 Welcome to the 2016 NCHA Ferturity. I'm here with the winner of the unlimited Amateur Final, Wade Smith, who rode metallic candlelit and marked a 223. Congratulations to you Wade. Thank you very much. Tell me what did that run feel like? That was the most fun I think I've ever had. After that run I was ready to do it again in the second go. The merit was just spot on and the cattle were so good and my help was so great. It helped me find the perfect cows and I just felt like I could do anything. So do you remember much about the run itself? What was it about the run that really felt good? Describe it to us. You know my number one priority was to go in and make my cuts clean and in the middle of the pen and get pushed way up and the mayor pretty much just showed herself. It's probably one of the easier horses to show that I've ever been on and absolutely one of the easiest three year olds that I've ever been on. She's so mature and I don't really have to worry about too much. If I can just get her put on the cow right and she takes care of her. So you were along for the ride? I was and it was so much fun. I loved cutting ever since I was a little boy. I remember I think I was like 13 or 14. I went to Terry Riddle, Bill Freeman cutting school at Terry's place when smart little Lena was two. Bill Freeman would give me a hard time because the horse would fall down and start whacking on a cow and I'd be smiling while I was doing that. He'd wipe that smile off. This is serious. He was giving me a hard time and I've just always loved cutting. What do you think he'd say today about your win? I think he'd probably say good job. I wish he was here for me to talk to. Yeah, I bet. Your horse, tell us a little bit about metallic candlelit. When did you come by? I had sold a three year old that Clay Johnson was training for me to Alana Chalmers and she made the limited non-profinals and the non-profinals on her. He called me in October towards the end of October and he said hey I've got one that you need to come try. I told him keep an eye out for something and he's like come try this and it took me a couple of weeks to... Jail with us? Well just to get to his place to try it. With logistics I was showing at the app world and then I went home for a couple of days. And then he was in Catoola at a pre-work at his in-laws and it took me a little bit. But looking back at it now I wish I would have just dropped everything and just drove straight away just to lock it up. But I went and I tried her and I worked two cows on her and I knew she felt so special and I said is she like this all the time? Oh yeah and I said well let's make the deal. And you have actually competed a few times here in the Will Rogers before. You've got a second tell us about that. Yes first time I showed here was in 1985 when I was 16 years old. I rode a little white Appaloosa mare that was by our Appaloosa stud and I marked a 214. There was a question on the review. I have never forgot this. I marked a 214 and two of the judges got me for it and one of them didn't and it took a 214 and a half that year to go to the second go. And I have replayed that run in my head. It's one of those where you wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat wondering why didn't you do it like that? I haven't shown every year at all since then. I showed two times 85 and 86 and didn't get to make it to the second go. And there wasn't any amateur then. I was competing against Shayla Welch and Mary Jo Milner and Carol Rose and everybody who was just winning everything in the non-pro all the time. And I still felt very fortunate to be in the arena with those people. And now we have the unlimited amateur and it's probably where I need to be. And I'm glad the NCAA has this class. Now you've got a box here that I'm assuming is filled with family and friends who got to watch you win tonight with a great score of 223. How does that make you feel? Blessed. My mom's 85 years old and she got to be here to see it. My wife, I haven't been home for like six weeks and she's at home with my younger children helping them get to school and my sons in college. And all of my horse family, my trainers and their wives and the people who helped them and my people, it still feels like family. And I bet this win kind of makes up for that. That just narrowly missing out when you're 14. Yeah, yes it does. But I still wish I had that run back. That would have been a dream come true but tonight it's been a dream come true. It still hasn't sunk in. Well congratulations, great job. Thanks for joining us. Hey, thank you very much.