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TEAM ROPING

I know you are because you already got one.’ I just let him guide me I guess.” It’s the second PRCA World Championship for Thorp, his first came back in 2019 with partner Cody Snow. He said there’s no better feeling than walking out with a gold buckle after the ups and downs of a long ProRodeo season. “This is unbelievable because all I can think about is all those times throughout the year when you’re down and you have to find something to pick you up. It makes you look back on how you got from that low to this spot right here,” said Thorp. “This is everything when you get to have this moment because it makes you realize you

just have to be ready for any opportunity when it comes, and it can payoff huge. It’s just awesome to

be in this spot and to be able to do it with my family and a great friend makes it just that much more special.” Wade entered the NFR sitting second in the PRCA | RAM World Standings, while Thorp was the No. 1 heeler in the world. The team came in with a plan and executed it to perfection. “I think the entire time out there in Vegas we were just doing what we could to give ourselves a chance,” Wade said. “We had to take the risks when we needed to take them, and it literally couldn’t have worked out better in our favor. Wesley Thorp

2023 WORLD CHAMPIONS

“Anytime we needed to step up in a round and actually do something we drew the best steer. We hung on and caught some of the harder steers we needed to catch. Then we were able to take advantage of the good steers and catch them clean and fast. I think it was just God’s timing more than anything.”

– Tanner Barth

PRCA photo by Click Thompson of Tyler Wade and Wesley Thorp at the 2023 National Finals Rodeo

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