Plymouth State University student Melissa Murphy of Windham takes off with her team from the start during the Tamworth’s Outing Club’s sled dog race on Chocorua Lake Sunday. Murphy and her team Ullr, Berna, Monty and Emma won the four-dog class, beating 10 other teams. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Brandon Taylor competes in the 1-dog skijor race during the Tamworth’s Outing Club’s sled dog race on Chocorua Lake Sunday. The races were held both Saturday and Sunday. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Kylie Jones, 11, of Wakefield visits with Russel,l a Siberian husky from Utica, during a break in the racing action at the Tamworth’s Outing Club’s sled dog race on Chocorua Lake Sunday. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Four-year-old Aspen Turner of Jay, Maine, drives her family’s Alaskan husky Max to first place in the one-dog junior trials on a course of about 200 yards during the Tamworth’s Outing Club’s sled dog race on Chocorua Lake Sunday. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Isabella Cottrell, 12, of Gilmanton guides her three-dog team (Lady, Hammy and Steven) through the snow Saturday. She went on to win the 3-dog junior competition Sunday at Chocorua Lake. (DAYMOND STEER PHOTO)
Plymouth State University student Melissa Murphy of Windham takes off with her team from the start during the Tamworth’s Outing Club’s sled dog race on Chocorua Lake Sunday. Murphy and her team Ullr, Berna, Monty and Emma won the four-dog class, beating 10 other teams. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Brandon Taylor competes in the 1-dog skijor race during the Tamworth’s Outing Club’s sled dog race on Chocorua Lake Sunday. The races were held both Saturday and Sunday. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Kylie Jones, 11, of Wakefield visits with Russel,l a Siberian husky from Utica, during a break in the racing action at the Tamworth’s Outing Club’s sled dog race on Chocorua Lake Sunday. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Four-year-old Aspen Turner of Jay, Maine, drives her family’s Alaskan husky Max to first place in the one-dog junior trials on a course of about 200 yards during the Tamworth’s Outing Club’s sled dog race on Chocorua Lake Sunday. (JAMIE GEMMITI PHOTO)
Isabella Cottrell, 12, of Gilmanton guides her three-dog team (Lady, Hammy and Steven) through the snow Saturday. She went on to win the 3-dog junior competition Sunday at Chocorua Lake. (DAYMOND STEER PHOTO)
CHOCORUA — Rescheduled again (this time from late January), the Annual Tamworth Sled Dog Races were a big hit and drew a large crowd of spectators over the course of the weekend, which saw races run each day from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
The Annual Tamworth Sled Dog Race is a joint effort of the New England Sled Dog Club and and the Tamworth Outing Club.
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