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FUTURE STARS
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TEAM MEMBER |
SPONSORED BY |
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"TODD"
NorthWapiti’s Todd
(Chlout's Moses of
Velikaya x
NorthWapiti's Do The Dew)
| A natural born leader. Very
focused and fast. A really, really nice
youngster! |
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Todd is sponsored by
Joli Jurcak. |
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"FLETCH"
NorthWapiti’s Fletch
(Chlout's Moses of
Velikaya x
NorthWapiti's Do The Dew)
| Big and fast like his brother
Todd, but much goofier and more of a clown!!
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Bill and Polly Bray
have sponsored their Granddog Fletch |
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"MIGHTY"
NorthWapiti’s Dynamite
(NorthWapiti's Charge x
NorthWapiti's Bang)
| Since our niece Corrine left
Mighty has had to re figure out how to use her
legs, as when Corrine was here, she carried
Mighty EVERYWHERE!! A pretty and focused little
gal! |
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SPONSOR MIGHTY |
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"MISSY"
NorthWapiti’s Missle
(NorthWapiti's Charge x
NorthWapiti's Bang)
| Everyone loves Missy and she
does have an adorable face - but she is a BAD,
BAD, BABY GIRL!! Lucky I like the bad ones! |
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Doug and I are
sponsoring Missy in the memory of our good friend Dee
Stringer, who recently lost her battle to cancer. Dee's love
affair with North Wapiti dogs began when she met Oreo in
Lincoln, MT at an early Race to the Sky. Marlene and Doug
Daniels |
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"MOLLY"
NorthWapiti’s Molotov
(NorthWapiti's Charge x
NorthWapiti's Bang)
| The biggest and easiest going
of the 'evil M's'. Mark's favorite of the
Explosions! |
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SPONSOR MOLLY |
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"SCUD"
NorthWapiti’s Scud
(NorthWapiti's Charge x
NorthWapiti's Bang)
| Like his namesake the Scud
missile, Scud packs a big punch. We have high
hopes for this young man. |
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SPONSOR SCUD |
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"SQUIB"
NorthWapiti’s Squib
(NorthWapiti's Charge x
NorthWapiti's Bang)
| The fastest and the most
focused of the 'Explosions'. And notice the
'heart' on his forehead. How cute is that??? |
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Squib is sponsored by
Catherine Mattison. |
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"TEVA"
NorthWapiti’s Teva
(NorthWapiti's TopDog x
NorthWapiti's Tramp)
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Teva is sponsored by Joyce and Bruce
Stegmaier. |
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"NEO"
NorthWapiti’s Neo
(NorthWapiti's TopDog x
NorthWapiti's Tramp)
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Neo is sponsored by
Heather Clarke. |
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"SKECHER"
NorthWapiti’s Skecher
(NorthWapiti's TopDog x
NorthWapiti's Tramp)
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Susan and Bob Bain,
Chetere Laiki Siberians, for Racing, Rally, and Obedience.
Any relative of Surge is a favorite of ours!! |
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"RYKA"
NorthWapiti’s Ryka
(NorthWapiti's TopDog x
NorthWapiti's Tramp)
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Ryka is sponsored by Claire and
Matthew Mardesich. |
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PAST STARS
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6 Time Iditarod Team Member
- 10 Years, Leader/Team Dog -
"HECTOR"
Chlout's Hector of NorthWapiti
(Alaskan's Raven of Anadyr x Alaskan's Baleen of
Anadyr)
| Hector is a character. During Iditarod 2004 he took great delight in starting 'group howls' in checkpoints along the Race. Just outside of White Mountain - on a cold, clear morning - he led the team in a stirring song to start us on the last leg of our journey to Nome. It is a memory I will always cherish.
He has made every Iditarod team since 2004! |
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To honour the memory
of dear Sam and Slik, our very special North Wapiti boys.
With love & respect: Lee & Jim DesJardins, Ancaster, Canada. |
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5 Time Iditarod Team Member
- 10 Years, Team Dog -
"HERMAN"
Chlout's Herman of NorthWapiti
(Alaskan's Raven of Anadyr x Alaskan's Baleen of
Anadyr)
| 'The Hermanator', as Mark often calls him -
Herman is all business. He just wants to get to work!
One of
the most consistent and solid sled dogs we own.
Irreplaceable.
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Alice and Travis are
proud to sponsor Herman again this year. He has provided the
North Wapiti Team with a lot of energy and strength over the
years. He is still a cherished member of the TEAM!!!! |
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3 Time Iditarod Team Member
- 10 Years, Team Dog -
"BARQ"
NorthWapiti’s
Barq, He's Got Bite
(NorthWapiti's Butch
Cassidy, SD x Alaskan's Jumper
of Anadyr)
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Barq took a long time to actually make the main
string but he was so worth the wait. Barq eats up ground
with his stride. He is one of those dogs that
you can just put into a team and forget about.
He just goes about his job without question or
complaint. Super fast, super driven – just an all round
super dog! |
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Barq is sponsored by
Friends of
Harnessed To Hope Northern Breed Rescue. |
5 Time Iditarod Team Member
- 9 Years, Main Leader, Champion Show Dog -
"DASHER"
Ch. NorthWapiti’s Dasher
(NorthWapiti's Butch
Cassidy, SD x Ch.
Northwapiti's Valkyrie Kara)
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Dasher is a little ‘party gal’. Always looking for a
good time and never serious about anything. However, she has been
the ‘go to’ leader in the yard for many seasons, so “PARTY ON
DASHER”. |
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Dasher is
sponsored by Cheryl Dawson. |
5 Time Iditarod Team Member
- 12 Years, Leader-
"ODIE"
NorthWapiti's Odin
(Tumnatki's Bosun NorthWapiti x
Multi BIS Ch. Chuchinka's Dance in the Wind SDX)
| Odie has been a strong
mainstay on my team since he was 2 years old
finishing Iditarod in '04, '06 and '08, as well
as many, many other races. Never dropped, never
injured and never having an 'off' race.
Hardworking to the core! |
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Odie is
sponsored by LaRita Skipper. |
5 Time Iditarod Team Member
- 12 Years, Team Dog -
"LOKI"
CH NorthWapiti's Loki
(Tumnatki's Bosun NorthWapiti x
Multi BIS Ch. Chuchinka's Dance in the Wind SDX)
| Like his brother Odie, Loki
has been a strong mainstay on my team since for
his entire running career finishing Iditarod 3
times as well as many, many other races.
Loki is about all one could ask
for in a Siberian - handsome, hardworking and
very fun loving! A real driving force! |
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Loki is
sponsored by Deb Custer. |
4 Time Iditarod Team Member
- 11 Years, Leader -
"OLENA"
Alaskan's Olena of Anadyr
(Alaskan's Meekur of Anadyr x Alaskan's Yakut of
Anadyr II)
| Dominant, outspoken,
opinionated, and EVIL are probably the most
often used words to describe Olena. Yet, despite
it - well, probably because of it, she is among
my very favorites in the yard. She is a dog
full of contradictions - ridiculously confident
and hard driving - very sweet and loving to
people - and a fabulous Mom to her pups. She has
never managed to finish an Iditarod with me, but
she is a asset to any team she is a member of
for any time she is in it. She is absolutely
DRIVEN in harness. But perhaps her greatest
contribution to the kennel is the next
generation she is providing us with. Her
children are some of the brightest stars in the
future of the kennel. |
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Evil Ollie, I love
your independent streak, enjoy retirement old girl. Marlene
Daniels. |
5 Time Iditarod Team Member
- 11 Years, Leader -
"MOSES"
Chlout's Moses of Velikaya
(Smokey II Of Velikaya x Buffy Of Velikaya)
| This handsome boy came to us
in 2003. Since then he has finished 3
Iditarods and many other races and has always
been a force in the team. In his prime,
pretty much everyone that rode with our team
commented on Moses - his hard driving, never
quit attitude was hard to overlook. He has
a big list of fans - with Mark and I at the top
of it. |
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Donna Quante writes:
After sponsoring Moses for several years, I moved to Q. But
I can't stand the thought of Moses not having a sponsor. I
wish he could come live in Alaska. :) Just love this husky! |
2 Time Iditarod Team Member
- 15 Years, Leader -
"KAYLINN"
Chuchinka's San Antonio Rose
(Chuchinka's Austin x Chuchinka's Restless Wind)
| For those that don't know
Kaylinn's story, she came to us as a four year
old dog that wasn't even harness broke. I had no
expectations of her making the team in her first
season but when it came time to load the truck
for Alaska - there she was. I was thrilled that
she got to go to Alaska, but figured there was
no way she would make the Iditarod team - yet at
the start line of Iditarod - there she was. I
had zero expectations of her finishing Iditarod,
but in Nome - there she was. Not only did she do
a bang up job on the trail, she did a couple key
stretches in lead! |
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Kaylinn is sponsored
by Pat Ellinger! |
- 14 Years, Team Dog -
"JOEY"
Alaskan's Georgio of Anadyr
(Alaskan's Max Factor of Anadyr x Alaskan's Keys of
Anadyr)
| Joey is a sweet little girl
with beautiful blue eyes. Her biggest
contribution to our kennel was in her son
JR who made my
main race teams until he retired and now her
grandson Wifi! |
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Joey is lovingly
sponsored by Kathryn and Pete Trussell |
- 10 Years, Team Dog -
"NEWT"
Four Winds Newt
(Samoht's Jack x Kodiak's Faradela)
| Newt trained with our team
for years but could not quite make my main race
teams. If Newt where a human child, he’d
have lip piercings, tattoos, would wear rip
jeans and chains and would have dropped out of
school just to annoy his mother.
Even so it is hard to
resist his rugged good looks and not fall under
the spell of those piercing blue eyes. |
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SPONSOR NEWT |
