article_snippet: The event, which includes fairground attractions and one of Mexico's biggest horse auctions, expects to receive more than 600,000 visitors over the month. '
article_snippet: The cockfighting areana, known as a palenque, in Texcoco has a capacity of more than 3,000 people, and few seats were left unsold as the public clamoured to see the opening event of the month-long celebration .
article_snippet: The month-long Texcoco Horse Fair also features bullfighting and attracts more than 600,000 visitors a year .
article_snippet: The facade of the main cathedral building in Texcoco (left).
article_snippet: Mexico's national sport, charreria, is a kind of rodeo made up of different equestrian competitions and is also practiced at the fair (right)
article_snippet: The palenque in Texcoco has a capacity of more than 3,000 people, and few seats were left unsold as the public clamoured to see the opening event of the month-long celebration.
article_snippet: The month-long Texcoco Horse Fair will culminate with three shows by Luis Miguel, one of Latin America's most famous artists and a Michael Bublé-esque crooner, from April 9 to 11.
highlights_snippet: Annual Texcoco Horse Fair takes places on eastern fringes of Mexico City .
  