Overnight the Iditarod reported that Anja Radano of Swamp Dawg Kennel chose to scratch in the checkpoint of Nikolai. The press release stated that she made the decision in the best interest of her dogs. Fans had been concerned much of Wednesday when they watched her tracker leave Nikolai only to return, with some faithful tracker followers noting that her tracker posted speeds closer to snowmachine than dog team on the return back.
This morning the folks running her kennel page while she is away confirmed she has scratched but said they would not comment further on the scratch or make more posts on her behalf - that they would let her choose when to tell her trail stories when she returns in the next day or two.
Trail continues to be impacted by heavy, wet snowfall near McGrath as teams are in the midst of taking their 24s.
Radano had 12 dogs on the line when she scratched and is the first team to end their race early in this year's Iditarod.
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