Congratulations to Rev and Maple as the lead dogs of Lance Mackey's winning Iditarod team. These strapping dogs raced the 1100 +/- miles from Anchorage to Nome Alaska in 51 seconds short of 9 days.
The Iditarod is quite a fascinating competition. There's rules, strategies, and lots of personal stories that make the whole thing very interesting. Some animal activists think the Iditarod is dog abuse, but does this picture suggest dog abuse?
Our Bettles favorite musher, Sven Haltmann, was running in the top 10 until he dropped from 13 dogs to 9. He finished today in 17th place overtaking Sonny Lindner in the last two checkpoints and coming in less than 10 minutes ahead.
Cooper and Otis have been on pins and needles everyday awaiting the results. Cooper thinks he could be a "lead dog" next year...
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