IDITAROD XXXVIII musher Warren Palfrey, (Bib #27) scratched at 7:00 p.m. Alaska Time (March 13, 2010) in Galena Checkpoint.  The 34 year old musher from Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, had 10 dogs on his team when he made the decision.  Palfrey made his decision based on his team’s inability to continue to compete.

The village of Nulato lies between the checkpoints of Galena and Kaltag.  This community of just over 300 embraces the Iditarod which runs through it every other year.  Yesterday the Penn Air caravan dropped off 9 Iditarod volunteers to set up and run the checkpoint.  We could have faced the daunting tasks of organizing musher [...]

IDITAROD XXXVIII Rookie Musher Justin Savidis (Bib #10) scratched at 6:15 pm Alaska Time Friday March 12, 2010) at McGrath Checkpoint. The Willow Alaska musher lost one of his team members, Whitey, (a three year old male), when he became separated from the team between Nikolai and McGrath Checkpoints on March 10th. Since arriving in [...]

IDITAROD XXXVIII musher Tom Thurston, (Bib #68) scratched at 8:38 a.m. Alaska Time (March 12, 2010) in McGrath Checkpoint.  The 39 year old musher from Oak Creek Colorado had 9 dogs on his team when he made the decision.  Thurston cited his team’s performance as the main factor in making his decision. [...]

IDITAROD XXXVIII musher Karen Ramstead, (Bib #29) scratched at 8:00 p.m. Alaska Time (March 11, 2010) in McGrath Checkpoint.  The 45 year old musher from Perryville, (Alberta) Canada had 14 dogs on her team when she made the decision.  Ramstead scratched for personal reasons.