It’s Can Am Time for Young and Old in Fort Kent This Weekend
It would be difficult to find a more equal opportunity sport than mushing.Just look at the gender and age ranges in the upcoming Can Am Crown Sled Dog Races this coming weekend where mushers from 14- to 71-year-old go head to head with their teams of dogs in a trio…
Salcha’s Arleigh Reynolds Captures First Fur Rondy Victory
It took a dozen tries, but Salcha veterinarian Arleigh Reynolds finally got what he’s been looking for on Sunday afternoon.The long-time Salcha musher hit the jackpot when he won the three-day Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship Sled Race.In his 12th Rondy, Reynolds earned his first top finish, after several top-five…
New Yorker Takes Jr Iditarod Crown
A New York teenager won Alaska’s Junior Iditarod on Sunday.Sixteen-year-old Noah Pereira of Clarkson, N.Y., won the 150-mile sled dog race in his first attempt to become the first out-of-state musher and sixth rookie to win the championships for mushers ages 14-17.Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/02/24/2800915/new-yorker-takes-jr-iditarod-crown.html
Arleigh Reynolds Cinches His First Fur Rondy!
Arleigh Reynolds of Salcha, Alaska is the winner of the 2013 Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Open World Champion Sled Dog Race.It was Reynold’s 12th Rondy race and his first top finish. He held off a strong last day challenge by five time champion Egil Ellis of Willow, who turned in the…
This Sled Dog Is Stealing Your Soul with Its Hypnotic IceStorm Eyes
Musher Michael Ruopp of Germany starts with his team of sled dogs — who have inexplicably admitted John Carpenter’s Thing into their ranks — at the 23. International Sled Dog Race in Oberhof, central Germany, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. See photo here: http://jezebel.com/5986504/this-sled-dog-is-stealing-your-soul-with-its-hypnotic-ice+storm-eyes
Arleigh Reynolds Builds on Lead in Day 2 of Fur Rondy Sled Dog Race
Salcha musher Arleigh Reynolds extended his lead over five-time champion Egil Ellis of Willow on Saturday, the second day of the three-day Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship Sled Dog Race.Reynolds’ combined time of 2:35:33 compared to Ellis’ 2:39:14 puts him in a strong — but not unassailable — position to…
Interior Prepares for 3 Weeks of Sprint Sled Dog Races
Once the last dog crosses the finish line in the final heat of the Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship Sled Dog Race this afternoon in Anchorage, all eyes in the sprint sled dog racing world will be pointed at the Interior for the next three weeks.The biggest three weeks of…
WolfTrack Classic Sled Dog Race Returns to Ely
A good snowpack and fast trails will greet more than 30 mushers this weekend in Ely as the WolfTrack Classic Sled Dog Race returns to the Northland. It’s back after an unplanned hiatus because of last winter’s mild weather and sparse snow cover.And officials with the John Beargrease Sled Dog…
Dozens Race Dog Sleds at Camp Ripley
This weekend, Camp Ripley felt more like a kennel than a military training facility.In an area removed from most of the facility’s buildings, wind-whipped dogs yipped, and people couldn’t help but have a good time Sunday on the last of the two-day Winter Warrior Sled Dog Races.The event, hosted by…
Donations Collected for Injured Sled Dogs
Musher Frank Moe of Bemidji, Minn., is still waiting to see if two of his sled dogs survive after they were struck by a passing motorist during the 24th running of the U.P. 200 Sunday morning.Moe was crossing M-28 at about 5:30 a.m., after leaving the Wetmore checkpoint, when his…