he won the kobuk 440 in 2017 and placed seventh in the 2018 iditarod, taking home the honor of being the “rookie of the year” in that iditarod. race archives » mushers » jessie holmes. Year place rookie time prize; Iditarod trail committee owns all. jessie holmes won his third kobuk 440 sled dog race on sunday — his second win in a row traversing northwest alaska. Ten mushers took off from kotzebue on thursday and. Holmes came across the.
