Sven and Ghost, the Iditarod champions

Sven and Ghost led Ryan Redington to his first Iditarod victory on Tuesday.

Redington described the duo as great leaders. 

Sven is 4 years outdated and named for the reindeer within the film “Frozen.” He loves youngsters, getting his ears scratched and operating, in response to Redington’s kennel web site.

“Sven has grow to be a rock star as a sled canine,” it says. “He’s all the time the primary canine to bark and soar to go each time we take a break on the path.”

After which there’s Ghost, a canine who’s small in stature however massive in coronary heart, in response to the Redingtons. Ghost is about 6 years outdated and an skilled chief, competing within the Kobuk 440, Beargrease and prior Iditarods. She kind of is aware of she’s in cost.

“Ghost is a candy woman with a little bit of perspective (take your eyes off her for a second and she or he chews her neckline),” says the kennel.

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Sven and Ghost are a part of our “Canine of the Day” collection. Every day in the course of the Iditarod, we function a brand new canine making the 1,000-mile sprint to Nome. Earlier, we met Dusty, Moose, Boomer, JoAnna, Mach 10, Senior, Covid, Blunt, Elway and Viper.

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