Julie Estey Scratches from the 2008 Yukon Quest
DAWSON CITY, YUKON (February 13, 2008) – Rookie favourite Julie Estey has scratched at Slaven’s Cabin Dog Drop. Estey, 34, of Fairbanks, AK, suffered a knee injury and is unable to continue, Race Marshal Doug Grilliot said this evening from Dawson City. She made the decision late this afternoon based…
2008 Yukon Quest 300 – Final Results
All five remaining 2008 Yukon Quest 300 mushers have crossed the Finish Line in Central, AK, and Josh Cadzow is our Champion! The 20-year-old from Fort Yukon, AK, arrived at the Central Finish Line Tuesday at 2:13 p.m. with 10 dogs. The second place musher, 51-year-old Rudi Niggemeir of Salzkotten,…
Yukon Quest 2008: Update from Eagle
FRONT RUNNERS HEADED TO DAWSON HALF-WAY POINTLance Mackey arrived in Eagle at 11:52 p.m. Tuesday night with dogs looking good and barking as though they were ready to keep going. Nobody was expecting another musher to arrive for another four to five hours. But 18 minutes later, calls of “musher…
Yukon Quest 2008: Update from Slaven’s Cabin
With a team of 12, rookie musher Julie Estey was left Circle City this morning, but a short while later she returned to drop Timmy, one of her favourite lead dogs. Timmy came in to Circle last night in Estey’s basket and she thought this morning he was ready for…
Yukon Quest: Three-Time Champion Lance Mackey Takes the Lead
CIRCLE CITY, ALASKA (February 12, 2008) –Less than halfway through the 2008 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, three-time Champion Lance Mackey of Fairbanks, AK, has taken the lead. On his way to the Eagle (Alaska) Checkpoint, a remote community only accessible in winter by plane, snowmobile or dog sled,…
Quest Penalties assessed
Ken Anderson will most likely be the first musher to wait out a penalty he earned back at Chena Hot Springs. Anderson, along with four others, failed to check out of the checkpoint, earning him a two-hour mandatory penalty according to race rules. He will have to stay a total…
Yukon Quest 2008 Update
Race Update from Circle City, AlaskaIn the Yukon Quest 300, reports from the home front of Aliy Zirkle and Allen Moore are that the two are healthy and happy with their decisions to scratch from the race. Moore developed a fever on the trail and when his partner Aliy caught…
2008 Exxon Mobil Championship Sprint Race Results and Photos
Sunny and brisk temperatures greeted all the teams for two days of running the Exxon Mobil sprint sled dog races this past weekend. Moving to the Chugiak trails from the ASDRA trails, allowed for more snow and safer conditions for the dogs. Open class musher Ken Chezik, from Michigan finished…
Frank Turner Scratches from Yukon Quest at Central: ‘It’s just not me anymore’
CENTRAL, ALASKA (February 11, 2008) – One of the Yukon Quest’s most devoted mushers decided late Sunday night to pull out of the race at Central Checkpoint. Frank Turner, 60, blamed age for his decision to scratch from the 2008 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. “It’s not like you…
2008 Anchorage Fur Rendezvous World Championships set to run, $50,000 Purse
From the ASDRA web site: The race is a GO! $50,000.00 Purse has been announced. Rondy Draw February 20, 2008 at LaCabana 4th and Cordova St. 6PM sign ups and paperwork,7PM Draw. A mini buffet available upstairs for $10.00 plus no host bar.