Her show name is Huskavarna’s Destined to Win. Unusual for a racing dog, Winnie is also a show dog, the top-ranked female Siberian in the nation. Winnie stood out not just for her calm race-day nerves - she is the lead dog on her team - and the spray of gray along her back. There were about 200 sled dogs here on a recent Saturday, barking and howling alongside vehicles with license plates like Sib Box, Mushers, Haw Gee and Ondasly. “She morphs into psycho dog when she hits the line,” Baskin-Wright said. Forty minutes before, she settles into the snow for a final rest.īut her co-owner Diane Baskin-Wright said not to be fooled. Two hours before, she submits to pats from spectators. Four hours before the beginning of her sled-dog race in this upstate town, Winnie, a Siberian husky, laps up meat broth. Like any athlete, Winnie has a race-day routine.
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