It dates to what some consider the finest feat in dog-and-human history, a 1925 race to deliver lifesaving diphtheria serum to icebound Nome, Alaska. Winnie’s breed does not have royal roots, but her lineage is fierce. She will appear at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show beginning Monday, competing alongside breeds that sat at pharaohs’ feet or hunted with Hungarian kings. 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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