Aliy and the Red Team are on the trail towards Angel Creek Lodge for their final mandatory rest before the final leg back to the Pleasant Valley Store. They posted a run time from Two Rivers Lodge to Pleasant Valley Store of 4 hours, 25 minutes and rested there 4.5 … Read More
Congratulations to Wes and his team of Quito, Olivia, Chica, Boondocks, Biscuit, Ernie, Five, Rodney, Ginger and Scooby! They crossed the line at 3.38 this morning to finish 4th! The whole team, including Nacho, is happy at home now after a warm meal and are all curled up in their … Read More
Currently both Aliy and the Red Team and Chris and the R&B200 teams are on the trail to Pleasant Valley Store, some 55 miles away. Wes and the R&B100s are still resting and will see out their mandatory four hours plus time differential (an extra four minutes). Tonight all trails … Read More
Chatanika Lodge car park was alive with dogs and people this morning from about 9am as mushers arrived for pre-race vet checks, mushers meeting and their pre-race routines. Chatanika Lodge We got all three teams off on time and looking great. Aliy was keen to get going and excited to … Read More
Aliy and the Red Team are in to Two Rivers Lodge at 4.36pm making her run time over the 50 mile leg 4 hours 22 minutes. She said all is okay; she had a major tangle along the way that took some time to untangle. She was on an icy … Read More
Congratulations to Becky Pacas who has won this week’s draw. Becky is a fan of CHICA. Chica, like all of us, is getting older. Can you believe it? She’s 9?! She is back in harness and still loves to zip down the trail. We don’t know what exactly we’ll expect … Read More
Wes and the “Red & Black 100” youngsters drew bib number 8 (actually 38 but the bibs start at 30 for the 100 miles) and will head out at 1.14pm. He will be running 11 dogs. His team is a combination of the most experienced and the least experienced dogs … Read More
Tomorrow SP Kennel has teams entered in both the The Two Rivers Dog Mushers Association Two Rivers 100 and 200 mile races. We normally don’t get to race this one as it generally clashes with the Iditarod so this year we are excited to race it! We have great trails … Read More
Along with everything else going on at the kennel this week, the major matter of Yukon Quest 1000 and 300 drop bags had to be attended to! Each time we run a race we do a “debrief” about not only the dogs and the race plan but also logistics including … Read More
Saturday was a bit out of the ordinary for SP Kennel. Instead of being on the frozen Kusko River racing sled dogs (which wasn’t on the SP Kennel racing calendar this season), Aliy and Moira flew to Anchorage early in the morning. Allen and Chris stayed home to train dogs. … Read More
