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Yukon Quest announces 2010 purse

Staff Report

Published August 5, 2009

FAIRBANKS — The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race will have a minimum purse of $150,000 in 2010, the Alaska and Yukon boards of directors announced Wednesday.

• Simpson stepping down as Yukon Quest’s Alaska director
• Yukon Quest awards banquet brings 2009 race to a formal close
• Fairbanks woman claims Red Lantern as Yukon Quest draws to a close
• Race is on for Yukon Quest Red Lantern
• Jamaican musher defies odds to take 13th place in Yukon Quest
• Brent Sass, Dan Kaduce credit luck, strategy in finishing Yukon Quest
• Yukon Quest mushers trickling across Chena finish line
• Schnuelle sets record in Yukon Quest win; Neff only 4 minutes behind
• Schnuelle edges Neff by 4 minutes to win Yukon Quest
• Troubles on Eagle Summit drop William Kleedehn from Yukon Quest lead
• Schnuelle finds himself as unlikely Yukon Quest leader — expected to arrive at 9:30 a.m.
• Kleedehn stalls as Eagle Summit shuffles Yukon Quest front-runners
• Second-place Yukon Quest musher Hugh Neff is penalized two hours
• English musher Mark Sleightholme takes advantage of Yukon Quest opportunity
• Kleedehn leads, but Yukon Quest still is anyone’s race
• Warren Palfrey guns for Yukon Quest Rookie of the Year
• Normand Casavant sings his way into Yukon Quest's Eagle checkpoint
• Kleedehn retains lead in Yukon Quest
• Kleedehn leads as mushers prepare for difficult Yukon River route
• Valley Water Co. customers pay utility company’s electric bill
• Race turns to slush for rookie Newton Marshall
• Yukon Quest checkpoint at McCabe Creek burns
• Josh Cadzow scratches from Yukon Quest
• Kleedehn keeps lead, Dalton scratches from Quest
• Food problems had some mushers running lean in the first half of the Yukon Quest
• Bad luck on Yukon Quest trail takes a toll on Jason Mackey
• Three-time Yukon Quest champion Gatt scratches
• Short stop on Quest trail costs Jon Little the first-to-Dawson gold
• Yukon Quest handlers work overtime during Dawson City layover
• Brent Sass stays amused on Quest trail
• Crispin Studer takes first in Quest 300
• Yuka Honda doesn’t let snag on Yukon Quest trail stop her
• Kleedehn wins gold as Yukon Quest mushers reach Dawson
• Rookie, veteran mushers face challenges in early stages of the Yukon Quest
• Yukon Quest mushers prepare for run to Dawson City
• Josh Cadzow’s Yukon Quest run a family effort
• Strategies vary in early stages of 2009 Yukon Quest
• Yukon Quest veteran Kleedehn finds the hard way is sometimes the only way
• 26th Yukon Quest kicks off in Whitehorse; mushers start toward Fairbanks
• On the Yukon Quest trail, leadership, not size, matters most
• Lead Yukon Quest mushers reach Braeburn by end of first day
• Yukon Quest rules range from the practical to the peculiar
• Ahead of Yukon Quest start today, it’s anybody’s game
• Hans Gatt a favorite in 2009 Yukon Quest
• Jason Mackey continues family tradition with Yukon Quest run
• Yukon Quest rookies stay positive after drawing starting positions
• Jamaican musher prepares for Yukon Quest
• Fairbanks artist brings Yukon Quest to life
• Most dogs get the go-ahead at Yukon Quest vet check
• Six mushers set to race in Jr. Quest
• Quest mushers put strategy into food, staple planning
• Yukon River a jumble of problems for Quest mushers
• Mackey officially withdraws from Yukon Quest
• Yukon Quest adds TransCanada as major sponsor
• Mackey wins Copper Basin 300
• Top mushers likely to leave Quest