Nelson "Andy" Wade, at a horse show appreciation event in Terry, where he was the announcer during the event, held at Cooper Down, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
On a warm Sunday afternoon in August, Nelson “Andy” Wade arrives at Cooper Down in Terry, Mississippi, where a parade of trucks towing horse trailers, cars filled with families and food vendors arrive from across the state for a horse appreciation day.