It's that time of year again to follow one of the greatest Open Class races in the World, the 2017 GCI Open North American Sled Dog Championships in Fairbanks, AK. Racing starts on Friday, March 17th and finishes on Sunday, March 19th. Racing starts at 1pm (AK) on all three days. UNOFFICIAL RESULTS Day 1 [...]
Thank you from Helena! We had an amazing year with our athletes, completed all of our goals for the season, and actually gained a lot more ground on our 5 year plan than we had expected! However, we could not have done it without the help of YOU. In no particular order: [...]
A wonderful article titled "Born to Run: Sprint sled-dog racing is fast and furry-ous" with Lilly Stewart, a sprint musher from Ipswich, Massachusetts was published this week in Sports Illustrated. Some of our mushing friends Ken Davis of Saginaw, MN and Amy Cooper of Holmen, WI are also mentioned in the article. Such great publicity [...]
Yesterday we brought eight athletes down to the University of Minnesota, Duluth campus for the monthly PAWS event. UMD PAWS is a program designed to lower stress levels in students and faculty by bringing animals on campus once a month. In a two hour period we had about 200 students come out take pictures, selfies, a [...]
Summer training is still going strong! Cool mornings with wet grass has helped a lot, most of our favorite water holes have dried up. The dogs are running 10.5-7mi 4-5 days/week and having lots of fun doing it! We're really looking to see what they can do once harness season starts in late September. Here's [...]
