04.16.07
Laconia Sled Dog Racing Championship videos
The sled dogs DID get to race this year and we got to see them! For the last two winters the races had to be cancelled due to lack of snow. We watched the open class of 12 starters, on the last day which was their third leg for 75 miles total… each day running a 25-mile sprint. (Compared to the Iditarod 25 miles is considered a sprint…)
Laconia NH Sled Dog Derby Feb, 2007, racing dog teams being hitched up video.
No. 12 starting 3rd day leg of open race, video.
The mushers have told me the dogs are usually part greyhound, perhaps part malamute or something else. (In Gilford years ago there was a team of Irish Setters that raced!) The full-bred huskies are usually only raced further north than New Hampshire, such as in Canada or Alaska, because they get too hot in our warmer climate and they are bred for endurance racing (much longer than 25 miles!) If you followed the Iditarod you know what I’m talking about. (See posts about Iditarod by searching this blog.)
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