WILSALL — “Do you like competition? Do you like horses? Do you like seeing people try hard?” Janis Anderson said.

It’s a sport of precision and communication: Reining has been a sport for years in the United States, but its history in Montana is much more recent.

In 1985, Jay Dee Anderson began the Yellowstone Reining Horse Association – the first of its kind in the Treasure State, Janis Anderson said.

“I’m very thankful to be able to have done what I’ve done.” Jay Dee Anderson said, “One thing about reining is, it’s for people of all ages!”

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Janis Anderson said that the couple were first introduced to the sport when they were at horse shows, wher

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