{"id":22110,"date":"2025-03-05T00:13:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T07:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=22110"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:14:13","slug":"rodeo-queen-of-wells-fargo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/05\/rodeo-queen-of-wells-fargo\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodeo Queen of Wells Fargo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tymber Burkey<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

BY ISAIAH FRIZZELL<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Of all the banks in the Wood River Valley, Wells Fargo may have the most friendly tellers of all. One you\u2019ll see daily is Tymber Burkey. Burkey was born here, moved to Nevada until the age of 10, and moved back, like so many who leave and return. However, it was her family that ferried her.<\/p>\n

Soon to be 21 years old, Burkey is affable, funny and sharp with money. A slight smile on her face, Burkey is enigmatic. \u201cI\u2019m a very shy person.The bank has helped me kind of break out of my shell and be more talkative than I have been. It\u2019s been great for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

She deals in a deceptively funny, dry humor, and Burkey has an interesting history unlike many, having been in rodeo since the age of 2. \u201cI was being ponied around by my mom while going around the barrels,\u201d Burkey laughs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been raised around horses my whole life. It\u2019s been a whole thing. There\u2019s a picture of me as a baby on my mom\u2019s old horse with the biggest smile on my face. So right then and there my parents knew they were screwed.\u201d Burkey laughs, and again it\u2019s clear where her passion lies.<\/p>\n

\u201cRodeo has been a part of my life the whole way since we\u2019ve been here. So when we moved to Idaho, it gave me a bigger opportunity to be part of rodeo. I didn\u2019t start high school rodeo until, like, eighth grade.\u201d<\/p>\n

An adamant horse whisperer, Burkey\u2019s way with horses is legendary. As she extolls, \u201cI didn\u2019t have the best horses going into high school. I just had bred ranch horses, not like everybody else who had these fancy rope horses. No, I had the ranch horses off the range. And let me tell you, my horses competed and they took me and they beat some of the best horses in the whole high school rodeo. They didn\u2019t have any papers or fancy bloodlines that all these other horses had. And my goat-tying horse, Champ, actually is optimally my best friend. He\u2019s done everything for me. He took me to state high school rodeo three times in a row for goat-tying.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no words I can use to describe this horse. He is, honestly, not the best looking horse. He\u2019s got a crooked foot. But whenever I went out on him, all the girls tried to catch my time. When I went and they saw him go, they just wanted to catch me. And I had offers for that horse after high school rodeo. People wanted to buy him and I was, like, no, I can\u2019t let him go. He\u2019s going to live his life out here. He has earned it. He\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burkey is quite the illustrator and can draw horses like Clint Eastwood drew guns. Having won five rodeo queen championships, she\u2019s set to ride in the upcoming rodeo in July.<\/p>\n

Ask her about Champ. Ask her about her upcoming rodeo. Ask her for small bills. The bank is often a quiet place but there\u2019s always room for friendliness and conversation that bolsters relationships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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