Rideau Lakes Cup Dog Sled Races, Newboro, Ontario

2009 Skijoring Races

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For skijoring, any breed of dog is fine
Cari-Lynn McSorley applies some Bag Balm to her dog's feet
Home away from home
Jenna Logan gets ready to start the Skijoring race

Jenna Logan is off
Jenna Logan is off on Day 2
Graham Withers races out of the start
Graham Withers head down the trail

Kids at these events tend to be self-entertaning
Sasha Fernardo races past some younger fans
Sasha Fernardo heads down the trail
John Healey's dog isn't quite sure which way to go

And we're still not sure which way to go
Ron Jeffrey races down the trail
Cari-Lynn McSorley gets tangled up at the start
Cari-Lynn McSorley races off

Cari-Lynn McSorley's dogs scream down the track
Cari-Lynn McSorley speeds down the track
Cari-Lynn McSorley gets ready to go on Day 2
Some of the audience keeping warm

James Samson heads out
James Samson races down the trail
Heather Haroing heads off (sort of)
No no - we're going the other way

Maybe if I loop my lead around your legs
Okay - ski over lead, lead under leg and we'll be all set
Come on Heather - what's the hold-up - I want to go!
Now I get it - run down the trail - I can do that

Oh look! Photographers!
I wonder what a lens tastes like?
It's Day 2 for Heather Haroing. Of course my dog is going to be much better behaved today
Come on Heather - let's go!!

If I loop the lead around you really fast ...
And the dog wins again!
Mark Ovenden and another race course challenged canine
Mark Ovenden works to sort out harness and leads

Jenna Logan heads to the finish - doggies still in high gear
Oh look! Other dogs
James Logan heads off
James Logan with dogs at full run

Graham Withers returns with a happy and exhausted dog
Graham Withers heads to the finish
Tanya Wolff heads down the trail
Cari-Lynn McSorley heads home with Sasha Fernardo following

Sasha Fernardo heads home
Andrea MacIntyre is off (slowly)
You want me to run? How about brisk walk?
Dave Meisenheimer heads out

Dave Meisenheimer and dog are in sync.
Heather Adeney heads off
Susannah Kelly races off
James Samson and dogs return on parallel trails

Anne O'Donnel faces the disadvantage of non aerodynamic dog ears
Anne O'Donnel heads down the trail
Muriel Ovenden is off to a fast start
John Healey heads home at a walk

Paul Harding roars off down the trail
James Logan heads for the finish
Dave Meisenheimer and Heather Haroing head home
Can I race again? Can I - Can I - Can I !!

Such interesting smells
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