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We are saddened and very disappointed to announce that Laura Neese will not be running her team of NK dogs in the 2019 Yukon Quest. Laura and her dogs are fine, but unfortunately her drop bag supplies are not. Everything that she needed for the 1,000 mile race arrived in the Yukon six days early, in plenty of time before the drop bags were due to be distributed to the checkpoints by the race organization. Upon their arrival in Whitehorse they were accidentally left in a heated warehouse instead of being stored outside and her dog food thawed, spoiled, and leaked over all the rest of the critical supplies needed for the race. When the race organization went to pick up the drop bags and found them in this condition, there was not enough time to get all new supplies purchased, received, packaged, and shipped to the Yukon and out to the checkpoints.
Our apologies to all of the people who support Laura and her team but we promise you that her season is just beginning. To quote a wise man, ”We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.” She is busy making her new race schedule (which she will announce soon) and her almost always present smile has already returned.