Susitna Sled Dog Adventures

Lead Dogs:

Salt (AKA The Chuchki Cannonball) Baffin (AKA Mr. Clean) Hickory (AKA Golden Boy) Gunnar (AKA The Black Wolf) and many more!

Musher Bio:

I have worked with sled dogs most of my life. I have finished the Iditarod three times, and have run many other mid distance races throughout Alaska. My wife and I own and operate Susitna Sled Dog Adventures, near Talkeetna, where we do tours with our dogs year round. I will be traveling with many of the dogs that will be on my 2026 Iditarod team, and am looking forward to doing a 300 mile race that is close to home!

Rock On Racing

Lead Dog:

Skipper White Brave Slate

Musher Bio:

My family and I race and do tours with our kennel of 45 sled dogs in Caswell, Alaska. My favorite thing about running dogs is the trust that develops between my team and I. I am a born and raised Alaskan. For a year and half my family and I lived in an 8x12 cabin on the Denali Highway, and we mushed our team 65 miles to get to races in the winter. When I’m not mushing I enjoy bikejoring, paddle boarding, hiking, fishing, and hunting.

Susitna Sled Dog Adventures

Lead Dogs:

Gunnar and Joar

Musher Bio:

I’ve been running dogs for the last six years, and have had the opportunity to see a lot of Alaska from the back of a dog sled. It’s my greatest joy being with dogs and building them to their fullest potential (and having fun in the process). : )

Bark Bark Bark!

WW kennel

Lead Dogs:

Pepper and Cooper

Musher Bio:

With my husband Gerhard we own WW kennel, home of 25 Alaskan huskies and cat Lucy here in Willow. I'm 2 times Iditarod and 2 times Yukon Quest and 11 times Copper Basin finisher . I'm looking forward to run Su 300.

Honky Tonk Kennel

Lead Dogs:

Astrid and Riata

Musher Bio:

I have been involved with sled dogs since 2016. I started out mainly runnings dogs with other mushing friends and being on the vet team for races (Yukon quest 1,000mile and shorter quest races, copper basin 300 and Kuskokwim 300). My wife and I finally started our own kennel in 2022 with a menagerie of dogs from all over. Then in 2024 we had two litters of pups hit the ground and hopefully that will be the bulk of the team running in the SuDog this year! Our kennel slogan is that we are here for a good time and that is fully what we intend to do with a team full of pups on their first 300-mile race!

Dream Big Kennel

Lead Dogs:

Toes and Kataro

Musher Bio:

I'm originally from North Carolina. I've been living and guiding in Alaska for almost 10 years. I've been running dogs for Dream Big for 8 years and counting. I like getting lost in the woods with dogs, but who doesn't?

Daybreak Mushing

Lead Dogs:

Stealie

Musher Bio:

Laura Kelly lives in Knik , AK with her husband Eric and have a small family kennel. They have 3 children who are all now adults!This will be her first 300 mile race. She is so excited

Kashwitna Kennel

Lead Dog:

Titan

Musher Bio:

My life in Alaska started nearly 20 years ago for what was meant to be a short stay—but after the chance to mush a dog team, I never looked back. That moment sparked a passion that made Alaska my permanent home. Since then, I’ve been deeply involved in the mushing community— volunteering at races, handling for other mushers, and running a few races myself. All those years of experiences have led me to owning a small kennel with my partner, Josh. This will be my first 300-mile race, and I’m looking forward to the adventures ahead!

Dream a Dream Sled Dog Tours

Lead Dogs:

Flue and Damper

Musher Bio:

Originally from Minot, North Dakota, Sydnie earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of North Dakota. She and her husband, Nick, moved to Alaska in 2021 to pursue their love of adventure. Sydnie trains with Vern Halter at Dream a Dream Sled Dog Tours and is passionate about the outdoors—whether she’s running, skiing, mountain biking, or spending time with her dogs. She says she couldn’t do any of this without the support of her husband, Nick.

Snowhook Kennel

Lead Dogs:

Huck and Finn

Musher Bio:

Jeremiah has been running dog sledding tours and promoting this sport to thousands of guests visiting Alaska for the last 4 years with Snowhook Adventure Guides of Alaska. In 2004 he ran his first official race with the Goose Bay 150. Cheering Jeremiah on will be his wife Krystle, and 11 children. Several of whom are excited to learn how to mush as well!

Orange Blossom Kennel

Lead Dogs:

Tempest completed four Iditarod races with three top 10 finishes and has two Kuskokwim wins. You can hear her barking and encouraging the team along the trail! Drax, equally accomplished, is our calm dragon. He joins the team from Seeing Double Sled Dog Racing to help guide our first home grown yearling team to the finish line.

Musher Bio:

Ashley Franklin, 35, co-manages Orange Blossom Kennel in Fairbanks, Alaska alongside her husband, Jay Allyn. Named after the Florida state flower, the kennel references Ashley’s southern roots. Her journey began with Bozo, a retired sled dog who became both her first dog and the foundation of the kennel. Ashley has steadily grown her team and skills, competing in a range of short and mid-distance races, including the Two Rivers Solstice 50, the Quest 80 and 200, and the Knik 200. She finds a familiar rhythm in mushing that echoes her background in competitive rowing. When she’s not training dogs, Ashley works full-time as a family medicine physician. She balances both worlds with the help of friends and family. Outside of dog sledding, her interests include running, skiing, reading, weaving, and gardening.

Hardly Workin’ Sleddogs

Lead Dogs:

Pacer and Krona

Musher Bio:

Owner of Hardly Workin’ Sleddogs. Born in Indianapolis, IN. Based out of Fox, Ak just North of Fairbanks. The kennel consists of 15 running Alaskan Huskies and 3 retirees. Steve started working with Alaskan Huskies in the summer of 2019. Has operated his kennel solely since Early 2021. Our main goal is to always enjoy our time together and make sure what we do never feels like WORK! 

Mail Trail Kennel

Lead Dogs:

Cinder, Sam, Ash

Musher Bio:

David Hassilev lives in Willow Alaska and operates Mail Trail Kennel with his wife, Jane. David started running dogs over ten years ago while living in Washington state. He started with a single Chinook dog running in one dog scooter and bikejor events after attending a pull clinic held by the Cascade Sled Dog club in Oregon. He continued to learn while attending dryland races and slowly adding dogs to be able to compete in 2 dog dryland class and then 4 dog dryland rig as well as winter sled races in Washington, Idaho and Montana. It was shortly after racing a friends team of six Alaskan Huskies at the Flathead Classic in Montana that he was gifted 4 well-seasoned Alaskan Huskies and the kennel just kept growing from there. A few more smaller races and a few more dogs as well as raising a litter of his own and he was able to put together a young 8 dog team, taking 2nd in his first 100 mile race at Oregon’s Eagle Cap Extreme. He has also raced in Montana’s Race to The Sky before moving back to Alaska in 2019. Since then he has raced in the Goose Bay 150, Knik100 and Willow300 and currently has 18 dogs in training.

Bark!

Dallas Seavey Racing

Lead Dogs:

Team is currently undecided but all of the dogs are so good:)

Musher Bio:

This is my fifth year of running dogs and it’s a childhood dream come true. Originally from Kansas and started mushing in Granby, Colorado. I’m entering into my 10th season at Dallas’s kennel and I’m so grateful for all of the opportunities that have come from working here with these dogs!

Woof!

Trail Breaker Kennel

Lead Dogs:

Five year old siblings Farmer and Indy are guiding Abby’s team of mostly one and two year old dogs from Trail Breaker. Farmer inherited their father’s steady confidence and Indy inherited their mother’s love of face licking.

Musher Bio:

Abby has been involved in sled dogs in some way or another since 2013 and at Trail Breaker Kennel since 2021. She has raced in the Bethel Season Opener, Akiak Dash, and Quest 80. Abby is has been very involved in organizing the T-Dog since its inception and is excited to run her first mid-distance race.

Dream Team Kennels

Lead Dog:

Corona

Musher Bio:

I love Adventure and will always want to see over the hill

MartensMushing

Lead Dogs:

Emerald, ruby, agate

Musher Bio:

Sled Dogs have always been a part of my life since I was young. I’m originally from Wisconsin and I’ve done a lot of races throughout the lower 48 like bear grease 120, apostle Island sled dog race, Gunflint mail run, in the northern Pine Sled dog race This winter. I’m excited to be racing in Alaska Thanks for the help of my family and friends back home, Wade Mars, and Julia DeLoach.