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Yukon North Of Ordinary

Sports archive for December 16, 2009

Training heats up as Yukon Quest creeps closer

December 16, 2009 at 3:11 pm

You’d think as the Yukon Quest got closer, the anticipation would turn to nervousness, but for most of the mushers tackling the trail again in February, it’s just another day.

Animal abuse would not allow for race performance, mushers say

December 16, 2009 at 3:07 pm

Last Friday, some of the Yukon Quest’s top mushers addressed the concerns of animal activists that running a dog in a 1,000-mile sled dog race is abuse.

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