The Yukon Quest Finish Line is in Sight for Reigning Champ Brent Sass

Barring catastrophe, Brent Sass will repeat as champion in this year’s Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, making this his second Quest win in-a-row. The mushing legend struck out from Braeburn at 10:37 AKST last night and hasn’t looked back. At the time of this update, Sass is less than eleven miles from the finish…

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Sass Overtakes Phillips, Arrives First into Braeburn

Sled dog team mushes along a snowy forest trail

Snowfall greeted Brent Sass and his 11 dog team in Braeburn at 2:37pm AKST. But before the snow could cover their tracks, Michelle Phillips and her 11 dogs came in roughly thirty minutes later at 3:13pm: to the last checkpoint in the 2020 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog race. Phillips is striving to overtake Sass…

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Phillips and Sass Leap-Frogging On Approach to Braeburn in 2020 Quest

Michelle Philips arrived into Carmacks late last night, disappearing into the night before Brent Sass had a chance to catch up. But according to the unofficial GPS tracker, as of 8am, Sass is right on Phillips’ heels less than 200 miles from the Yukon Quest finish line. By the time Phillips reached Pelly Crossing yesterday morning,…

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