NESDC Event Calendar - 2008/2009 (tentative)


Please register online or call Anita at 603-887-8788 to enter NESDC races. You can also enter at the morning of the first race day by printing and completing the Race Registration Form. Pre-Entries will be taken until 5 P.M. Thursday before a race. Remember to bring your dog's rabies certificates to the race as they may be checked.


Note: All Junior Class Mushers must wear a helmet! The "Time Cut-Off" rule will be enforced at all NESDC races - Any Pro Team not finishing within 1.5 times the average of the first (5) five teams in the same heat of the same class doesn't race the second day. Dual starts are possible at all races. Mandatory driver meeting at 8:30 A.M., each race day. Race Entries must be in by 5:00PM Thursday before the race. A $10 per class late fee applies for any late registration!

All snow races will be ISDRA sanctioned!

Date

Event/Location

Club

Status

Purse

Nov 22/23

Auburn, NH - Rig Race

NESDC

 

 

Jan 31/Feb 1

Tamworth, NH - Sprint & Skijor
Limited Distance class will be run if enough entries

NESDC

 

$3,000

Feb 7/8

Hill Village, NH - Sprint & Skijor,
Main Sponsor: LRSDC

NESDC

 

$2,000

Feb 13/14/15 Laconia, NH - World Championship Derby LRSDC    

Feb 21/22

Inlet, NY

NESDC

 

$7,000

Feb 28/Mar 1

Burke Mountain, VT - Event Web Site

NESDC 

 

$8,000

Mar 7/8 Purity Springs, NH - Event Web Site NESDC  

$3,000

DESDC = Down East Sled Dog Club
LRSDC = Lakes Region Sled Dog Club
YSHC = Yankee Siberian Husky Club
GMDM = Green Mountain Distance Mushers
NBSDC = Narragansett Bay Sled Dog Club

NESDC Race Day Schedule

Time

Event

7:30am-8:30am

Registration (drivers will pick up bibs)

8:30am-8:45am

Drivers meeting

9:00am

Skijoring (1/2 dogs run together, separate ISDRA reporting)

  3 Dog Junior
  4 Dog Pro / Sportsman
  6 Dog Pro / Sportsman

 

8 Dog Pro

 

Open

  Limited Distance Class (if applicable)

After start of Open Class

1 Dog Junior

 

 


Race announcements will be made via speaker and AM radio broadcast. Tune your radio to 1580 AM. Trail lengths are usually verified by GPS.

NESDC Race Fees

Class

Fee

1 Dog Juniors

$5.00

3 Dog Juniors

$10.00

1 or 2 Dog Skijoring

$30.00 (includes ISDRA fee)

4 & 6 Dog Sportsman

$20.00

4 & 6 Dog Professional

$35.00 (includes ISDRA fee)

8 Dog Professional

$40.00 (icludes ISDRA fee)

Open/Unlimited

$45.00 (includes ISDRA fee)


Typical Distances by Category

Category

Distance / Miles

3 Dog Juniors

4

1 or 2 Dog Skijoring

4

4  Dog Pro & Sportsman

4

6 Dog Pro & Sportsman

6

8 Dog Professional

8

Open/Unlimited

10-15

All fees in US funds.

Notice to all drivers: All dogs participating in NESDC sled dog races must have a certificates of rabies inoculations signed by a licensed veterinarian, or a letter of kennel inoculation signed by a licensed veterinarian on his business stationary, stating that the entire kennel has been inoculated. Proof of inoculation, original or Photostat copies or certificates or letter must be submitted to the club secretary prior to or at the team's first sled dog race.

 

 
 

Relevant Links

 


2009 Race Schedule Poster

Race Pictures

Sled Cam

Spectator Information

Race Day Schedule

Race Fees

Rabies vaccination

Race Distances by Category

Racing Rules & Manual

Purse Payout

 

 
     
       
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