Michelle Phillips First Out of Circle City, Sass, Moore, and Strathe Close Behind
*5pm UPDATE: Quest veteran Michelle Phillips maintains her lead out of Circle City. According to unofficial results on the GPS Tracker, she’s about 12 miles away from Slaven’s Roadhouse with her team of 13 dogs. However, that’s only a dog drop. The next checkpoint is Eagle. 2019 Champion Brent Sass trails behind Phillips by about two […]
Top Four Mushers Still Sit at Circle Checkpoint, Kohnert Joins Them, Taking 5th Position From Campeau
Things are quiet this hour in the current standings of the 2020 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. The top four mushers are still currently biding their time at the Circle checkpoint, before continuing on to their 60-mile descent towards their next stop: the Slaven’s Roadhouse dog drop and then onwards to the next official […]
Mushers Past Eagle Summit, Michelle Phillips Takes Lead into Circle City in 2020 Quest
More than two-hundred miles into this year’s Yukon Quest, race fans have already seen several lead changes. Currently Michelle Phillips holds first position as she rests in Circle, but she had to pass reigning Quest champ Brent Sass to claim that spot. Since the Mile 101 checkpoint, Phillips was within 30 minutes of Sass, nipping […]
Pre-race Interview with 3-Time Yukon Quest Winner: Allen Moore
The 2020 Yukon Quest started Saturday at 11am in Fairbanks. Though this is the smallest field in the race’s history, on paper it looks like a very competitive lineup. One musher competing this year is 3-time winner Allen Moore of Two Rivers, who holds the record for fastest finish time and is the oldest person […]
Smallest Field in Quest History Set to Leave Fairbanks This Weekend
On several occasions over its 37 year-history, the Yukon Quest has had less than 15 mushers finish the race. But according to its archives, never before has the Quest had 15 or fewer start the international sled dog race – until now. New race marshal Peter Reuter, who took over for Doug Harris at the beginning of […]
Regular Entry Period Ends for 2020 Yukon Quest, Sass Looks for 2nd Win In a Row
The reigning Yukon Quest champion was among the 18 mushers who signed up for the 2020 sled dog race by Friday’s (Nov 29th) regular entry deadline. The Quest will accept 50 total mushers, but anyone entering between now and January 3rdmust pay an extra $500. According to Brent Sass, who won last year’s race in nine […]