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Currier Scratches In Galena

Date: March 14, 2010 at 11:37 am

IDITAROD XXXVIII musher Judy Currier, (Bib #72) scratched at 10:30 a.m. Alaska Time (March 14, 2010) in Galena Checkpoint.  The 46 year old musher from Fairbanks Alaska had 11 dogs on her team.  Currier injured her back along the trail, and made the decision to scratch in Galena due to that injury.

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MACKEY SETS BLISTERING PACE… WINS WELLS FARGO BANK ALASKA GOLD COAST AWARD

Date: March 14, 2010 at 3:56 am

Three- time Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey is the first to arrive at the Gold Coast community of Unalakleet in bold attempt to distance himself from the rest of the front runners. Mackey (Bib # 49) arrived in Unalakleet early this morning at 03:32 am Alaska Time with 12 dogs. Mackey’s team’s strong run from [...]

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WARREN PALFREY SCRATCHES IN GALENA

Date: March 13, 2010 at 8:09 pm

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.

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The Battle Has Begun!

Date: March 13, 2010 at 5:54 pm

Ladies and Gentleman if you haven’t figured it out yet, we have one heck of battle going on here between 2 champions.  Taking the lead is Lance Mackey trying a bold move at this point and his dogs look up to the task.  They’re moving at a nice smooth pace and eating everything he lays down for [...]

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Eye on Nulato

Date: March 13, 2010 at 5:15 pm

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 [...]

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RYAN REDINGTON SCRATCHES IN GALENA

Date: March 13, 2010 at 5:12 pm

IDITAROD XXXVIII musher Ryan Redington, (Bib #25) scratched at 3:30 p.m. Alaska Time (March 13, 2010) in Galena Checkpoint.  The 27 year old musher from Wasilla Alaska had 11 dogs on his team.  Redington made his decision because some members of his team were not feeling well. He felt it was in their best [...]

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The Race is On! Could It Be A Reapeat of 2008… Only in Reverse?

Date: March 13, 2010 at 10:19 am

With Jeff King just ahead of them the next three mushers bolted out of the Nulato checkpoint together drafting on his heels.
Hugh Neff, Lance Mackey and Mitch Seavey all cut their rest a little short to stay in the thick of the competition. While Jeff got more rest on his team and a short sleep [...]

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SAVIDIS SCRATCHES IN McGRATH

Date: March 13, 2010 at 8:36 am

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 [...]

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We’re At the Stage Where Team Management Means Everything…

Date: March 13, 2010 at 8:27 am

It was a long cold night run for the front runners heading down the Yukon River.  All of the front teams came into the Nulato checkpoint  sleepy and cold. Temperatures stood around 30 below. Down on the river it was most likely colder.
Teams will cycle up and down in their performance level during a race [...]

Posted by Bruce Lee in Race Coverage

There’s Still a Lot of Time Left For Those Chasing King

Date: March 12, 2010 at 3:53 pm

As the front runners are pulling out of Ruby  and heading down the Yukon River we have positioned our Insider crews at the various villages along the race trail.
Jeff King leads the pack with a very strong looking team but no one has thrown in the towel and given him the race.  There’s a lot of [...]

Posted by Bruce Lee in Race Coverage