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
Gold Rush Sled Dog Tours
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2019 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/03 14:30:00 | 14 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/03 18:21:00 | 14 | 3/03 20:32:00 | 14 | 2h 11m | 3h 51m | 10.91 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 23:42:00 | 14 | 3/04 02:33:00 | 14 | 2h 51m | 3h 10m | 9.47 | 30 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/04 07:09:00 | 14 | 3/04 10:48:00 | 14 | 3h 39m | 4h 36m | 8.70 | 40 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/04 14:04:00 | 14 | 3/04 17:25:00 | 14 | 3h 21m | 3h 16m | 9.18 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/04 21:21:00 | 14 | 3/04 21:33:00 | 14 | 0h 12m | 3h 56m | 8.90 | 35 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/05 10:44:00 | 14 | 3/05 15:32:00 | 13 | 4h 48m | 13h 11m | 5.69 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/05 21:49:00 | 13 | 3/05 21:51:00 | 13 | 0h 2m | 6h 17m | 7.64 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/06 00:12:00 | 13 | 3/07 01:24:00 | 13 | 25h 12m | 2h 21m | 7.66 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/07 04:07:00 | 13 | 3/07 04:12:00 | 13 | 0h 5m | 2h 43m | 8.47 | |
23 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/07 19:12:00 | 13 | 3/08 00:18:00 | 12 | 5h 6m | 15h 0m | 5.33 | |
80 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/08 07:56:00 | 12 | 3/08 15:56:00 | 12 | 8h 0m | 7h 38m | 7.21 | |
|
55 | |
| Anvik | 3/08 19:12:00 | 12 | 3/08 19:14:00 | 12 | 0h 2m | 3h 16m | 7.65 | |
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25 | |
| Grayling | 3/08 21:22:00 | 12 | 3/09 02:13:00 | 12 | 4h 51m | 2h 8m | 8.44 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/09 08:41:00 | 12 | 3/09 08:46:00 | 11 | 0h 5m | 6h 28m | 9.59 | |
|
62 | |
| Kaltag | 3/09 23:35:00 | 11 | 3/10 08:01:00 | 11 | 7h 26m | 14h 49m | 4.05 | |
|
60 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/10 23:30:00 | 11 | 3/11 03:40:00 | 11 | 4h 10m | 15h 29m | 5.49 | |
|
85 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/11 09:09:00 | 11 | 3/11 13:37:00 | 11 | 4h 28m | 5h 29m | 7.29 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/12 17:37:00 | 11 | 3/13 04:49:00 | 10 | 11h 12m | 28h 0m | 1.79 | |
|
50 | |
| Elim | 3/13 11:36:00 | 10 | 3/13 15:27:00 | 10 | 3h 51m | 6h 47m | 7.08 | |
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48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/13 22:51:00 | 10 | 3/14 06:51:00 | 10 | 8h 0m | 7h 24m | 6.22 | |
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46 | |
| Safety | 3/14 13:17:00 | 10 | 3/14 13:18:00 | 10 | 0h 1m | 6h 26m | 8.55 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/14 16:03:21 | 10 | 2h 45m | 8.00 | |
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22 | ||||
