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  Rick Swenson - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Rick Swenson, sometimes known as the " King of the Iditarod ", (born 1950 in Willmar, Minnesota), is an American dog musher who has won the 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S...
Rick Swenson Rick Swenson, sometimes known as the " King of the Iditarod ", (born 1950 in Willmar...
Rick Swenson, sometimes known as the " King of the Iditarod ", (born 1950 in Willmar, Minnesota...
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 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Five-time winner Rick Swenson pulls out of Iditarod
ANCHORAGE, Alaska –; Rick Swenson, the only five-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, dropped out of the running Thursday – the first time he's scratched from the 1,100-mile trek to Nome in 29 years on the trail.
Swenson told race managers he was concerned about the well-being of his dog team.
Swenson took his mandatory 24-hour rest at McGrath, then traveled 18 miles to the Takotna checkpoint, arriving shortly before 7 a.m.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050311-0243-iditarod.html   (603 words)

  
 Cabela's Iditarod - Mushers - Rick Swenson Biography
When Rick Swenson, 55, came to Alaska from his native Minnesota in 1973, it was specifically to race sled dogs.
Rick has only missed one event since he started racing, and has chalked up victories in three decades winning in 1977, '79, '81, '82 and '91.
Rick is a member of the Two Rivers Dog Mushing Association and the Alaska Miner Association.
www.cabelasiditarod.com /mushers/swensonr.html   (174 words)

  
 Rick Swenson - Definition, explanation
Rick Swenson, sometimes known as the "King of the Iditarod", is an Americann dog musher who has won the 1,049-mile Iditarod dog sled race across the U.S. state of Alaska more times than any other competitor.
Swenson competed in the Iditarod for the first time in 1976, placing 12th.
Swenson was born in Minnesota and moved to Alaska in 1973, living in Eureka, and then moving to Two Rivers in the late 1980s.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/r/ri/rick_swenson.php   (349 words)

  
 Iditarod Dog Sled Race - Feedback Page
Swenson wrongly convicted and sent packing from the race, he was humiliated, something that a man with his experience should not have to endure.
Rick Swenson was a pioneer in proper dog care and this action is unacceptable to me. The "withdrawal" taints a true sprortsperson and casts doubt as the the integrity of the officals who made the dicision.
I don't agree with the discision to disqualify Swenson.
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 Winners of the Iditarod trail sled-dog race
Rick Swenson is the only five-time winner, followed by Susan Butcher with four wins and Doug Swingley, Martin Buser, and Jeff King with three each.
Dick Mackey (1978) is the father of Rick Mackey (1983); they are the only father-son combination to win the race.
Mackey's lead dog was one second ahead of Swenson's, but Swenson's sled actually crossed the finish line ahead of Mackey's.
nh.essortment.com /iditaroddogsl_rtty.htm   (354 words)

  
 iditablog.com - Iditarod Blog 2007 Coverage & News
I’d bet that Rick Swenson would love to have had that headline appear in the papers back in 1978 when he came in second place to Dick Mackey by just a brief moment in what is the most dramatic finish in Iditarod history.
Rick wasn’t able to do as well as he hoped, coming in 26th place…but how he got that position is a fun story.
Rick left Safety 20 minutes before Willis and she kept gaining on him during the last few miles into town.
iditablog.com   (2053 words)

  
 Learn About the Iditarod
There are names which are automatically associated with the race — Joe Redington, Sr., co-founder of the classic and affectionately know as “Father of the Iditarod.” Rick Swenson from Two River, Alaska, the only five time winner, the only musher to have entered 20 Iditarod races and never finished out of the top ten.
Dick Mackey from Nenana who beat Swenson by one second in 1978 to achieve the impossible photo finish after two weeks on the trail.
(The other is Rick Swenson.) The list goes on, each name bringing with it a tale of adventure, a feeling of accomplishment, a touch of hero.
www.iditarod.com /learn   (1127 words)

  
 Book by Rick Swenson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Does any one know where I could get a copy of Rick Swenson's book...
The book was published in 1987 by a company in Wasilla, AK.
I contacted Rick a year ago, but he was unable to help.
www.sleddogcentral.com /sdctalk_4/_disc4/0000028e.htm   (46 words)

  
 San Diego Source > News > Five-time winner Rick Swenson pulls out of Iditarod
San Diego Source > News > Five-time winner Rick Swenson pulls out of Iditarod
Rick Swenson, the only five-time winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, dropped out of the running Thursday -- the first time he's scratched from the 1,100-mile trek to Nome in 29 years on the trail.
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www.sddt.com /News/article.cfm?SourceCode=200503101am   (137 words)

  
 Remarks on the Iditarod
At Rainy Pass checkpoint, Rick Swenson told vets his dogs had a virus:
Rick Swenson arrived at Rainy Pass with 16 dogs and left with 16:
2) Swenson stayed at the Rainy Pass checkpoint for four minutes.
www.helpsleddogs.org /remarks-poorvetcare.htm   (4246 words)

  
 Pet-Abuse.Com - Animal Abuse Case Details: Sled dog dies - raced through frozen slush - Anchorage, AK (US)
Sled dog dies - raced through frozen slush
In 1996, five-time Iditarod winner Rick Swenson was disqualified after one of his dogs died when Swenson mushed through a waist-deep overflow—a combination of water and slush pooled on the surface of a frozen river.
Note: Classifications and other fields should not be used to determine what specific charges the suspect is facing or was convicted of - they are for research and statistical purposes only.
www.pet-abuse.com /cases/7071/AK/US   (152 words)

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