Horse Nations Indian Relay Races Ready To Bounce Back From Pandemic Slowdown

Horse Nations Indian Relay Races Ready To Bounce Back From Pandemic Slowdown

FORT PIERRE — Last week, the Horse Nations Indian Relay Council announced that the 2022 Championship of Champions season finale would be held at the Stanley County Fairgrounds in mid to late September. Group President Calvin Ghost Bear says the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the ability to hold Indian relay races…

The last two years the Championship of Champions was held in Casper, Wyoming and before then, in Walla Walla, Washington and Ghost Bear is ready to see riders from across the nation gallop into Fort Pierre…

For Ghost Bear, having the series championship for Horse Nations Relay is personally important to him…

South Dakota races include Pine Ridge on August 6th and 7th and Lower Brule August 13th and 14th. The series will visit Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska. Fort Pierre event is September 23rd to the 25th.