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 »
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 »
Organizers of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race have moved their 2010 start time up a week, a change that could tempt more mushers to try both the Quest and the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »
A sixth dog in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race has died.. Read the rest of this entry »
Visit DogBreedStore.com where we have thousands of products for hundreds of breeds.Andrea Aufder Heyde of Indiana set out 10 years ago to prove that having a teacher on board for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race would be a lightning rod to attract students to learn. Read the rest of this entry »
An animal rights group wants Alaska State Troopers to open a criminal investigation into the deaths this year of five Iditarod dogs, including two on the team of a musher who says they froze to death. Read the rest of this entry »
There are still 11 mushers struggling for the Iditarod finish line in Nome. Read the rest of this entry »
An 8-year-old male named Omen has become the fifth dog to die in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Read the rest of this entry »
Visit DogBreedStore.com where we have thousands of products for hundreds of breeds.Veteran Fairbanks musher trims Gatt in frigid 300-miler. Read the rest of this entry »
If all this snow made you think Pembroke was going to the dogs, well, this week you were right. Read the rest of this entry »
One musher out; other 26 hit the trail at 42 below. Read the rest of this entry »
The biggest name in sled dog racing looks to recapture his winning ways as the Copper Basin 300 Sled Dog Race tries to celebrate its 20th anniversary by shaking off frigid subzero temperatures that have gripped the region recently. 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 »
Celebrating 25 years of racing in Redstone Sled Dog Races hit their silver anniversary. 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 »
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 »
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