Mountain River INDNRLY team gears up for Nationals in Billings

Lodgepole’s Mountain River INDNRLY Team has only been participating in Indian Horse Racing for the past year but the group has already qualified for the 2016 All Nations Indian Relay Championship that will start on Thursday, September 22 and finish on Sunday, September 25 in Billings at MetraPark.

The event is an arena one and a half mile bareback race that features one rider, three horses, a mugger, a setup man and back holder.

Al Kulbeck is the mugger for Mountain River. His job is to exchange horses with the rider after every lap, which is either a half mile or full mile depending on the co...