Amarillo, Texas \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Texas drivers have the opportunity to purchase a new specialty license plate through the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) that features the American Quarter Horse.<\/p>\n
On sale now through TxDOT, the plate features a version of artist Orren Mixer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ideal American Quarter Horse, a special logo and the words \u00e2\u20ac\u0153America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Horse\u00e2\u20ac\u009d along the bottom of the plate.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are extremely proud to have the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most popular breed of horse, whose roots run deep in Texas, featured on a Texas license plate,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Bill Brewer, AQHA Executive Vice President. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153With more than 138,000 owners of American Quarter Horses and 45,000 members living in the Lone Star State, we believe this will be a very popular plate. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re looking forward to seeing the American Quarter Horse on vehicles throughout Texas.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Texas horse lovers can purchase the American Quarter Horse specialty plate by contacting their local county tax assessor-collector or visiting the TxDOT Web site. Two plates are issued to passenger cars or light trucks. A fee of $30 is charged annually (plus $40 if personalized) in addition to the regular registration fee and other applicable fees. The application and specialty license plate fee are submitted to the Vehicle Titles and Registration Division. Of the $30 fee, $22 will be deposited into a special fund administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture to benefit the American Quarter Horse Foundation. Funds from plate sales will support Foundation scholarships, equine research, history preservation and therapeutic riding programs.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There were many people who helped make this plate reality,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Brewer. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I want to thank the Texas Department of Transportation for their quick approval of the design and especially thank the Texas Department of Agriculture, and Commissioner Susan Combs and her staff for handling the administrative end of plate sales.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
The American Quarter Horse plate joins a prestigious list of nearly 150 other specialty license plates for colleges, military veterans, organizations and professional sports teams offered to Texas drivers. This is the only equine plate offered through the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s specialty plate program. For more about the AQHA plate or to order it, visit http:\/\/www.dot.state.tx.us\/vtr\/spplates\/specialplate.htm?nbr=144<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you would like a plate for your home, office or barn, anyone (including out-of-state residents) can order a souvenir plate featuring the American Quarter Horse through TxDOT. The fee for a single souvenir license plate is $20. If the souvenir license plate is personalized, the fee for the plate is $40. For information on ordering a souvenir plate, visit www.dot.state.tx.us\/vtr\/spplates\/souvenir\/souvenir.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Texas drivers have the opportunity to purchase a new specialty license plate through the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) that features the American Quarter Horse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aqha","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}