News flash: The North Pole Economic Development Corporation has guaranteed a whopping $15,000 purse on the North Pole Championships to be held Feb. 25th – 26th. ADMA greatly appreciates the City of North Pole’s commitment to the race and Mt McKinley Bank for signing on as title sponsor.
The 1st championship [...]
Roni Noonan-Agre leads the 4-dog class after the first day of the 2011 Gold Run. Photo by Dave Partee, www.sleddogstudio.com
The Annamaet Gold Run will be held on Feb. 19th & 20th at the Jeff Studdard race track on Farmers Loop Rd. We will kick off the event with a pot luck at 6pm Friday, Feb. 18th at the Mushers Hall, followed by the draw for start positions at 7pm. Entry fees and purse breakdown [...]
The final results for the North Pole Championships and Annamaet Gold Run in North Pole at Chena Lakes are now posted. You can access them through the 2009-2010 race calendar page.
ALASKA DOG MUSHERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC
ANNAMAET GOLD RUN – 2ND DAY
February 21, 2010
Chena Lakes Recreation Area
Gold Run 10-Dog Class 6-Dog Class 4-Dog Class 2-Dog Skijor
Entry Fee: $48.00 $38.00 $28.00 $28.00
Purse: $2,226.00 $1,344.00 $420.00 $210.00 = $4,200 total
Prize Payout:
1st $556.00 $336.00 $105.00 $52.50
2nd $445.20 $268.80 $84.00 $42.00
3rd $333.90 $201.60 $63.00 $31.50
4th $222.60 $134.40 $42.00 $21.00
5th $166.95 $100.80 $31.50 $15.75
6th $122.43 $73.92 $23.10 $11.55
7th $111.30 $67.20 $21.00 $10.50
8th $100.17 $60.48 $18.90 $9.45
9th $89.04 $53.76 $16.80 $8.40
10th $77.91 $47.04 [...]
The Alaska Dog Mushers Association is excited to announce that the 2010 Annamaet Gold Run Championship Sled Dog Race will be held at the Chena Lakes Recreation Area on Saturday February 20 – 21 starting at 11am. This is the first ADMA race of the season!
Chena Lakes Recreation Area offers great viewing of the race [...]
The Gold Run will be held at Chena Lakes Recreation Area near North Pole, AK on Feb. 20-21. A map of the trail system can be found at this website: http://www.co.fairbanks.ak.us/ParksandRecreation/Forms/CLRA/CLRAWinterGuide-print.pdf
Distances will be as follows:
Skijor – 5.1 miles
4 Dog – 5.1 miles
6 Dog – 6.5 miles
10 Dog – 12 miles
The following purses are the minimum guaranteed for each race. The fund raising committee is working hard to raise even more prize money.
Annamaet Gold Run – $4,200 sponsored by Annamaet Pet Foods and Goldstream Sports.
North Pole Championships – $5,160 sponsored by North Pole Economic Development Committee, F&E Taxidermy, Santa Claus House, Alcan Builders, Alaska Tent [...]
Christian Taveau passes by the Mushers Hall on his way to the 10-dog crown. Photo by Dave Partee/SledDogStudio.com
Another beautiful day for racing produced another stellar set of results as the Alaska Dog Mushers Association wrapped up the first weekend of championship racing on a sun-splashed Sunday afternoon at the Jeff Studdert Racegrounds.
After two days [...]