Bondurant, Red Lodge mushers place sixth, seventh in dogsled race

Posted 2/9/21

In the final two legs of the Pedigree Stage Stop dogsled race, Anny Malo solidified her lead to ensure her three-peat.

The Driggs, Idaho, leg saw Malo increase her lead to 14:40 over second place …

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Bondurant, Red Lodge mushers place sixth, seventh in dogsled race

Anny Malo of Quebec grins as she crosses the finish line first in the last leg of the Pedigree Stage Stop dogsled race. It was her third victory in a row in the $165,000 race.

Photo courtesy of Clairey Sasser Grubbs

Posted Tuesday, February 9, 2021 8:00 am

By Connie Burcham

In the final two legs of the Pedigree Stage Stop dogsled race, Anny Malo solidified her lead to ensure her three-peat.

The Driggs, Idaho, leg saw Malo increase her lead to 14:40 over second place finisher Lina Streeper. Both mushers are from Canada, Malo from Quebec and Streeper from British Columbia. In the second leg Erick LaForce, Quebec, and JR Anderson, Minnesota, ran third and fourth, respectively. Diane Marquis of Quebec, in her maiden run in the Stage Stop, came in fifth while sixth place Bondurant, Wyoming, resident Alix Crittenden was keeping a close eye on Red Lodge, Montana resident Maria Torgerson, who was looking to cut Crittenden’s 4:44 lead and steal the sixth place slot.

When the race returned to Wyoming for the seventh and final leg in Teton County, Malo sealed her three-peat by increasing her lead to 18:49. Her overall time was 14:42:35.

The last leg, 30 miles, was incredibly tight between Malo and Streeper, but it was LaForce who managed to place second in the leg, and third overall. Anderson came in fourth and rookie Marquis wrapped up fifth place.

Crittenden managed to hold off Torgerson by the slimmest of margins, with 4:06 between the sixth and seventh place finishes.

Elliot Rivest of Quebec, Thad McCracken of Oregon, and Austin Forney of Colorado rounded out the top 10 finishers in the race, which offered mushers a slice of a $165,000 purse. Twenty-three teams were entered into the competition.