Husky News

Michael Tetzner’s team completed the 16.1-mile Beach Lake course in 51 minutes, 19 seconds Saturday to take a 34-second lead over Bill Kornmuller on Day 1 of the Eagle River Classic sled dog race. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race will have a minimum purse of $150,000 in 2010, the Alaska and Yukon boards of directors announced Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

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 »

A sixth dog in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race has died.. Read the rest of this entry »

Will take place this year from January 11th to 21st, 2009
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It will cost more to race, and the purse is $240,000 less than it was last year 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 »

Sled-dog racing pundits said it couldn’t be done. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »