Siberian Huskies Face Off in Belarus
More than 100 dogs have been put to the test at the International Dog Sledding tournament in Belarus.The Siberian Huskies battled through below freezing temperatures to navigate around a four-kilometre track with their handlers.Read more here: http://www.skynews.com.au/offbeat/article.aspx?id=713092&vId=
Dog-gone Cold
The frosted tips of Pam Rhodes’ bangs protruded from a small opening on her snug ski mask. A bitter cold didn’t stop her and Steve Young from leaving Homer to witness their first sled dog race. “The cold wasn’t going to hold us back,” she said. “We were going to…
King, Kaduce Battle in Tustumena 200
Jeff King and Dan Kaduce turned the Tustumena 200 into a dog fight Saturday night, their teams separated by one minute upon arrival at the halfway point at Freddie’s Roadhouse in Ninilchik. King, driving 13 dogs, reached Freddie’s at 10:14 p.m. Kaduce, driving 14, got there at 10:15. Mushers take…
Annual Sled Dog Race Under Way In Wyoming
For many of the competitors in this year’s International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race, mushing is all in the family. And that goes for more than the lineage of the furry athletes. Of the 22 competitors, there are a husband and a wife, a pair of brothers and multiple…
Wounded Warriors Spend The Weekend As Dog Sled Mushers
Almost 42,000 soldiers have been injured in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.The Wounded Warriors Project, a non-profit organization, has made it their mission to honor our American heroes.Read more here: http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=713145#.TyVrtt2BVX8
Dog Sled Competitions Held In Volozhin District
15 sleighs took part in the competitions. 4 dogs are carrying every sleigh. Such races are usually won by fast husky dogs, but big Malamutes also show good speed.Read more here: http://www.tvr.by/eng/sport.asp?id=61593
Mushers Battle Vehicle Trouble To Get Their Dogs To The Vet Before The Race
It wasn’t the mushers, or even the dogs, who had objections to almost 50 below zero temperatures on Saturday.It was their trucks.Read more: http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/17330467/article-Mushers-battle-vehicle-trouble-to-get-their-dogs-to-the-vet-before-the-race?instance=home_lead_story
Copperbasin race in Alaska for all the mushers of the Yukon Quest
Chukotka mushers Nikolay Ettyne and Mikhail Telpin together with Joar Ulsom are the Beringia team in the Yukon Quest. Here is the message from Camilla Porsild, their leader in organizer in Alaska. She write about a pre-race, which is not even qualification race. It was organized to have a look…
Mushers, Dogs Take Off
As mushers approached the starting line of the International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race on Town Square on Friday night, their dogs’ barks culminated in a frenzied crescendo.The dogs weren’t the only ones excited. Hundreds of spectators lined Broadway for the first of eight stages that will cover western…
Husky Racer Forced To Pull Out Of ‘Last Great Race On Earth’
A north-east musher has been forced to pull out of husky racing’s biggest event after his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer.Wattie McDonald, of Craiggie Smithy, near Stonehaven, had been due to fly to Alaska on January 11 to begin training for the Iditarod with his pack of dogs.Read more…