YOUNG INDIAN RIDER A WINNER ON THE ROAD
BY JIM WELLS When you’re 16 years old and on the road, an athletic triumph of any kind is a thrill. Ask Chay-Chazz Shambo, who added relay racing this year to the list of sports he enjoys. Shambo is a quarterback on his high school football team and a point-guard on the basketball team. Now […]
INDIAN RELAY RACES, DERBY A PAIR
BY JIM WELLS Indian relay racing returned to Canterbury Park Thursday night and that can only mean one thing: The Mystic Lake Derby is upon us. They are inseparable. Two nights of relay heats and then the championship on Saturday as an accompaniment to the $200,000 Derby, the richest race of the summer. Who knows, […]
INDIAN COLORS, CULTURAL PAGEANTRY RETURN
BY JIM WELLS They came from Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota and even northern Minnesota Thursday night _ the Crow, the Lakota, Ojibwe, the Blackfeet and the Shoban. Indian relay racing, Canterbury’s summer spectacle, returned for a third consecutive year bearing the colors, pageantry and cultural traits that these tribes bring to this form […]
INDIAN RELAYS NEVER FAIL TO IMPRESS
An onlooker at trackside was bubbling enthusiastically. Another one commented on the conditioning and toughness of the riders. Still another shook his head, a bit awed. Seasoned riders were not fooled in the least. “It’s a lot tougher than it looks,” said jockey Chamisa Goodwin. The subject at hand was Indian Relay Racing, a three-mile […]
INDIAN RELAY RACING RETURNS TO RAVE REVIEWS
The pageantry, color and thrill of Indian relay racing returned to Canterbury Park on Thursday night as riders from the Shoshone-Bannock, Crow and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes took the stage. The riders compete for $50,000 in prizes over the next three days, with two races scheduled Thursday and Friday and two more on closing day […]
