The snow is here, and few are happier than dogs and their drivers
Iditarod entries are down, but there are plenty of dogs on the trails now that snow is here.
Iditarod entries are down, but there are plenty of dogs on the trails now that snow is here.
Neff has refused to be interviewed but broke his silence with a video statement Thursday.
After years of running at the front of the pack, 31-year-old Joar Leifseth Ulsom suddenly found himself alone in the Iditarod lead. Second-place Nicolas Petit arrived 3.5 hours later after losing the trail -- and the lead -- on the Bering Sea coast. "This race can be an emotional roller coaster," he said.
At issue is a conversation last week, when musher Wade Marrs said Morrie Craig approached him before the race and told him his dog team had tested positive for minuscule levels of a substance.
Joar Leifseth Ulsom, long a rising star in the world of top Iditarod mushers, claimed the lead on the Bering Sea coast.
What has looked like a three-man race since McGrath quickly changed on the Kaltag Portage and now appears to be a duel between Nicolas Petit and Joar Ulsom, with the edge going to Petit.
It's not all trail mix and beef jerky out here. Behold the musher chow of Iditarod 2018.
Nic Petit, the Girdwood musher who has dominated middle-distance races this year, is leading the Iditarod to the Bering Sea coast today.
Musher Jessie Holmes wore a GoPro camera during parts of the race this year in an effort to capture trail footage for the reality television show he stars in, "Life Below Zero." The device died immediately, no match for the realities of the Iditarod trail.
Bailey Schaeffer and Chandler Wappett raced neckline-to-neckline in the final stretch, with Schaeffer claiming the victory and a $6,000 scholarship.
Streeper and his team of 16 dogs were more than a minute faster than anyone else in Saturday's 25-mile heat.
Buddy Streeper will be pursuing his sixth championship when the annual sled dog race begins Friday at noon.
Veteran musher Allen Moore of Two Rivers won the 2018 Yukon Quest sled dog race Tuesday, crossing the finish line in Whitehorse, Yukon, around 7 a.m. AST.
Preliminary necropsy results indicate the 5-year-old dog, Boppy, choked to death.
Preliminary necropsy results indicate the 5-year-old dog, Boppy, choked to death.
The temperatures have been low so far in the 1,000-mile race from Fairbanks to Whitehorse, so veterinarians are on the lookout for frostbitten dogs.
The champion in 2013 and 2014, Allen Moore is the Yukon Quest leader as the race hits the halfway point.
The champion in 2013 and 2014, Allen Moore is the Yukon Quest leader as the race hits the halfway point.
The 1,000-mile race from Fairbanks to Whitehorse is a showcase for determined canines.
The Willow musher will leave as one of the Iditarod's most enduring, talented and popular competitors.