DOB: 11-21-2013
Chex x Stout
Hooligan’s Lineage
Fast enough for sprint, slow enough for distance, and one of our best dogs EVER. Hooligan is a perfect moving dog, because he is so athletic it’s just extremely easy for him to be a sled dog. He is one of our strongest race finishers and has been an invaluable dog on our team for many seasons. He is excellent off leash and one of our best hiking buddies because he stays so close. His Gatt/Kleedehn lines have been some of the most important foundation dogs to blend in with ours, contributing to many of of our best athletes. Hooligan began serious training with our main team at just 9 months old in the fall of 2014 and kept accelerating until he was racing in junior sprint races with Isabel that same winter. In his first season of serious racing as a younger 2 year old Hooligan finished his first major race, the very challenging Bogus Creek 150 with John George in 2nd place. There was no trail, just glare ice, made more difficult with 45 mph winds. The following week Hooligan finished in Will’s winning Two Rivers 200 team. He is a tireless dog who has never been dropped from a race or injured. He is the ideal size race dog with a perfect gait. Hooligan has very strong natural endurance and a solid work ethic. Hooligan very rarely breaks into a lope because he can trot 18mph with a tight tug line, maybe faster, but that is plenty fast enough. He has a huge heart and loves working as much as he loves his mushers!
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Race Record:
2015
Yearling Season
1st & 2nd ADMA Jr. Sprint Races
2016
2nd Jr. ONAC
2nd Bogus Creek 150
Hooligan was leased to John George as a 2 year old.This was Hooligan’s first major race and running with a musher unknown to him he had a super performance. The Bogus 150 is an extremely challenging race. In 2016 it was 150 miles of glare ice on the Kuskokwim River. A week later he became a champion in the TR 200.
1st Two Rivers 200 2016
2017
2nd Knik 200 2017
10th & Rookie of the year award Copper Basin 300
3rd Willow 300
1st Nenana Ice Classic Tripod Race 40/40
2018
2nd & Rookie of the Year Award Knik 200
2nd Willow 300
1st Tripod 40/40
1st Solstice 50
2019
10th Kuskokwim 300
1st Nenana Ice Classic Tripod Race 40/40
1st Two Rivers 200/Vet’s Choice Award
7th Kobuk 440
2020
10th Kuskokwim 300
2nd Willow 300
3rd Nenana Ice Classic Tripod Race 40/40- with Roland Mackey
1st Two Rivers 200
3rd Solstice 50- with Sarka Pargi
2021
5th Jr. Iditarod- with Cassidy Meyer
Trained all season for the 2021 Iditarod, but like Sherpa, I decided to take a younger team member, because I had a 21 dog pool to pick from.
