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    Mush ado about Muttin

    Iditarod 2023: Ryan Redington wins Alaska sled dog race

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Ryan Redington on Tuesday won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, bringing his six dogs off the Bering Sea ice to the finish line on Nome’s main street.
    Redington, 40, is the grandson of Joe Redington Sr., who helped co-found the arduous race across Alaska that was first held in 1973 and is known as the “Father of the Iditarod.”
    “My grandpa, dad and Uncle Joee are all in the Mushing Hall of Fame. I got big footsteps to follow,” Ryan Redington wrote in his race biography.
    He previously won the Junior Iditarod in 1999 and 2000. His father, Raymie, is a 10-time Iditarod finisher.
    Redington, who is Inupiat, becomes the sixth Alaska Native musher to win the world’s most famous sled dog race.
    After crossing the finish in Nome around 12:15 p.m., he said it has been a goal of his since he was “a very small child to win the Iditarod, and I can’t believe it. It finally happened.

    Ryan Redington poses with his lead dogs Sven, left, and Ghost, after he won the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, on March 14, 2023 in Nome, Alaska.AP“It took a lot work, took a lot of patience. And we failed quite a few times, you know? But we kept our head up high and stuck with the dream,” he said.
    Redington won the Iditarod in his 16th try.
    He scratched from seven of those races, but his performance this decade has been the best of his career.
    He finished ninth last year, seventh in 2021 and eighth in 2020 — his only other top 10 finishes before this year’s race.

    Ryan Redington mushes down Front Street to win the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 14, 2023 in Nome, Alaska.APThe nearly 1,000-mile race started March 5 in Willow for 33 mushers, who traveled over two mountain ranges, the frozen Yukon River and on the Bering Sea ice.
    Since then, three mushers have scratched.
    A fan-friendly ceremonial start was held in Anchorage the day before.
    It was the smallest field ever to start a race, one short of the first race run.

    The race started March 5 in Willow for 33 mushers, who traveled over two mountain ranges, the frozen Yukon River and on the Bering Sea ice.APAmong those who scratched was defending champion Brent Sass, who was leading when he withdrew Saturday over concerns for his health because of periodontal issues.
    He was doing OK and resting in the community of Unalakleet, he posted on Instagram Sunday.
    The Iditarod was caring for his dogs, he said.
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    Good dog house thread name.

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    What made it even more emotional was that Ryan Redington lost his strongest dog, Chewie, to an unknown underlying heart condition 50 miles into the race. Ryan carried his frozen body over his shoulders (see picture above for evidence) for the remaining 950 miles to secure Chewie's legacy.
    Black diamonds? I shit 'em.

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    ^ Sad story.


    They do sled dog racing in the UK and I always fancied trying it when I lived there. You use a kind of go-kart thing instead of a sled.

    There's not a chance I could ever train my mutts for this. I once tried to get a couple to tow the daughter in her pram but they just sat down and stared at me.

    Documents – British Sleddog Sports Federation

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Sad story.
    Satire Mendy.

    It's just a fur-lined hood and not a frozen Chewie over his shoulders.

    I made it up over some crumpets and a cup of tea.

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    ^

    Yeah I realised Bogon... I was being ironic back at you.

    Or was I being satirical? I never know.

    Either way, it was obviously a bit weak.

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    these bloody tables are taking forever you could have iditarodded 4 times over by now

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Either way, it was obviously a bit weak.
    Not one of my best, I must admit.

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