The Iditarod is upon us! Fan favorite DeeDee Jonrowe will lead out the mushers in the ceremonial start on Saturday in Anchorage followed by Ray Reddington, Jr.
With a small field of only 62 mushers to attempt the Iditarod, known as The Last Great Race, it should make for an interesting couple of weeks on the trail. With only 13 rookies, it is really anyone’s race!
Some of the mushers I am going to look out for are:
Bob Storey, 65 of New Zealand who got his start in mushing after a attending a dog show and soon caught the musher bug.
Dallas Seavey, this years Yukon Quest winner.
Heather Siirtola, of Talkeetna, Alaska and her Hardcore Huskies.
Lance Mackey who is going for an unprecedented 5-peat in this years race. Lance says he is at a 100% and so is his dog team.
Rookie musher Angie Taggart of Ketchkan, Alaska
And of course my friend, Hugh Neff and Annie’s Army. Let’s go Hugh, this is your year!
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Starting List
1. Leonhard Seppala Honorary Musher, Florence Busch, wife of late KNOM GM Tom Busch
2. DeeDee Jonrowe, Willow
3. Â Ray Redington Jr, Wasilla
4. Trent Herbst, Ketchum, Idaho
5. Allen Moore, Two Rivers
6. Newton Marshall, St. Anne, Jamaica
7. Kristy Berington, Kasilof
8. Â Kris Hoffman, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
9. Â Zoya DeNure, Gakona
10. Robert Bundtzen, Anchorage
11. Martin Buser, Big Lake
12. Melissa Owens, Nome
13. Bruce Linton, Kasilof
14. Nicolas Petit, Girdwood
15. Bob Storey, Auckland, New Zealand
16. Jodi Bailey, Chatanika
17. Lance Mackey, Fairbanks
18. Aliy Zirkle, Two Rivers
19. Angie Taggart, Ketchkan
20. Kelley Griffin, Wasilla
21. Dallas Seavey, Willow
22. Magnus Kaltenborn, Lillehammer, Norway
23. Â Hans Gatt, Whitehorse, Yukon Territories
24. Billy Snodgrass, DuBois, Wyoming
25. Tom Thurston, Oak Creek, Colorado
26. Ellen Halverson, Wasilla
27. Mike Santos, Cantwell
28. Mitch Seavey, Seward
29. Judy Currier, Fairbanks
30. Ramey Smyth, Willow
31. Sebastian Schnuelle, Whitehorse, Yukon Territories
32. Scott Janssen, Anchorage
33. Gerry Willomitzer, Whitehorse, Yukon Territories
34. Paul Gebhardt, Kasilof
35. Hugh Neff, Tok
36. Jessica Hendricks, Two Rivers
37. Karin Hendrickson, Willow
38. Wattie McDonald, Stonehaven, Scotland
39. Michelle Phillips, Tagish, Yukon Territories
40. G.B. Jones, Wasilla
41. Michael Williams, Jr., Akiak
42. Lachlan Clarke, Buena Vista, Colorado
43. Ken Anderson, Fairbanks
44. Brennan Norden, Kasilof
45) Sven Haltmann, Fairbanks
46. Paul Johnson, Unalakleet
47. Kirk Barnum, Grangeville, Idaho
48. Cain Carter, Fairbanks
49. Rick Swenson, Two Rivers
50. Heather Siirtola, Talkeetna
51. Robert Nelson, Kotzebue
52. Sonny Lindner, Two Rivers
53. John Baker, Kotzebue
54. Peter Kaiser, Bethel
55. Kelly Maixner, Big Lake
56. Ed Stielstra, McMillan, Michigan
57. Â James Bardoner, Signal Mountain, Tennessee
58. Jessie Royer, Fairbanks
59. Cim Smyth, Big Lake
60. Matt Giblin, Juneau
61) Matt Hayashida, Willow
62. Gerald Sousa, Talkeetna
63. Justin Savidis, Willow
Robert Forto | Team Ineka | Alaska Dog Works | Mushing Radio | Dog Works Radio | Denver Dog Works | Daily Post
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Robert Forto is a musher training for his first Iditarod under the Team Ineka banner and the host of the popular radio shows, Mush! You Huskies and Dog Works Radio Shows
