Marmora Cup-contributed by Ken

Ambassador Robb at the JDT truck with some kids who couldn't wait to take a picture of him.

Hello....sorry about the slow reporting but my email dilemma may be over forever now. We had a wonderful time at the Marmora Sno-Fest. The whole town was behind the event and there were quite a few spectators both days despite some very nasty weather. Robb and his teams were in racing mode and he came in 3rd in the 4-Dog Pro Saturday and held that position through Sunday with times of 13:23 Saturday and 14:45 Sunday, he missed being 2nd in total time by only 32 seconds! In the 6-Dog it was a different story. Both races have passing and head-on passing. Head-on passing takes very good leaders and a team and driver that are working as a unit. Robb had to pass and head-on pass numerous teams but one team had some trouble and Robb had 3 tangles on Saturday, having to hook down. He finished 5th for the day. Sunday he went out with a good attitude and the team had a very fast and solid run. The trail conditions had worsened on Sunday so every body's time was slower except Robb's. Saturday's was 21:02 and Sunday was 20:10. In the end he moved up to 3rd place. Fantastic. The team received 2 beautiful trophy's and money. I am very proud of Robb and his team as this race was his first head-on race and it is also a very technical trail. On Saturday evening the race had a spaghetti dinner where over 300 people turned out. At the end of the dinner there was supposed to be a panel discussion with some mushers including Robb and myself. It ended up be only Robb and me and we spoke and answered questions for about a 1/2 hour. Apparently it went well as a gentleman named Don McCoen, who has the Guinness World Record for the most dogs hooked to a sled (76), told both of us that he really enjoyed it and learned from us. We actually got a standing ovation afterwards. Wow. We like Marmora and will be back. Ken -- Ken Davis

Elfstone Kennel

Saginaw, MN USA

'Jamaica Dogsled Team'