2023 Iditarod Mushers
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#2 Jessie Holmes
Home: Brushkana
First start: 2018 - Starts: 5 - Finishes: 5 - Best finish: 3 - Top10: 3 - Winnings: $103,244
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#3 Bailey Vitello - Rookie
Home: Milan, New Hampshire
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#4 Mille Porsild
Home: Denmark
First start: 2020 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 3 - Best finish: 5 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $58,912
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#5 Ryan Redington
Home: Knik
First start: 2001 - Starts: 15 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 7 - Top10: 3 - Winnings: $112,160
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#6 Kristy Berington
Home: Knik
First start: 2010 - Starts: 13 - Finishes: 12 - Best finish: 16 - Winnings: $29,435
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#7 Matt Hall
Home: Two Rivers
First start: 2018 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 6 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $64,607
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#8 Anna Berington
Home: Knik
First start: 2012 - Starts: 11 - Finishes: 10 - Best finish: 17 - Winnings: $25,435
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#9 Nicolas Petit
Home: Big Lake
First start: 2011 - Starts: 11 - Finishes: 8 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 6 - Winnings: $226,619
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#10 KattiJo Deeter - Rookie
Home: Fairbanks
First start: 2022 - Starts: 1
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#11 Dan Kaduce
Home: Chatanika
First start: 2010 - Starts: 4 - Finishes: 4 - Best finish: 4 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $56,935
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#12 Hunter Keefe - Rookie
Home: Knik
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#13 Jennifer LaBar - Rookie
Home: Healy
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#14 Brent Sass
Home: Eureka
First start: 2012 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 1 (2022) - Top10: 3 - Winnings: $159,922
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#15 Richie Diehl
Home: Aniak
First start: 2013 - Starts: 10 - Finishes: 9 - Best finish: 6 - Top10: 3 - Winnings: $162,155
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#16 Matthew Failor
Home: Willow
First start: 2012 - Starts: 11 - Finishes: 10 - Best finish: 13 - Winnings: $59,049
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#17 Eric Kelly
Home: Knik
First start: 2022 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 34 - Winnings: $1,049
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#18 Eddie Burke Jr. - Rookie
Home: Anchorage
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#19 Bridgett Watkins - Rookie
Home: Fairbanks
First start: 2022 - Starts: 1
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#20 Jason Mackey
Home: Knik
First start: 2004 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 6 - Best finish: 21 - Winnings: $19,110
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#21 Riley Dyche
Home: Fairbanks
First start: 2020 - Starts: 3 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 25 - Winnings: $2,098
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#22 Gerhardt Thiart - Rookie
Home: Cape Town, South Africa
First start: 2022 - Starts: 1
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#23 Kelly Maixner
Home: Big Lake
First start: 2011 - Starts: 8 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 13 - Winnings: $65,546
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#24 Ramey Smyth
Home: Willow
First start: 1994 - Starts: 26 - Finishes: 25 - Best finish: 2 - Top10: 12 - Winnings: $611,460
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#25 Joanna Jagow
Home: Two Rivers
First start: 2021 - Starts: 1 - Finishes: 1 - Best finish: 29 - Winnings: $1,049
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#26 Jessie Royer
Home: Seeley Lake, Montana
First start: 2001 - Starts: 19 - Finishes: 19 - Best finish: 3 - Top10: 8 - Winnings: $485,285
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#27 Jed Stephensen - Rookie
Home: Sandpoint, Idaho
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#28 Wade Marrs
Home: Solon Springs, Wisconsin
First start: 2009 - Starts: 11 - Finishes: 9 - Best finish: 4 - Top10: 4 - Winnings: $208,579
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#29 Gregg Vitello - Rookie
Home: Milan, New Hampshire
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#30 Christian Turner
Home: Mackay, Australia
First start: 2014 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 15 - Winnings: $21,049
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#31 Aaron Peck
Home: Grande Prairie, Alberta
First start: 2000 - Starts: 9 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 10 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $41,037
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#32 Michael Williams Jr.
Home: Akiak
First start: 2010 - Starts: 7 - Finishes: 7 - Best finish: 8 - Top10: 1 - Winnings: $29,098
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#33 Peter Kaiser
Home: Bethel
First start: 2010 - Starts: 13 - Finishes: 12 - Best finish: 1 (2019) - Top10: 7 - Winnings: $345,244
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#34 Deke Naaktgeboren
Home: Fairbanks
First start: 2020 - Starts: 2 - Finishes: 2 - Best finish: 27 - Winnings: $2,098