Husky News

Those sled dogs might seem like they’re putting on a show. But, on Jan. 16, racing down the Virginia Creeper Trail, for two dozen Siberian Huskies, is actually part of a benefit for a dog-lovers group in Bristol, Va. Read the rest of this entry »

Appetite and Attitude: A Conversation with Lance Mackey is perhaps as revealing about the past that brought him to this point as what drives him today. Mackey’s repeated refrain that his father Dick Mackey, who won the closest finish of the Iditarod ever, taking a win over Rick Swenson by one second, was viewed as something of a laughing stock amongst those involved in the sport when he started made me wonder given Mackey’s claims of not getting the respect he deserves. Read the rest of this entry »

Celebrating 25 years of racing in Redstone Sled Dog Races hit their silver anniversary. Read the rest of this entry »

Will take place this year from January 11th to 21st, 2009
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A unique event for the Southeast and a fun educational outing for families and dog lovers, the Alaska Serum Run Re-enactment takes place on the Virginia Creeper Trail from Abingdon trail head to Damascus in southwestern Virginia. Hosted by the Siberian Husky Rescue, the day begins with Breakfast with the Sled Dogs at the farmers market in Abingdon. A storyteller tells the tale of the historic 1925 Alaska event, the serum is handed to the first musher and the four part relay takes place along the trail. Read the rest of this entry »

Jeff Conn of Fairbanks and his 16 dogs won the Orville and Doris Lake Memorial Points Race on Saturday at Tozier Track. Read the rest of this entry »

Morgan Summers beat Alea Robinson by 22 seconds to win the Alaskan Sled Dog Racing Association’s first junior points race of the season Thursday at Tozier Track. Summers drove a team of five dogs 5.8 miles in 19 minutes, 27 seconds. Read the rest of this entry »

Woman from Chatanika wins 200-miler over icons Mackey, King. Read the rest of this entry »

Bill Kornmuller drove a team of 18 dogs to the open-class victory Sunday in a chilly Chugiak Dog Mushers Association points race at the Beach Lake Trails in Chugiak. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the richest events for Alaska teenage athletes has a new sponsor and is set to hand out $13,000 in scholarships to the top five finishers as well as the winners of the humanitarian and sportsmanship awards. Read the rest of this entry »

More than 400 teams and 2,500 dogs from as far away as Finland and Sweden are expected at the 2009 International Federation of Sleddog Sports world championships. Read the rest of this entry »

Two-time defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey opened his season with a loss on Sunday, finishing two minutes behind Jodi Bailey of Chatanika in the Two Rivers Dog Mushers Solstice 100 race. Read the rest of this entry »

Jessica Hendricks of Two Rivers arrived at the Sheep Mountain Lodge at 12:30 this afternoon with a team of 11 huskies to capture the Sheep Mountain 150 sled-dog championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Under a full moon so big and bright that headlamps were unnecessary, Two Rivers musher Jessica Hendricks left the Eureka Lodge just before 11 p.m. Saturday and headed out on the trail of the Sheep Mountain Lodge 150. Read the rest of this entry »

Firstly, His Honour Gordon Barnhart, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, and Mrs. Barnhart will again be guest celebrity riders at the official start on Central Ave. in Prince Albert Feb. 18. Read the rest of this entry »

Chugiak sled dog racer Jennifer Sterling (formerly Payne) will be a part of the Team USA contingent competing at the 2009 International Federation of Sleddog Sports World Championships in Daaquam, Quebec, Canada, Jan. 6 to Jan. 25. Read the rest of this entry »

Driven and determined.

Those are the two words that come to mind when a person spends much time with 17-year-old musher Travis Beals. Read the rest of this entry »

This week’s snow and chilly temperatures have been a blessing for organizers of the Can’t Depend on Snow Sled Dog Race in Fond du Lac. Read the rest of this entry »

With helicopters hovering in the shadows of New York City, mushing doesn’t get more urban than in northern New Jersey, hence the name, “Urban Mushing.” Read the rest of this entry »

John Michael Munro knew by the age of 7 that he wanted to race dogs when he got his first Siberian husky. Read the rest of this entry »