Reynolds and the Laughing Eyes Kennel dawgs. We are based out
of Skagway, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon. We are a
long-distance racing kennel and have finished 4 Iditarods and 6
Yukon Quest races. This year we competed in the Cantwell
Classic 200, the Kusko 300, the Yukon Quest, Iditarod, and Kobuk
440. That's 3,000 miles of racing! This year Hugh and the dogs
finished the Iditarod for the first time in the top 20, came in 2nd
in the Cantwell race, and 6th (out of 19) in the Kusko. Our
shining stars this year were Watson (finished every race as a 2
year old), his sister Annie (our new super leader), Omen (finished
every race in lead), Scotty (at 5 years old suddenly came on strong
and was seen loping across the Quest finish line), and June-Marie
who at ten years old finished the Yukon Quest - her 9th 1,000 mile
race. She's now retired and enjoying her place on the couch!
In 2006, the team finished the Iditarod with a personal best in 21st
position, in 10 days, 6 hours, and 22 minutes with 10 dogs. This
year our amazing dogs that finished every race were Maestro,
Mahoosic, Colby, Flame, Omen, Blaze and Titan. Click on Dawgs
to see their smiling faces.
In 2005 Hugh raced in both the Yukon Quest and Iditarod. He
had a career best in the Yukon Quest finishing 3rd within an hour
of the leaders, followed by a 26th placing in Iditarod. In 2004,
Hugh and the Laughing Eyes Kennel dogs finished the Iditarod in
22nd position, earning the title of "Rookie of the Year". Click on
the race links to see photos and details from the races. Hugh's
2004 Iditarod Journal is available on the website under
newsletters. 32 pages of photos, insight, and stories from the trail.
We want to give a heartfelt thank you to all of our sponsors from
this past year. We hope you enjoyed the ride and come back again
for more! Our Iditarod team is shown on the dawgs link. If you'd
like to follow us on our daily adventures check out our blog at
www.laughingeyeskennel.blogspot.com
HHN and TJR
(KTUU video)
(KTUU video)
Hugh Neff at McGrath
Yukon Quest
it to two starting lines. Our sponsors are:
* Momentum Dog Food (Dr. Tim's Pet Food Company - www.drtims.com)
* Mike and Trudy Hendricks
* Gartner Lee Ltd, Whitehorse, YT
* Gillian Reynolds
* Bruce Hagstrom and family
* The Bloomin Crew
* Lisa and Mary Akers
* Carol and George Figdore
* Jeff Schmidt
* Jim Ostry
* Eric Jayne, AK Bush Vet
* Alisa and Jesse Guzman
To join the Laughing Eyes Kennel team and have your name added to this list please contact
us at 867-456-7714 or laughingeyeskennel@hotmail.com
veterinarian. It's a great food, and we believe in it so much that we're now the distributors for the
Yukon. We also carry Pursuit - a 30/20 performance food - great for all year round feeding. If
you have any questions please check out their website: www.drtims.com or contact us at
tamra@laughingeyeskennel.com or 867-456-7714.
this:
Yukon Quest:
Nova - Darkie
Blaze - Walter
Scotty - Brady
Maestro - Titan
Storm - Snow
Oscar - Dozer
Hans - Grover
Iditarod:
Flame - Watson
Colby - Annie
Friday - Preacher
Sally - Shyela
Mahoosic - Scrappy
Wonka - Molly
Guthrie - Bogart
Lefty - Blondie
Omen - Zuril
site please e-mail tamra@laughingeyeskennel.com
enhancement-positive energy-sharing life's dreams-Alaska. Know of any friends, communities,
companies or groups who might like to become part of the Laughing Eyes Kennel Vision? We
have just finished our first tour of schools presenting "Tails of the North" talking about the
Iditarod and dog mushing. Our goal is to promote 'good fellowship' via the Alaskan Dog
Mushing lifestyle. Our next tour is scheduled for May, 2006. Send us a line at
laughingeyeskennel@hotmail.com to enquire about costs and scheduling.
