He was so smart he just assessed the situation and determined what to do to keep me safe.” He stayed there and did not move so he wouldn’t hurt me. Charmayne said, “At a rodeo in Walla Walla, Washington, Scamper slid under a wire fence after exiting the arena and I was pinned underneath him. Charmayne says that Scamper showed a mental toughness and grit rivaled by no other horses and was compared to Secretariat often in the media.Ĭharmayne took care of Scamper and he took care of her. She worked cattle in her father’s feedlot all day on Scamper and then ran barrels at lunchtime and continued to work cattle in the afternoon. A bond was formed between them that could not be broken. Charmayne says he was known to be a bit of a rebel and had a reputation for bucking off people, but he trusted her and did not give her any trouble. She paved the way for every cowgirl that competes today.Ī success story like none other, Scamper was purchased for $1100 and trained by Charmayne herself and made into the most successful barrel horse in history. She was deservingly the first woman to wear the #1 back number at the NFR and broke so many records and won so many titles that they are too numerous to list. Scamper and Charmayne dominated the barrel racing world for over a decade. She would outrun the competition by such a large margin that some people thought they were cheating because they had never seen anything like them before.
When she started, many of the rodeos did not use electrical timers yet and the rodeos were flagged by a judge. She began riding at 4-H shows and youth rodeos and progressed to amateur rodeos and eventually the professional rodeos. She won her first world championship at the age of 14 and never looked back for the next 11 years. James and Scamper are considered the most successful team of all time in the barrel racing world. In the 80’s and 90’s Charmayne and Scamper won the hearts of rodeo fans everywhere and 10 year-old Chayni and Flo Jo received national attention with their success at the American semi- finals in 2015. Trust is the most important ingredient in any relationship, but is essential to barrel racers and their horses.
The similarities between these two riders are overwhelming (just look at their pictures side by side and you notice the likenesses) and watching them compete against each other throughout the ERA Premier Tour will be history playing out before us. When you watch Chayni Chamberlain ride Flo Jo you can almost flashback to a time another young lady and her horse took the rodeo world by storm named Charmayne James and Scamper.
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