The son of respected longtime musher John Barron, Jason Barron and his brothers Laird and Will grew up around sled dogs, helping train their father’s champion teams and doing chores in the family dog lot in Alaska. Their father’s racing history not only included close to 30 Iditarods between 1978 and 2006, but two first-place [...]
Washington, D.C. – Alaskan Congressman Don Young’s resolution honoring Lance Mackey passed the House this evening after being brought to the floor for debate this afternoon. H.Res. 1189 commends Lance Mackey on winning a record 4th straight Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Watch a video of Rep. Young’s remarks here.
Rep. Young’s floor remarks as [...]
The Yukon Quest and Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races have seen many foreign teams enter and finish their 1,000 mile courses, but the mushers are usually from similar northern climates, or at least from places where it gets cold enough to wear mittens and snow boots once in a while.
When Oswald “Newton” Marshall signed on [...]
Lance Mackey’s Larry is a mushing legend. The big gray Alaskan husky is the winningest lead dog in long distance racing history; he’s led Lance’s team to victory in seven 1,000 mile Yukon Quest and Iditarod races, and he has won three coveted Golden Harnesses.
Larry has been to Nome nine times, eight with Lance and once, [...]