At the 10th annual relay at the Emerald Downs, teams competed for $85,000 worth of prize money.
Rider Miatus Teton with Tissidimit holds on to his horse as he takes off for the next leg of the race. With his eyes straight ahead, he is closely followed by Herman Tendoy with Beegup Relay, and Chazz Racine with Racine Relay.
AUBURN, WASHINGTON–Relatives stood shoulder to shoulder alongside strangers as they crowded together on the warmest weekend of the year thus far, to watch the 10th Annual Muckleshoot Gold Cup Indian Relay at Emerald Downs.
21 teams from across 7 states and 2 Canadian provinces competed in the time-honored tradition of bareback horse relay at the Muckleshoot Gold Cup for $85,000 worth of prize money. Poitras Relay took home the gold, along with $14,200 in prize money, having completed the two-mile track and four-horse race at 3 minutes and 31 seconds.
On his win, champion rider Joseph Jackson,...
