Dallas Seavey, 37, finished the 51st Iditarod in 9 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes and 8 seconds, and won just over $55,000 in prize money
Seavey’s race was not without incident. A moose severely injured one of Seavey's dogs in an attack on the trail. Seavey shot and killed the moose, and partially gutted it, but race rules require any big game animal killed in defense of life or property to be fulled gutted before the musher moves on. Because Seavey spent only 10 minutes gutting the moose, race officials gave Seavey a two-hour time penalty.
Despite the time penalty, Seavey and his dog team battled back, and by Tuesday morning they had a three-hour lead over their nearest competitor.
As Seavey neared the finish line, he jumped off his sled and ran with his dogs. At the finish line he hugged each dog on his team — and they gave him sloppy tongue kisses right back.
Three dogs died on the race, each from separate teams, two dogs from 1st time racers, and one dog from a second-time racer.
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