YQ1000: Team Roster

Allen goes into this race as defending champion with ten of the same dogs he started and finished with last year. Commando and Dutch return to defend their Golden Harness award, brothers Spark, Nomex and sister Violet return also. Junior is back after having a litter of pups during the … Read More

YQ: Friday – The Day Before

Friday started early for the handlers by giving breakfast to the dogs and stretching legs. They are getting more and more sassy as the clock ticks by and they will be rearing to go by tomorrow (the dogs, not the humans – although in saying that the humans are pretty … Read More

YQ: Thursday

What happened today? The dogs, Aliy, Karolyn and Mark set off from the kennel early and travelled the Alaska Highway to Whitehorse. It’s a 12 hour drive plus a stop to feed the humans and dogs along the way. When Allen and Moira drove over on Tuesday night / Wednesday … Read More

YQ: Meet The Mushers

The Meet the Mushers event is always a fun, casual time for supporters and fans to meet their favourite mushers, and for the mushers to catch up with each other. Plenty of banter and advice flowed up and down the table but I think all are ready to get out … Read More

YQ: Lead Up and Coverage

It’s less than a week before teams take off from Whitehorse so the kennel is in full swing with final preparations. Last Saturday the crew took all the drop bags for both races to Summit Logistics where the logistics team will transport them to the checkpoints ready for the teams … Read More

YQ: Route Changes

Due to low snow conditions and unstable ice formation on the rivers in the Yukon there have been significant changes to the routing for both the Yukon Quest and the Quest 300. See attached press release here and here (click on red links). This is an ever-changing situation and could … Read More

CB300: Thanks Y’all

The team is on the way home to the kennel as I type, after another successful CB300 campaign. This was Allen’s 16th running of the race and his enthusiasm and enjoyment of the race hasn’t diminished. This evening was the Finishers’ Banquet and Prizegiving in Glennallen where all the mushers … Read More

CB300: Update

The team has been off the trail for over 12 hours and in that time they have all consumed huge quantities of calories and fluids, and spend many hours sleeping to aid in the rapid recovery from the race. Every few hours the crew let them out of the truck … Read More

CB300: 6th Place!

Congratulations to Allen, Commando, Junior, Dutch, Amber, Kodiak, Spark, Nomex, Rodney, Five, Champ and Violet – and Chevie – on their 6th placing in the CB300. The team crossed the line at 9:07am with wagging tails and smiles with a total run time of 27 hours, 59 mins. They enjoyed lots … Read More

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