Former reality TV star wins longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska

Duluth racer Emily Ford finishes 18th in Iditarod

DULUTH — Just under two weeks into running the famed Alaskan sled dog race, Duluth’s Emily Ford finished 18th in the Iditarod on Sunday, completing the race in 13 days, 1 hour and 35 minutes. Ford finished with a 5-minute time difference from Keaton Loebrich, the racer in 17th place. A first-time musher in the over 1,100-mile long race, Ford was one of 23 active participants in the final days of the Iditarod. Emerging from a field of 33 entries,…

Former ‘Life Below Zero’ Reality TV Star Wins Longest Iditarod In History

Jessie Holmes and his team of canines have won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in history.Holmes' "Team Can't Stop" crossed under the famed Burled Arch in Nome, Alaska, around 2:55 a.m. on Friday after a grueling 10 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes and 41 seconds of racing. They led the race for most of that time."It's hard to put into words, but it's a magical feeling," Holmes said after crossing the finish line. "It's not about this mo…

It's a boy! Iditarod finish-line gender reveal party shows Theo will have a brother

NOME, Alaska — Matthew Failor mushed his dog team a helluva long way in the Iditarod to find out the gender of his next child.When the Mansfield native, with 21-month-old son, Theo, in his arms, raced into Nome on Saturday evening at the end of a 1,128-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, his wife, Liz, had a surprise for him.If and when the 43-year-old St. Peter’s High School graduate races in his 15th Iditarod race across Alaska, he will have a …

Ex-reality TV star claims Iditarod title

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes has won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.

Every year in Alaska the fastest dog sledge is sought. On a legendary track called Iditarod. This year the organisers made snow shortages. Nevertheless, there is a winner.

Jessie Holmes Says His Dogs Deserve All the Credit for His ‘Magical’ First Iditarod Win

JUNEAU, Alaska—Bundled-up well wishers lined a street along the Bering Sea coastline in the early morning darkness Friday, cheering musher Jessie Holmes as he won Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Holmes pumped his fist as he ran alongside his sled with a headlamp beaming from his forehead, as he and his 10-dog team finished the 1,128-mile (1,815-kilometer) race across the Alaska wilderness in the Gold Rush town of Nome. The distance for th…