Tulsa, Oklahoma –
Some titles are hard to win once. Kole Price and Golden Coins just won theirs twice.
Under the lights of the Ford Truck Arena at Expo Square, Price piloted the 6-year-old stallion to a 231.5 in the Level 4 Open finals of the 2026 National Reining Breeders Classic, matching the score that won them the title a year ago and finishing 4.5 points clear of the field. The win is worth $100,000 and a place in the record books: Price and Golden Coins are only the third back to back Level 4 Open Champions in the history of the NRBC, the richest and most prestigious reining classic in the world.
Owned by Coin Toss LLC, Golden Coins (Spooks Gotta Gun x Electric Ca Ching by Jacs Electric Spark) pushed his lifetime earnings past $356,000 with the repeat victory, adding to a resume that already includes the 2025 NRBC Level 4 Open Championship and the 2024 Run For A Million Open Shootout title.
For Price, the week was less about nerves and more about patience. He knew two nights before the preliminary that the stallion was peaking, and with Golden Coins feeling that good, the biggest job through a long week and a half of showing was simply staying out of his way. Both finals runs, Price said afterward, felt slow and easy, the mark of a horse that gets better when the pressure gets bigger.
“He’s just such a special animal.”
— Kole Price
The National Reining Breeders Classic, known as the Million Dollar Show, has paid out more than $25 million since its founding and stands as the second largest reining show in the world. Defending a Level 4 Open title there is rare company, and Price and Golden Coins now belong to it.
Team Price would like to thank Coin Toss LLC, the entire crew at home, and the sponsors and supporters who make weeks like this possible.
The 2026 NRBC Championship is the cover feature of the July issue of Reiner magazine. Read the full story in the digital edition here.