and the First Mate Summer Freight Pull!!
Live at 6pm, Drag n Fly Kennel, km 1.0 Old Alaska Highway - Lee Kirkpatrick and Jim Hajash's Kennel.
Community service warning - If coming by taxi please bring correct change for fare; and nothing but soft drinks or 0.5% if imbibing whilst spectating - remember, you can be arrested...Susie.
After registration, and DPSAY membership is completed for all you non-members, we'll have the start draw and straight into the 1 Pet Dog 1 mile (if we have 3+ canicrossers in total they will have their own race with delicious Icy Waters Arctic Charr as prizes) - will Keno the house mongrel husky hold onto the Pet Dog Crown? Asha's down and out with delicate paws after a gravelly training run, so who will challenge Heather Desmarais? Winston? calling Winston? or Aklak the Bouvier (who chases the dog going the other way after a head on pass - oh alright I know these are all "in" comments, but you do have to be there to see all the fun - come on out and spectate, enjoy the BBQ, mingle with world famous Dryland racers). Once the excitement of hte Pet dog is over we're into the serious stuf with the 1 Sled Dog 1 mile, where we expect Susie "Are you arresting me" Rogan to bring Baby Jesus to the fray for an exhilarating run and a chance to take another nibble out of the photographer. Bombproof Outdoor Gear (suppliers of the freight pull trolley) will be fielding at the very least Sneaky (I think we'll go this way actually, Mr Monkey) Peat, and we expect to see Smokin' Paws' leader Grizzly (which way! which way? where do I go? I go fast, where do you want me to go?) dancing in all directions at the start before tearing away at mach 4.
The course is then extended for the 2 Sled Dog 2 mile when we'll see if Chaos Kennel's' Mendenhall course record of 2 handlebar flyovers, and a team releasing wipe out can be bettered on the gravel of the Drag n Fly trail - bring body armour if you have it - those that have it look at the scrapes and cracks in the plastic and wonder what might have been...casts....crutches...you will be signing a disclaimer. Then straight into the only powered race of the day with teams of 4-8 dogs hitched to quads for the Formula 1, 2 mile race, as Laura Jane Lucas's Jolly Roger crew defend their recent triumph.
And it's not over yet - three categories of freightpull: lightweight dogs 0-60lb, Mediumweights 61-100lb, and Heavies at 100lb +, compete to pull the heaviest load 16 feet in under a minute!
Entry Fees - Freightpull $10; First race $10, succeeding races $5.
Prizes - goodies from PHILLIPES BIKE REPAIR (go there for bike stuff, Phillipe doesn't fit used, patched inner tubes under your new tires....) and other goodies from Aurora Booties, Chocolate Claim, and Icy Waters Ltd.Freight PUll prizes from FIRST MATE dogfood
Pot Luck BBQ after, and bring your own bottles - can I say that? yes, alcohol is not a prize here, so bring your own drinks and food and have a great time in the apres-race atmosphere, swatting the odd mossie.
Volunteers and spectators welcome
Race Marshall Gene Ennis - after a minor surgical toe operation she'll have even less patience, and if you even tap her foot expect a season penalty of at least 30 mins per race!
See you out there, looks like a dusty one, bring eye protection, gravel has been known to sting when flung into the eye by dogs' feet - although your dogs don't go fast enough for that, do they Mr Sheepway?
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