You're right!! That might be quite the task considering it's been trampled by all the teams coming down the steps!!Scratches
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Re: Scratches
by Di* » Fri Mar 13, 2020 3:31 pm
You're right!! That might be quite the task considering it's been trampled by all the teams coming down the steps!!Dogs...What they lack in manners, they make up for in Sincerity!
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Re: Scratches
by tanglefoot » Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:31 pm
Heard some talk on alaska radio today that folks think kellers scratch and then choice to mush home rather than get a flight back to be questionable and some folks suggested it was a kind of publicity thing for him. It does seem woerd he would mush home taking days when a flight would have been faster out of there
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Re: Scratches
by libby the lab » Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:44 pm
I thought it might be a money issue. He has to pay to fly him and his dogs out. He is an "off the grid" farmer???
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Re: Scratches
by elsietee » Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:55 pm
RAIMIS2 wrote:Fiedler is out. I had him in my TTP.
Really? That's weird. They had video of him from Galena, saying that his dogs had caught a bug the second day, but were doing lots better and now on the upswing - even though he wasn't going to win any speed prizes. But he seemed in good spirits and didn't mention any problems.
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Re: Scratches
by elsietee » Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:06 pm
And Martin Massicotte also scratched in Galena. I'd forgotten about him, after he started out so fast. I think it's hard to switch from mid-distance to long-distance - esp. if you're a racer. Different set of skills and patience.
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Re: Scratches
by Moose » Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:56 am
Very sad to see my ROTY pick Massicotte scratch. He's a perennial Can-Am racer and Quebec is close enough to have made him my "hometown" favorite.
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Re: Scratches
by Another UK Fan » Sun Mar 15, 2020 4:44 am
Aww Moose - sorry to see your 'local lad' scratch 
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Re: Scratches
by tanglefoot » Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:37 am
was surprised at Linwood but on the video he didn't seem his normal up beat self
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Re: Scratches
by Moose » Sun Mar 15, 2020 6:06 am
Iditarod only gives a general/generic explanation for scratchs. So I can't help but wonder if the "closing" of checkpoints up the line played into the decision of Fiedler and Massacotte to scratch. Schedules tossed out, messy weather expected but no "shelter" for napping, drying wet clothing? Just musings over coffee this morning.
Edited to add: I see Massacotte was down to 9 dogs. Trail conditions must have put a real damper on their spirits.
Edited to add: I see Massacotte was down to 9 dogs. Trail conditions must have put a real damper on their spirits.
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