Sled Dog Race 2021

Matt got to run his dogs in one race this year, and was glad for the opportunity.

This was his third time running this particular race that takes place about an hour and a half from home. The exciting part was that this was the first time he got to race some dogs from his litter of puppies in 2019. He had high hopes for these young dogs to be faster, and so far he hasn't been disappointed.

Matt, his mushing friend Ruth, and I arrived at the race at sunrise. Grace and Laura came up a bit later, to be a photographer, and dog handler, respectively.

Ruth didn't run the race this year- and so she wanted Matt to use her new sled.

This year the weather was perfect for racing dogs... it was below zero when we left home that morning, and about 10 degrees when he left the start chute.

This race starts and ends on top of a hill- pretty cool to watch teams leave the start chute and charge down the hill.

Last year his time for this race was 1 hour and 7 minutes. His goal was to be able to do it in under an hour this time around. His team exceeded his expectations, and they finished in 46 minutes and 11 seconds!! He was so pumped and proud of his team for finishing over 20 minutes fast than last year! ☺

He was up against some tough competition, so while he didn't place in very high in the overall standings. he wasn't much slower than several of the teams who placed just above him.

Thanks to Grace for getting some cool pictures of the team in motion!

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