Bike sled dog racing can be done with one dog or a pack.| Article/Image: Kenji Sato, ABC Radio Brisbane - Queensland, Austrailia
Queensland's balmy weather is not enough to prevent Glen Russell from competing in the sport of sled dog racing.
Mr Russell is part of Sled Dog Racing Queensland, a club that holds training events and races during the cooler months of the year.
The sport of mushing traditionally involves several dogs pulling a rider in a sled or sleigh across snowfields, typically in places such as Alaska or Russia.
The Queensland team makes up for the lack of snow by using bicycles, scooters and customised rigs capable of harnessing the power of four dogs at once.
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Jessie Holmes kicks to the finish line in Kotzebue ahead of his second consecutive win and third overall in the Kobuk 440 sled dog race on Sunday, April 7, 2024. | Article: Alena Naiden, ADN.com - Image: Whitney McLaren, Mushingphotos.com - Kotzebue, Alaska
Jessie Holmes won his third Kobuk 440 Sled Dog Race race on Sunday — his second win in a row traversing Northwest Alaska.
Ten mushers took off from Kotzebue on Thursday and ran through Noorvik, Selawik, Ambler, Shungnak and Kobuk, as well as Kiana on their way back. Holmes crossed the finish line in Kotzebue at 11:24 a.m. Sunday, more than 40 minutes earlier than second-place winner Hunter Keefe and over an hour faster than Eddie Burke Jr. who came in third.
Holmes — who is originally from Alabama, mushes out of Brushkana and is featured on the...
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Washingtonian Lara Kittelson, 22, is the first Washingtonian musher since 2012 to complete the 1,000-mile Iditarod sled dog race. | Article: Benjamin Cassidy, Image: Mark Wojdylak - The Seattle Times - Iditarod
Lara Kittelson didn’t grow up with dogs; in fact, her journey to last month’s Iditarod started with a Disney movie. It was only fitting she’d encounter some unusual drama en route to becoming the first Washingtonian to complete the grueling 1,000-mile sled dog race since 2012.
A dead moose, a broken sled and a stubborn musk ox all presented obstacles as Kittelson trekked from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. But none of them could stop the 22-year-old from reaching the finish line March 14. The musher completed “The Last Great Race” in just over 11 days, placing 23rd, and was...
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Hayden Caron mushes on the Tanana River during the 110-mile T-Dog race on Saturday, March 23, 2024 in Fairbanks. The Tanana Valley Sled Dog Races is Alaska's newest dog sled race, organized by 4-time Iditarod champion Susan Butcher's daughter, Tekla Butcher-Monson. | Article/Image: Loren Holmes, ADN - Fairbanks, Alaska
As the sun began to rise over the frozen Tanana River on Saturday, competitors made their way to the start of Alaska’s newest sled dog race, the Tanana Valley Sled Dog Races, or T-Dog. In many ways the scene was familiar. Handlers unloaded dogs from the trucks, prepared the lines and attached the sleds, and helped the mushers with whatever they needed. But for this race, the roles were often reversed.
While musher Jennifer Nelson sat next to her sled, getting her hair braided for good luck, her handler for the day, Bridgett Watkins, was running around getting the...
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