Racing through bitting winds, Lance Mackey led the Kuskokwim 300 at the race’s halfway point Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
Thirteen mushers took off into a howling wind Friday night, leaving the starting chute of Kuskokwim 300 in Bethel. Read the rest of this entry »
Mushers from around the world plan for 2010 Iditarod
Alaskan huskies, Iditarod, News, Siberian Husky, Sled dogs, Trip and Travel No Comments »Dog drivers from Jamaica, Scotland, Italy, Canada and the United States – most especially Alaska – will compete the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a northern route that will take mushers and nearly 1,000 sled dogs over 1,112 miles of Alaska wilderness. Read the rest of this entry »
Appetite and Attitude: A Conversation with Lance Mackey
Iditarod, Iditarod pictures, News, Other sled dogs races, Others, Pictures, Siberian Husky, Sled dogs, Sled dogs race, Yukon Quest No Comments »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 »
Mackey, King, Buser among 60 mushers signed up for 2010 Iditarod
Iditarod, News, Sled dogs 1 Comment »Three-time defending champion Lance Mackey and past winners Jeff King and Martin Buser have signed up in person for the 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »
Visit DogBreedStore.com where we have thousands of products for hundreds of breeds.Lance Mackey says he can’t make heads nor tails out of all the attention he’s receiving after winning his third straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »
Michigan musher wins red lantern as final 2009 Iditarod finisher
Iditarod, News, Sled dogs No Comments »The 2009 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officially ended at 4:06 this morning when Marquette, Mich., rookie Timothy Hunt crossed the finish line under the Burled Arch in Nome. The 43-year-old musher made the trek from Willow to Nome in 15 days, 14 hours, 6 minutes and 22 seconds. Read the rest of this entry »
Veteran Fairbanks musher trims Gatt in frigid 300-miler. Read the rest of this entry »
Lance Mackey, one of Alaska’s biggest mushing icons, is planning to withdraw from next month’s Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, an event he’s won a record four straight years. Read the rest of this entry »
Visit DogBreedStore.com where we have thousands of products for hundreds of breeds.Woman from Chatanika wins 200-miler over icons Mackey, King. Read the rest of this entry »
Junior Iditarod set to hand out $13,000
Iditarod, Iditarod pictures, News, Other sled dogs races, Pictures, Sled dogs, Sled dogs race No Comments »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 »
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 »
Norwegian musher Kjetil Backen ended in ninth place as he arrived at Nome on Wednesday local time, completing the 1770 km Alaskan sled dog race Iditarod. Read the rest of this entry »
Lance Mackey wins his second Iditarod
Alaskan huskies, Iditarod, Iditarod pictures, News, Pictures, Siberian Husky, Sled dogs No Comments »Sled-dog racing pundits said it couldn’t be done. Read the rest of this entry »
THE DOGS glided into town quietly. One minute everyone waited for them, the next minute they paced smoothly down Front Street and across the finish line. Read the rest of this entry »
The race for third place in this year’s Yukon Quest was close between Yukon musher Michelle Phillips and Alaskan David Dalton, with Dalton crossing the finish line 46 minutes ahead of Phillips in Whitehorse. Read the rest of this entry »
Defending Iditarod champ Mackey wins 4th consecutive Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race
News, Sled dogs, Yukon Quest No Comments »Defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey won his fourth consecutive Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Not even a strong challenge from his next-door neighbor and a costly wrong turn could keep Lance Mackey out of the record books. Read the rest of this entry »
Defending champion departs final checkpoint 19 minutes ahead of steadfast Ken Anderson. Read the rest of this entry »
Not even a strong challenge from his next-door neighbor and a costly wrong turn could keep Lance Mackey out of the record books. Read the rest of this entry »
Recent Comments