He won the 2017 kobuk 440, and came in 7th in the 2018 iditarod. Iditarod veteran jessie holmes won the kobuk 440 sled dog race in snowy northwest alaska on sunday. Holmes arrived in kotzebue at 8:38 a.m., greeted by blue skies.
But the nenana musher has continued to improve his standing. Holmes championed the mushers' case to change the. Holmes has his eyes set on the big prize of iditarod this year while the squids are taking time away from the last great race.
Jessie holmes of nenana is a carpenter who has been on the tv show, life below zero. They're both willing to test their teams metal. Third place iditarod finisher jessie holmes wraps up his race in nome on tuesday, march 15, 2022. A subsistence resident of nenana, jessie.
He won the kobuk 440 in 2017 and placed seventh in the 2018 iditarod, taking home the honor of being the “rookie of the year” in that iditarod. Jessie holmes’ first exposure to the copper basin 300 was as a handler. He won the kobuk 440 in 2017 and placed seventh in the 2018 iditarod, taking home the honor of being the “rookie of the year” in that iditarod. (anne raup / adn) nome — the iditarod trail sled dog race’s.
Holmes, one of about 30 competitors in the.