Musher Details
Biography
Jessie Holmes, 43, (Veteran) makes his home in Brushkana, Alaska. Born and raised in Alabama, he left at the age of 18 to go see Alaska, living in various places in the western parts of Canada and the U.S. along the way. He made it to Alaska in 2004 looking for adventure, and found it running dogs on a remote trap line on the Yukon River. This love for the wilderness and dogs eventually led to his competing in many races, both sprint and distance. He won the Kobuk 440 in 2017 and was Rookie of the Year in the 2018 Iditarod. Seven years later he is the 2025 Iditarod champion. Jessie has worked as a carpenter and TV personality, appearing in Life below Zero, a documentary television show about the daily lives of people living in remote Alaska. In addition to training and racing Alaskan Huskies, Jessie finds passion and joy in distance running, building up the homestead, hunting, trapping, tending to the garden, caring for his 40 sled dogs and enjoying his Jack Russell terrier, Rosie.
Social Media: Jessie Holmes // Life Below Zero
Awards
Achieve More — Sponsored by Northrim Bank
Fish First — Sponsored by Bristol Bay Native Corporation
Gold Coast — Sponsored by Ryan Air
Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award — Sponsored by GCI
Spirit of Iditarod Award — Sponsored by Alaska Air Transit
2025 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Fairbanks | 3/03 11:26:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Nenana | 3/03 16:45:00 | 16 | 3/03 19:32:00 | 16 | 2h 47m | 5h 19m | |||||
| Manley | 3/04 09:40:00 | 16 | 3/04 09:46:00 | 16 | 0h 6m | 14h 8m | 6.01 | 85 | |||
| Tanana | 3/04 22:35:00 | 16 | 3/04 22:59:00 | 16 | 0h 24m | 12h 49m | 5.07 | 65 | |||
| Ruby | 3/05 22:26:00 | 16 | 3/06 03:37:00 | 15 | 5h 11m | 23h 27m | 4.99 | 117 | |||
| Galena | 3/06 09:38:00 | 15 | 3/06 09:50:00 | 14 | 0h 12m | 6h 1m | 8.31 | 50 | |||
| Nulato | 3/06 20:15:00 | 14 | 3/06 20:21:00 | 14 | 0h 6m | 10h 25m | 4.90 | 51 | |||
| Kaltag 1 | 3/07 00:42:00 | 14 | 3/08 01:20:00 | 14 | 24h 38m | 4h 21m | 8.28 |  |
36 | ||
| Eagle Island 1 | 3/08 11:10:00 | 14 | 3/08 11:17:00 | 14 | 0h 7m | 9h 50m | 7.12 | |
70 | ||
| Grayling 1 | 3/08 21:53:00 | 14 | 3/08 22:07:00 | 14 | 0h 14m | 10h 36m | 5.28 | |
56 | ||
| Anvik | 3/09 00:34:00 | 14 | 3/09 06:56:00 | 14 | 5h 22m | 2h 27m | 8.57 | |
21 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/09 10:34:00 | 14 | 3/09 10:42:00 | 14 | 0h 8m | 3h 38m | 7.71 | |
28 | ||
| Grayling 2 | 3/09 14:35:00 | 14 | 3/09 19:50:00 | 14 | 5h 15m | 3h 53m | 7.21 | |
28 | ||
| Eagle Island 2 | 3/10 08:44:00 | 14 | 3/10 08:58:00 | 13 | 0h 14m | 12h 54m | 4.34 | |
56 | ||
| Kaltag 2 | 3/10 21:28:00 | 13 | 3/11 05:28:00 | 11 | 8h 0m | 12h 30m | 5.60 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/11 19:03:00 | 11 | 3/11 19:15:00 | 11 | 0h 12m | 13h 35m | 5.96 | |
|
81 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/12 05:26:00 | 11 | 3/12 05:34:00 | 11 | 0h 8m | 10h 11m | 4.12 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/12 11:31:00 | 11 | 3/12 16:37:00 | 11 | 5h 6m | 5h 57m | 8.40 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/12 22:52:00 | 11 | 3/13 02:22:00 | 11 | 3h 30m | 6h 15m | 8.00 | |
|
50 | |
| White Mountain | 3/13 08:39:00 | 11 | 3/13 16:54:00 | 10 | 8h 15m | 6h 17m | 7.80 | |
|
49 | |
| Safety | 3/13 23:45:00 | 10 | 3/13 23:47:00 | 10 | 0h 2m | 6h 51m | 7.15 | |
|
49 | |
| Nome | 3/14 02:55:41 | 10 | 3h 8m | 7.02 | |
|
22 | ||||
