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by Scott Abrahamson rides to victory at Horse Nations Indian Relay’s “Champion of Champions Indian Relay Race” in September. Photos courtesy of Diana Volk/Horse Nations Indian Relay Council S cott Abraham- son, Colville, is a sophomore in the Me- chanical Engineering program here at Washington State University. His future engineer- ing career, however, is being planned to support his true passion – horseracing. “I started riding before I could walk, probably,” said Abrahamson, sharing that his parents had him out on horses as a young child. He got his start in horseracing in the 7th grade, but fell out of racing for quite some time. However, after his father’s death, Abrahamson wanted to continue his father’s legacy on the racetrack competing in Indian Relays. With hors