Team Ride at Pontiac Lake

The Dark Horse Girls got together over the weekend for a team ride at Pontiac Lake.  Love the new kits!!

New Year, New Look!

Our team designer has once again outdone herself with an awesome new hoppy beer themed jersey!  Our true colors are finally shining through!

Thanks again to our totally awesome 2013 Sponsors:

Dark Horse Brewery
Trails Edge Bike Shop
Mayflower Party Shoppe
Rudy Project
Gu
Prana

C'mon spring!  See ya'll on the trails!

Wow, is it really December?  Guess time flies when you are having fun!  Dark Horse Racing had another stellar year with  podium finishes, fun team rides, race clinics and cosponsoring the Tree Farm Relay to help raise money for our local trails we love to ride. 

Thanks to all of our great sponsors and friends for a fabulous race season!  And my first new year's resolution is more timely blogging in 2013!  Happy Trails!

Dark Horse in 2012

2012 is looking to be another great season, with some continuing sponsors and some new ones.

Thanks to Dark Horse Brewery, Rudy Project, Kenda, Prana, Gu and Mayflower Party Shoppe for your continuing support of our team. And we welcome Trails-Edge Bike Shop, Velocity , and XFusion as new sponsors this year! Check out their links on the right!!

We are looking forward to a fun and fabulous season with these awesome sponsors to support us along the way!

Here's a peak at our 2012 kits:



See you on the trails!!!

SERIES CHAMPS!!!

Congrats to Jen and Brooke, Series Champs in the Tailwind USAC race series for 2011. Jen won the 19-39 Sport Women category and Brooke won the Beginner Women 15-29 category by having the most points in 5 races for thier class. Both ladies win an Iceman entry courtesy of Tailwind.

And as some icing on the cake, Jen, Brooke and Gabby all made it to the podium at the Stony Creek XC race on 8/28 with Jen and Brooke both moving up a class for the race:

Jen: 2nd place Expert Women
Brooke: 1st place Sport Women 19-39
Gabby: 3rd place Sport Women 40 and over

Way to represent, ladies!

Race Workshop a Success!

New for this year, we decided to put together a race workshop for beginner women. We held the workshop at Stony Creek the day before the XC race, and found that we all had a lot of advice for our students regarding training, nutrition, and race strategy. We then set out for a pre-lap of the course, where our students practiced passing techniques and learned various tips and tricks for successful racing. Lunch was provided by Tailwind Racing, who also offered the students a discounted rate for the XC race. The workshop was a great success, and we are looking at making it an annual event.

Four Wins for the Weekend!

What a great weekend for Dark Horse Racing!

On Saturday, August 20 Gabby, Brooke and Kerry headed to one of our favorite local trails, Maybury State Park, for the MMBA CPS Time Trial. Gabby & Brooke both won their classes and Kerry got 7th in a strong field of Sport women.




On Sunday, August 21, Brooke and Jen raced the USAC XC race at Ruby Campground, braving the infamous creek crossing and pulling in two more wins and maintaining their lead in the Tailwind USAC series!!!




Congrats, ladies!

Results for the weekend:

Maybury Time Trial
Gabby - 1st place Sport Women 40+
Brooke - 1st place Sport Women 19-39
Kerry - 7th place Sport Women 19-39

Ruby XC Race
Jen - 1st place Sport Women 19-39
Brooke - 1st place Beginner Women 15-29