As the SP Kennel continues to digest, analyze and recover from the Yukon Quest, as well as prep, strategize and get psyched for the Iditarod, we took the three yearlings on their first race.
CONGRATS: Bill, Gravy and Wu! The boys completed their first race. It was the Two Rivers Bun Run. The race started Saturday at Pleasant Valley Store at 11AM. The course predominantly followed Chena Hot Springs Road heading west – crossing it once – and finished at 10 Mile CHSR @ Larae’s Coffee Shop. A big ‘Shout Out’ to the Start and Finish Line businesses. Many, many thanks.
The Bun Run was a heap of fun. Nomex and Cayenne were in lead, with Sanka and Kenobi (Karolyn’s Siberian Husky), Driver and Habibi (Karolyn’s Alaskan Husky), Bronze and Gravy and bringing up the rear were Bill and Wu. This was both Nomex and Driver’s first race of the season as well. It was good to see the veterans mixed in with the rookies.
Karolyn mushed the team on the 20 mile course. The Bun Run was a passenger race and luckily, Ryan was game to be the SPK ballast for the day. It was a little chilly for sitting in a sled for two plus hours, but thank goodness there was a hot cup of coffee and a cinnamon bun for him at the finish line.
Congrats to the dogs, the mushers and the ballast. It was both a fun and pretty day in Two Rivers. Thanks to Padee for getting us photos and video footage – she had to be fast to catch that speedy youthful team!
Sort of a “mini-Yukon Quest” for the 4-leggeds who have not yet been able to show their stuff in other competitions.
Complete with cinnamon bun!!! Now the three youngsters know why they had to get a VET CHECK and blood draw!!!
What fun – GO R&B, GO KAROLYN – great job!!!
WOOF WOOF WOOF
Glad you all had a little fun in all the chaos of IditaPrep! And now you got some experiance on those rookie dogs! Well done Karolyn, Ryan and thank you Padee for the pics!
GO SPK!! And congratulations to Bill, Wu, and Gravy for completely your first race of many more to come!
And the cinnamon bun looks delicious!
Glad to see the boys out running! Not only the three yearlings but Karolyn’s as well!
Thanks Padee for the pics they were magic. Way to go Karolyn!