Team Can’t Stop, home of musher Jessie Holmes, is a remote dog kennel near Denali National Park in Alaska. While maintaining and operating a competitive racing kennel on the Denali Highway is the main focus, the rest of the days are filled with homestead projects — building, fishing, hunting, trapping, gardening, and training the team cheerleader, Rosie, the Jack Russell Terrier.
Originally from Alabama, Jessie spent his youth dreaming of living like Jeremiah Johnson in the woods and living off the land. Jessie was and remains extremely inspired by his grandfather, Gene Richmond who was an avid dog-man, hunter, fisherman and outdoorsman.
By the time he was 20, Jessie was making this dream a reality.
Throughout his early 20s, Jessie lived all over the western U.S., Canada and finally made his way to Alaska, where he eventually landed in Nenana to settle down with his dogs and start his racing career.
He subsequently won the Yukon Quest 300, the Kobuk 440 and began his Iditarod career in which he placed 7th place his first race (2018) making him Rookie of the Year.
He has since moved to the premier dog training site in Alaska, the Denali Highway, and started the homestead from scratch along the beautiful Brushkana River.
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, and romping around the beautiful country with Jack Russell Terrier, Rosie.
Since moving to Brushkana, Jessie has finished three more Iditarods and will be coming back for his fifth this winter for the 50th anniversary of the big race!
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What happened to Jesse Holmes Jack Russel Rosie? She hasn’t been seen I any of his recent videos. Please advise. I’m a big fan of both Jesse Holmes, his awesome Alaskan Huskies and of course Rosie!!!
Congrats to Jessie and team Can’t stop on the win but just to let you know the link for his website is not working.
Cynthia thanks for your message. It seems Jessies website is no longer there. I have deleted the link. Thank you. Richard
Does Jesse have a site to buy tshirt s for Team Can’t Stop? Thank You