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2023 Race Statements & Press Releases
- Iditarod 51 Special Awards Recipients Honored at Finisher’s Banquet in Nome – March 19, 2023
- Iditarod announces 2023 prize money by finishing position – March 18, 2023
- Veteran musher Jason Mackey receives the Lynden “Committed through the Last Mile” Red Lantern Award – March 17, 2023
- Veteran Musher Eric Kelly scratches at Shaktoolik checkpoint – March 15, 2023
- Ryan Redington wins his first Iditarod championship in 51st Running of the race – March 14, 2023
- Ryan Redington wins Northrim Bank Achieve More Award – March 13, 2023
- Ryan Redington wins the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award – March 12, 2023
- Rookie musher Gregg Vitello scratches at Iditarod checkpoint – March 11, 2023
- Ryan Redington receives the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award – March 11, 2023
- Veteran musher Brent Sass scratches at Eagle Island Checkpoint – March 11, 2023
- Jessie Holmes wins First Musher to the Yukon Award – March 10, 2023
- Wade Marrs wins the GCI Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award – March 9, 2023
- Ryan Redington wins Alaska Air Transit Spirit of Iditarod Award – March 7, 2023
- Rookie Iditarod musher, Jennifer LaBar, scratches at Rainy Pass Checkpoint – March 6, 2023
- Capstone Family Medicine continues as Iditarod Partner – March 3, 2023
- Musher start order set for Iditarod 51 – March 2, 2023
- Travis Beals withdraws from Iditarod 2023 – February 15, 2023
- Veteran musher, Ramey Smyth, enters Iditarod 2023 – February 14, 2023
- Veteran musher, Lars Monsen withdraws from Iditarod 2023 – February 13, 2023
- Lance Mackey named Honorary Musher for Iditarod 2023 – December 14, 2022
- Iditarod statement regarding Hugh Neff’s denied application for Iditarod 2023 – December 5, 2022
- Musher sign-ups for Iditarod 2023 – December 5, 2022
- The Iditarod welcomes the Blood Bank of Alaska as a new partner – November 4, 2022
- Updated Covid vaccination policy for Iditarod 2023 – October 21, 2022
- The Iditarod teams up with race partner, Northern Air Cargo, to support the American Red Cross in Typhoon Merbok relief efforts – September 29, 2022
- 21 Mushers sign up for the 51st running of the Iditarod – June 25, 2022
2023 Iditarod Media Guide – CLICK HERE
Thank you for your interest in covering the 2023 Iditarod. The Iditarod does all it can to ensure every aspect of the race, including its valued relationship with the media, which is done with the highest integrity and safety-conscious efforts. The Iditarod relies on collaboration with members of the media to help tell the stories of these four-legged athletes truthfully and honoring their contributions to the state of Alaska.
Please review the 2023 Iditarod Media Guide before you apply for a 2023 media credential to cover the 51st running of the race.
Please CLICK HERE for the 2023 Media Credential Application and feel free to reach out to Shannon Noonan at media@iditarod.com if you have any questions.
***The last day to apply for 2023 Media Credentials is Monday, February 27 at 12:00pm AKST / 4:00pm EST***
If your media application is approved, there is a mandatory meeting for all credentialed media, which we call ‘Media Day’ that will be taking place on Wednesday, March 1 at 1:00pm on the 3rd floor of The Lakefront in the Spenard Room.
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OFFICIAL RACE MAP 2023 – FIRST RETURN TO THE SOUTHERN ROUTE SINCE 2019
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2022 Champion Summary
Veteran Iditarod musher Brent Sass (bib #27) of Eureka, Alaska, crossed the finish line of the 50th running of the Iditarod in Nome at 5:38 a.m. today, claiming his first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race championship. Sass wins his first championship in his seventh time competing. Sass had 11 dogs in harness when he triumphantly crossed the finish line to win the Iditarod 50 title in 8 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes and 43 seconds. Of course, Sass could not have made it the approximately 975 miles from Anchorage to Nome without his teammates: Slater, Pink, Garnet, Marble, Morello, Lucy, Woody, Tock, Capone, Pop, Arlo, Kutuk, Jackson and Draco. Read full press release HERE
