Puppies!!

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Loretta

We’re SO SO SO excited to announce that Ryno Kennel will soon be welcoming new teammates! It’s been a few years since we’ve had our own litter of puppies, so we can’t wait for the arrival of Loretta x Wingman pups!

Loretta is siblings to Cooke, Dolly, Smoky, and Otis (all of whom are rockstars). Loretta herself has finished several Quests and one Iditarod with Hey Moose! Kennel.

Wingman is one of the biggest cheerleaders and smoothest movers at the kennel. His parents and siblings are also very accomplished with wonderful attitudes and personalities.

The pups are due anytime in the next 5-10 days, so we’re all on pup-watch!

Any guesses of how many puppies Loretta will have?

2020 Yukon Quest Finish & Awards Banquet

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Fun night celebrating all the mushers and their amazing athletes, especially Cooke, Goblin, Dolly, Thresher, Mario, Wingman, Bull, Oryx, King Louie, Otis, Smoky, Lefty, Uno, Elmer, and Ryne!

Amazing framed art work given to all the mushers sewn by Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre Sewing group!

Ryne is the winner of 1 oz Canadian Maple Gold Coin, donated by Earl and Sandy from Clinton Creek! Not only do they open up their home as an amazing hospitality stop, but they’ve donated the gold coin (distributed Willy Wonka style) to one lucky musher- Ryne!

Live music by Canyon Mountain Band

ANTICIPATION

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Are you as excited as we are?! Ryne and her amazing 10 athletes (Goblin, Cooke, Dolly, King Louie, Oryx, Wingman, Thresher, Mario, Otis, and Bull) left Braeburn in high spirits this morning for their final push to Whitehorse — the finish line! Approximately 100 miles and word from incoming mushers is this is one of the toughest sections this year with blowing snow, high winds, and constant trail breaking, some sections waist deep. Each musher has said they have had to break trail. We know that our team planned to break the run up into two sections with a camp out in the middle, and so far their times have been good.

We’ve been cheering from near and far:

Elmer & Smoky received extra protein (ham!) from Kalyn this morning to get their congratulatory yelps ready!

Lefty and Uno will be cheering from back home with the rest of the Ryno Kennel pups.

And the wonderful folks at Braeburn made sure Ryne had plenty of carbs and protein to sustain herself for this final push.

Ever cheerful Jezzy has been on high alert, too!

So pull out your bells and whistles to help us cheer Ryne and her amazing athletes across the finish line.

If you have access to Facebook, the “Yukon Quest - Official Site” will be live streaming the finish or you can follow the live tracker on their website:

https://www.yukonquest.com/race-central/current-standings/live-tracking

To help keep you awake for this early arrival, please enjoy some more clips from the trail:


Out of Pelly Crossing

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Though there is some confusion on the Yukon Quest Facebook page, Ryno Kennel headed out of Pelly Crossing just after 11:00 AM, just over 4 hour rest, with 10 super athletes. Elmer’s wrists were a bit sore near Scroggie, so he’s taking a break there and will meet up with the handler crew down the trail!

Torsten Kohnert is booting up now and will be on the trail close behind. Keep an eye on the tracker with us:

https://www.yukonquest.com/race-central/current-standings/live-tracking

GO RYNO TEAM GO!