US EditionFormer reality TV star Jessie Holmes repeats as champion of the grueling Iditarod sled dog race
Jessie Holmes earned about $80,000 winning the 1,000-mile Alaska race in 9 days, becoming the sixth musher to win consecutive Iditarod titles.
- Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes cruised to a repeat victory in the roughly 1,000-mile Iditarod sled dog race in Alaska.
- Holmes guided his dog team across the finish line Tuesday night in the old Gold Rush town of Nome, a Bering Sea coastal community.
- Holmes is the third competitor in the 54-year history of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to repeat the year after winning for the first time.
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Iditarod's new champ, same as the old champ: Jessie Holmes notches rare repeat win
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Jessie Holmes signs in after finishing the 1,000-mile race in Nome the evening of Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Gabby Hiestand Selgado/KYUK) NOME – Defending Iditarod champion Jessie Holmes and his perky team of sled dogs made a brisk run down Front Street about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday to deliver the 44-year-old musher his second title in as many years. From Brushkana Creek off the Denali Highway, Holmes is the first …
Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes repeats as champion of Iditarod sled dog race
Holmes guided his dog team across the finish line Tuesday night in the old Gold Rush town of Nome, a Bering Sea coastal community, after travelling for more than nine days. He pumped both fists in the air as the crowd cheered for him and his team of 12 dogs, who devoured some meat after finishing.
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