{"id":512,"date":"2009-03-03T09:32:25","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T18:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/?p=512"},"modified":"2009-03-03T09:32:25","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T18:32:25","slug":"2009-world-championship-sled-dog-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/2009-world-championship-sled-dog-race\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 World Championship Sled Dog Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, I shot the 2009 World Championship Sled Dog Sprint Race here in Anchorage. Rather than fight and jostle with all the crowds downtown, I found a nice, secluded empty spot on one of the ski trails and shot the mushers as they raced past with their dog teams in near silence underneath a heavy snowfall. It was a very magical experience! Here are a few shots of the race as they cruised past me on the Chester Creek Trail.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-513\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce001.jpg\" alt=\"Dog Mushing, Anchorage, Alaska\" title=\"dograce001\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce001.jpg 332w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce001-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce001-300x452.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce001-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dog Mushing, Anchorage, Alaska<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-514\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce002.jpg\" alt=\"Dog Mushing, Anchorage, Alaska\" title=\"dograce002\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce002.jpg 332w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce002-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce002-60x90.jpg 60w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce002-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dog Mushing, Anchorage, Alaska<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-515\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce003.jpg\" alt=\"Sled Dog Racing, Anchorage, Alaska\" title=\"dograce003\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"size-full wp-image-515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce003.jpg 753w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce003-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce003-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce003-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce003-452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sled Dog Racing, Anchorage, Alaska<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-516\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce004.jpg\" alt=\"Sled Dog Racing, Anchorage, Alaska\" title=\"dograce004\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce004.jpg 332w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce004-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce004-60x90.jpg 60w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce004-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sled Dog Racing, Anchorage, Alaska<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-517\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce005.jpg\" alt=\"Dog Mushing, Anchorage, Alaska\" title=\"dograce005\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce005.jpg 332w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce005-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce005-60x90.jpg 60w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce005-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dog Mushing, Anchorage, Alaska<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-518\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce006.jpg\" alt=\"Sled Dog Racing, Anchorage, Alaska\" title=\"dograce006\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce006.jpg 332w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce006-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce006-60x90.jpg 60w, https:\/\/danbaileyphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dograce006-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sled Dog Racing, Anchorage, Alaska<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, I shot the 2009 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