Race from Anchorage to Nome with the Alaska Public Radio Network
The top nine teams have crossed the Whitehorse finish line in the Yukon Quest. Healy’s Dave Dalton won the competitive race for third place last night at 10:44 p.m. local time. Yukoner Michelle Phillips trailed him in to Whitehorse 45 minutes later. Fairbanksan Brent Sass took fifth place at 1:27 a.m.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Whitehorse and Libby Casey, KUAC - Fairbanks
Lance Mackey has made history by winning a fourth consecutive Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. The Fairbanks musher and his team of 11 dogs crossed under the finish banner in Whitehorse at 1:23 Yukon Time this morning.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Whitehorse and Libby Casey, KUAC - Fairbanks
Lance Mackey and Ken Anderson are racing to the finish line in the Yukon Quest. Defending champion Mackey had a slight lead over Anderson when the two left the last checkpoint of Braeburn this afternoon. After a mandatory 8-hour rest, Mackey’s 11-dog team left at 1:53pm Yukon time. Rookie Ken Anderson left just 19 minutes later, with just eight dogs in harness. It’s 100 miles from Braeburn to the Whitehorse finish line.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Braeburn, Yukon and Libby Casey, KUAC - Fairbanks
A dozen Yukon Quest teams are resting in Dawson City, the race’s half-way point. The latest to pull in was Dan Kaduce of Chatanika. He arrived at 4:16 p.m. Yukon time this afternoon. Teams must rest for 36 hours before taking on the Quest’s second half. Dawson is the only place in the race where handlers are allowed to help take care of the dogs. Mushers get a break too, and can take advantage of Dawson’s hospitality. Race leaders Lance Mackey and Ken Anderson will leave Dawson early tomorrow morning and head to the next checkpoint of Pelly Crossing.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Dawson City and Libby Casey, KUAC - Fairbanks
Fairbanks musher Lance Mackey was the first to reach the Yukon Quest halfway point in Dawson City this afternoon. Mackey arrived at 1:01 p.m., followed closely by Fairbanks musher Ken Anderson, who arrived at 1:34 p.m.
Annie Feidt, APRN - Anchorage
Lance Mackey and Ken Anderson are fighting for the lead in the Yukon Quest. Defending champion Mackey left the checkpoint of Eagle this morning at 7:10 a.m., followed just one minute later by Anderson. Anderson’s a Quest rookie, but he’s an experienced Iditarod racer, and he’s gotten guidance about the Quest trail from veteran mushers including his wife, Gwen Holdmann, who last ran the Quest in 2004. Mackey and Anderson should arrive at the next checkpoint of Dawson City tomorrow.
Dan Bross and Libby Casey, KUAC - Fairbanks
Lance Mackey left the Slaven’s Cabin Dog Drop at 3:20 a.m. this morning after a 7-hour rest. Fairbanks rookie Ken Anderson left about 2 hours later at 5:13 a.m. Hugh Neff chased him out at 5:20 a.m. this morning, followed by Brent Sass of Fairbanks, Chatanika’s Dan Kaduce, Healy’s Dave Dalton, and Yukoners Michelle Phillips and Cor Guimond. Just 17 teams are left in this year’s Yukon Quest.
Libby Casey and Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Fairbanks rookie Ken Anderson leapt into the lead in the Yukon Quest. Anderson left the Yukon River checkpoint of Circle at 12:55 p.m. today, stopping his team for just a half hour, long enough to gather supplies. He was followed out of Circle one minute later by returning champion Lance Mackey who had parked his team there for 4.5 hours. Meanwhile, Wisconsin rookie Don Smidt was removed from the race for failing to effectively care for his dogs on the trail.
Libby Casey and Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
Mushers and their dog teams are gathered in Fairbanks for the start of tomorrow’s 25th running of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. It kicks off in downtown Fairbanks on the Chena River tomorrow morning at 11:00.
Dan Bross and Libby Casey, KUAC - Fairbanks
Members of the Yukon Quest community gathered in Fairbanks last night to share memories of the race they helped start 25 years ago.
Dan Bross, KUAC - Fairbanks
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