Iditarod 2016 – Day 9

Someone will pass under the Burled Arch today. Dallas is running his usual ‘no rest’ end game, but it’s up to his puppies to make good on his gamble.

So far, Dallas’s puupies are making him look good.

Ray Redington Jr. is carrying the family colors alone as Robert scratched at Galena. Robert was in 46th, which is good for a rookie run. It wouldn’t be the Iditarod without Redingtons, Mackeys, and Seaveys running.

Ouch – Lance scratched at Galena, and Cim Smyth & Jim Lanier scratched at Kaltag. Lance’s puppies have been having some GI problems. A lot of injuries early on are beginning to ache.

Someone, probably Dallas, will be in Nome in the early morning hours.

The standings at 9:15PM CDT:

Beyond White Mountain
1 Dallas Seavey (16)
At White Mountain
2 Mitch Seavey (19)
3 Brent Sass (32)
4 Aliy Zirkle (13)
Beyond Elim
5 Wade Marrs (33)
6 Peter Kaiser (11)
7 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (31)
8 Noah Burmeister (39)
9 Ralph Johannessen (77)
10 Nicolas Petit (12)
11 Robert Sørlie (37)
12 Michelle Phillips (30)
13 Jeff King (61)
14 Scott Smith (62)

Beyond Koyuk
15 Travis Beals (28)
16 John Baker (66)
17 Paul Gebhardt (55)
18 Ray Redington Jr (18)
19 Ken Anderson (81)
20 Jessie Royer (3)
21 Richie Diehl (38)
22 Hugh Neff (70)
23 Kelly Maixner (17)
At Koyuk
24 Sigrid Ekran (27)
25 Nathan Schroeder (4)
26 Linwood Fiedler (41)
Beyond Shaktoolik
27 Ketil Reitan (6)
28 Geir Idar Hjelvik (79)^R
29 Dag Torulf Olsen (35)^R
30 Mats Pettersson (36)
31 Lars Monsen (68)^R
32 Jason Campeau (24)
33 Katherine Keith (85)
34 Ed Stielstra (50)
At Shaktoolik
35 Allen Moore (5)
36 Jason Mackey (67)
37 Karin Hendrickson (76)
Beyond Unalakleet
38 Jodi Bailey (14)
39 Justin Savidis (46)
40 Anna Berington (23)
41 Kristy Berington (83)
42 Martin Buser (48)
43 Tore Albrigtsen (52)
44 Paige Drobny (75)
45 Cody Strathe (59)^Q
At Unalakleet
46 Michael Williams, Jr. (40)
Beyond Kaltag
47 Alan Eischens (54)
48 DeeDee Jonrowe (45)
49 Monica Zappa (8)
50 Melissa Owens Stewart (82)
51 James Volek (15)
52 Robert Bundtzen (26)
53 Becca Moore (22)
54 Tom Jamgochian (78)^R
55 Tim Pappas (64)^R
56 Sarah Stokey (71)^R
57 Noah Pereira (21)^R
58 Ryne Olson (44)
At Kaltag
59 Kristin Knight Pace (47)^R
60 Miriam Osredkar (65)^R
61 Trent Herbst (58)
62 Lisbet Norris (7)
63 Rob Cooke (56)
Beyond Nulato
64 Elliot Anderson (69)^R
65 Matthew Failor (63)
At Nulato
66 Patrick Beall (53)^R
67 Larry Daugherty (43)^R
Beyond Galena
68 Kim Franklin (34)^R
69 Kristin Bacon (42)^R
At Galena
70 Cindy Gallea (73)
71 Billy Snodgrass (80)
72 Mary Helwig (49)^R
Beyond Ruby
73 Ellen Halverson (29)

The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Iditarod, while italics indicates Yukon Quest winners. The numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers. The small “R” indicates a total rookie, while the small “Q” indicates an Iditarod rookie who has completed a Yukon Quest.

These are the official standings. That means they are official, not that they are correct. Things jump around a lot as people decide to update the standings. This problem is especially bad in the back of the pack, as no one bothers to update those standings when the lead is changing.

This post will be updated during the day, and the map changed on all posts to reflect the current situation.

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