Eddie Burke Jr - Off The Rails Racing

07/07/2026

I’m not sure who runs this page Alaska Sled Dog Circuit but it’s great to see someone covering the races and promoting the sport! 🐶

Another race recap from the 2026 season:

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…Eddie Burke Jr. dominated the race.

The Su Dog 300 held its first running, after a veritable monsoon thwarted attempts to launch this new race last season. 300-mile racing returned to Willow and the Susitna Valley in a big way.

And Burke put on a clinic. He didn’t just win. He won by more than six hours. At 300 miles, that isn’t a margin, that’s command.

Burke kept an undefeated season rolling and further established his team as one of the stories of the winter. He said the route had some of the toughest sections of any race he’d been on, as far as technical driving and climbs.

Behind Burke, Mary Boniface ran a strong race to second place with a team from Jessica Klejka’s Tailwind Kennel.

One of the standout stories of the race came from junior musher AddieAnn Randall, who finished third in her first-ever 300 miler.

Shane Blumentritt brought his team from Caribou Hills home in fourth.

Bayden Ketts, with a team of dogs from the Redingtons, finished fifth.

And Justin Olnes, whose kennel is famously built from rescue dogs, rounded out the top six.

That’s a podium with stories.

Could anyone beat Eddie and Red Dog this season?

Every Race. Every Mile. Every Dog.

06/07/2026

Training pups has always been my favorite part of working with sleddogs. Here is 4 month old Kendall. This is her first time being in harness and after 2-3 minutes, she was forward oriented and pulling hard! It just shows how natural it is for these dogs and good genetics/breeding programs goes a long ways. Kendall will be joining Emily Ford and Anna Hennessy as they build their new kennel and mushing career. Also running in XTRATUF boots is not reccomended 😂

03/30/2026

Eureka Checkpoint - don’t let these pictures fool you, this layover was not that peaceful and calm 😂

03/29/2026

The dogs and I had a great time at the Copper Basin 100! These men and women really know how to put on a dog race! This was definitely the toughest 100 mile race you’ll ever compete in. If you weren’t going up a hill, you were going down one haha. Such a fun environment to be in and some amazing sponsors and volunteers. I would like to thank Alaska Rod's for a beautiful knife, Sourdough Creek Outfitters for some amazing leather goods and Eureka Lodge for hosting us, same for Gunsight Mtn Lodge.

03/18/2026

Throwback to the team and I headed to the finish line in Nome! We had winds that reached up to 80 mph and it took everything I could do to keep the sled upright and on the trail. Jessie Holmes is traveling through this section of trail right now and about to become a 2x Iditarod Champion! Congrats buddy!

03/16/2026

Another win and a new course record 🏆🐶. Red dog and his yearling son Marcus in lead.

02/26/2026

Great coverage by Kale Casey Live! Here’s the team and I at the finish line of the Su Dog 300! Dogs are feeling great after their 1st place finish 🐶

McKenna Bros Paving Co, Inc.
Northern Air Cargo
Alaska Sealcoating, Inc.

02/24/2026

This was one heck of a race course and man, this is one heck of a dog team! 🐶

In a historic return to the trails of Willow, Eddie Burke Jr. etched his name into the record books as the first-ever champion of the inaugural Su Dog 300. Guided