Musher Details
Biography
Matthew Failor is a veteran Iditarod musher, Kuskokwim 300 Champion, and multi-time humanitarian award winner in mid-distance racing.
He and his wife Liz own and operate Alaskan Husky Adventures in Willow, Alaska, where they offer locals and visitors a chance to meet their Iditarod team and experience the joy of dog mushing for themselves.
Their race team name, 17th-Dog, is a tribute to their supporters. For many years, mushers could take 16 dogs on the Iditarod. Family, friends, and fans of the team are symbolically dubbed the 17th-Dog that make it possible to race.
Sponsors
Alaska Icefield Expeditions
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Awards
Musher\'s Choice Award
2016 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/05 12:14:00 | 16 | 3/05 12:14:00 | 16 | 0h 0m | ||||||
| Willow | 3/06 16:02:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/06 19:57:00 | 16 | 3/06 20:00:00 | 16 | 0h 3m | 3h 55m | 10.72 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/07 03:15:00 | 16 | 3/07 03:23:00 | 16 | 0h 8m | 7h 15m | 4.14 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/07 11:59:00 | 16 | 3/07 12:02:00 | 16 | 0h 3m | 8h 36m | 4.65 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/07 15:58:00 | 16 | 3/07 20:59:00 | 16 | 5h 1m | 3h 56m | 7.63 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/08 01:42:00 | 16 | 3/08 05:14:00 | 16 | 3h 32m | 4h 43m | 7.42 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/08 14:17:00 | 16 | 3/09 15:10:00 | 16 | 24h 53m | 9h 3m | 8.29 |  |
75 | ||
| McGrath | 3/09 20:20:00 | 16 | 3/10 10:02:00 | 16 | 13h 42m | 5h 10m | 9.29 | |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/10 12:02:00 | 16 | 3/10 12:04:00 | 16 | 0h 2m | 2h 0m | 9.00 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/10 14:30:00 | 16 | 3/11 14:00:00 | 16 | 23h 30m | 2h 26m | 9.45 | |
23 | ||
| Cripple | 3/12 05:43:00 | 16 | 3/12 12:24:00 | 16 | 6h 41m | 15h 43m | 4.64 | |
73 | ||
| Ruby | 3/13 03:25:00 | 16 | 3/13 11:26:00 | 16 | 8h 1m | 14h 1m | 4.99 | |
|
70 | |
| Galena | 3/13 17:29:00 | 16 | 3/14 01:39:00 | 16 | 8h 10m | 6h 3m | 8.26 | |
|
50 | |
| Nulato | 3/14 07:34:00 | 16 | 3/14 16:00:00 | 16 | 8h 26m | 5h 55m | 6.25 | |
|
37 | |
| Kaltag | 3/14 19:41:00 | 16 | 3/15 02:08:00 | 14 | 6h 27m | 3h 41m | 12.76 | |
|
47 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/15 16:12:00 | 14 | 3/16 00:23:00 | 14 | 8h 11m | 14h 4m | 6.04 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/16 05:14:00 | 14 | 3/16 12:09:00 | 14 | 6h 55m | 4h 51m | 8.25 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/16 17:18:00 | 14 | 3/16 23:20:00 | 13 | 6h 2m | 5h 9m | 9.71 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/17 04:10:00 | 13 | 3/17 11:20:00 | 13 | 7h 10m | 4h 50m | 9.93 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/17 16:23:00 | 13 | 3/18 00:53:00 | 12 | 8h 30m | 5h 3m | 9.11 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/18 07:20:00 | 12 | 3/18 07:28:00 | 12 | 0h 8m | 6h 27m | 8.53 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/18 09:54:45 | 12 | 2h 26m | 9.04 | |
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22 | ||||
