Posted on 03/17/2020 12:47:45 PM PDT by Morgana
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - Veteran Iditarod musher Aaron Peck, wearing bib no. 36 scratched at the Shaktoolik checkpoint Monday afternoon.
According to the Iditarod's public relations team, Peck scratched at the Shaktoolik checkpoint - which was relocated to Old Shaktoolik - at around 3:50 p.m.
Peck, of Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada, reportedly made the decision to scratch "in the best interest of his race team." He and his dogs will be flown back to the Unalakleet checkpoint.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktuu.com ...
How dare they run a Madonna Memorial Sled Dog Race in the middle of the Corona Virus pandemic!...............
ALASKA PING
A high number of Mushers scratching for the best interest of the team yet PETA says Mushers are mean to the dogs!
That durned Shaktoolik will do it to ya every time!...
Scratch = quit?
The dogs will run their feet off; they were born to pull. Good for the mushers to give them a break.
Scratched off the list
We raise hunting dogs for fun and no profit. ;)
Our dogs get the best medical attention and food that is the best we can buy. Beau left a while ago to go get an infusion of kibble. He will literally be coming home with a ‘pallet’ of dog food.
I’ll bet my fur would be glossy and sleek if I started eating it, LOL!
Good on this guy for doing the right thing. I’d compare his ‘scratch’ to using your $200 hammer to hold open a window.
You use your ‘tools’ properly, or not at all!
Are all these scratches this time around normal or is this just more of the MSM promoting fear and chaos?
You know you can run dogs faster if you hang a live cat in a mesh bag on a stick just in front of the dogs...
Thank You Morgana for all the great Pings and Threads!
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Iditarod Day 10: Veteran Iditarod mushers Anna Berington and Kristy Berington scratch in Unalakleet
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Jesse Holmes has moved from 14th to 11th place since the last checkpoint.
GO JESSE!
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