right way, because it is the safe way.” Trevor had this advice for new or up-and-coming bull riders. “I would tell them if it’s really something you want to do, then be all-in with it. If you are not going to give it 100%, then I advise you to go find something else to do!” I asked Trevor what he saw for his future in bull riding. “Well, I plan to keep bull riding until it’s time to move on to something else. I do realize I’m getting a little ‘long in the tooth’ and it’s getting closer to being a done deal for me. There are parts of my bull riding career I wouldn’t trade for anything, but my body is pretty beat up now. I still enjoy bull riding, and that adrenaline rush, but I mostly ride for the money right now. It’s how I make

my living.” Like most bull riders, Trevor has endured some injuries during his bull riding career. “The worst and scariest injury happened in Austin, Texas back in 2018,” Trevor shared. “I got eight ribs broken, punctured my lung, and lacerated my liver. That one took me out for eight weeks.” “When I climb on a bull and strap in, I try to keep my head clear,” Trevor acknowledged. “It’s pretty much reaction now. If my mind is clear, and not much is going through my head, then I trust my instincts and my experience and just react to what the bull is doing.” Trevor shared that former bull rider Clint Branger was his greatest influence as his bull riding career developed. Clint Branger is widely considered the best bull rider that never won a championship. Clint is an eight-time NFR qualifier, and a four-time PBR Finals qualifier. He is one of the twenty founding cowboys of the PBR, and he conquered the notorious Bodacious twice. He retired from bull riding in 2000 and was inducted into the PBR Ring of Honor. “I tried to ride like Clint,” Trevor revealed. “He rode really good, and he always did everything correct.”

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Photo by Phillip Kitts / Avid Visual Imagery.

is getting bigger all the time, and the prize money is a lot better. I only wish I was ten years younger and coming up right now!”

Kastner looking for eight at the San Antonio Rodeo in San Antonio, TX. PRCA ProRodeo photo by Greg Westfall.

I asked Trevor what he thought about the future of bull riding. “I think the future of bull riding looks pretty good right now,” he answered. “Bull riding is growing in popularity, the fan base

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In the wrong place at the wrong time at the PBR Unleash the Beast Tour - St. Louis, MO. Photo by Andy Watson / BullStock Media.

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Trevor Reiste From Calf Roper, to Exercise Rider, to Bull Rider By Barbara Pinnella

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Even though his parents did not rodeo professionally, Trevor Reiste was born into a rodeo family. His father Tim was a calf roper and his mother Lisa ran barrels. Trevor did rope calves in high school, and did breakaway roping in junior high. He also did some bronc riding as well. So why bulls? “I made more money at it,” he quipped. “I did like riding bucking horses, but I wasn’t as good at it. I just never got to the level I wanted to be. I have been riding bulls for a long time.

“I went to the PBR when I was 18 and 19,” he continued. “When I was 20, I started pro rodeoing, and I have been pro rodeoing ever since.” A lot of people tell us that they like the PBR better, so Trevor explained what it is about pro rodeo that he really enjoys. “We get to go all over the country, and if you enter smart, you can hit five rodeos within five or six hours of each other. You get to stay in one place a lot more, and you really turn into a family; you see everyone every weekend. “And it’s not just bull riders that become your good friends and buddies, its bareback riders, saddle bronc riders, ropers – everybody. It seems like you see them every day during the summer. “What I didn’t like about the PBR is that I would go halfway across the country one weekend, then the next weekend I’m on the other side of the country. It makes it a little bit less affordable,” he laughed. Quarter horses have also been in Trevor’s life from an early age. His dad has been shoeing horses since he was 16, and went to farrier’s school at 18. He began training race horses not long after that. He also exercised race horses, and Trevor’s brotherin-law is a jockey, and his sister is race horse trainer. Trevor exercised race horses as well, starting when he was 16. He did that until 2016. When he started to do well in bull riding, he decided he didn’t need to ride race horses any more. “I also like to work out, when I’m healthy enough. I messed my lower back up, but have a good chiropractor who really helps me. I wrestled with him in high school. I really like the way he works; it’s a sports medicine approach crossed with

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Trevor Reiste goes for 87 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s To Light The Torch at Iowa’s Championship Rodeo in Sidney, Iowa.

chiropractics. So, he does a bit more than just pops me and sends me on my way.” If he was still bucking, like most bull riders, Trevor would love to get on Bruiser. But now that is not an option. “I got on the PBR and PRCA Bucking Bull of the Year Chiseled twice. The first time they really didn’t know what they had. I believe he was four, and I had him in San Antonio, and he bucked me off right at the whistle. “The next year I drew him in the same round. This was after he was Bull of the Year, and he bucked me off right at the whistle again. I would love a rematch with him – third time’s the charm! “One favorite ride was on Relentless, a bull from 4L & Diamond S. He has a trick to him that is not easy to get by, but once you do, he rides pretty good. When you get off, you know you’ve done something. He gets a lot of guys. He has a hop and skip to him and then he sucks back before making the rounds. That’s what makes him so hard to get by. “My favorite overall bull that I’ve ridden is probably 742, To Light The Torch from Cervi,” Trevor continued. “He’s a Canadian bull, and he rides really good. I think that he is a bull

that everybody would like to get on.” It doesn’t really matter to Trevor if a bull goes into his hand or away, it’s more about the consistent run and kick they have. That is what he likes. “Even if they really buck, if they have a consistent rhythm there, you can pick that up, no matter how hard they buck. You can’t stub a toe on them, but you can ride them.” As far as venues go, Trevor said that obviously the big ones are great; Cheyenne, San Antonio, Houston, and Pendleton are all amazing. But one of those was not his favorite venue of choice. “Fort Madison, Iowa is probably my favorite. It’s in the very Southeast corner of Iowa, so it’s my home state, and they pack that place. That crowd loves rodeo in general, but they absolutely love bull riding. When you ride a bull there, that crowd goes nuts!” Like all competitors in the PRCA, Trevor would like to go to the National Finals Rodeo. He did qualify in 2017, but is certainly looking to do that again. Humps N Horns wishes him all the luck this year and beyond.

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Trevor Reiste at the Great Lakes Circuit Finals Rodeo in Palmyra, MO

Trevor Reiste at the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo - Sikeston, MO

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Austin Richardson gave it a valiant effort but came up a little short against the 2021 World Champion Bucking Bull, 124 Woopaa (Barker Bucking Bulls / Hookin W’ Ranch), during the Championship Round of the PBR Unleash the Beast Tour in Oklahoma City, OK. Richardson rode Woopaa for 4.14 seconds as the bull earned a score of 46.75 points. Photo courtesy of Andy Watson / BullStock Media.

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