Husky News

With his dirty, red, arctic snowsuit stripped off and packed away in his sled, defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey and his team off 11 Alaska huskies set off to run for Nome at 4:53 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »

After nearly 1,000 miles of racing, eight minutes separated the dog teams of defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey and four-time victor Jeff King. Read the rest of this entry »

The morning fog lifted just hours before four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King rolled into this Bering Sea village to claim the lead for the first time in The Last Great Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Defending champion Lance Mackey pulled out of Nulato at 2:49 this afternoon, still leading the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Defending champion Lance Mackey pulled out of Ruby this afternoon to begin his run down the ice-covered Yukon River in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, hoping to put some distance between him and Jeff King’s team of 16 energetic dogs. Read the rest of this entry »

Is Jeff King the real leader of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race? Read the rest of this entry »

Former champion Mitch Seavey took the lead into the ghost town of Ophir today as warm, wet conditions blanketed the 36th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite temperatures nearly tropical for hard-working dogs, defending champion Lance Mackey bolted out of Nikolai late Tuesday afternoon to grab the lead in the 36th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »

Former champion Mitch Seavey took the lead at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, the first musher to reach the ghost town of Ophir. Read the rest of this entry »

About 20 dogs have been dropped so far in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, but there are no serious casualties. Read the rest of this entry »

Five former champions were chasing Norway’s Kjetil Backen through wet falling snow in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Lance Mackey set off Sunday on the competitive portion of the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, armed with a serious mission _ to repeat history by again winning two grueling back-to-back races. Read the rest of this entry »

Entrants in the 36th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race surged past 100 Monday. Read the rest of this entry »