Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race
@ccsleddograce.bsky.social
Sled dog race in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Donations – Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race
canadianchallenge.com
🌟🌟NEW WAYS TO SUPPORT THE CHALLENGE 🌟🌟
We're so excited to share that we have a new way for you to help support the race. We’ve added a ‘DONATE’ button to our website & we’ve joined the modern world in being able to accept credit card payments, Apple & Google pay & our usual e-transfer option.
We're so excited to share that we have a new way for you to help support the race. We’ve added a ‘DONATE’ button to our website & we’ve joined the modern world in being able to accept credit card payments, Apple & Google pay & our usual e-transfer option.
Sled dogs sign language… this is great.
February 17, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Sled dogs sign language… this is great.
Vet checks done! Musher meeting done. Bib draw done!
#1Kevin Mathis
# 2Ryan Clegg
#3Stefaan de Marie
#4Dallin Donaldson
#5Mary England
#6Wade Donaldson
#7 Jesse Terry
#8 Dan Kirkup
#9 Garrick Schmidt
#10 Shellie Torok
#11 Musher Moe
Bib number is tracker number too! track.trail.live/event/canadi...
#1Kevin Mathis
# 2Ryan Clegg
#3Stefaan de Marie
#4Dallin Donaldson
#5Mary England
#6Wade Donaldson
#7 Jesse Terry
#8 Dan Kirkup
#9 Garrick Schmidt
#10 Shellie Torok
#11 Musher Moe
Bib number is tracker number too! track.trail.live/event/canadi...
February 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Some of our awesome trail crew… Dave, Derek, Brendon and Sid.
Don’t they look official 😊
Don’t they look official 😊
February 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Some of our awesome trail crew… Dave, Derek, Brendon and Sid.
Don’t they look official 😊
Don’t they look official 😊
Last bit of trail grooming is done. Race week is here. Vet checks today. Trackers being warned about misbehaving. Snow in the forecast. We are race ready!!!
February 16, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Last bit of trail grooming is done. Race week is here. Vet checks today. Trackers being warned about misbehaving. Snow in the forecast. We are race ready!!!
Name check for our armchair musher community…Spruce View Manor, Alberta are supporting Garrick Schmidt in next weeks 10-dog Challenge. They’ve been learning about sled dogs and we’re thrilled they’re part of the community.
February 12, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Name check for our armchair musher community…Spruce View Manor, Alberta are supporting Garrick Schmidt in next weeks 10-dog Challenge. They’ve been learning about sled dogs and we’re thrilled they’re part of the community.
** COMING TO A TRAIL NEAR YOU! **
Proud to share our 2026 race poster. What do you think? We love it, and we're getting excited as our first mass start fast approaches.
Proud to share our 2026 race poster. What do you think? We love it, and we're getting excited as our first mass start fast approaches.
January 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
** COMING TO A TRAIL NEAR YOU! **
Proud to share our 2026 race poster. What do you think? We love it, and we're getting excited as our first mass start fast approaches.
Proud to share our 2026 race poster. What do you think? We love it, and we're getting excited as our first mass start fast approaches.
A great blog post from Toni. And what a fab line up for the Copper Basin 300. Good news in a week of cancelled races - no Eagle Cap Extreme or YQ (Canada) this year.
The Copper Basin 300 starts this week! Who are you cheering for? #CB300 #CopperBasin300 #Mushing #SledDogs #MusherSky #DogSports #AlaskaSports
tonichelle.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026...
tonichelle.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026...
2026 Copper Basin 300 musher roster
Reitter's Block focuses on the sport of dog mushing, centered mainly in Alaska.
tonichelle.blogspot.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:46 PM
A great blog post from Toni. And what a fab line up for the Copper Basin 300. Good news in a week of cancelled races - no Eagle Cap Extreme or YQ (Canada) this year.
OUR RAFFLE IS STILL OPEN FOR THESE GORGEOUS MITTS - a stunning pair of M/Lbeaver gauntlets made with handtanned smoked moose hide that we're raffling off for $25 a spot. Comment below to select your numbers and click through to the payments on this link. (canadianchallenge.com/raffle/)
January 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
OUR RAFFLE IS STILL OPEN FOR THESE GORGEOUS MITTS - a stunning pair of M/Lbeaver gauntlets made with handtanned smoked moose hide that we're raffling off for $25 a spot. Comment below to select your numbers and click through to the payments on this link. (canadianchallenge.com/raffle/)
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE
In case you've missed the individual race bios ...this is our current 2026 race line up:
10-dog 200 mile race:
1) Shellie Torok
2) Dan Kirkup
3) Jesse Terry
4) Mary England
5) David Riche
6) Garrick Schmidt
7) Monroe Mondor
8 ) Kevin Mathis
In case you've missed the individual race bios ...this is our current 2026 race line up:
10-dog 200 mile race:
1) Shellie Torok
2) Dan Kirkup
3) Jesse Terry
4) Mary England
5) David Riche
6) Garrick Schmidt
7) Monroe Mondor
8 ) Kevin Mathis
December 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE
In case you've missed the individual race bios ...this is our current 2026 race line up:
10-dog 200 mile race:
1) Shellie Torok
2) Dan Kirkup
3) Jesse Terry
4) Mary England
5) David Riche
6) Garrick Schmidt
7) Monroe Mondor
8 ) Kevin Mathis
In case you've missed the individual race bios ...this is our current 2026 race line up:
10-dog 200 mile race:
1) Shellie Torok
2) Dan Kirkup
3) Jesse Terry
4) Mary England
5) David Riche
6) Garrick Schmidt
7) Monroe Mondor
8 ) Kevin Mathis
**** RACE PURSE AT $16,000 ****
We're delighted to confirm that our race purse is currently at $16,000. We currently have a deadline of January 01 2026 to ensure that we have our minimum number of 10 teams registered across our 3 races to enable us to host a viable week of racing.
#UglyDogs
We're delighted to confirm that our race purse is currently at $16,000. We currently have a deadline of January 01 2026 to ensure that we have our minimum number of 10 teams registered across our 3 races to enable us to host a viable week of racing.
#UglyDogs
October 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
**** RACE PURSE AT $16,000 ****
We're delighted to confirm that our race purse is currently at $16,000. We currently have a deadline of January 01 2026 to ensure that we have our minimum number of 10 teams registered across our 3 races to enable us to host a viable week of racing.
#UglyDogs
We're delighted to confirm that our race purse is currently at $16,000. We currently have a deadline of January 01 2026 to ensure that we have our minimum number of 10 teams registered across our 3 races to enable us to host a viable week of racing.
#UglyDogs
SO EXCITED TO WELCOME JESSE TERRY BACK TO THE CHALLENGE. We're so thrilled that Jesse is making time to run our 200 mile race in February, ahead of his rookie Iditarod run in early March. Thanks for choosing us once again Jesse, it'll be great to catch up with you and the team en route to Alaska.
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
SO EXCITED TO WELCOME JESSE TERRY BACK TO THE CHALLENGE. We're so thrilled that Jesse is making time to run our 200 mile race in February, ahead of his rookie Iditarod run in early March. Thanks for choosing us once again Jesse, it'll be great to catch up with you and the team en route to Alaska.
A VERY WARM WELCOME TO JANE DEVLIN, RACING IN OUR 6-DOG RACE****
We're so excited to welcome Jane Devlin, from Bend, Central Oregon, USA as a Challenge rookie to our 6-dog 35/35 mile race.
A favourite quote of Jane's is 'Dogs save the people'!
We're so excited to welcome Jane Devlin, from Bend, Central Oregon, USA as a Challenge rookie to our 6-dog 35/35 mile race.
A favourite quote of Jane's is 'Dogs save the people'!
October 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A VERY WARM WELCOME TO JANE DEVLIN, RACING IN OUR 6-DOG RACE****
We're so excited to welcome Jane Devlin, from Bend, Central Oregon, USA as a Challenge rookie to our 6-dog 35/35 mile race.
A favourite quote of Jane's is 'Dogs save the people'!
We're so excited to welcome Jane Devlin, from Bend, Central Oregon, USA as a Challenge rookie to our 6-dog 35/35 mile race.
A favourite quote of Jane's is 'Dogs save the people'!
OUR 2026 RAFFLES GET UNDERWAY WITH this fabulous Musher Survival kit. And at only $25 a ticket, who wouldn’t want to ‘be in it to win it’!! Our 2026 Musher Survival kit includes all of this:
A Scandinavian Forest Axe
A 511 Carbon Steel Knife
Mylar Emergency Blanket
AND.....(continued)
A Scandinavian Forest Axe
A 511 Carbon Steel Knife
Mylar Emergency Blanket
AND.....(continued)
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
OUR 2026 RAFFLES GET UNDERWAY WITH this fabulous Musher Survival kit. And at only $25 a ticket, who wouldn’t want to ‘be in it to win it’!! Our 2026 Musher Survival kit includes all of this:
A Scandinavian Forest Axe
A 511 Carbon Steel Knife
Mylar Emergency Blanket
AND.....(continued)
A Scandinavian Forest Axe
A 511 Carbon Steel Knife
Mylar Emergency Blanket
AND.....(continued)
So… the good news is the merch is up! The awful news is the shipping cost to the US!
Which is ASTRONOMICAL!
Canada Post international shipping means it pretty much doubles the cost of the item. I am so so sorry.
This is so frustrating!
Something about tariffs….
Which is ASTRONOMICAL!
Canada Post international shipping means it pretty much doubles the cost of the item. I am so so sorry.
This is so frustrating!
Something about tariffs….
September 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
So… the good news is the merch is up! The awful news is the shipping cost to the US!
Which is ASTRONOMICAL!
Canada Post international shipping means it pretty much doubles the cost of the item. I am so so sorry.
This is so frustrating!
Something about tariffs….
Which is ASTRONOMICAL!
Canada Post international shipping means it pretty much doubles the cost of the item. I am so so sorry.
This is so frustrating!
Something about tariffs….
OK. Drum roll please!
We finally have some merch. Its only taken 6 years. 🤗
We are starting small - a hoodie, t-shirt and toque! We’ll see how it goes and can expand once we test the water!
Check out our merch page:
canadianchallenge.com/merchandise/
#UglyDogs
#Uglydogs
We finally have some merch. Its only taken 6 years. 🤗
We are starting small - a hoodie, t-shirt and toque! We’ll see how it goes and can expand once we test the water!
Check out our merch page:
canadianchallenge.com/merchandise/
#UglyDogs
#Uglydogs
Merchandise – Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race
canadianchallenge.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
OK. Drum roll please!
We finally have some merch. Its only taken 6 years. 🤗
We are starting small - a hoodie, t-shirt and toque! We’ll see how it goes and can expand once we test the water!
Check out our merch page:
canadianchallenge.com/merchandise/
#UglyDogs
#Uglydogs
We finally have some merch. Its only taken 6 years. 🤗
We are starting small - a hoodie, t-shirt and toque! We’ll see how it goes and can expand once we test the water!
Check out our merch page:
canadianchallenge.com/merchandise/
#UglyDogs
#Uglydogs
We're delighted to introduce our second competitor in our 10dog 200mile race as Dan Kirkup. Who can forget Dan's inspired 2nd place from this years Challenge, and he's back to challenge for the top spot.
Dan has been mushing for 4 years with a great pedigree of races under his belt.
Dan has been mushing for 4 years with a great pedigree of races under his belt.
September 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We're delighted to introduce our second competitor in our 10dog 200mile race as Dan Kirkup. Who can forget Dan's inspired 2nd place from this years Challenge, and he's back to challenge for the top spot.
Dan has been mushing for 4 years with a great pedigree of races under his belt.
Dan has been mushing for 4 years with a great pedigree of races under his belt.
Little podcast treat to get you in racing mode!
Dan and Sarah review our 2025 race, and Dan shares some 2026 race news.
Let us know what you think 😊
#UglyDogs
mushing.com/podcasts/rea...
Dan and Sarah review our 2025 race, and Dan shares some 2026 race news.
Let us know what you think 😊
#UglyDogs
mushing.com/podcasts/rea...
Ready for Canadian Challenge 2026? - Mushing
Ready for Canadian Challenge 2026? Dan provides some details for those looking for a great race in February. Followed by a Race Recap from Dan and Sarah from
mushing.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Little podcast treat to get you in racing mode!
Dan and Sarah review our 2025 race, and Dan shares some 2026 race news.
Let us know what you think 😊
#UglyDogs
mushing.com/podcasts/rea...
Dan and Sarah review our 2025 race, and Dan shares some 2026 race news.
Let us know what you think 😊
#UglyDogs
mushing.com/podcasts/rea...
Our first interview for the season.
Reflects the current realities of staging a race after the devastating wildfires.
#UglyDogs
larongenow.com/2025/09/02/c...
Reflects the current realities of staging a race after the devastating wildfires.
#UglyDogs
larongenow.com/2025/09/02/c...
Canadian Challenge prize money shrinks due to drop in sponsorships, wildfire damage
With registration now open for the Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race, organizers are offering a substantially s...
larongenow.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Our first interview for the season.
Reflects the current realities of staging a race after the devastating wildfires.
#UglyDogs
larongenow.com/2025/09/02/c...
Reflects the current realities of staging a race after the devastating wildfires.
#UglyDogs
larongenow.com/2025/09/02/c...
A brilliant ‘one stop’ post by the fabulous Toni Reitter…. Many many sled dog races, dates and all their social links. What a piece of work. Thanks so much Toni…now to plan the armchair mushing diary 🤣🤣🤣
Fall training in Alaska is underway for many teams, the summer tours are winding down and will be done by mid September, and more races have let their dates be known. #MusherSky #SledDogs #Alaska #DogSports #AlaskaSports
tonichelle.blogspot.com/2025/06/2025...
tonichelle.blogspot.com/2025/06/2025...
2025-26 Race Season
Reitter's Block focuses on the sport of dog mushing, centered mainly in Alaska.
tonichelle.blogspot.com
August 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A brilliant ‘one stop’ post by the fabulous Toni Reitter…. Many many sled dog races, dates and all their social links. What a piece of work. Thanks so much Toni…now to plan the armchair mushing diary 🤣🤣🤣
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THREE DAYS TO REGISTRATIONS ✅✅✅
Just saying 😉😉
THREE DAYS TO REGISTRATIONS ✅✅✅
Just saying 😉😉
RACE REGISTRATION OPENS IN 14 DAYS
So excited to be thinking of snow, dogs, and racing!
September 1 2025 is THE date for your diaries to register for our 2026 Canadian Challenge.
Here's what you need to know......
#UglyDogs
So excited to be thinking of snow, dogs, and racing!
September 1 2025 is THE date for your diaries to register for our 2026 Canadian Challenge.
Here's what you need to know......
#UglyDogs
August 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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THREE DAYS TO REGISTRATIONS ✅✅✅
Just saying 😉😉
THREE DAYS TO REGISTRATIONS ✅✅✅
Just saying 😉😉
RAFFLES AND FUNDRAISING
We’re thrilled to share a little ‘teaser’ about 2 of our
fundraising raffles that'll be ‘coming soon’ after we have
opened race registrations. We've some fabulous locally handcrafted beaver gauntlets made with hand tanned smoked moose hide (a stunning seasonal gift maybe?)
We’re thrilled to share a little ‘teaser’ about 2 of our
fundraising raffles that'll be ‘coming soon’ after we have
opened race registrations. We've some fabulous locally handcrafted beaver gauntlets made with hand tanned smoked moose hide (a stunning seasonal gift maybe?)
August 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
RAFFLES AND FUNDRAISING
We’re thrilled to share a little ‘teaser’ about 2 of our
fundraising raffles that'll be ‘coming soon’ after we have
opened race registrations. We've some fabulous locally handcrafted beaver gauntlets made with hand tanned smoked moose hide (a stunning seasonal gift maybe?)
We’re thrilled to share a little ‘teaser’ about 2 of our
fundraising raffles that'll be ‘coming soon’ after we have
opened race registrations. We've some fabulous locally handcrafted beaver gauntlets made with hand tanned smoked moose hide (a stunning seasonal gift maybe?)
⭐⭐ THANK YOU ⭐⭐
Your generous donations have raised $2400 so far...which is STUNNING....and are already making a huge difference. Thank you for every cent that you have donated, you're all fabulous. And every cent makes a difference.
(Info below if you're able to support us.)
#UglyDogs 🏆🏆
Your generous donations have raised $2400 so far...which is STUNNING....and are already making a huge difference. Thank you for every cent that you have donated, you're all fabulous. And every cent makes a difference.
(Info below if you're able to support us.)
#UglyDogs 🏆🏆
🌟🌟NEW WAYS TO SUPPORT THE CHALLENGE 🌟🌟
We're so excited to share that we have a new way for you to help support the race. We’ve added a ‘DONATE’ button to our website & we’ve joined the modern world in being able to accept credit card payments, Apple & Google pay & our usual e-transfer option.
We're so excited to share that we have a new way for you to help support the race. We’ve added a ‘DONATE’ button to our website & we’ve joined the modern world in being able to accept credit card payments, Apple & Google pay & our usual e-transfer option.
Donations – Canadian Challenge Sled Dog Race
canadianchallenge.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
⭐⭐ THANK YOU ⭐⭐
Your generous donations have raised $2400 so far...which is STUNNING....and are already making a huge difference. Thank you for every cent that you have donated, you're all fabulous. And every cent makes a difference.
(Info below if you're able to support us.)
#UglyDogs 🏆🏆
Your generous donations have raised $2400 so far...which is STUNNING....and are already making a huge difference. Thank you for every cent that you have donated, you're all fabulous. And every cent makes a difference.
(Info below if you're able to support us.)
#UglyDogs 🏆🏆
RACE REGISTRATION OPENS IN 14 DAYS
So excited to be thinking of snow, dogs, and racing!
September 1 2025 is THE date for your diaries to register for our 2026 Canadian Challenge.
Here's what you need to know......
#UglyDogs
So excited to be thinking of snow, dogs, and racing!
September 1 2025 is THE date for your diaries to register for our 2026 Canadian Challenge.
Here's what you need to know......
#UglyDogs
August 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
RACE REGISTRATION OPENS IN 14 DAYS
So excited to be thinking of snow, dogs, and racing!
September 1 2025 is THE date for your diaries to register for our 2026 Canadian Challenge.
Here's what you need to know......
#UglyDogs
So excited to be thinking of snow, dogs, and racing!
September 1 2025 is THE date for your diaries to register for our 2026 Canadian Challenge.
Here's what you need to know......
#UglyDogs