K440: Towards Kotzebue

Bridgett and her team are on the final leg to Kotzebue! They left soon after Fabio Berlusconi and are currently 47 miles from the finish. Teams up to now have completed this run in 6-15 hours so we hope for something in the middle! We heard that Bridgett has been … Read More

K440: Sunday Morning Update

Bridgett and team have left Selawik checkpoint just after 8am this morning after a six hour break. The standings haven’t been updated yet so we’re not sure if she still has all 11 team mates with her. As I write they are about 20 miles from Noorvik 2 and are … Read More

K440: Update

Bridgett and her team are doing fantastic! We’ve had messages through from Scotty that they are in great spirits, resting lots as it is quite warm, and enjoying the race trail. Kodiak was the dog Bridgett left in Ambler, he wasn’t coping so well in the heat and not enjoying … Read More

K440: Race Roster

Bridgett is taking an experienced team with her to Kotzebue for the Kobuk 440 – although they are all rookies in this race! Making the trip to Kotz today are Junior, Kodiak, Chipper, Cayenne, Champ, Clyde, Driver, Five, Jefe, Perky, Felix, and Decaf. See our “The Dogs” Page for more … Read More

Dog Fan Club Draw

It’s Dog Fan Club Draw day! Congratulations to Marilyn Cozzens who is a fan of Gravy. Marilyn wins a copy of Jon and Jona Van Zyle’s beautiful book “Iditarod Memories, 30 Years of Poster Art From the Last Great Race”. In this book Jona writes stories around the posters Jon … Read More

Kobuk 440

For the first time in SPK history we have a team racing in the Kobuk 440. Bridgett, Allen’s daughter, will take a team of SPK athletes to Kotzebue to compete in this spring race – “The toughest race above the Arctic Circle”. The race starts on April 4th in Kotzebue, … Read More

Dog Fan Club Draw

We’ve still got some stuff to give away! Today we did a quadruple Dog Fan Club draw for a set of signed Yukon Quest and Iditarod Race Guides. Congratulations to Susan McCandless who is a fan of Kodiak, Peach fan Jade Staft, Lucas Koch, a fan of Scooby and Lucas … Read More

Home Trails

Everyone is home – resting and regrouping after Nome. Aliy and Moira took some of the Iditarod team out for a couple of hours last night on the local trails. West of us the trails are still pretty good but we’re not sure how much they have left in them. … Read More

Nome Dog Fan Club Draw

It’s our last morning in Nome so we are doing a Dog Fan Club Draw to mark the end of the race. Congratulations to Missy Williams who is a fan of QT. Missy wins an pack of Iditarod souvenirs including a patch, fridge magnet and coaster, a glam shot of … Read More

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