Just four mushers remain on the Iditarod Trail between White Mountain and Safety after rookies Sebastien Dos Santos Borges and KattiJo Deeter scratched on Saturday along with Jeff Deeter.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - This live blog is where the Alaska’s News Source team will post breaking updates, race standings and more throughout the 50th annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.Just four mushers remain on the Iditarod Trail between White Mountain and Safety after rookies Sebastien Dos Santos Borges and KattieJo Deeter scratched on Saturday along with Jeff Deeter. Late last night, all three teams accepted assistance from White Mountain search and rescue and the Nome Kennel Club.
If all four remaining mushers keep their pace, most will likely finish late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.Dyche arrives in Nome, 7 mushers left on trail “I made it through to that shelter cabin and it was kind of calm when I got to the cabin, so I tried to continue on but immediately go like blown off my sled and cartwheeled,” Dyche said. “So I figured it would be best to hold up in Topkok for a while and yeah that’s what I did, I just kind of waited it out.
Williams is the ninth musher to scratch from the 2022 Iditarod. There are still seven mushers — including four rookies — on the trail between White Mountain and Safety, many of whom departed early this morning. According to theSebastien Dos Santos Borges, KattiJo and Jeff Deeter are leading the group of mushers that are left, resting together along the Norton Sound coast with 49 miles to go. Apayauq Reitan was the last to leave White Mountain this afternoon at 12:38 p.m.
There are 32 mushers who have already arrived in Nome. Of the nine teams still on the trail who have yet to finish, five have left White Mountain headed for Safety.A total of 32 teams have crossed the finish line in Nome in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.show that Matthew Failor finished 30th at 8:51 p.m. on Thursday, followed by rookie Matt Paveglio at 9 p.m. and musher Karin Hendrickson at 9:05 p.m.