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| Tuesday, 15 January 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Update Tuesday Jan 22, 2008: 14 mushers have completed the Klodike 300. Liz Parish remains on the trail not far from the finish line. We talked to Zoya DeNure after her 14th place finish, with 12 happy
dogs jumping and rearing to go more, at 8:01:54 this morning. Zoya
said "it was a tough trail,
there was lots of water/overflow on the trail and the
dogs were pretty warm.
We stopped often to snack and rehydrate. I had a pretty
young team on this race, not the same dogs I used in the
Gin Gin 200. These guys needed a bit more nuturing, but
boy oh boy by the time we crossed that finish line, this
team had some new confidence. Like "Bongo",
I would have never expected him to be a serious leader
but he was and he did it good. That's what I like about
getting out on the trail and litterly living with these
dogs. You see what they can offer." Zoya said Liz Parish was behind her a ways and plugging along through the wet sluggish trail. " With a trail like we had, you just take you time and take care of your dogs".
3 Times a winner!
Cim Smyth takes the Klondike for the third time arriving at the finish line tonight at 1612:50 with 12 dogs.
....Follow all the mushers as they make their way home click here
UPDATE 01/20/08 23:47: Still snowing---20" new snow along the Klondike 300, 14" at Yentna. Liz
Parrish arrived here at 9:12. It was reported her team was hit by a snowmobile---no injuries or damage, just shaken.
Karin Hendrikson has scratched. Joe Gans, Zoya DeNure , Richard Savoyski, Kim Franklin and Anna
Berington are leaving in convoy around 1 am Tuesday morning. No teams have arrived at Yentna as of 23:30 monday night. Trail is fairly non-existant.
UPDATE from the Forks Roadhouse 01/20/08;by J. Schandelmeier
Latest news 15 miles out toward Yentna, Hayashida leading Willometzer by
about 30 minutes. Smyth and Redington 10 -15 behind that. Anderson next with
Royer within 15 minutes of him.
Snowing hard at Forks since 11:00 am. 8-9" of new snow at 19:30. Trail is
mush, but well marked.
Scratched; Robertson and Loveman
Follow the race click here
Update: 01/20/08 19:00 - Bib #14 Robert Loveman has scratched at Yentna. He left Yentna but returned to scratch. Update: 01/20/08 17:30 Matt Hayashida has taken the lead in the Klondike 300.Trail Mileage: Tug to Deshka 41 miles, Deshka to Yentna 34 miles, Yentna to Forks 65 miles. It is the same distance in reverse for the trip back.Soft puncy trails have been an issue for teams slogging through the fresh snowfall. The forecast for tonight is: Snow...mixed with rain at times in the evening. Snow accumulation 1 to 4 inches...highest amounts Wasilla west. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Northeast to southeast wind 15 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph in the evening. Not the best conditions for a "fast" finish. Bib #16, musher Cliff Robertson has scratched.Cliff camped at Shortcut Slough overnight and decided to scratch at daylight. Follow the race click here
Update: 01/20/08 10:00 Ray Redington Jr leads in the Klondike 300 with Matt Hayashida minutes behind him. Sixteen mushers are into Yentna north, 2 mushers not into Yentna are on the out trail accounted for and safe. Follow the race click here Update: 14:30 01/19/08 Eighteen mushers have hit the trail on the 2008 Klondike. Weather looks great for this years run, although in some places along the trail snow has been reported up to 4 ft deep. For some mushers this is the first race on sleds due to lack of snow all season, many have been training on ATV's. Here is the start order: (1) JASON YOUNG (2) RAY REDINGTON JR. (3) CIM SMYTH (4) JESSIE ROYER (5) JASON MACKEY (6) GENE SMITH (7) MATT HAYASHIDA (8) JOE GANS (9) ANNA BERINGTON (10) KEN ANDERSON (11) KARIN HENDRICKSON (12) KIM FRANKLIN (13) ELIZABETH PARRISH (14) ROBERT LOVEMAN (15) RICHARD SAVOYSKI (16) CLIFF ROBERTSON (17) GERRY WILLOMITZER (18) ZOYA DENURE
The Klondike 300 sled dog race will start Saturday Janaury 19, 2008 at the Tug Bar in Knik, Alaska (located at the end of Knik/Goose Bay Road) The race will start at high noon. Unlike the Knik 200, an ample amount of fresh snow has blanketed the trail. "Volunteers have gone out and worked on the trail this past weekend, marking it well" says race officials. At least a foot of new snow has fallen in the Big Lake area. Mushers signed up to date are: Karin Hendrickson, Liz Parrish, Gerry Willomitzer, Jason Mackey, Joe Gans, Robert Loveman, Cim Smyth, and Matt Hayashida, Cim Smyth, of Big Lake, Alaska is the 2006 & 2007 defending champion. Click here for race inf Comments (0)
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