You will notice a decidedly youthful appearance in the teams this year! A number of our experienced dogs are no longer racing for SP which makes the talent pool somewhat younger. Allen’s Black Team is being led out by Quito and Scout with Izzy and Chica in swing, followed by … Read More
Our latest winner of the Dog Fan Club draw is Val from Washington State. Val is a fan of CLYDE who is down with us in Glennallen and will run on Aliy’s Red Team in the Copper Basin starting tomorrow. Clyde is a superstar; he finished the Iditarod as a … Read More
The team is now in Glennallen after the hike down the Richardson Highway. First stop was to hand over all our drop bags to the volunteers who will take them to the checkpoints and have them ready and waiting when the mushers arrive. Sourdough drop bags ready to go The … Read More
The Copper Basin 300 Sled Dog race starts on Saturday January 10th in Glennallen, Alaska. SP Kennel considers CB300 a “true test” of our season of training, the dogs’ fitness and a musher’s savvy. We’ve had some excellent results in this race in the past, but also some not-so-excellent ones. … Read More
Every season we make an order for a new batch of booties from Kipmik Products and this week they arrived! You’ve all heard us talk many times about the importance of booties and that we can go through thousands each season. Well, now the booties arrived we start the task … Read More
Spencer finished the Soltice 100 early this morning with Red & Black team of youngsters. Here is a comment by Race Manger, Abbie West: “Spence Egbert came in early this morning at 3:34 to a lonely checkpoint of one, me! Then he turned around and mushed back to SP kennel! … Read More
We’ve just had word that Spencer and the Red & Black team has pulled into the half-way checkpoint at the shooting range at 4.56pm. Their run time for the (approx) 50 miles is 5 hours 50 minutes. They’re making great time, especially if you keep in mind he is racing … Read More
The Two Rivers Solstice 100/50 starts at 11am this morning! Spencer will race the SP Kennel Red & Black Team in the 100 Mile Race. His team will be lead by Lester and Viper with Driver, Sandy, Champ, Chena, Commando, Daisy, Nomex, Tinder, Torch and Violet. Champ and Driver will … Read More
Two Rivers Dog Mushing Association postponed the 100/50 Mile Solstice Race and re-scheduled it for this weekend, Saturday January 3rd. Here is the race INFO. As many of you know, our goal at SP Kennel is to race as many dogs as possible throughout the season: giving the younger dogs … Read More
