Musher Dallas Seavey, 25, became the youngest person ever to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Tuesday evening. Seavey's arrival in Nome at 7:29 p.m. with nine dogs in harness earned him a pickup and a $50,400 prize after taking the lead from Aliy Zirkle en route to Shaktoolik. (Tim Akimoff/KTUU-TV / December 1, 2012) |
Twelve rookies and seven former champs are among sixty-eight mushers who have signed-up for the 2013 Iditarod sled-dog race, including a rookie from Brazil and Norway.
Dallas Seavey, this year’s winner and the youngest musher to win at the age of 25, will try to repeat his victory and his father Mitch Seavey, 2004 champ, will also hit the trails.
The deadline to register was Friday, Nov. 30 and most of the mushers have headquarters in Alaska, but there are some mushers from across the globe.
Joar Leifseth Ulsom, 26, of Norway, and Luan Ramos Marques, 22, of Brazil, are some of the international competitors and both have Yukon Quest experience.
Newton Marshall, 29, of St. Anne, Jamaica, will return after finishing the Iditarod in 2010.
Marshall’s former trainer, Lance Mackey, who also holds the most consecutive wins, will also compete once again.
John Baker, the 2011 champ with the fastest winning time of eight days and nearly 19 hours, has also signed-up.
The sled-dog race covers nearly 1,000 miles with a ceremonial start in Anchorage and the official restart in Willow and ends in Nome. The Iditarod beings in 90 days away and is scheduled to start in March 2013.
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