FORT PIERRE — The Stanley County Fairgrounds looks to be South Dakota’s center for equestrian events into the future. Fort Pierre Mayor Gloria Hanson says traditional style horse racing can only be seen anymore in Fort Pierre…
Fort Pierre City Councilman Scott Deal is also the Stanley County Fairgrounds Manager and says another event will be calling the Fairgrounds home over the next few years…
As for the Horse Nationals Indian Relay Council and the Championship of Champions, Deal estimated nearly six-thousand people attended the three days of racing to standing room only crowds. Deal says the rumor mill has the race returning but contact hasn’t been made on that. The State of South Dakota offered up 50-thousand dollars for the Indian Relays two weeks ago and Hanson says that shows the value of the event…
Hanson says the Horse Nations Indian Relay Council generally takes the Championship of Champions to a city for two years then rotates venues.
