It’s official… The Two Rivers Solstice 100 sled dog race — scheduled for tomorrow — has been cancelled due to lack of snow.
We are very disappointed to have our second “first race of the season” disappear from our racing schedule, but we have immediately shifted focus to our new season opener, the Copper Basin 300.
Due to this season’s disrupted “early-racing” schedule, all of the premier sled dog racing kennels are in an unusual situation that could make this year’s CB300 the most interesting and exciting ever.
For one thing, the lack of prior races will mean that teams will have had fewer opportunities to “try-out” dogs, sleds, strategies, etc. Uncertainties will abound throughout this very competitive, very important race.
For another, because there will be no previous-race “front runners” coming into the CB300, all of the teams will be starting with unknown qualifications. All pre-race strategy and speculation will be based on prior years’ performance, rather than on much more recent prior race performance.
Your SP Kennel Team has developed a robust strategy to account for these unusual circumstances, but we’re sorry that we can’t tell you all about here in public… At least not yet!
We will fill you in on as much as we can and as fast as we can… Stay tuned!
