Off to the Races

Stephanie Bartmess Jones of Helena rides Ranger at the Anaconda Saddle Club for the club's eighth annual Pole Bending Double Header on Saturday, June 7. Up next for the Anaconda Saddle Club is their "Summer Solstice" Evening Pole Bending and Barrel Races on Wednesday, June 18. Also, see Page 8 of today's Anaconda Leader for our story on Reiny Sandru, a local sixth grader who won the 2025 Montana Junior High Pole Bending Championship earlier this month and will now go on to compete at the national finals. Leader photo: Kasey Edge-Faur