Month: February 2015

We got the Black Team off the line safely and they’re on their way!

First photos from Moira in Whitehorse: The SP Kennel Black Team at the start! Just moments before starting in first position, Allen surveys his team while Aliy makes a few harness adjustments. You can tell how cold it is — almost -40 degrees! — by all the breath vapor around … Read More

Allen and the Black Team leave the starting chute at 11.00am this morning local time. Leading him out will be seasoned leaders QUITO and SCOUT. CHICA and IZZY will run in the swing position followed by SISSY and her brother SCHMOE. MAC and WAYLON will start out side-by-side with CHEMO … Read More

This morning Aliy, Spencer and Moira took the 12 Red Team dogs to the veterinarian checks for the YQ300. The vet team is fantastic – they not only do their job extremely thoroughly, to ensure everyone is in good shape to start the event, but they are so caring and … Read More

Congrats to Debbi Robinson from North Carolina who has won this week’s Yukon Quest themed Dog Fan Club draw. Debbi is a fan of many of our dogs and has won this week with MISMO! Mismo is in Whitehorse with us so I snapped a picture of him this morning … Read More

This evening in the Whitehorse Convention Centre a packed house saw the mushers draw their bib numbers for Saturday’s race start. Allen and the Black Team will lead the teams out of the start chute and onto the trail at exactly 11am local time. Check out the Yukon Quest website … Read More

During the Yukon Quest the SP Kennel Crew will endeavour to keep our fans and supporters as up-to-date as possible. Our main update reports will be on the Doglog with supplementary photos on Instagram and Facebook. Moira is part of the handler crew out on the trail and will be … Read More

This evening the YQ1000 mushers met hundreds of fans and supporters at the Mount McIntyre Centre in Whitehorse. There were many stories being shared, photographs smiled for, and lots and lots of autographs signed. The queue to get posters signed was almost out the door! Some of the crowd at … Read More

The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race has been running between Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory of Canada and Fairbanks, Alaska since 1984. The Yukon Quest Trail crosses frozen rivers and four mountain summits. There are nine checkpoints; some of which are more than 200 miles apart as well as … Read More

We hope you enjoy the latest edition of the SP Kennel Howler newsletter. We recap the successful Copper Basin 300 race and look forward to the Yukon Quest, starting this weekend in Whitehorse. The spotlight this month is on Chica, who was named Allen’s Most Valuable Dog during the CB300. … Read More