Indian Relay

With the Dodson Fairgrounds packed out with thousands in attendance, the Indian Relay Races lived up to expectations, providing the crowd with plenty of excitement during both the morning qualifying rounds and during the final four races in the afternoon.

The event, which was accredited by the Horse Nations Indian Relay Council and sponsored by the Fort Belknap Indian Community / Aaniiih and Assiniboine / Nakoda tribes, crowned its first champion, the Carlson Relay team thanks to some solid riding from Chaz Racine, a 29-year-old from Browning, Mont.

"It was a good one here," Racine said aft...