Tag: American Quarter Horse racing events

FROM VARIED BACKGROUNDS, FINALISTS SHARE THE SAME GOAL

Amarillo, Texas, August 28, 2006  The field of finalists in the 2006 All American Futurity (G1) spans a range of horses from homebreds to top sale yearlings, and the list of breeders is just as diverse. Perennial top breeder Vessels Stallion Farm bred fastest qualifier No Secrets Here (First Down Dash  Dicey Secret by Raise A Secret) and still owns the colt with partner Benny Rosset of Sao Paulo, Brazil. A two-time winner in five outs, the colt has earned $140,265. Vessels Stallion Farm also bred fifth-fastest qualifier Separate Bet (Separatist – Better Bet On Me by

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August 31, 2006 No Comments

“LEADING” CONNECTIONS LOOK TO REPEAT IN WEST TEXAS FUTURITY (G1)

Amarillo, Texas, April 6, 2006 A victory in the West Texas Futurity sparked Leading Spirit’s 2005 championship campaign, and some of American Quarter Horse racing’s hottest 2-year-olds will be looking for that same chance in Sunday’s running of the Grade 1 event. Leading Spirit, who captured the year-end title of champion 2-year-old gelding and earned $694,680, started his stakes career with a 3/4-length victory in the 2005 version of the 300-yard contest.  He went on to win the Ruidoso Futurity (G1) and the Rainbow Futurity (G1) before an injury sidelined him for the remainder of the year.

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April 7, 2006 No Comments