Skip to main content
. 2015 Oct 20;6:329–339. doi: 10.2147/VMRR.S88276

Table 2.

Dropped dogs per checkpoint for participating and nonparticipating teams that completed at least half of the race distance and dogs dropped for orthopedic reasons only

Checkpoint Distance from last checkpoint (km) DDs (%) DDs ortho (%)
Yentna station 72 1 (0.3) 1 (0.6)
Skwentna 55 10 (3.0) 6 (3.6)
Finger Lake 72 20 (6.1) 13 (7.8)
Rainy Pass 48 27 (8.2) 17 (10.2)
Rohn 77 17 (5.2) 10 (6.0)
Nikolai 121 41 (12.4) 20 (12.0)
McGrath 87 21 (5.9) 6 (3.6)
Takotna 29 9 (2.5) 2 (1.2)
Ophir 40 17 (4.8) 9 (5.4)
Iditarod 145 25 (7.0) 20 (12.0)
Shageluk 105 20 (5.6) 8 (4.8)
Anvik 40 11 (3.1) 6 (3.6)
Grayling 29 8 (2.3) 3 (1.8)
Eagle Island 97 17 (4.8) 7 (4.2)
Kaltag 113 17 (4.8) 7 (4.2)
Unalakleet 145 27 (7.6) 15 (9.0)
Shaktoolik 68 7 (2.0) 1 (0.6)
Koyuk 77 14 (3.9) 6 (3.6)
Elim 77 5 (1.4) 4 (2.4)
White Mountain 74 15 (4.2) 5 (3.0)
Safety 89 1 (0.3) 1 (0.6)
330 (100.0) 167 (100.0)

Notes: The distance from the previous checkpoint with the number and percentage of dropped dogs is shown.

Abbreviations: DDs, dropped dogs; DDs ortho, dropped dogs for orthopedic reasons only (shoulder, carpus, and hind limb injuries).