Day: August 26, 2006

FANS, FINALISTS READY FOR ALL AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Amarillo, Texas, August 25, 2006 – Excitement and anticipation is building as the American Quarter Horse racing world prepares to converge at the mountain-hemmed track at Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico, for the 47th running of the Grade 1 All American Futurity on Monday, September 4. With a gross purse of $2 million, the All American Futurity is American Quarter Horse racing’s richest race and has hosted some of the sport’s most talented competitors since its first running in 1959.  The first race for any breed in the industry to cut a winner’s check for $1 million, the

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American Junior Paint Horse member ready to make her mark on horse world

PRESS RELEASE For more information, contact: Jerry Circelli, Director of PR & Marketing (817) 222-6438, or e-mail jcircelli@apha.com FORT WORTH, TEXAS—American Junior Paint Horse Association (AjPHA) member Kristen Geary of Benson, Ariz., is on the fast track for becoming a future leader in the horse industry, with the help of a recent $24,000 college scholarship from the Race for Education Foundation. Geary, a May graduate from Benson High School, in Benson, Ariz., will attend the University of Arizona in Tucson this fall and major in animal sciences with an emphasis on equine science. She is the daughter

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