Aliy Finishes

Just got a call from Bridget, Allen’s daughter, who helps train the dogs. Allen called her after finishing the race. He was VERY pleased with his race and said the DOGS LOOKED GREAT!! He felt like he was flying on the last run and by how much time he shaved … Read More

Allen Takes 2nd Place

Allen arrived back at Sheep Mountain Lodge at 12:36pm, just 6 minutes behind winner Jessica Hendricks. Hans Gatt moved up into 3rd place and Jon Little took 4th. Although they are not showing Aliy in yet, we believe she has finished as well. We are awaiting information from Rhino at … Read More

Eureka, Still and Again

After I finished preparing my last post at about 1am, I climbed into Big Red and fired it up for its routine, every-few-hours warm up — as is typical for diesel engines — then set my alarm and keeled over on the front seat for a nap. I woke up … Read More

Dinner Chat in Eureka

After both Allen and Aliy had tended to their dogs and made sure they were settled down for five hours of quality rest, we went up to the cafe and had some grub. Allen had a burger and Aliy had chili then ordered a piece of coconut cream pie. In … Read More

The Teams Arrive At Eureka Checkpoint

After the race start at Sheep Mountain Lodge — and my time using their slow, but stable internet connection to edit and upload the previous posts — I finished packing up the truck and drove about a half-hour down the road to the Eureka Checkpoint. My job as “handler” for … Read More

Sheep Mountain Mushers

In the few years of its running, the Sheep Mountain 150 has become the season’s 1st major race. Competitors from both 1000 mile races, the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, start their year’s racing here. Along with Aliy (Yukon Quest Champion) and … Read More

Sheep Mountain 150 Start

They’re off! Allen and Aliy both had nice clean starts at the Sheep Mountain 150 Sled Dog Race! We arrived at Sheep Mountain Lodge this morning with plenty of time to do careful preparation for the race, but with two 12-dog teams going out only two minutes apart we were … Read More

Sheep Mountain Dog Sled Race

This is Kennel Mom, Aliy’s mother, adding to the blog from a slightly different perspective. Aliy’s dad, Doug, and I will be watching the Sheep Mountain Sled Dog Race this weekend on our computer in Florida. It is always a bit challenging to get the whole picture from afar, so … Read More

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