Luck Strikes Twice for Kole Price in 2025 NRBC Chrome Cash Jackpot
Photo by National Reining Breeders Classic Facebook page, courtesy of APHA.
By Jessica Hein, PHJ News:
Tulsa was good to reining professional Kole Price, as he piloted not one but two mounts to the top of the 2025 NRBC Chrome Cash leaderboard at this year’s National Reining Breeders Classic. Picture Perrfect and Golden Coins split the Chrome Cash champion honors, based on preliminary round scores, each netting $1,822.25 on top of their other earnings at the event. Golden Coins ended up winning the Open Classic Finals with Kole, capturing $100,000 for the overall win. Picture Perrfect tied for fourth overall in the finals, netting $35,750.
2025 NRBC Chrome Cash Open: $9,850
- Kole Price & Golden Coins, a 2020 bay overo stallion by Spooks Gotta Gun x Electric Cha Ching (QH), owned by Coin Toss LLC, Pilot Point, Texas: $1,822.25
- Kole Price & Picture Perrfect, a 2021 gray solid stallion by Spooks Gotta Whiz x TR Pats Silver Whiz, owned by Ronald F. Anderson, Monee, Illinois: $1,822.25
On the Non-Pro side, Kim Muehlstaetter led the Non-Pro Classic from start to finish, capturing the Chrome Cash payout in the prelims and then adding $50,000 for the overall championship to her earnings. She rode her 2020 bay overo stallion Aspen Rein (competing under the name Smoky Mountain Rein) to the championship.
2025 NRBC Chrome Cash Non-Pro: $9,850
- Kim Muehlstaetter & Smoky Mountain Rein (APHA: Aspen Rein), a 2020 bay overo stallion by Spooks Gotta Whiz x Sprats Electricspark (QH), owned by Kim & Martin Muehlstaetter, Scottsdale, Arizona: $2,265.50
- Mandy McCutcheon & Disco Ball, a 2020 palomino solid mare by Smart And Shiney x Party Nite (QH), owned by Tom & Mandy McCutcheon, Aubrey, Texas: $1,379
Find full NRBC results at nrbc.com
Chrome Cash is a unique incentive program that provides bonus payouts for top-performing registered Paint Horses outside of APHA-approved competitions. It’s offered as a class within a class at select Western performance horse events and international competitions. All APHA-registered horses can compete in Chrome Cash. More than $1.6 million has been paid to APHA horses since Chrome Cash began in 2020. Learn more at apha.com/chromecash.
