Laconia Sled Dog Derby Set for Competition Feb. 22-24
Cancelled last weekend over weather worries, the Laconia Sled Dog Derby has been rescheduled for Feb. 22 to 24, organizers announced.Diane Lyman, spokesman for the race, said organizers decided late last month to postpone the race because there was no snow. She said races can be held on ice, but…
Marquette, Michigan: Sled Dog Races are Fast Approaching
With only a few days left until the start of the UP 200 sled dog race, the Upper Peninsula Sled Dog Association is making sure everything goes off without a hitch.”Well, we are excited! We know we can get the mushers out of town, so we can have a real…
Appropriate Technology Lessons from the Yukon Quest
The Yukon Quest dogsled race came mushing through Dawson last week on its annual run from Whitehorse, Yukon, to Fairbanks, Alaska, and it lived up to its billing as one of the biggest events on Dawson’s winter social calendar. The Quest is considered second only to the Iditarod in prestige,…
Iditarod 2013: Indigenous Mushers
On March 2 at 10 a.m., 68 mushers and their dog teams will set out across 993 miles of rugged Alaska wilderness in a race that will test muscle, strategy and sheer will of human and canine competitors.They’ll press on through dense forest, across frozen river and desolate tundra, along…
Iditarod Dogs Get Medical Checks Before the Last Great Race
Karin Hendrickson’s huskies are ready to trek a thousand miles through the Alaskan wilderness. Before they can take off though, they have to make a trip to the vet.“Good job, sweetheart,” Misty Libby, a licensed vet tech, whispered to one of the dogs while she’s getting her blood drawn.“We check…
ISDRA 2013 Meeting: Celebrating the Many Faces of Sled Dog Sports
Please join us in -Celebrating the Many Faces of Sled Dog SportsJune 28, 29 & 30 At the 2013 ISDRA Meeting in Harrisburg, PAHosted by the PA Sled Dog ClubThe weekend will be filled with fascinating speakers including Karen Ramstead, Jan Bootz-Dittmar and more. There will also be a variety…
Rondy World Championship Sled Dog Race is on!
Race officials announced Sunday that the 2013 Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship Sled Dog Race will go ahead, quelling fears that lack of snowfall could cancel the festival’s popular event.Race marshals were on the trail Sunday assessing the situation, and they came back with good news. The Alaskan Sled Dog…
Top Four Quest Finishers Plan Long Mushing Careers
Three of this year’s top four Yukon Quest teams will go on to race in this year’s Iditarod – Alaska’s “other” long distance sled dog race. All top four teams are planning long-term Yukon Quest careers for their kennels as well.It took Allen Moore three years to claim a Yukon…
First Canadian Team Crosses Yukon Quest Finish Line
Normand Casavant of Whitehorse became the first Canadian musher to cross this year’s Yukon Quest finish line Tuesday afternoon.Casavant arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska, in seventh position, the same position in which he left the start chute Feb. 2 in Whitehorse.Casavant, 50, said he intends to run the Yukon Quest again…
Good Snow Leads to Successful Sled Dog Races
The excited yips of dozens of dogs ready to mush filled the crisp mountain air Saturday and Sunday at the Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park off of Highway 97.Thanks to favorable weather and good snow conditions, this year’s Siskiyou Sled Dog Races were successful and well attended, said one of the…