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Klondike Dog Derby in Excelsior
If the Klondike Dog Derby had gone as planned for 2025, we could have seen thirty teams of sled dogs and their mushers ...
While the race is canceled, the organizers plan on holding the Cutest ... place to produce a world class sled dog race except one — snow," said Klondike Dog Derby co-founder and president ...
EXCELSIOR, Minn. (FOX 9) - This year's Lake Minnetonka Klondike Dog Derby has officially been canceled. Organizers of the popular Lake Minnetonka sled dog race said Wednesday the unseasonably warm ...
EXCELSIOR, Minn. — Bethany Hway is the Race Director of the Lake Minnetonka Klondike Dog Derby. Sled dog racing is a sport she was born into. "I rode a sled before I learned how to ride a bike ...
EXCELSIOR, Minn. — Bethany Hway is the Founder and Race Director of the Lake Minnetonka Klondike Dog Derby. She knows a thing or two about the sport. "I rode a sled before I learned how to ride ...
This is just the second running of The Klondike Derby. It was missed last year due to COVID-19. But it's quickly gained popularity, carrying on a sometimes forgotten sled dog racing tradition on ...
The Klondike Dog Derby founders announced the race in April 2019, bringing a sled dog race back to Lake Minnetonka after 50 years. The last race was held in the area in the 1970s. Bethany Hway and ...
The Klondike Derby commemorates the Iditarod Dog Sled race, but the sleds are pulled by Boy Scouts. For three weeks, Boy Scouts from three different districts compete in the Klondike Derby at the ...
The city of Excelsior is likely to host the inaugural Lake Minnetonka Klondike Dog Derby Feb. 8 and 9, 2020. Klondike Founder Bethany Hway grew up sled dog ... Co. Hway plans to have silent ...
James Wheeler of Fairbanks, Alaska, took second place at the 2020 Klondike Dog Derby in Excelsior. The 2024 race has been cancelled. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii, Minneapolis Star Tribune/The Minnesota ...