Bundled-up well wishers lined a street along the Bering Sea coastline in the early morning darkness Friday, cheering musher Jessie Holmes as he won Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Holmes pumped his fist as he ran alongside his sled with a headlamp beaming from his forehead,

Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes won the 53rd Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, March 14, ending a run that was as commanding as the race was long.

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, celebrating with fist pumps to a cheering crowd and posing for photos with his two floral wreath-adorned head teammates,

After over a week of cold temperatures, physical and mental tests and back-and-forth competition, the winner of the 2025 Iditarod has been crowned. Jessie Holmes crossed the finish line first in the annual dog sled race,

The Interior Alaska musher won his first Iditarod on his eighth try, arriving in Nome with his dog team early Friday.

NOME — Jessie Holmes, a 43-year-old Alabamian who came to Alaska more than 20 years ago, has earned his first win in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Holmes crossed under the burled arch in Nome just before 3 a.m. Friday with 10 dogs on the line, completing his journey in a preliminary time of 10 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes and 41 seconds.

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star on “Life Below Zero,” won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race early Friday morning, crossing under the burled arch in Nome, Alaska, around 2:55 a.m.

Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes wins Iditarod after crossing the finish line in 10 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes and 41 seconds.

Former reality star Jessie Holmes, who appeared on 'Life Below Zero' until 2023, won his first ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, March 14.

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star on "Life Below Zero," is the winner of the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.