Aliy and her gorgeous looking team raced into Pelly Crossing checkpoint a short time ago with Michelle Phillips hot on their tails! Aliy’s time in was 9.40am and Michelle 9.43am. Take a look at these two excellent teams as they head into the final stages of this incredibly exciting race. … Read More
The Black team is now Dawson City bound – they have 201 miles to cover before we get to see them again and we are all very much looking forward to that moment. Allen stuck to his schedule and pulled out of the dog lot at 7.22am, almost bang-on six … Read More
At 1.24am Allen and the Black team trotted in as the first musher into Pelly Crossing. The team and Allen were all looking forward to a rest here and that is exactly what they are all doing right now! Allen said, whilst eating beef and barley soup at the Pelly … Read More
As we finish day two of the 2013 Yukon Quest, I thought it might be a good time to look at all the information about the race and what it all means. This early on in a 1000 mile race some things that are very important in a shorter race … Read More
Sorry for the delay folks, a lot of things happening at the same time! Some of you might have seen on the Yukon Quest official stats that Allen dropped a dog at Carmacks – I can confirm it was little I.V. She was displaying some signs of soreness and, as … Read More
A yippy-yappy black team checked into Carmacks at 12.31pm Sunday. Allen and dogs are resting here for a while so the usual checkpoint routine has been followed so far: for the dogs it’s snacks, straw, de-bootie, sleep; for Allen it’s dogs first, eat, then get some sleep for himself. Allen … Read More
The Black team handler crew have just arrived in Pelly. I’ve some pics and video to edit so will get that to you asap, in the meantime here are some of my favourite pics from day one! Aliy and Allen with Quito (photo credit: Ryne) L-R: Bib #11; Nacho and … Read More
Allen and the Black Team were the first team into Braeburn at 11.31pm last night and they did look good! They stayed for a little over their mandatory four hours (plus 45 minute time differential from the start) and hit the trail for Carmacks at 4.20am this morning. Allen said … Read More
A number of you SP Kennel fans have asked via comments, email, Facebook, etc, whether we’ll be giving you any “race analysis” during the Yukon Quest. The short answer is: “Sorry, no.” We were “green lighted” by Aliy and Allen to give you some analysis during the CB300 because it … Read More
The handler crews have arrived at Braeburn Lodge and now we hurry up and wait for our mushers (and maybe partake in the giant cinnamon buns!). In the meantime, enjoy the video from the start line earlier today; these dogs are amped! (And did you hear? The spkdoglog.com gets a … Read More
