Congratulations Aliy, Beemer, Olivia, Junior, Lydia, Kodiak, Dutch, Felix, Mismo, Nelson, Chipper, Sandy and Wedgy! They finished the Yukon Quest 300 in second position at 1.30am Tuesday, with a race time of 57 hours, 36 minutes.
Congratulations to Michelle Phillips, a deserved win with an awesome team! Also to Alex Serdjukov, who at the time of writing is the only other musher to finish, so far.
It was cold out there on the Pelly River and Aliy was happy to be home. The dogs went straight to the truck, ate a huge meal and are now happily sleeping for the next few hours.
The handler team has just arrived in Dawson and we will sleep short and fast, caffinate then set up camp for our Black Team athletes.
More soon!
yes you did! Big dogs! Way to go Red Team. I cant wait to give you all a big pat on the head!
Congratulations!!!!
Padee Santa Rosa Ca
Great work young and old(er)!
Congratulations Aliy and all the members of the teams.
Way to go Red Team!! Kudos to all of you!
Way to go Red Team!! Kudos to all of you!
Congratulations Aliy and the great dogs. The whole team has done their jobs very well.
Best Wishes from Germany
Christian
Excellent run! Now Go Allen and team Go
MUSHING AN EXTREME SPORT???
(=300 miles in 40 below temps)
A magnificent performance by the four-legged youngsters (including Chipper, who won her first race at 50 miles just a few weeks ago)and a pair of my favorite more mature athletes!!!
So happy you all made it through with minimal frostiness and still-manageable syntax!!!
Awesome!!! Woof, woof, woof!!!
–Margaret
THANK YOU FOR LISTING THE DOGS!!! I wish all races would list the dogs on the team as well as the human assisting them. I love following the teams by dog, like a horse race fan focuses on the horse, and love getting familiar with them like Beemer, Olivia, Quinto, and Chica. Thanks, again, and great finish fur balls!
Rose Lewis
What a run in brutal temperatures! Congratulations, Aliy and your 4-legged athletes.
Great job Red Team! Thanks for the update and have fun setting up dog camp.
Congrats to all! You made us Red Team Fans proud!
Congratulations and thanks for the great coverage.
Magellan can we get some of your excellent stats and armchair mushing?
You "guys" are awesome! Congratulations for a great run and champions all! Thanks for all the great updates.
Awesome job Aliy!!! Give all of the beautiful dogs a bunch of hugs!
Love,
Bill & Sue,
Delaware
Congratulations on a great race for the rising stars of SPK.
Many congratulations to Aliy and the Red Team!!! Awesome musher, awesome dogs!!!
Congratulations Aliy, Junior, Olivia, Kodiak, Mismo, Dutch, Felix, Beemer, Sandy, Chipper, Wedgy, Lydia, Nelson. Great race under brutal conditions. Well done each of you.
Congrats Aliy and pups!!!Hopefully Aliy is getting warmed up a bit on her way to Dawson, and the pups are enjoying warm meals, snacks, and snooze time.
Go Black Team Go!!!!
Heidi
Congratulations Aliy and your incredible athletes. Spkennel rocks! ☆★☆★☆
What a long night!
With an excellent highlight 🙂
Super proud of you Aliy, Beemer, Olivia, Junior, Lydia, Kodiak, Dutch, Felix, Mismo, Nelson, Chipper, Sandy and Wedgy.
Black team looking excellent too!
🙂
I hope the handlers squeeze in a nap between all their chores today. Wonderful coverage SPK.
DITTO ON COVERAGE KUDOS!!!
Awesome job in some very tough and challenging conditions by these future champions. Lots of food, love and care are definitely in order! And 2nd place is very respectable in this case. Michelle is a great dog driver too and maybe had a little bit of "home court" advantage this time. It is just great to me to see two lady mushers do such a fabulous race! Now on to the Iditarod; may this be the year.
Meanwhile rooting for the Black Team.
Thank you SP Kennels for taking us along on the trail. Now for the rest of the story…
Congratulations to the whole team ! I hope the Iditarod conditions will not be as bad! Have a well-deserved rest till then.