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Amberley Snyder will compete in the richest one-day rodeo in the world just five years after doctors told her she would never ride a horse again.
When her therapist asked Snyder to choose some goals, she said, “That’s easy. Walk. Ride. Rodeo.” Snyder not only climbed back in the saddle, but began competitively barrel racing again. She plans to compete on March 1 aboard her 12-year-old horse, ATP Power, which she bought nine years ago as a racehorse and re-trained to run barrels. He was voted Horse of the Year in Snyder’s region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association.
“After the accident, he completely stepped up and has been a huge part of why I’m back to competing,” she said. “That horse just takes care of me. I know he won’t stumble, and he even pins his ears at other horses when I’m riding, to protect me. Every time I get on his back and leave my wheelchair at the trailer, I feel a sense of freedom that gives me a moment of complete happiness.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifBYKUJ61E0
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