Robinson Holds On To Win World Junior Title In Sled Dog Racing
Alea Robinson held off a hard-charging Rachel Kinvig to claim a one-second victory in the World Junior Championship sled dog championship at Tozier Track.Kinvig’s team of seven dogs posted the fastest time Saturday and Sunday, but Robinson was just fast enough Sunday to hold onto the lead.Robinson, who owned a…
Russian Musher Claims Red Lantern in 2012 Yukon Quest
Michael Telpin crossed the finish line of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race Sunday evening and picked up one of dog mushing’s well-known honors — the red lantern.Telpin, of Chukotka, Russia, was the 19th and final musher to cross the finish line in Whitehorse, bringing to a close this…
Robinson Keeps Lead in Junior Sled Dog Championship Race
Alea Robinson stretched Friday’s lead from three seconds to 25 seconds Saturday in the seven-dog division of the Junior World Championship sprint mushing race at Tozier Track. Robinson completed 8.1 miles in 26 minutes, 8 seconds for a two-day time of 53:59.Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325283/robinson-keeps-lead-in-junior.html
Gold Run Gets Under Way at Mushers Hall
After struggling through the preliminary season battling poor trail conditions and cold temperatures, the Alaska Dog Mushers Association championship season got under way in near perfect conditions Saturday at the Jeff Studdert Racegrounds.With temperatures in the teens, plenty of snow and bright sunshine bathing the trails, 22 dogs teams and…
Quest Mushers Wrap Up Festivities With Banquet
For a race that’s all about the dogs, Abbie West wants to bring the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race back to the people.While driving her dog team over American Summit outside of Eagle, West noticed a plane flown by an Alaskan, carrying a Japanese photographer, following her, a girl…
Mushing Through Life
Fourteen-year-old Aiyana Ferraro and her father, Doug, have been mushing together for five years. When Aiyana was nine she had her one dog, an australian shepherd, pull her on her bike. Now, the Ferraro’s have 27 sled dogs and are headed to Alaska later this month to compete in the…
Stray Sled Dog Wins Hearts, Home In Grand Marais
It’s hard to say if Ralph adopted Grand Marais or it was the other way around.Regardless, the result was a special love story that’s being marked again this year through the dedication of Mile 119 of the U.P. 200 Sled Dog Race.The animal who became known as Ralph was a…
Chugiak Kennel’s Dream Comes True with a Yukon Quest Finish
Moon Run Kennels in Chugiak, Alaska, is the dream of Jim and Bonnie Foster, who moved from Florida to Alaska in 2003. Jim wrote on their web site for Moon Run Kennels, “In 2001, my wife and I decided we needed to move out of Florida. Bonnie’s dog obsession was…
Sled Dogs Thrill Children at Waterloo’s Ice Dogs Festival
A malamute bearing the unlikeliest of sled dog names – Sherman – managed to stir excitement in seven-year-old Connor Cluff Saturday afternoon at the 9th annual Ice Dogs Festival in uptown Waterloo.“I loved it, I’ve loved huskies every since I wanted a dog,” enthused the little boy, while repeatedly tossing…
Robinson Mushes To Slight Lead
Alea Robinson took the lead Friday at the ASDRA’s Junior World Championship at Tozier Track, finishing the 8.1-mile course in 27 minutes, 51 seconds.Robinson leads the seven-dog division by three seconds over Tilly Cantor with two days of competition remaining. Rachel Kinvig sits in third place, less than a minute…