Live - this is official coverage of the start of the Willow 300 Sled Dog Race 2022. Two teams will start at a time with two minute intervals in between. Please support your favorite dog teams and let us know where you’re from! Thank you to the W300 Board for all of the volunteer efforts to make this a fantastic mid distance race. Many mushers are rookies working to qualify for Iditarod.
W300 Mushers start list
2 Anja Radano
3 Dwayne Beals
4 Kiana Korta
5 Benjamin Good
6 Tonya Helm
8 Nic Petit
9 Karin Hendrickson
12 Travis Vanderhoof
13 Cody Waterbury
14 Michael Dolinar
15 Isaac Teaford
16 Kristy Berington
17 Anna Berington
18 Will Rhodes
20 Josh Robbins
21 Matt Paveligo
22 Shantel Wiley
23 Julie Ahnen
27 Rilye Dyche
28 Braxton Peterson
30 Hugh Neff
31 Hunter Keefe
32 Jeff King
33 Joshua Armstrong
36 Eric Kelly
The W300 Board wishes each musher, great speed, happy smiles, great weather and TONS OF FUN 🙂
The mileage numbers are in from the trail crew..
1) Willow to Su landing 70 Miles
2) Su gLanding to Sheep Creek 45 miles
3) Sheep Creek to Trapper Creek 51 miles
4) Trapper Creek to Forks Roadhouse
Special thank you from everyone to the volunteer veterinary team for the Willow 300 Sled Dog Race 2022!
Thank you Dr Chelsea Grimstad who has previously helped at the Willow 300, Willow Jr 100, Iditarod, CB300, and Tustumena 300!
Thank you to Dr Paige Wallace DVM, CPT, VC USAR from Tier 1 and for her service as she’s a US Army Reserve Veterinarian!
Thank you to Dr Caroline Griffitts DVM, DACVSMR, CVSMT Diplomate American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, from Loveland, Colorado. She’s worked on sled dog races since 1993, starting with the Iditarod, and including sprint, stage, dryland, mid- distance and endurance races on both sides of the Atlantic including Yukon Quest, Beargrease, Finnmarkslopet, North Hope (Russia), Kalevala (Russia), Itally IFSS world championships, Stage Stop, etc.
Thank you Dr Alice Velsko-Raidmae, DVM from College Village Animal Clinic in Anchorage who was lead vet for the Alpine Creek 100/300 last spring.
Dr Kristen Bartholomew from Philadelphia, who’s an emergency DVM and shares interests in veterinary rehabilitation!
Thank you Dr Greg Closter, the AKSPCA Veterinary Medical Director, for your help coordinating things at the vet checks and for our supply kits! A fabulous leader last year and always for the Willow 300!
This “up close and behind the scenes” footage of sled dogs mushing in Alaska by sled dog commentator Kale Casey is made possible in part by your donations, and the logistical support of the Alaska Dog Center. Located in Willow the mushing capitol of the world, the Alaska Dog Center supports efforts to bring transparency to dog powered sports and lifestyles occurring worldwide.
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