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Roman is turning out to be a main team stalwart. He is absolutely wild to go with his performance matching his enthusiasm. He ran both days flawlessly.

Cooper ran both days like a wild man. Always the first one to dig in harder on the hills when called up; always happy, wiggling around on the truck, talking up a storm. Every run with Cooper on the team makes it all worth while.

Corty came along as an alternate, but ended up not racing. He has been showing signs of wearing out on the longer runs during training, and he gets soooo nervous at races that the right choice seemed to be to go with Prudie and hope that she didn't have a lingering injury. Turned out to be a good decision--Prudie ran great.

Prudie was having some residual shoulder soreness from Beargrease so I only ran her the 2nd day. No signs of soreness whatsoever and she ran like a superstar. I didn't run her in lead because she and Sesame and Poppy sometimes have grumbly bitchy issues up in lead together and I didn't want to deal with that during a race. Prudie has a great dynamic working with Best in lead but with Best out this race, I played it safe and ran Prudie in wheel.

Fuji ran in point with Gally both days. Ran like his usual invisible self. I never have to worry about Fuji - his maturity and dependability are real assets to the team. Fuji has run in every race since he was 2years old. Never injured, never sour, always doing his job and happily at that.

Gally took the place of Best on the team for this race. He ran both days and did a great job in point. Not the hardest driving dog or the strongest by any means, Gally puts just enough on the line to contribute and it's easy enough for him to get away with it. Although I think it is his personality that let's him do this. He is a lot of fun on the truck, always wanting to get smootched up and play.

Merlin did a terrific job running the first day next to his brother Cooper. He seemed to have a little bit of trouble the last 1/3 or so of the run and necklined a little bit. He tends to do this on softer trails. To be safe I sat him out the 2nd day and replaced him with Prudie.

LuLu ran very well both days. Not in her usual stellar way, but she can be a little soft in the head sometimes. She had been having some shoulder soreness after White Oak so we sat her out of Beargrease. No signs of soreness at all - I think she's just a little bored.

Poppy ran lead with her sister Sesame both days. Doesn't drive as hard as Sesame up there and can be overly cautious of people and other teams but not to an overly detrimental effect. She did whimp out on some hills later in teh run on the 2nd day but when I called her up she dug in. Boy was she happy to get back to Best when we got home. Both girls bee-lined to Besty and had a good romp.

Sesame was absolutely stellar in every way driving hard both days in lead. The only drawback to this girl is her wierd innate fear of snowmobiles. She could also eat and drink better on the truck but it so far has not impacted her performance at all. Watching her run takes my breath away. She has become a dependable, trustworthy leader.