Tyler Wade is racking up accolades as one season ends and another begins.
After making the Top 3 at the end of the 2023 season, Wade’s equine partner that he calls Spur has earned the Horse of the Year title. This one is voted on by your fellow contestants and one that Wade says is probably the coolest he has ever won.
“Honestly, when I tried him we were in Deadwood, South Dakota and I needed a horse, kind of went to asking around up there and tried him and it didn’t go great when I tried him but I knew that he was fast and he’s built about perfect,” Wade said about Spur.
On top of this title, Wade kicked off his 2025 season with a $12,000 week after winning the Texas Circuit Finals and the Texas Chute Out that followed.
“It might be the payingist but it’s dang sure the toughest too. There’s a lot of good teams up... It’s the first year I’ve actually won it. I’ve come in winning it once and missed and I was high call back twice and we didn’t get it done so to finally pull it off is pretty cool,” he said.
Now his sights turn to Las Vegas for the National Finals Rodeo as he prepares to defend his Gold Buckle. The race for a World Title is tight but Wade has plenty of opporunities to practice between now and then and he will go in as the No. 2 header in the World with his heeler, Wesley Thorp, the No. 2 heeler.
