Race season in Southern Ontario coming to an end

As we move into March 2007, the race season comes to an end and everyone becomes a recreational sledder, looking for some place to run. Hopefully, if I can co-ordinate this in time with CTV weather, I plan to be live on the show with a few other mushers. If the snow hangs around we can have a mock race on the show. It is coming together with four other teams eager to show their speed off on TV. I'll let you know when/if it is going to happen.
I leave you with this joke someone sent me I call "DUCK"-not quack quack type.

Feb. Kortright Centre and Nutro Products Race 2007

Well, The race was on and gone. Everyone had a fun time and I am very pleased that everyone enjoyed the trail and that everyone was save. Kathy told me it was fun but it still makes your heart beat. I will push some brush back and a few smaller trees I noticed when I ran Jim's HOUNDS(Thanks again Jim and Julie for the run and Cheri for the use of your sled-I ran your dogs and sled as if they were my own). Tracy from The Kortright Centre says she has a picture of me pooing on the fly (to the non- dogsledders it's like peeing your pants). I was more scared of having to pay for the sled if I crashed it rather than being scared of actually crashing. The hounds can move and I have never gone that fast except for when Walter pulled me on the snowmobile with my sled behind.
This will be the trail that I will continue to use. I know the trail is now save after Jim ran six hounds through there in 12 minutes. Thanks Peter for Marshalling,Terry for Timing and everything, Sue for the Nutro help, The Kortright staff for working as hard as I do and to my beautiful Maureen for letting me do my thing even though you were so sick. I met some new friends and it was good to see some old friends. I missed our friends who ran the mailrun and I will plan the race next year so I will see you all. Have fun and run between the trees.
Jim Rossiter winner of the four dog class and Kathy Kilbreath winner of the three dog class.
Matt Romanow-aka bi-coastal/polar Dan-our new friend from BC and/or Nova Scotia.
all results on www.sleddogcentral.com

Donavon and Mika

Mika
Donavon
As a proud owner of Siberians, I (Brave-hence the Brave and Crazy) am honoured to feature my favorite sprint racing siberian in Canada(hey in the world) on my blog. "Donavon the father of my two pups". Along with"Mika the mother of my two Crazy(hense the Crazy) pups".
Mika coming off a fresh win at the Kearny Race in the four dog/4 mile siberian class. Filling in for the old guy who needed a rest after winning the 4 dog 4 mile race at Haliburton, the week before. Seems they are both great leads of our time and I hope my pups are half the dogs their parents are.
Thanks Jim and Julie for my pups
My dogs are for life.......................

The Brave and Crazy
Birch Bark Racing Siberians.
Crazy Horse, Geronimo and Cochise.

WHY RUN.....

When you have team players with a heart as big as this why should we run. I'll have a umbrella in my drink please.
Anyways it sounds like a fun time at Haliburton. Wish I was there but I ran at my 3 mile trail and it was terrible. Puppies humbled me... I'll try them at Kortright next to see if I can get them around four miles. Trail is almost ready without straw bails until race day. I hope to get someone around the trail with a little faster team to check things out. Any takers available please give me a call.
Burlington's Brave and Crazy- Birch Bark Siberians into Kortright for a tune up.
Lay off the booze girls and lets go.......

Kortright Centre Race Cancelled for Jan.2007

Well, global warming taking its toll on Southern Ontario sled dog racing. Third weekend in a row where we had to cancel a race. Kortright Centre and Nutro Food Products Team Challenge is the next to be axed. Our next hope is for the Haliburton Highlands race next weekend at Pinestone.
Sasha here running lead in red in the three dog event with some friends. Better weather at Kortright that year.

www.winterdance.com/race/

dogsleddn game

Happy New Year 2007-unless your a sled dog. Time to take up herding.
I haven't been on sled this year except for this game I found.
I was even doing some head on passing. Haven't beat the computer game yet so it is like real life racing.

Go to:
www.onlinegames.net/games/992/husky-racers.html

Kortright Centre Races If There 's SNOW???

Here is my old TYLER running single lead with a couple of borrowed dogs from a friend.
This was at the Kortright Conservation Centre and Nutro Food Products Team Challenge.
We did pretty well if I remember right.
Kortright Conservation Centre and Nutro Food Products Team Challenge on two weekends this year.
Jan.20/21,2007
Feb.17/18,2007
Hopefully there will be snow........ My Crazy horse"Sasha", Geronimo and Cochise will run together for the first time competitively together. I can't wait. Three dog class -4 miles.

Let it Snow -Let it snow-LET IT SNOW.

Dec.4th,2006

QU;When can a dog sledder say he's struck it rich?
ANS: When there is snow on the ground.

Finally Burlington sees some snow. We moved here last year in January 2006 and after putting my kennel in, concrete post and all, I never seen a single flake until tonight.

If you have kids or enjoy looking at christmas lights. Take a drive out to Burlington and drive west on Spruce Ave-West of Appleby rd.
There is the most decorated house I have ever seen. There is parking across the street so you can get out and check it. There is stuff even in the back yard. I promise it is worth the drive.

It must be sunny -Sasha's out.

Here is my Lead dog. My little Crazy Horse Sasha

She has great drive and she is always eager to run for me.
She has never really shown her potential but the pups have been a real handful for her.
She was the first really Siberian that I have owned that I didn't have to get off my sled and run for.
I have had to run after her a few times but mostly the running was done from my car. This is not from 1997-It's 2006. So I'm technically challenged-I really can't fix it........

Siberian Races in Ontario

Races of interest for Siberian racers.

Jan.6-7,2007 -Race for rescue:Copeland Forest-3/4/6
Jan.20-21,2007-Kortright Centre and Nutro Foods Team Challenge 3/4
Jan.27-28,2007-Haliburton Highlands Dogsled Derby 4/6/8
Feb.10/11,2007-Kearny Quest Dogsled Race 4/6/8
Feb.17,2007-BancroftFrosty Frolics 4/6 plus 50 miler
Feb.17/18,2007-Kortright Centre and Nutro Foods Fun Race3/4
Plus one mile run for fun/beginers-Races individual days on 17/18.
Feb.24/25,2007-CanningtonSleddog Races 4/6 2/Ski.
Feb.24/25,2007-Markstay-Warren-Challenge the Champ 4/6/8 purebred to.
Mar.3/4,2007-Elliot Lake/Bellididarace-4/6/8.

For more information on these events go to
www.sleddogcentral.com

The Pups

Here are dah twins as my son calls them or the goils as my daughter says.
Cochise has the racoon eyes and Geronimo has the long legs and the up yours on her forehead. It's hard to see but it has been there since birth. Sasha doesn't come out in the rain. She will be in the next shoot.

BURLINGTON- CANADA's one and only

BRAVE AND CRAZY
BIRCH BARK RACING SIBERIAN"S

The trailer is done

The trailer is ready. I can start running abit more serious. Just have to get myself ready. I've looked at two real good places to train. One mile and three miles. Both good for the bike. I have a perfect 4 mile plus trail to train but they don't want me training with my sled as they groom it for cross country skiing. I'll be okay there until they have enough snow to start packing it for cross country skiiers. Hope to have some pictures of us running soon. It would be nice to see some snow this year. The kortright trail looks great. First time I actually went out to see it and it was in racing condition.
Here's mika my pup's mom. She was owned by Uwe Krupp a famous NHL hockey player but I know him as the famous dogsledder. Mika is now owned by Jim Rossiter and he owns my favorite siberian racing dog Donavon-my pups dad.
I'll see if Jim has a picture of him that I can post.
see you head on- the trail.

Waiting for my trailer

I haven't started training yet. I am still waiting for my trailer but that doesn't matter I haven't put the hitch on my car anyways.
My dogs are now eating high protein 20% fat but my pups are still a bit trim. I'd like a bit more weight on them before I start running. Their mom was the same way but I'll try and bulk them up some more. Here is my favorite dryland training shot.
Hope to be running soon.

first day on blog

Two days until halloween.
I only tried to email a friend and got myself into another fine mess.
Oh well, I quess I can use this to track my dogsleddn training runs and races.
Still looking for a racing sponsor-My dog food sponsor hasn't come through yet so I will leave their name out.
I am going to speak with an owner of a restaurant next week?????
see you for now.

Brave* and * crazy
birch bark racing siberians
Burlington Ontario.