Chris and his Red & Black Team have finished the Northern Lights 300! Good job team! Schmoe and Scout led the team over the line and Steve managed to catch this quick snap of them. All the dogs have had a meal and are now in the dog truck having … Read More
Chris and 11 team mates are on the final leg of the Northern Lights 300! They checked out of Yentna at 5.06pm after just over 6.5 hours rest; with 72 miles until the finish line. As mentioned in the previous update, his conservative version of the race plan has the … Read More
We are very excited to see that Chris and the R&Bs are into the final checkpoint of Yentna! They pulled in at 10.27 this morning and they have a mandatory six hour rest stop here so can leave at 4.27pm at the earliest. He still has 12 athletes with him … Read More
Chris and the R&Bs pulled into Talvista, the second checkpoint, earlier this afternoon. They will rest there for a few hours. The trackleaders.com trackers give us loads of great information to see what’s going on. In the view below you can see when, and for how long, the team stops … Read More
Chris and his R&B Team left the start chute at 11.36 this morning. L-R: Final line-up; the rowdy end; Waylon says “I got this Steve” The final line up to start was Scout and Waylon leading, Woody and Sanka in swing, then Bean and Schmoe, Willie and QT, Creamer and … Read More
As alluded to in our earlier post, Chris has a very young team with him for the Northern Lights 300, along with a few of the older guard. He will decide on the actual line up on Friday morning but for your info, here is who he has with him: … Read More
Ruth had an interesting mix of dogs with her on the Two Rivers 200 ranging in age from yearlings Bean and Sanka to veteran Olivia at nine years old. She started with just nine dogs: Chena, Chemo, Olivia, Schmoe, Five, Bean, Sanka, Hotshot and Iron. Photo: Julien Schroder Chena did … Read More
Just to add another thing to the “to do” list over the last couple of weeks, the Yukon Quest Drop Bags were due on Saturday, January 21st. Volunteers sorting drop bags for Yukon Quest 1000 and 300 mushers The whole team worked really hard between Copper Basin and Saturday to … Read More
The Northern Lights 300 is on this weekend and, for the first time in kennel history, SP Kennel is fielding a team. Chris will be taking a very young Red and Black (R&B) Team on this adventure. The race starts at Martin Buser’s Happy Trails Kennel in Big Lake on … Read More
Lydia – I love this little dog. She’s smart, one of the smartest dogs in the yard for sure, with the most drive. But, in saying that sometimes she drives a little too hard and in this race she drove too hard down hill and tweaked her shoulder. She just … Read More
