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Jamaican musher defies odds to take 13th place in Yukon Quest
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By Matias Saari
Daily News-Miner
Friday, February 27, 2009

FAIRBANKS — Newton Marshall belied his humble Jamaican upbringing by dreaming big. On Thursday morning, he finished the Yukon Quest in lucky 13th place.

“Finally, it’s over,” he said with a hearty laugh to a small crowd assembled at 6:26 a.m. in downtown Fairbanks.

Among the spectators were Hans Gatt, the Whitehorse, Yukon, musher who showed Marshall the ropes, and Danny Melville, the Jamaican adventure tours operator and brainchild of the project...."

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