Newton Marshall
- January 4, 2024
- Dog Musher
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Newton Marshall |
| Occupation | Dog Musher |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 2, 1983(1983-03-02) |
| Age | 41 |
| Country | Jamaica |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Newton Marshall Biography
| Name | Newton Marshall |
| Birthday | Mar 2 |
| Birth Year | 1983 |
| Birth Country | Jamaica |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Newton Marshall is one of the most popular and richest Dog Musher who was born on March 2, 1983 in Jamaica. Jamaican dogsled musher, who raced in Alaska’s Iditarod race in 2010, and 2011.
He was a rare sportsman in a Caribbean nation better known for its runners like Yohan Drake than its snow sports.
Newton Marshall (born 2 March 1983 in St. Anne, Jamaica) is a professional independent dogsled musher.
Marshall joined Chukka Caribbean Adventures in 2002. He had always dreamed about working with the horses at Chukka Cove, St. Ann. His enthusiasm and hard work paid off and having moved up from gardener to other positions he was transferred to the River Valley Mountain Horseback Ride at White River Valley as a tour guide.
He was born in St. Anne (Jamaica).
Newton Marshall Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Dog Musher |
| House | Living in own house. |
Newton Marshall is one of the richest Dog Musher from Jamaica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Newton Marshall 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 2002, he joined Chukka Caribbean Adventures and quickly rose to the rank of tour guide. He then became the dog caretaker for Jamaica’s dogsled team.
He started racing in 2008 at lower levels and was able to gain enough experience to participate in the 2010 Iditarod where he placed 47th.
Marshall returned to Alaska one more time, again without a Major Sponsor he funded his team with the help of a couple local businesses “Acme Auto Glass” & “Black Lake Buildings” of Wasilla, as well as donations through Crowd-funding and Social Media. With a small team of Volunteers and a borrowed mixed team of dogs from the kennels of Kathleen Fredricks & fellow competitor Wade Marrs. Newton Marshall finished the race in the 43rd position out of 69 mushers, on a trail that was called the toughest in the 42-year history of the race, and saw many veterans and past champions not make it to the finish line. He finished the race in 12 days 1 hour 5 min. 52 seconds with 13 dogs in harness and was presented with the “Herbie Nayokpuk Award” given to the musher who best mimics Herbie with his/her attitude on the trail. Newton also made headlines during the race for coming to the aide of fellow musher Scott Janssen the “Mushing Mortician” who had broken his ankle on the trail and could not get back to his sled. Janssen laid in the icy overflow of the river until Marshall arrived.
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Marshall was up to the task and 27–28 March 2008 he competed in the 210-mile Percy DeWolfe Memorial Mail Race from Dawson City, Yukon Territory to Eagle, Alaska and back. He finished in 7th place out of a field of 15 with a time of 24hrs and 44mins and received the Sportsmanship Award from his fellow mushers.
Facts & Trivia
Newton Ranked on the list of most popular Dog Musher. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Jamaica. Newton Marshall celebrates birthday on March 2 of every year.
Marshall was one of the rookie mushers in the 2010 Iditarod race. He was the first Jamaican to compete in the race. His team was financially supported by Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville cafes and he was using borrowed sled dogs from Lance Mackey’s Comeback Kennel. Marshall had been training with Mackey for this race. Newton came in 47th place in 12 days, 4 hours, 27 minutes, and 28 seconds.
Has a black man won the Iditarod?
Born in Jamaica in the 1980s, Newton Marshall is the only Black musher to finish Alaska’s Iditarod. Iditarod, ‘The Last Great Race’, is not a well- known race. But, it is the one of the toughest races in the world. The Iditarod race is a 1,000 mile long dog sledding race that began in 1973.
When did the Iditarod start?
March 3, 1973
How long is the Iditarod race?
The Iditarod Trail is roughly 1,000 miles long and there are actually two routes – the “Northern Route” is used in even numbered years, and the “Southern Route” is used in odd numbered years. The two routes are the same until the checkpoint of Ophir, roughly 450 miles into the race.
Who is the most recent winner of the Iditarod?
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Musher Brent Sass won the arduous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska on Tuesday as his team of 11 dogs dashed off the Bering Sea ice through a crowd of fans in downtown Nome. Sass mushed down Front Street and across the finish line just before 6 a.m.
Has a woman won the Iditarod?
Susan Howlet Butcher (December 26, 1954 – August 5, 2006) was an American dog musher, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years. She is commemorated in Alaska by the Susan Butcher Day.