Nearly half of the racers are in now. They really scorched through that last half of the race. Just my opinion, but it seems like the fastest times were at least somewhat at the expense of the dogs. Again, JMHO but the winner PeteKaiser who also won last year, finished with seven of the team of twelve. Second was Brent Sass with nine of the dozen he began with. Third place went to Joar Ulsom with six of the twelve. Now they may all have good legitimate reasons for dropping that many dogs and may even have chosen to finish with only the fastest members of their team. I am sure the strategy on the 300 milers is somewhat different from the 1000 mile races where drops are seldom that high, grueling though the races are. Of the fourteen mushers who have finished, nine is the highest number of dogs to cross the finish line. Several did that.
BTW, Jeff King came in 6th and Rohn Buser 8th. They both finished with eight dogs. Martin Buser was in 14th place and had seven. It must have been a very interesting race! The three ladies still seem to be trailing and the Mackey brothers are getting near the finish. I think that is enough about the Kuskokwin. I'll turn my attention to the next race later in the week. Check back soon.
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