Aliy and the SPK Red Team crossed the line in the Yukon Quest 300 in second position by a mere EIGHT SECONDS! We are all so incredibly proud of her and her 12 supreme athletes – what a race! Congratulations to Michelle Phillips and her Tagish Lake Kennel team, thanks … Read More
Both Aliy and Michelle Phillips have gone in and out of Stepping Stone hospitality stop within one minute of each other. We have no fingernails left and are eagerly awaiting word… Ryne and the R&Bs left Carmacks at 10.59am this morning with ten dogs, no word as yet who got … Read More
Aliy and Michelle Phillips enjoyed some friendly banter whilst at the Pelly checkpoint and left eight minutes apart for the final loop of the YQ300. Aliy left with 10 dogs but I currently don’t have information about who it is that gets to spend time waiting for the finish with … Read More
Aliy and her gorgeous looking team raced into Pelly Crossing checkpoint a short time ago with Michelle Phillips hot on their tails! Aliy’s time in was 9.40am and Michelle 9.43am. Take a look at these two excellent teams as they head into the final stages of this incredibly exciting race. … Read More
The Black team is now Dawson City bound – they have 201 miles to cover before we get to see them again and we are all very much looking forward to that moment. Allen stuck to his schedule and pulled out of the dog lot at 7.22am, almost bang-on six … Read More
At 1.24am Allen and the Black team trotted in as the first musher into Pelly Crossing. The team and Allen were all looking forward to a rest here and that is exactly what they are all doing right now! Allen said, whilst eating beef and barley soup at the Pelly … Read More
As we finish day two of the 2013 Yukon Quest, I thought it might be a good time to look at all the information about the race and what it all means. This early on in a 1000 mile race some things that are very important in a shorter race … Read More
Sorry for the delay folks, a lot of things happening at the same time! Some of you might have seen on the Yukon Quest official stats that Allen dropped a dog at Carmacks – I can confirm it was little I.V. She was displaying some signs of soreness and, as … Read More
A yippy-yappy black team checked into Carmacks at 12.31pm Sunday. Allen and dogs are resting here for a while so the usual checkpoint routine has been followed so far: for the dogs it’s snacks, straw, de-bootie, sleep; for Allen it’s dogs first, eat, then get some sleep for himself. Allen … Read More
The Black team handler crew have just arrived in Pelly. I’ve some pics and video to edit so will get that to you asap, in the meantime here are some of my favourite pics from day one! Aliy and Allen with Quito (photo credit: Ryne) L-R: Bib #11; Nacho and … Read More
