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Amberley Snyder
Occupation	Rodeo competitor
Discipline	Barrel racing, Roping
Born	1991; California
Significant horses
	Power, Wrangler, Legacy

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Biography

Early Life

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

Accident and Recovery

January 10, 2010, she was driving from Utah to the Denver Stock Show and didn't fasten her seatbelt 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, overcorrected, 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 vertebrae 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.^[8] She also won the Shane Drury "Nothin' But Try" scholarship in 2014.^[9]

In 2015, Amberley won a fan exemption^[10] to compete in RFD-TV's The American Rodeo at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas^[11]^[12] and made a time of 15.3 seconds with her horse Power, only 0.6 seconds slower than the winning time.^[13] 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^[14], and now competes in the Wilderness Circuit.^[15]

Outreach

Snyder is now a popular motivational speaker,^[16] and posts a weekly "Wheelchair Wednesday" video on social media to showcase everyday tasks that have become more challenging.^[17] She has also written an illustrated children's book Walk Ride Rodeo about overcoming adversity.

Film portrayals

Amberley's story was portrayed in a Netflix biopic Walk Ride Rodeo, released on March 8, 2019. She performed all the post-accident horse stunts in the film, while her younger sister Autumn performed the pre-accident stunts due to the similarity of their riding styles.^[18]^[19]

References

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[1] Whatever Happened to "Super Joe"?: Catching Up with 45 Good Old Guys from the Bad Old Days of the Cleveland Indians, p. 12

[2] Amberley Snyder: American Cowgirl

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[5] Despite being paralyzed, Utah State's Snyder continues chasing rodeo dream

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[8] Despite being paralyzed, Utah State's Snyder continues chasing rodeo dream

[9] CLN congratulates Casper, WY on celebrating their Sweet 16 with the CNFR

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[12] Logan woman paralyzed from the waist down to compete in national rodeo event

[13] Amberley Snyder: American Cowgirl

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[15] Women's Professional Rodeo Association World Standings

[16] Rodeo champion offers message of inspiration to FFA members

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[18] Partially paralyzed Utah barrel racer's story to hit Netflix

[19] The true grit of Amberley Snyder

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 January 10, 2010, she was driving from Utah to the [[Denver Stock Show]] and didn't fasten her seatbelt 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, overcorrected, and her truck slid off the road and rolled 7 times.<ref>[https://trib.com/sports/rodeo/despite-being-paralyzed-utah-state-s-snyder-continues-chasing-rodeo/article_6d77bb7c-d516-5482-a415-252c0487a24d.html Despite being paralyzed, Utah State's Snyder continues chasing rodeo dream]</ref> She was thrown from the truck and slammed into a fence post, which crushed her T-12 vertebrae and left her paralyzed from the waist down.<ref>[https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/ffa4h/rodeo-champion-offers-message-of-inspiration-to-ffa-members/article_3e510415-4957-588c-9a6d-0826daaa99db.html]</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.cowboysindians.com/2019/01/walk-ride-rodeo/]</ref> She transferred from [[Snow College]] to [[Utah State University]] where she was captain of the school's [[National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association]] team.<ref>[https://trib.com/sports/rodeo/despite-being-paralyzed-utah-state-s-snyder-continues-chasing-rodeo/article_6d77bb7c-d516-5482-a415-252c0487a24d.html Despite being paralyzed, Utah State's Snyder continues chasing rodeo dream]</ref> She also won the [[Shane Drury]] "Nothin' But Try" scholarship in 2014.<ref>[https://cowboylifestylenetwork.com/cln-congratulates-casper-wy-celebrating-sweet-16-cnfr/ CLN congratulates Casper, WY on celebrating their Sweet 16 with the CNFR]</ref>
-In 2015, Amberley won a fan exemption<ref>[https://www.rfdtv.com/story/27944721/and-the-winner-of-the-fan-choice-exemption-for-rfd-tvs-the-american-2015-is-]</ref> to compete in [[RFD-TV]]'s ''The American Rodeo'' at [[AT&T Stadium]] in Arlington, Texas<ref>[https://westernhorseman.com/horsemanship/in-the-arena/amberley-snyder-gets-the-vote/]</ref><ref>[https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865620876/Logan-woman-paralyzed-from-the-waist-down-to-compete-in-national-rodeo-event.html Logan woman paralyzed from the waist down to compete in national rodeo event]</ref> and made a time of 15.3 seconds with her horse Power, only 0.6 seconds slower than the winning time.<ref>[http://www.newmobility.com/2015/07/amberley-snyder/ Amberley Snyder: American Cowgirl]</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.cowboysindians.com/2019/01/walk-ride-rodeo/]</ref>
+In 2015, Amberley won a fan exemption<ref>[https://www.rfdtv.com/story/27944721/and-the-winner-of-the-fan-choice-exemption-for-rfd-tvs-the-american-2015-is-]</ref> to compete in [[RFD-TV]]'s ''The American Rodeo'' at [[AT&T Stadium]] in Arlington, Texas<ref>[https://westernhorseman.com/horsemanship/in-the-arena/amberley-snyder-gets-the-vote/]</ref><ref>[https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865620876/Logan-woman-paralyzed-from-the-waist-down-to-compete-in-national-rodeo-event.html Logan woman paralyzed from the waist down to compete in national rodeo event]</ref> and made a time of 15.3 seconds with her horse Power, only 0.6 seconds slower than the winning time.<ref>[http://www.newmobility.com/2015/07/amberley-snyder/ Amberley Snyder: American Cowgirl]</ref> 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<ref>[https://www.cowboysindians.com/2019/01/walk-ride-rodeo/]</ref>, and now competes in the Wilderness Circuit.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180202063602/http://prorodeo.com/prorodeo/standings/wpra Women's Professional Rodeo Association World Standings]</ref>
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