Amberley Snyder

Last updated
Amberley Snyder
Occupation Rodeo competitor
Discipline Barrel racing, Roping
Born (1991-01-29) January 29, 1991 (age 33)
California
Significant horses
Power, Wrangler, Legacy
Website
www.amberleysnyder.org

Amberley Snyder (born January 29, 1991) is a championship barrel racer. She also competed in pole bending and breakaway roping. In 2010, Snyder suffered a car crash that paralyzed her from the waist down. She adapted to the injury and kept competing. In 2015, she competed at a high level when she won a fan exemption to compete at The American Rodeo. Snyder is now a motivational speaker.

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Early life

Amberley Snyder was born January 29, 1991, in California to Tina and Cory Snyder. She is the second-oldest of her five siblings, Ashley, JC, Taylor, Aubrey, and Autumn. [1]

Rodeo career

Snyder first rode a horse at 3 and began competing in rodeo barrel racing when she was 7 years old. [2] After that, she spent summer weekends barrel racing, pole bending, and breakaway roping. [3] She won the 2009 All-Around Cowgirl World Championship in the National Little Britches Rodeo Association. She was the 2009–2010 Utah State FFA President. [4]

Car crash and recovery

On January 10, 2010, she was driving from Utah to the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, and didn't fasten her seat belt after a gas station stop in Rawlins, Wyoming. Less than 10 miles from the gas station, she looked down to check her map, drifted into the other lane, over-corrected, and her truck slid off the road and rolled 7 times. [5] She was thrown from the truck and slammed into a fence post, which crushed her T-12 vertebra and left her paralyzed from the waist down. [6] With the help of physical therapy, and a seat belt on her saddle, she was later able to resume riding and competing in rodeo a year and a half later. [7] She transferred from Snow College to Utah State University where she was captain of the school's National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association team. [5] She also won the Shane Drury "Nothin' But Try" scholarship in 2014. [8]

In 2015, Amberley won a fan exemption [9] to compete in RFD-TV's The American Rodeo at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, [10] [11] and made a time of 15.3 seconds with her horse Power, only 0.6 seconds slower than the winning time. [2] In 2016, she was in the top 5 for the Rocky Mountain Pro Rodeo Association, and she also won her Women's Professional Rodeo Association card in 2016, [7] and now competes in the RAM Wilderness Circuit. [12]

Snyder interviewed in 2022

Later career

Snyder works as a motivational speaker, [6] and posts a weekly "Wheelchair Wednesday" video on social media to showcase everyday tasks that have become more challenging. [3] She has also written an illustrated children's book Walk Ride Rodeo about overcoming adversity.

Film portrayals

Snyder's story was portrayed in a Netflix biopic Walk. Ride. Rodeo. , released on March 8, 2019. She performed all the post-crash horse stunts in the film. Because of the similarity of their riding styles, her younger sister Autumn performed the pre-crash stunts. She also made a brief appearance as herself in the 3rd season of Yellowstone. [13] [14] [15] [16]

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