A three-year contract will keep show in Amarillo through 2012.
The American Quarter Horse Journal – A new three-year contract with the Tri-State Fair that began with the 2010 Adequan Select World Championship Show will keep the show at the facility in Amarillo through 2012, according to Tom Persechino, AQHA executive director of competition and breed integrity.
“The AQHA Executive Committee approved the three-year contract, which gives the Tri-State Fair an option for an additional two years at the completion of the three years,” Persechino said. “The contract also contains the provision that should the show grow, AQHA can exercise an option to move the show to a larger facility.”
Persechino said the contract also addresses some items about the facility and its amenities that some exhibitors have voiced concerns about, including the footing in the Bill Cody and other warm-up areas on the grounds.
“We still hear from the majority of the exhibitors that they like coming to Amarillo,” Persechino said. “They like the (AQHA) staff attentiveness, the hospitality, the party that is hosted by the American Quarter Horse Foundation and the economics of Amarillo.
“On the surface, it’s easy to say that the show should move, but it receives a substantial stipend from the city and the venue to have the show here,” Persechino added. “Take that away and the cost to exhibitors to show at the Select World will go up.”
