What a day! We are so happy to have the team home, safe and sound, and so proud of Allen, Quito, Scout, Izzy, Chica, Sissy, Schmoe, Mac, Waylon, Chemo, Outlaw, Scooter, Nacho, Willie and Clyde. They really made a race of it at the end and gave us all an … Read More
Part of the leaving routine for a longer stop is to walk the dogs around and stretch them out. This also serves to activate bladders and bowels so they don’t have to stop as much while leaving. Allen took each dog for a quiet walk around while we all looked … Read More
Say it with me: “GO TEAM!!!” Allen and the SP Kennel Black Team, and Brent and the Wild and Free Team left Two Rivers checkpoint right on time, within two minutes of each other. The final leg is 73 miles to downtown Fairbanks. Two tough mushers, two extraordinary teams, two … Read More
Well folks, it sure is a dog race! Allen and his team arrived into Two Rivers at 5.36am, two minutes ahead of Brent and his team. You weren’t planning on doing anything else today were you, other than watching the tracker? Both mushers set about their arrival routines after checking … Read More
What an evening it has been. To be able to virtually watch, in real time, the team going up and over Eagle Summit is quite something. There is always a sigh of relief once they are heading down the other side. Thanks to the team at Trackleaders for the technology! … Read More
At 12.59pm this afternoon Allen and the Black Team rolled into Central and they have just left, still with 13 dogs on the line. Reports said that he would “stick around for a while” and that proved to be correct with them staying a little over four hours. Bridgett said … Read More
It seems that Allen stuck to his plan overnight and rested for two or three hours on Birch Creek, about half way between Circle and Central. As I write this, they are about 20-ish miles out of Central and the team looks to be about 11 miles behind Brent Sass’ … Read More
Allen and the Black Team pulled into Circle at 3.17pm this afternoon. We’ve just had news from Meghan and Mark who are in Circle. They said the team looked great coming in; very strong. Check out the Yukon Quest Facebook page for some FANTASTIC pictures of the team coming into … Read More
For the Yukon Quest 300 Aliy specifically chose younger, lesser experienced dogs to give them some exposure to a competitively paced race. She said overall she was even more happy about this 300 than last year (if you remember last year she was excited and surprised just how good the … Read More
Good morning! We don’t have very much in the way of updates for you as since the team left Eagle as there have been no official checkpoints to record in/out times, nor any update from the dog drop/hospitality stop at Slaven’s Roadhouse. We have, however, been monitoring the tracker closely … Read More
