Bobbi Jo Chambers
Bobbi was born and raised in a small logging town of eastern Washington State called Chewelah.
Riding horses was introduced to her at a very young age. Winning her first trophy at 3 years old, Bobbi was awarded the youngest showman at the local county fair.
4H was a key foundation to her as she grew up. Participating as leadership roles in clubs, putting on educational demonstrations, and working towards riding competitions at the district and state level were all achieved by the time she was 13. It was then she began riding with professional trainers competing on the northwest regional circuits in both English and Western disciplines.
At the top of her youth career, Bobbi had won the Saddleseat Equitation National Championship in Santa Barbara California, and was top 8th at the Kentucky State Fair World Championship show in Louisville Kentucky. Luckily she graduated from High School and attended the local community college where she learned business management and computer science.
Bobbi then moved to Denver Colorado where she lived for 4 years working in the apparel business, yet returned home to Washington where she started her own software company working in the logging business.
Then in year 1989 she met Barney Chambers of Coyote Mule Company at a local mule show. This is when Bobbi learned about mules and teamed up with Barney, selling and training.
Bobbi had always been around mules, as her parents had their own personal string of mules they used for hunting and camping in the backcountry of Idaho.
The “Barney and Bobbi team” raised their first world champion mule named “Little Bonita” at the 2003 Green Western Performance in Bishop, California.
Throughout these early years, Bobbi competed with mules, winning many championships from California to Houston, Texas and Denver, Colorado. In 2009 she was awarded Reserve World Champion Gymkana Mule by the American Mule Association.
2015 turned the tide for Bobbi, as she started becoming a teamster and driving large hitches of mules.
Taking mules “Kit”, “Kate”, “Queen Liz”, “Mary”, “Penny”, “Lou” and “Lady”, this 8-up hit the nation by storm.
By 2019, Bobbi had the honor to open each session of the Bishop Mule Days show in California.
In 2021 she was the lead with her 8-up hitch at the 125th Anniversary Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo Cheyenne Wyoming.
Bobbi was honored to escort the Blue Thunderbird pilots into the arena, and lead team for the famous parade in town, with an original Calvary supply wagon.
2022 ushered in a move for the Chambers family from Idaho to their new farm in Kentucky.
In making full circle, Bobbi competed at the Kentucky State Fair mule show, winning the Ladies Team Class, and 4 up Hitch Class.
What will 2023 bring for Bobbi? Stay tuned lots of good things to come living in Kentucky!!!