Michelle Phillips outdueled Aliy Zirkle to win the Yukon Quest 300 by eight seconds Monday night in Pelly Crossing, Yukon.Phillips, who is from Tagish, Yukon, finished the 300-mile race in 22 hours, 20 minutes, 2 seconds.Zirkle’s narrow loss continued a bit of a trend for SP Kennel of Two Rivers. Zirkle’s partner, Allen Moore, last year lost the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International by 26 seconds.Moore was running in second place Monday in the longer race, behind defending champion Hugh Neff of Tok.Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/02/04/2777648/phillips-nips-zirkle-in-yukon.html
