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2023-2024 Race Schedule
Race season is coming up FAST!! Here at Wild and Free we are stoked to get the season started and get back on the trail! The race schedule is below. Check it out and thanks for following along! Your continued support is always appreciated! Stay Wild and Free! Knik...
2022-2023 Race Schedule
Who is excited for race season!? Here at Wild and Free we are stoked to get the season started and get back on the trail! The race schedule is below. Check it out and thanks for following along! Your continued support is always appreciated! Stay Wild and Free! Alpine...
Iditarod Championship gear available NOW!
Wild and Free Iditarod Championship gear is NOW available for PRE-ORDER! We know how anxious all our amazing fans are for some new gear, so here it is! Check out the details below. Wild & Free Iditarod Champions T-Shirt: $29 Wild & Free Iditarod Champions...
Wild and Free are CHAMPIONS of the 50th running of the Iditarod!
Brent and 11 dogs in harness crossed under the Iditarod Burled Arch on March 15th at 5:38AM AKST. It was an elapsed time of 8 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes and 43 seconds! The Amazing dogs that went along the journey were Slater, Morello, Pink, Garnet, Marble, Lucy,...
2021-2022 Race Schedule
Who is excited for race season!? Here at Wild and Free we are stoked to get the season started and get back on the trail! The race schedule is below. Check it out and thanks for following along! Your continued support is always appreciated! Stay Wild and Free! Alpine...
Wild and Free placed 3rd in 2021 Iditarod!
Wild and Free were back on the trail for the Iditarod this 2021 season and had their best finish yet! It was a little different this year with everything going on in the world. The biggest change for the Iditarod was the trail. Instead of going out along the coast the...
2019 Alpine Creek Excursion Sled Dog Race
Brent's team - Jeep, Morello, Lucy, Slater, Evo, Pink, Captain, Woody, Ursa, Arlo, Sluice, Jackson and FIgment. On December 5th we loaded up 23 dogs and two humans (Brent and Ida) in our Wild and Free truck, and headed south. After spending one night in our Fairbanks...
The Wild and Free Team place 2nd in the 2019 Two Rivers 200
Photo above by Whitney McLaren. Brent and 12 dogs went to town on Thursday to attend the Two Rivers 200. It was a warm weekend for a race, and both Brent and dogs did amazing out there! Traveling around 10mph, performing great and having fun the team finished in...
Wild and Free – 2019 Yukon Quest Champions!
On Monday 2/11 at 12:40pm AKST Brent and his team of 14 dogs passed the finish line in Fairbanks, first of 27 finishing teams! Team Wild and Free's official race time was 9 days, 2 hours, and 34 minutes. 2nd place musher Hans Gatt arrived at finish line 1 hour and 40...
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Past Articles
2016
- March 16, 2016: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2016/03/16/an-emotional-brent-sass-finishes-iditarod-in-20th/
- March 5, 2016: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/05/iditarod-sled-dog-race-dogs-sponsors-social-media
- February 16, 2016: https://www.adn.com/dog-mushing/article/177-miles-go-sass-regains-lead-yukon-quest/2016/02/14/
- February 15, 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU3FmBopYJY&annotation_id=54ca22cb-0000-2051-ab96-001a113d4b18&feature=iv&src_vid=0_LyHxhS0n0&app=desktop
- February 9, 2016: https://www.newsminer.com/mushing/sass-leads-by-hours-into-eagle-with-pair-of-fellow/article_8bf8a3b6-cf4c-11e5-8d6f-0bba014db55e.html
- February 8, 2016: https://www.newsminer.com/mushing/yukon_quest/roaring-onto-yukon-river-sass-retakes-quest-lead/article_a85c5328-ce51-11e5-b3fb-6f26bf7b474d.html
- February 6, 2016: https://www.newsminer.com/mushing/yukon_quest/with-miles-to-go-yukon-quest-teams-hit-the-trail/article_8573e7c4-cd0f-11e5-bf35-afc5de152f40.html
- February 3, 2016: https://www.whitehorsestar.com/Sports/with-heavy-heart-sass-seeks-to-defend-quest-title
- January 16, 2016: https://www.newsminer.com/mushing/brent-sass-leads-kuskokwim-fairbanks-brenda-mackey-scratches/article_ccc3a490-bcb9-11e5-b9f3-af94b68099ba.html
- January 15, 2016: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2016/01/15/musher-brent-sass-lead-dog-dies-days-before-k300/
- January 14, 2016: https://www.newsminer.com/mushing/yukon_quest/brent-sass-s-golden-harness-lead-dog-basin-dies/article_70531284-bb03-11e5-b824-2f079d071ff5.html
2015
- February 17, 2015: https://www.yukonquest.com/news/brent-sass-wins-2015-yukon-quest
- March 23, 2015: https://psmag.com/social-justice/stories-about-athletes-with-flawed-character-are-endless-but-what-about-those-who-exceed-our-expectations
- March 13, 2015: https://www.newsminer.com/mushing/iditarod/lessons-iditarod-mushers-learned-the-hard-way/article_240a53c6-c99e-11e4-8a8e-873cc1962c2c.html
- March 13, 2015: https://www.newsminer.com/opinion/editorials/sass-disqualification-too-harsh-iditarod-officials-punishment-didn-t-fit/article_3628b3da-c93b-11e4-8a8a-ff6525204240.html
- March 11, 2015: https://www.newsminer.com/mushing/iditarod/yukon-quest-champion-brent-sass-disqualified-from-iditarod/article_886c98c0-c7a9-11e4-94cb-e7fbd481aad5.html
- March 11, 2015: https://iditarod.com/104495/
- Macrh 11, 2015: https://www.adn.com/iditarod/article/sass-bemoans-his-stupid-mistake-prepares-mush-his-dog-team-home/2015/03/11/
- February 17, 2015: https://www.newsminer.com/mushing/yukon_quest/brent-sass-overcomes-missteps-to-win-yukon-quest/article_0c55126c-b688-11e4-b08e-f3550a81bd44.html?mode=jqm
- February 18, 2015: https://www.newsminer.com/opinion/editorials/quest-victory-all-about-attitude-sass-gets-first-win-by/article_19195ce4-b7c6-11e4-aaf9-1b1f08c17681.html
- February 21, 2015: https://www.newsminer.com/mushing/yukon_quest/mackey-sass-dominate-yukon-quest-awards-banquet-in-fairbanks/article_ed239158-ba6e-11e4-83c7-6bfb3f0003a2.html
- March 1, 2015: https://www.adn.com/dog-mushing/article/moving-winners-circle-means-moving-out-way-out-musher-brent-sass/2015/03/01/
2014
- February 5, 2014: Brent Sass’s Top 5 Yukon Quest Moments
- February 10, 2014: Musher Brent Sass says fatigue led to accident on Yukon Quest trail
- February 11, 2014: Brent Sass 2015 Yukon Quest Press Conference
- February 14, 2014: Musher Brent Sass bows out of Iditarod after head injury in Quest
2013
- January 30, 2013: The Quest in the Classroom
- February 11, 2013: Yukon Quest Musher Berkowitz runs into trouble on Eagle Summit
- February 11, 2013: Sass to the Rescue…Again
- February 12, 2013: Sass, Berkowitz Finish Yukon Quest in Third, Fourth
- September 30, 2013: Michigan Symposium Features Lewis & Sass
2012
- 2012: Musing Radio Presents Brent Sass
- March 15, 2012: Brent Sass wins Iditarod Rookie of the Year
- February 27, 2012: Silver’s Last Run
- February 11, 2012: On Yukon Quest trail, young Brent Sass takes aim at leaders
- January 15, 2012: Cold, snow and wind cancel Copper Basin 300 sled dog race
2011
- December 21, 2011: Sass, Berington capture rugged Gin Gin 200 sled dog race
- February 19, 2011: Yukon Quest honors its contestants at banquet
- February 14, 2011: Yukon Quest: Sass is a hilltop hero again; Neff’s lead holds
- February 12, 2011: Winter works against Yukon Quest mushers
- February 6, 2011: Sass first into Stepping Stone on Yukon Quest Trail
- January 9, 2011: Sass is first out of the gate in Copper Basin 300
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