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01/08/2009
Copper Basin 300 to begin Saturday (Anchorage Daily News)
The biggest name in sled dog racing looks to recapture his winning ways as the Copper Basin 300 Sled Dog Race tries to celebrate its 20th anniversary by shaking off frigid subzero temperatures that have gripped the region recently.
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01/02/2009
Summers tops juniors (Anchorage Daily News)
Morgan Summers beat Alea Robinson by 22 seconds to win the Alaskan Sled Dog Racing Association’s first junior points race of the season Thursday at Tozier Track. Summers drove a team of five dogs 5.8 miles in 19 minutes, 27 seconds.
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01/01/2009
Homer to kick off inaugural sled dog race Jan. 30 (Homer News)
Homer-area dog mushing fans will have something to look forward to later this month when stage racing, a form of medium-distance sled dog racing that has been gaining in popularity, finds its way to the lower Kenai Peninsula with the debut of the Peninsula Panoramic Stage Race.
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01/05/2009
Taylor claims sprint-mushing opening race (Anchorage Daily News)
Ricky Taylor didn't win either heat in the season-opening sled-dog race at Tozier Track, but he nonetheless took home the victory in the Doris and Orville Lake Memorial Race.
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01/03/2009
Canine kudos (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Craig Osborne/ Democrat photo One of eight Chinooks peers through a fence at Granite Hill Chinooks kennel in Dover Friday.
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01/02/2009
Drive is on to adopt Chinook as state dog (New Hampshire Union Leader)
Seventh-graders from Bedford are the driving force behind a bill in the Legislature to recognize the breed's place in N.H. history.
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01/01/2009
Local mushers ready to race this weekend (Whitefish Pilot)
“It’s completely quiet, and all you hear is the panting of the dogs and the swish off the snow. It’s nature’s show, and you’re just alone with your friends. Words can’t really describe the feeling you get.”
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12/31/2008
2008: A year in Ipswich sports (Ipswich Chronicle)
An overview of a year of the events and people that shaped Ipswich sports in 2008.
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12/26/2008
Fur Rondezvous purse could reach $75,000 (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
In a year of global economic downturns and companies feeling a financial pinch, some Anchorage businessmen have pulled out their wallets and helped revive Alaska’s most historic sport.
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  • Allegro Siberian's Mushing Skijoriing Information - General information and links for mushing, skijoring, sleddog races, and rescue work. With links to winter recreation with Siberian Huskies.
  • Amaroc of Too-Cha-Tes Racing Siberians - Sled dog kennel in Germany. News, information on the sport, photographs, and race results. [English and German].
  • AS Sleddog Cremona - Official site of Sleddog Cremona Association, photo, news, and race calendars.
  • British Siberian Husky Racing Association - Calendar and results, plus links to loads of husky related sites
  • Can-AM Crown - Long distance race, includes highlight photos, entry form, and volunteer and spectator information. Maine, USA
  • Dog Sled Racing - Ontario - Raven's Watch Dog Sled Tours helps individuals enter a sled dog race.
  • Dog Sledding at Hiker Central - Well sorted dog sledding resources.
  • Dogsled.com - An Alaska based company focused on the coverage of dog sledding events such as the Iditarod, skijouring, mushers. Video and audio coverage of many major sled dog events.
  • Dogsledding in the Boundary Waters - Mushers and dog sledding adventures in Northeastern Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA). Information also available on the areas events and races.
  • Fairbanks Junior Dog Mushers' Association - A junior mushing club located in Fairbanks, Alaska that holds races and other events for Junior Mushers during the winter.
  • Finnmarksløpet - 1000 km non-stop running through the Arctic winter. The northernmost sled dog racing in the world, under North Cape, Norway. Qualifying event for the Iditarod.
  • ISDRA Home Page - Official site of the International Sled Dog Racing Association
  • ISLANDIS Greenland's dog team - Photographs, Greenland dog FCI standard, race calendars, and results.
  • Ivakkak - Inuit sled dog race on the Hudson Coast, from Umiujaq to Puvirnituq, passing through Inukjuak.
  • John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon - Annual event in which teams with up to 14 dogs race up Lake Superior's North Shore in northeastern Minnesota. Two races: a mid-distance, and a 400-mile marathon are held in early February. History of the race, volunteer needs, information on events, and biographies of participants.
  • Kearney Dog Sled Derby - Information on Kearney's annual dog sled derby and winterfest. Including rules, schedule, and race maps.
  • Kuskokwim 300 - Mid distance race in Alaska. Includes race tracker, historical records, musher information, trail report, rules, press packet, photographs, weather and map.
  • Lance Mackey's Comeback Kennel - Championship distance mushing kennel, winner of Iditarod, Yukon Quest and other major races. Includes photographs, information about races and history.
  • Mikrotime Sled-Dog Results 1995-1999 - Results for British sled dog events.
  • Muktuk Kennels and Sled Dog Tours - An introduction to racing world of Frank Turner and Muktuk Kennels. Frank is the only musher to have entered the Quest every year since its inception in 1984. Race information, maps, trail notes and results. Also information on wilderness tours with Frank and his Alaskan huskies, and our summer activities.
  • Mush With P.R.I.D.E. - P.R.I.D.E. stands for
  • Mushing Boot Camp - 3-day intensive clinic training sled dogs. Also a 1-day pull training clinic. Taught by experienced mushers and dog trainers. What to bring, typical schedule, profiles of the instructors, testimonials, and registration.
  • Mushing Online - Home page for Mushing Magazine, a bi-monthly publication that features articles on dog training and care, as well as tips for the mushers themselves on how to prepare for not only races but for, say, the unexpected blizzard. There are several archived articles available on-line, plus information needed to backorder issues and merchandise.
  • NorthWapiti Siberian Husky Kennels - Breeders of champion Siberian Huskies and Iditarod finishers. Includes kennel information, photographs, pedigrees, and race journal.
  • Origin of the Aurora Borealis - Written in the style of a Native American origin myth, this story nicely deals with the death of a beloved sled dog, linking their passing to the gaining a
  • Racing Sled Dog Kennel - Sled dog racing in middle Europe and Scandinavia and offers Siberian Husky and Alaskan Husky breeding. Site is in English and German.
  • Retired Sled Dogs - Offers retired sled dogs, or submit one. Recreational mushers teams created.
  • Sibenah Siberian Huskies /Sled-dogs - Loving, Importing and Selectively Breeding and Racing in Canberra, Australia.
  • Siberian Husky sled dogs in Denmark - Information about two Siberian Husky sled dogs in Denmark and their Siberian Huskly family and friends. General information, sled dogs in Denmark, and FAQs on huskies.
  • Sled Dogs and Mushers - The Crooked Creek Observer uses musher interviews and photos to detail the love the mushers feel toward both their dogs and the sport. Details sport's beginnings and growth as well as the not-so-positive sides.
  • Snow Motion Winter Dog Sports Club of Manitoba - Club for skijorers, kick sledders and recreational dog sledders which goes on weekly group runs in the Winnipeg area, and encourages members to race in the Festival du Voyageur each February.
  • Vermont Dog Sled Rides - Dog sled rides in Vermont, wilderness adventures 20 miles north of Stowe.
  • The Village of Mushers - News and information about this sport. Races, updates, clothes, equipment, sleds, dogs, kennels, pictures, wallpapers, programmes.
  • Dog Sled Races Headed Our Way - Article on Montana's top sled dog race, The Race to the Sky. (January 14, 1999)
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