Along For The Ride with Andrea Fappani

Episode 53 of Along for the Ride features KOLE PRICE: 2026 RUN FOR A MILLION CHAMPION, with special guest Taylor Sheridan.

There are runs you win, and then there are runs that change the standard. I sat down with Kole to talk about his incredible 237.5 on GOLDEN COINS, what went into that run, and the road that took him from leaving home at 16 to becoming one of the top trainers in our industry. Kole has built his career the hard way...working for great horsemen, putting in the years, building Price Performance Horses with Kelsey, and proving himself at the highest level. Today, he has more than $2.6 million in NRHA earnings and is a two-time Run For A Million Champion. And this one was pretty personal for me. That 237.5 broke the record I had held for 19 years. Records are made to be broken, and watching Kole put together that kind of run on that stage was something special. Taylor Sheridan also joins us to talk about the 2026 Run For A Million, what this event has become, and where he sees our sport going from here.

Great horses. Great competition. And a conversation between people who understand exactly what it takes to keep raising the bar.

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Andrea and TooTall review and discuss the 2025 AFTR Symposium at South Point Las Vegas. Hear what Andrea took away from riding with Shawn Flarida, Todd Bergen, Bud Lyon, Luca Fappani, Adan Banuelos and Anna Buffini. It's all about Excellence in Horsemanship

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Bud Lyon has emerged as a prominent name In the world of ranch riding over the past six years. This talented trainer from Whitesboro, Texas, has amassed an impressive array of world champion titles across several prestigious organizations, including the American Paint Horse Association (APHA), the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), and the National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA). Among the many exceptional equine athletes in his barn, one standout has played a pivotal role in elevating Lyon's career: Sumac Gunnabeflashy, affectionately known as "Romeo," who was honored as the NSBA's 2023 Horse of the Year. Join us as we delve into Bud Lyon's remarkable journey, his training philosophy, and the bond he shares with his incredible horses.

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Andrea and TooTall discuss the 2024 show season in review and the up and coming Along For The Ride ® Symposium in Las Vegas January 16,17,18 at South Point Resort and Casino.

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Adán Banuelos embodies a true cowboy and leader in the performance horse industry with $6,820,458.00 LTE NCHA. Growing up in a large Mexican-American family, he was instilled with the values of family, hard work, and horsemanship. His father, Ascension, an NCHA Hall of Fame Rider, and his mother are the foundation of his successful career as the leading NCHA Open rider in 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022. Adán emphasizes the significance of family and the teamwork required to thrive as a leading horse trainer in the NCHA. He also expresses his aspiration to restructure his business to enhance his quality of life and to spend time with family, friends, clients, and his girlfriend, Bella Hadid.

12:34:00 Adan's mom; "All right. So I know a little bit about your family, but we need to give our listeners just a little background. You already started and this is great."

15:51:00 Adan's dads story coming to the USA; "All right. So I know a little bit about your family, but we need to give our listeners just a little background. You already started and this is great."

22:45:00 Adan's mentors and his beginning as an Open Rider;"So you've always been around, just your family. You've never, you've never gone anywhere, even when you're younger to ride with other people. mainly it was, it was your dad and uncles that you work for and you learned most of it."

1:00:31 Andrea asks Adan about; ""The one thing that you're saying that you're modifying the program just a little bit to make it, are you talking about just less numbers to where it's just a little bit more manageable or is that what you're saying in the next couple of years maybe?"

1:10:14 Andrea & Adan discuss the "Horse Market": "Let's talk about that for just a second because that's one thing that I noticed in the cutting. I mean, everybody knows that cutting horses, the good cutting horses are definitely way more expensive than any reiners, any cow horses or any other really quarter horses, I would say other than probably race horses. But is it getting even more now?"

1:16:06 Andrea asks Adan about partnerships, percentages of breedings; "And tell me something about your business. Do you get involved with a lot of the, do you partner up with people so that you have part of the skin in the game as far as some of the horses that you ride, or do you have different deals to where maybe you get a percentage of the breedings if you sell the stud later because you're involved. Like on the business side of it, do you mainly just make your money on the winnings and the training or are you pretty involved with some of your customers and your horses?"

1:22:55 Bella Hadid: "So you have to tell us a little bit because the people want to know how things going with Bella and how long you've been dating and sounds like everything's going great, right?"

Professional Barrel Racer from Oeirichs, South Dakota. With more than 17 NFR qualifications under her belt, Lockhart has made barrel racing history multiple times since she began competing. And, over the past five years Lisa has been a very consistent competitor finishing top five in the World Standings every year. As competitive as she is inside the arena, Lockhart puts family first. Her husband Grady (a professional tie-down roper,) and their three children (Alyssa, Thane and Cade) are her biggest supporters, and she is theirs. Lockhart balances family and her rodeo career and feels blessed to be on this journey as a cowgirl.

Won over $3 Million in career earnings

17X NFR Qualifer

3X NFR Average Champion

3X The American Rodeo Barrel Racing Champion

Along For The Ride® Symposium Jan 16,17,18 2025

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Big Money Horse Shows! Nick Dowers and Andrea discuss the changes in the horse show industry with high dollar purses and additional show dates. An open discussion on the possible changes required to pursue the Big Money Shows, training, care, strategies, logistics and communication with the owners. Andrea and Nick review Andrea's first trip to the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity including training ideas and how Cow Horse and Reiners differ as athletes.

100X Shows sponsored the podcast, Andrea Stillo came on to explain their 2024 events.

Ty Murray - Nine-time World Champion professional rodeo cowboy. He was one of the top rodeo contestants in the world from the late 1980s to early 2000s. He is an inductee of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the all-around category. He is one of the co-founders and a board adviser of the Professional Bull Riders (PBR). From 2005 to 2020, he was also a regular color commentator for several televised PBR events.

Sarah Dawson NRCHA Million Dollar Rider, 2022 Leading NRCHA professional with $376,819. 2020 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champion. Sarah's husband Chris is also a NRCHA Million Dollar Rider making Dawson Performance Horses a real powerhouse in the cow horse industry. Sarah is the daughter of Richard & Cheryl Winters, Richard is a well known clinician and horseman.

Anna Buffini: FEI Grand Prix Dressage Rider/Trainer. A rising star in USA Dressage, earned several top results early in the 2021 season with her Hanoverian mare, FRH Davinia La Douce, placing third in the FEI Grand Prix and FEI Grand Prix Special CDI3* at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival and third in the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle. Andrea and Anna discuss the similarities and differences between Reining & Dressage. A great conversation about horsemanship and the love of horse.