Archive for February 18th, 2006

Mackey leads Quest back onto trail

February 18, 2006

DAWSON CITY, Yukon—When the hour struck 3 a.m. Saturday, the three front-runners in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race were wide awake and scurrying about as they prepared to return to the trail.

After a mandatory 36-hour layover at the traditional halfway point of the race, the mushers and their dogs were anxious to get […]

Neff scratches

February 18, 2006

DAWSON CITY, Yukon—Musher Hugh Neff said Saturday that race officials forced him out of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
It’s the second time in Neff’s six-year Yukon Quest career that he’s been forced to scratch from the race. He was also ousted in 2001.

“They asked me to withdraw,” Neff said. “The head race official, […]