Day: September 5, 2006

Amarillo, Texas, September 1, 2006 – Del Rae Driggers would much rather talk about All American Futurity (G1) qualifier Gun Battle and her family’s involvement in American Quarter Horse racing than about herself. Driggers races Gun Battle with her husband, Robert, who bred the New Mexico-bred son of Dash Ta Fame. Gun Battle enters the $1.9 million All American final on Labor Day as the second-fastest qualifier off a five-length victory in his trial on August 17. “It is so enjoyable to watch a horse that you’ve raised run down the racetrack like he does,” said Driggers,

Amarillo, Texas, September 2, 2006 – Bobby Cox, the AQHA Champion Owner in 2004, has been trying to win the All American Futurity (G1) since 1976. “You can’t win it if you’re not in it,” said Cox, who is in it in a big way this year. Cox, from Peaster, Texas, bred and owns two qualifiers to the $1.9 million race on Labor Day, Genuine Botticelli and Dont Let Down. The two horses are trained by John Buchanan, who won the All American in 1987 with Elans Special. Genuine Botticelli will be ridden by Elans Special’s jockey,