11:46am Friday 19th March 2010
SPRING may have just about sprung, but at least one person will be sorry to see the back of one of the coldest winters on record.
Helen Redwood, website manager at Rolawn, Britain’s largest turf grower and leading topsoil supplier based at Elvington, near York, took advantage of the big freeze to race her Siberian Huskies.
Helen, a member of the Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain (SHCGB) owns five Siberian Huskies and regularly participates in national rallies. She also helps organise the Arden Grange and SHCGB Aviemore Sled Dog rally, the largest sled dog event in the UK which attracts more than 200 teams.
Helen said: “The most rewarding aspects of owning Siberian Huskies is seeing the tremendous enthusiasm on their faces when being worked in a harness, especially on snow. Sled dogs run because they love it. Usually we race on three-wheeled rigs, but this winter we’ve been fortunate enough to hold four events on snow using sleds.”
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