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Posts Tagged ‘musher’

Musher Profile: Emily Maxwell

By Zoe Grueskin | May 4, 2018
Emily Maxwell's dog team pulls her along a snowy trail.

Emily Maxwell ran her first Iditarod this March. She stopped by the KNOM studios to share stories from the Iditarod trail — and how she got there.

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Nicolas Petit Claims Decisive Win in 2018 Kobuk 440

By Gabe Colombo | April 15, 2018

There was still pale orange light in the western sky as the French-born Girdwood musher rode into Kotzebue at 12:08 Sunday morning. He had seven energetic dogs in harness.

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Making Ambler’s Checkpoint Run Takes a Village

By Gabe Colombo | April 14, 2018
Handmade musher signs plaster the walls of the Ambler checkpoint building (Photo: Gabe Colombo, KNOM)

People like Lolo Johnson, who’s been a race cook in Ambler for 12 years, make the busy checkpoint run smoothly as mushers come and go and come again.

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Browning, King Race for Second as Petit Pushes On

By Gabe Colombo | April 14, 2018
Ellen King in Ambler on the 2018 Kobuk 440 trail (Photo: Zoe Grueskin, KNOM)

Veteran Tony Browning is the musher with the most Kobuk 440s under his belt, while relative newbie Ellen King is only racing her second.

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Petit Extends Lead; Jessie Holmes Scratches

By Gabe Colombo | April 13, 2018
Nicolas Petit after pulling into the Ambler checkpoint for the second time (Photo: Gabe Colombo, KNOM)

Petit checked in to Ambler for the second time after completing the turnaround leg to Kobuk and back in a swift 7 hours. Holmes says he “way too hard, way too fast” at the beginning.

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Moore, Hall, Neese Finish As Top Three In 2018 Yukon Quest

By Gabe Colombo | February 13, 2018
A dog team and musher race out of the finish chute, with people cheering them on

Moore claims his third Yukon Quest win after finishing first in 2013 and 2014. Third-place finisher Laura Neese arrived into the Whitehorse finish just before 5:00 PST this afternoon.

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Moore Rests One Checkpoint Away From Finish, Joined by Last Year’s Champ Matt Hall

By Gabe Colombo | February 12, 2018

Two-time Quest champion Allen Moore checked into Braeburn at 11:07 Pacific Standard Time this morning, for the required 8-hour layover. He’s now just 100 miles from the Whitehorse finish.

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Jason Campeau Airlifted to Fairbanks After Medical Issue on Trail

By Gabe Colombo | February 8, 2018

Campeau called for help yesterday afternoon about 45 miles outside of Eagle. His wife, Quest rookie Jennifer Campeau, scratched early this afternoon.

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After Injury, Keith Scratches from Yukon Quest — But Keeps Iditarod in Her Sights

By Davis Hovey | February 7, 2018
Katherine Keith

Kotzebue musher Katherine Keith scratched from the Yukon Quest after a broken wrist. But she says the setback should not affect her ability to run the Iditarod next month.

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Iditarod Tightens Drug Policy After Dogs Fail Test In 2017

By Gabe Colombo | October 13, 2017
Sled dogs stand at rest on a snowy street.

The Iditarod Trail Committee has announced a revision to its canine drug use policy. The change comes after several dogs in a single musher’s team tested positive for a prohibited substance during the 2017 race.

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