It was a day of movement for the dogs and mushers of SP Kennel. Aliy and the Red Team have arrived in Elim. She averaged 7.9 mph on her run from Koyuk, arriving 20 minutes behind Jeff King. Jeff King moved into the lead leaving Koyuk and is moving just … Read More
Hi SP Fans! This is Kennel Mom checking in. As of Saturday at noon I was the last SP Family Member in Anchorage. I am fortunate to be able to make the Clarion Suites my headquarters as I wait for dropped dogs to be transported here from the Iditarod Trail. … Read More
Izzy – 12 Weeks It’s been an a thrilling 7 days watching Aliy and the other mushers travel over the rough trails in the first part of the race. It’s also been fun to watch Allen’s puppy team motoring right along. It wasn’t that long ago that Wes and I were … Read More
Well, I don’t know about anyone else, but I sure didn’t sleep last night. I went back and forth between worrying about Aliy and the dogs to worrying that we wouldn’t make it out to Nome in time to see her come in. Now that I’ve taken a few deep … Read More
It was great to see the team in person and talk to Aliy about them. The dogs she left in Nulato were SCHMOE and CHEMO. Schmoe developed a sore wrist and she felt it would be best for him to head home rather than continue the race. Chemo tweaked his … Read More
Aliy lead the way out of Unalakleet after a bit over 4 hours of rest. Of the front runners, she was the only musher to have rested on the trail between Kaltag and Unalakleet. Jeff King, Martin Buser and Sonny Lindner have also started making their way to Shaktoolik. This … Read More
It was a race against time for us to get to Unalakleet before Aliy! Luckily Doug had gone on an earlier flight so we knew that at least he would be there. As it turned out we got to the checkpoint just about half an hour before she pulled in. … Read More
6 pm Alaska Time Aliy and the Red Team have arrived on the coast of Alaska. They arrived at 4:39 pm Alaska Time and claimed the Gold Coast Award. This award is presented by Wells Fargo and is a gold cup filled with $2,500 in gold nuggets. Aliy’s father, Doug, … Read More
We have had unofficial confirmation that it is BISCUIT that was dropped from Aliy’s team in Ruby. We’ve also seen enough videos and pictures of the team since then to be sure. Biscuit is a mega-star and we believe it could be the first time he has EVER been dropped … Read More
It’s 8.30am Alaska time. Aliy and her 11 team-mates left Kaltag and are on their way to Unalakleet! The GPS tracker shows they are currently stopped so it looks like they could be camping for a while before continuing to the next checkpoint. Since the last update they left Nulato … Read More
