Mushing into a new racing season
While most people find themselves lamenting the winter season and the inevitable snow it entails, one group of people find themselves preparing for their favourite time of the year.
Kode Sinclair, a director with the Prince Albert Winter Festival, told paNOW he and his group of 55 sledding dogs are gearing up for a busy racing season.
“We usually start training around the end of October,” Sinclair said. “It’s kind of like training for a marathon, we start small and gradually work our way up to greater distances.”
Sinclair is a third-generation dog musher, with his grandfather and mother also running their own sled teams. He currently operates Koyode Kennels, where he and his dogs prepare for the racing season.