Adan Banuelos Net Worth and His Cutting Horse Prize Money
At a glance
- $7.17MLifetime earnings (Mar. 2025)
- $246,8802020 NCHA Futurity win
- 2TAPH cutting titles
- 5thEquiStat rider list since 1992 (2024)
Adan Banuelos is a Texas cutting horse trainer and rider and an NCHA Riders Hall of Fame earner. His net worth has never been publicly confirmed. On record: lifetime earnings listed at $7,171,647.31 in March 2025, the 2020 NCHA Futurity Open title worth $246,880, and back-to-back cutting wins at The American Performance Horseman in 2023 and 2024. Prize money is not the same as income, since many horses he shows belong to other owners. He dated Bella Hadid from 2023 until a reported split in January 2026.
Profile
| Sport | Cutting |
|---|---|
| Base | Texas |
| Hall of Fame | NCHA Riders |
| Net worth | Not confirmed |
Career
| NCHA Futurity | Champion 2020 |
|---|---|
| Futurity reserve | 2018, 2019 |
| TAPH cutting | Champion 2023, 2024 |
| 2026 | NRCHA World's Greatest Horseman |
Money
| Lifetime earnings | $7,171,647.31 (Mar. 2025) |
|---|---|
| Top horse | All Spice, $556,049 |
| Futurity check | $246,880 |
| Training fees | Not disclosed |
Did you know
Adan Banuelos and Bella Hadid made a cameo together in a December 2024 episode of Yellowstone.
Rumor check
Is all his prize money his? Not shown. Many horses he rides are owned by others, and purse splits are private.
Adan Banuelos net worth has never been confirmed by him or by any reliable outlet, so we do not print a number. His prize money is a different story, because cutting horse earnings are tracked to the dollar.
By March 2025 the Texas trainer’s lifetime earnings were listed at more than $7.1 million. Most people outside the sport first heard of him through Bella Hadid.
Here is what is on record as of November 2026, and what those earnings do and do not tell you.
Adan Banuelos net worth: what is on record
Bio sites print round totals for Adan Banuelos net worth, but none cites a source. His training fees, horse sales and savings have never been made public.
What the sport does publish is prize money. The table shows how his lifetime total has grown.
| Date | Lifetime earnings on record |
|---|---|
| December 2020 | $3,489,553 (NCHA) [2] |
| Start of 2024 | $6,227,550.98 (NCHA) [3] |
| March 27, 2024 | $6,489,245, fifth among cutting riders since 1992 (EquiStat) [1] |
| March 2025 | $7,171,647.31, as listed by the NRCHA [4] |
| Net worth | Not confirmed by him or any reliable outlet |
Is prize money the same as his income?
No. Cutting earnings are credited to the rider, but many of the horses belong to other people. All Spice, the mare he won the 2020 NCHA Futurity on, was owned by the Holmes/Hill Partnership [2].
Quarter Horse News says the money in EquiStat’s rider list is what each rider won in the discipline [1]. How a purse is split between owner and trainer, and what he charges to train, has not been made public.
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What are his biggest wins?
His top win came on December 13, 2020. He scored 224 on All Spice to take the NCHA Futurity Open and $246,880 [2].
He had come close before. He was reserve champion of the 2018 Futurity on Badboonarising and of the 2019 Futurity on Twice In Santiago [2]. EquiStat lists All Spice as his top earner, at $556,049 [1].
How much did he win at The American Performance Horseman?
The event at Globe Life Field put $1 million on the line for the top riders in cutting, reining and reined cow horse [5]. He won the cutting there in 2023 on All Spice with a 229 [3].
In March 2024 he defended the title with a 230 on Storyteler. His Team Royal Blue also won, earning each rider $25,000, Western Horseman reported [5]. The NRCHA later said he took home over $100,000 in prize money from that year’s event [4].
The event will not be held in 2026, its organizers said, so he cannot add a third title this year [6].
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What has he done in 2026?
He kept competing. At the NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman in February 2026, he scored 223.5 in the herd work on Purrn Likeasmoothcat, the third-best mark in that round [8].
Updated NCHA earnings for 2026 were not published in a source we could check, so the March 2025 figure is the latest on record.
What happened with Bella Hadid?
He and the model were first linked in October 2023, and they made a cameo together in a December 2024 episode of Yellowstone, E! News reported [7].
On January 26, 2026, Entertainment Tonight reported that they had split after more than two years. Neither of them has spoken publicly about the breakup [7].
Days later, WFAA reported that he was booked into the Parker County Jail on January 31 for public intoxication and released the same day on a $386 bond [9]. We found no report of how the case ended.
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Adan Banuelos career and money timeline
| Date | What happened |
|---|---|
| 2018 | NCHA Futurity reserve champion on Badboonarising [2] |
| 2019 | NCHA Futurity reserve champion on Twice In Santiago [2] |
| December 2020 | Wins the NCHA Futurity Open on All Spice, $246,880 [2] |
| 2023 | Wins the cutting at The American Performance Horseman [3] |
| October 2023 | First linked with Bella Hadid [7] |
| March 2024 | Defends the title on Storyteler with a 230 [5] |
| March 2024 | $6,489,245 in EquiStat rider earnings, fifth since 1992 [1] |
| December 2024 | Yellowstone cameo with Hadid [7] |
| March 2025 | Lifetime earnings listed at $7,171,647.31 [4] |
| January 2026 | Split from Hadid reported; public intoxication arrest [7][9] |
Checked facts
Here is where the most repeated claims stand.
| Claim | Status |
|---|---|
| A reliable outlet has published his exact net worth | No. We found no verified figure |
| He has won over $7 million | Yes, in lifetime cutting earnings by March 2025 [4] |
| All his prize money is his to keep | Not shown. Many horses he rides are owned by others [2] |
| He won the NCHA Futurity | Yes, in 2020 on All Spice [2] |
| He and Bella Hadid are still together | No. Their split was reported in January 2026 [7] |
Reader questions
What is Adan Banuelos’ net worth?
It has not been publicly confirmed. His lifetime earnings were listed at $7,171,647.31 in March 2025, but that is prize money, not net worth [4].
What does Adan Banuelos do?
He trains and shows cutting horses in Texas. He won the 2020 NCHA Futurity Open on All Spice [2].
How much did Adan Banuelos win at the NCHA Futurity?
$246,880, for the 2020 Open title [2].
Are Bella Hadid and Adan Banuelos still together?
No. Entertainment Tonight reported their split on January 26, 2026 [7].
Was Adan Banuelos on Yellowstone?
Yes. He and Bella Hadid made a cameo in a December 2024 episode [7].
Sources
- Quarter Horse News: EquiStat lifetime leading cutting statistics (Apr. 26, 2024)
- NCHA: 2020 NCHA Futurity Open finals (Dec. 14, 2020)
- NCHA: The American Performance Horseman riders announced (Jan. 10, 2024)
- NRCHA: The American Performance Horseman expands for 2025 (Mar. 6, 2025)
- Western Horseman (Emily Carey): The American Performance Horseman champions (Mar. 16, 2024)
- International Horse Press: The American Performance Horseman will not be produced in 2026
- E! News (Will Reid): Bella Hadid and Adan Banuelos break up (Jan. 26, 2026)
- Horse&Rider: Full 2026 NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman results (Feb. 28, 2026)
- WFAA (Paul Livengood): Adan Banuelos arrested for public intoxication (Feb. 4, 2026)
