What happened today? The dogs, Aliy, Karolyn and Mark set off from the kennel early and travelled the Alaska Highway to Whitehorse. It’s a 12 hour drive plus a stop to feed the humans and dogs along the way. When Allen and Moira drove over on Tuesday night / Wednesday … Read More
The Meet the Mushers event is always a fun, casual time for supporters and fans to meet their favourite mushers, and for the mushers to catch up with each other. Plenty of banter and advice flowed up and down the table but I think all are ready to get out … Read More
Time for another Dog Fan Club draw! Congratulations to Naomi and Anny who are a fans of Sanka. Thanks so very much for joining Sanka’s Dog Fan Club and supporting SP Kennel. Sanka is a gorgeous smaller gal with large ears and a sweet disposition. She’s had a fantastic season … Read More
It’s less than a week before teams take off from Whitehorse so the kennel is in full swing with final preparations. Last Saturday the crew took all the drop bags for both races to Summit Logistics where the logistics team will transport them to the checkpoints ready for the teams … Read More
We have been on the sled runners… a lot! The days are getting longer with daylight increasing substantially every day. The prolonged sunrises and sunsets are spectacular. Most of the time we see them both from the back of a dog team.
Due to low snow conditions and unstable ice formation on the rivers in the Yukon there have been significant changes to the routing for both the Yukon Quest and the Quest 300. See attached press release here and here (click on red links). This is an ever-changing situation and could … Read More
The team is on the way home to the kennel as I type, after another successful CB300 campaign. This was Allen’s 16th running of the race and his enthusiasm and enjoyment of the race hasn’t diminished. This evening was the Finishers’ Banquet and Prizegiving in Glennallen where all the mushers … Read More
It’s Copper Basin 300 Fan Club draw time! To celebrate one of our favourite races on the calendar we did a double draw in our Dog Fan Club. Congratulations to the team at Black Line Stables who are fans of Jefe and to Joe and Dottye McCain who are fans … Read More
The team has been off the trail for over 12 hours and in that time they have all consumed huge quantities of calories and fluids, and spend many hours sleeping to aid in the rapid recovery from the race. Every few hours the crew let them out of the truck … Read More
Karolyn sent through some pics and video from the finish line earlier today.
