Hello Pedigree Stage Stop Race Fans, here a video recap, of today’s first Stage in Pinedale: and below, what Jake Robinson is analyzing from afar: A Shot Across The Bow- It is no surprise that Anny Malo won today’s stage, especially as tougher conditions have seemed to favor this hard charging, steady running dog team… Read more »
Hello Pedigree Stage Stop Race Fans, it is a wrap, Stage 1 in Pinedale is in the books. Dang, it was a snowy and windy stage, at least in certain spots. It seemed the worst wind was between Mile 5 and 10 ish. Surprisingly it was much nicer and calmer up in the high country,… Read more »
Chris Adkins pre Pinedale Stage, making a deal with Shannon
Cathy Rivest singing in the snow. Anny Malo about todays run in Pinedale:
Bruce Magnusson, JR Anderson and Al Borak are not phased by current conditions in Pinedale
Good morning Pedigree Stage Stop Race fans. Last nights ceremonial start went off without a hitch. Snow had begun to fall about an hour before the 6.30 p.m., which made for a very nice wintery atmosphere at the start line. The outbound trails was packed with spectators who cheered on their favorite Mushers. Not too… Read more »
Dang it Jake, this is a great analysis done from far away: —The Run Heard Around The World— In a performance that was quite literally unbelievable at first glance, Remy Coste of Coste Racedog put on a blitzing first run that put him nearly 7 minutes ahead of Anny Malo. Linearly, that’s over 2 miles…. Read more »
Hello Pedigree Stage Stop Race Fans, the public meet and greet in downtown Lander was a big success last tonight. At 5.30 p.m. the dogtrucks started rolling onto Main Street where many visitors were eagerly waiting to meet the Mushers and dogs. Specially for the young ones, the dogs were a big draw. Here a… Read more »
Hello Pedigree Stage Stop Race Fans, When I talked to Michael Tetzner in the fall for a pre race Interview, while he was still training in Germany, we also got to talk about other competitors. At that time Michael mentioned that Remy Coste was a team to watch out for, as he has been dominating… Read more »
Hallo Pedigree Stage Stop Race Fans, Today is game time, starting off with the daily Mushers Meeting at 8 a.m.. At 9 a.m. 15 Teams will be led down the trail by Bib no 1, Tim Thiessen from Leadville Colorado. Teams will start in 3 minute intervals. The last team out is JR Anderson from… Read more »
Hello Pedigree Stage Stop Race Fans, while we wait for the official finishing times, here some pictures from the beautiful trail here in Blackrock Teton County. A lot of snow had fallen, so the trail was definitely not fast. Also several groups of snowmobile tourists shared the trails, which makes for for slow trail conditions…. Read more »
Hallo Pedigree Stage Stop Race Fans, Today is game time. At 9 a.m. 18 Teams will be led down the trail by Bib no 1, Randy deKuiper. Teams will start in 3 minute intervals. The last team out is Rachel Courtney from Manitoba at 9.51 a.m. The maximum number of dogs a team can run… Read more »
DAY1 is on the books. And a beautiful one it was: Here is the take on the day NY Rookie Christina Gibson and Race Judge Laura Daugerau:
Day 1 is in the books. Perfect conditions with fantastic views. I asked the defending Champion Anny Malo and runner Up Lina Streeper how their runs went. One had a more smooth run than the other. I also caught up with Alix Crittenden and Austin Forney
Sitting at the Blackrock Ranger Station for some uploading. Unfortunately not enough cell coverage at race site for live Start streaming.
Howdy Stage Stop Race Fans. Here we go! The first real Stage, in Teton County at Blackrock. This stage was run last year in 2021 for the first time. It was the last of the stages. Erick Laforce had the fastest time with 1:55.56. The second fastest time had Anny Malo at 1:56.36 and the… Read more »
Our second Zoom meeting for the night, catching up with Ken Chezik from Pike Lake Michigan and Laura Neese from Mc Millan Michigan. Both are running their 1st Stage Stop Race. It seems a bit hard with having 4 different people on zoom, we likely just change that to one interviewer tomorrow with one Musher…. Read more »
Here we are 7 p.m. after the Alpine Stage has finished. Everybody has safely made it to Pinedale, where tomorrow’s stage starts. Having a decent wifi connection at the hotel, we virtually met and talked about day 1. Still working out the kinks a bit with recoding zoom meetings. So here…. unedited:
And here they! The Times of Stage 1 in Alpine. And Lina and Anny are once again battling for 1st and 2nd place. Last year Anny got to wear the yellow Bib in Pinedale. This year it is going to be Lina! 31 SECONDS on 31 Miles! That is some tight race!
Here are a few more videos, which Shannon Adkins took as the teams blasted out of the starting chute. Nothing like starting off with a nice corner….. Here no 22 Guy Girard from Saint-Thomas de Joliette, Quebec: And next up Ryan Beaber, no 23, from Lily Wisconsin: