2009 4th place Wolftrack Classic 6-dog, 30 miles 
| Name | Sex | Comments | Father | Mother | Breeder | Pedigree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phantom-2002 |
M |
He ran a flawless race as well, although he seems to tire a bit quicker being a bit heavier boned then his brother, they both are incredible superstars!! Just lopes and lopes, always on that tug, strong point dog! I can't say enough about those boys! Their only fault is that they don't care to lead, boy I wish they were younger or could clone them or something:) Outstanding performers! |
Ceaser-1996 |
Tilly |
Joanna Oberg |
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Radar-2003 (L) |
M |
Always runs lead, he is the driving force and sets a fast pace! We caught up to teams quickly, and left them quickly:) He handled the head on passing much better this year and although a bit hesitant at first he just became more and more confident. Unfortunately the first team we met was coming right at us on our (right) side of the trail and crowded my leaders off the trail so they had to jump into the deep snow, bringing us to a complete stop! Thankfully all the other teams we met we had plenty of room to pass. He thought the Bearhead state park road crossing was the finish line with all the spectators cheering and clapping so he held back a bit but Sparrow pulled him on and he picked it back up again. He is so responsive on commands I made a mistake and told him to haw too early at an intersection at the beginning of the race and he was starting to jump to the left where there was an unplowed road but I quickly corrected myself and told him gee, which he responded instantly, then haw! Sorry Radar:) Overall super job, couldn't have done it without him, just did outstanding!! |
Diesel |
Tulsa-2000 |
Joanna Oberg |
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Sparrow-2004 (L) |
F |
Sparrow did her thing and just goes! While Radar is the main pacesetter, Sparrow rocks along with him! She was a bit more hesitant on passing but Radar got her on by, hopefully it was a good confidence builder for her. She helped pull Radar along when he thought we were done at the road crossing. Super dog, tireless, great on commands, just an awesome girl! |
RICKY-2000 |
DARLA-2001 |
Doug Swingley |
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Stryder-2002 |
M |
Stryder turned in another flawless performance, he is always ON! What an outstanding dog, just drives and drives, never gets tired, wish I had a whole team like him! Smooth, fast, always has a tight tug, just an amazing animal!!! |
Ceaser-1996 |
Tilly |
Joanna Oberg |
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Talon-2006 (L) |
M |
Talon did phenomenal as usual! He is so powerful and fast, just an incredible dog!! He can really move for being such a big dog! Never let up, just loped and loped, super athlete! Had a bit of diarrhea close to the finish but was still raring to go at the end! I could barely get them stopped for the bag check! After the race he was even more crazy wild then ever, and dragged me all over the place! He is so strong he can be hard to handle. I was happy to finally have him back in the dog yard so he could run off some steam on his chain and save my arms from being pulled out of socket:) He has done just super and raced every race this year! Looking forward to many years with this superstar on my team! |
Diesel |
Sparrow-2004 |
Joanna Oberg |
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Xander-2003 (L) |
M |
Xander has really come through for me and learned to run fast for such a big dog! He prefers to trot but this year he loped and loped! Always a super hard worker, he provides a turbo boost in the hills, what a powerful dog, like all of Diesel's boys! Another superstar! |
Diesel |
Tulsa-2000 |
Joanna Oberg |
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Photo purchased from Finn Bay Photography, taken just before the Bearhead State Park road crossing, roughly 2/3rds of the way into the race This is a super fun race!! Nice cold temps too. My team was cranked and were really moving! We passed everything in sight, including two 8 dog teams still inbound to Tower, except for 2 teams that started first and third. Had a few mishaps that slowed us a bit and lost 3rd place by only 29 seconds but oh well... what can you do:) Still, 4th place out of 34 teams is great! It was a Canadian sweep with the top five teams being from Ontario:) My team didn't want to stop at the finish and easily could have kept on going. They were even more wild and hyper after the race then before! Thanks to all who put this great race on and all the volunteers! Congrats to all the winners and finishers! So fun to race in my old hometown and wonderful to see all my friends! Thanks so much for your support! Thanks to my mom and friend, Leslyn, (who was just getting over strep throat) for handling for me!! Ya'll did great, even if you barely made it to Tower in time to grab the dogs as we came in! Guess we ran the trail faster then anticipated:) Our trail time was 2:18:38 with the winning time being 2:12:04. We averaged 13.4 mph. Thanks most of all to my wonderful team, they were all SUPERSTARS!!