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The team crossed the line at six minutes past midnight on Tuesday, February 17 with a total time of 9 days, 14 hours, 6 minutes. I’ll make a compilation video soon, keep an eye out for that.

All is quiet here at the kennel this morning. It’s a warm 30F and the dogs are stretched out on their houses or on the cool snow enjoying the warmth of the sun. The humans are relaxing also. I’m not sure we’ll hear too much from Allen today. Last night … Read More

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