Update: This story has been updated to report a second dog death, which Iditarod was late to report on Sunday, and a 2024 death rate now significantly worse than the 10-year […]
Iditarod hellstorm
Shades of Iditarod
The doped racehorse that won the Kentucky Derby on May 1 is on the verge of being disqualified, and the horse’s trainer is suggesting his race was sabotaged. Where have we […]
Faster recovery
A decision by four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Lance Mackey to dose his team with a pain-relieving agent with possible mood-enhancing benefits is stirring a lively debate within the small […]
Dopey dogs
Alaska’s biggest sporting events have yet to hit the trail and already there is a doping controversy. This time it involves the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race from Fairbanks to […]
Peace on drugs
End of the trail, the Iditarod finish line in Nome/NPS photo The doping manual for the 2020 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is now out. Gone is the “strict liability” rule that […]
A troubled trail
After more than a year of turmoil for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the long-time executive director is out. In a carefully worded, six-paragraph statement on Thursday, Mike Mills, the president […]
Who done it?
News analysis Only time will tell the consequences of the decision by the new Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race board of directors to reverse course on the old Board and clear […]
Seavey wins
Alaska sled dog sports were abuzz Friday with the news that the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race chief of drug testing is out, and three-time Iditarod champ Mitch Seavey, the oldest musher […]
Musher’s goodbye
This story has been updated with the latest on the Morrie Craig lawsuit Three-time Iditarod champ Mitch Seavey, the oldest man ever to lead Alaska’s Last Great Race into Nome, says he’s […]
Sponsor gone
Essential oils guru Donald Gary Young was barely dead before Mitch Seavey, the three-time champion of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race got tossed to the dogs. People for the Ethical […]
