Iditarod 2010 champion Lance Mackey has admitted this year’s race was the most tiring ever for his sled dog team. The Fairbanks veteran took his fourth title in a row on Tuesday (March 16th 2010), holding off competition from this year’s Yukon Quest winner Hans Gatt and Jeff King to cross the finish line with [...]
Mackey: My dogs were really tired at the end of the Iditarod
March 18th, 20104 Races in 36 Hours At The Wyedean Quest
March 18th, 2010Ok the Wyedean Quest blog, well keen readers here goes the only race with 4 stage stop races in 36 hours in the UK, can I cope? can the dogs cope? well the first race starts 18:30 Friday night and I finish work at 4pm so for me its 5 races the first being to [...]
British Dog Musher Gary Rolfe Journies Into The Unknown
March 18th, 2010British dog musher Gary Rolfe, 44, returned to his home in Ittoqqortoormiit, east Greenland on Sunday after a 33-day, 400-mile solo journey with 12 of his dogs, to an area marked unknown or unexplored on the maps of Greenland. Gary set off on February 10th 2010. Before leaving, he was told stories by Ittoqqortoormiit locals [...]
‘Incredible’ Mackey takes fourth Iditarod title
March 17th, 2010An "incredible" performance by Lance Mackey has seen the Fairbanks man take his fourth Iditarod in a row. The veteran arrived in Nome with his dog harnesses in tow last night (March 16th 2010) over an hour ahead of his nearest challenger Hans Gatt. Mackey, who is the first sled dog racer to achieve the [...]
Sled dog owners set to pack up dog harnesses for Championship Show
March 17th, 2010All of the hard work mushers put in with their dog harnesses and dog leads is set to be rewarded at the upcoming Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain (SHCGB) Championship Show. Taking place at Stoneleigh on April 18th 2010, the event is set to attract sled dog racers and enthusiasts from across the UK, [...]