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Defending Iditarod champion Jessie Holmes and his Can’t Stop team won the 2026 Nome race, becoming the first repeat winner in a decade. They finished in 9 days, 7 hours and 32 minutes, on a course that included a 1,130-mile reroute in 2025 and the standard 1,000-mile Willow-start route in 2026, with Polar and Zeus named MVP dogs. Holmes hinted at pursuing a three-peat on the southern route in 2027.
Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes won the Iditarod for the second straight year, finishing in Nome after roughly 1,000 miles across Alaska. He rewarded his lead dogs with large ribeye steaks, and the purse rose to about $80,000 thanks to new funding from Kjell Rokke and support for an amateur category. The race faced ongoing animal-welfare scrutiny, and one dog died this year, underscoring the controversy surrounding the event.
Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes won his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race championship in Nome, Alaska, finishing on March 17, 2026, with lead dogs Zeus and Polar.