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Iditarod Rules and Regulations
By LG and JC
Required Supplies
Mushers are required to have the
following supplies:
an ax
sleeping bag weighing at least
5lbs
8 booties for each dog
1 pair of snowshoes
promotional materials from the
ITC
3 gallon pot
operational cooker
veterinarian notebook
Dogs
maximum number to start with~16
minimum number to start with~12
minimum number to end with~5
no dogs may be added
dogs must finish in the sled or
on the tow line
dogs are not aloud to run loose or
behind the sled
dogs must not be on any drugs
during the race
Mushers
mushers are aloud to help
troubled teams as long as it is reported
when a team comes within 50ft of
another, the musher in front must stop for 15 minutes and let the other pass
them
only one musher per team
mushers must only use
traditional forms of navigation
mushers must be 18 years old at
the start of the race
no substitutes are aloud unless
drivers permitted without permission from the race marshal
Purse
1st Place $60,000
2nd Place 52,500
3rd Place 45,000
4th Place 37,500
5th Place 34,000
6th Place 31,000
7th Place 28,500
8th Place 26,000
9th Place 23,500
10th Place 21,000
11th Place 18,500
12th Place 16,500
13th Place 14,000
14th Place 13,000
15th Place 12,500
16th Place 12,000
17th Place 11,500
18th Place 10,750
19th Place 10,250
20th Place 9,500
21th Place 8,000
22th Place 7,000
23th Place
6,000
24th Place 4,000
25th Place 3,500
26th Place 2,500
27th Place 2,000
28th Place 1,750
29th Place 1,500
30th Place 1,250
General Policies
entry fee: $ 1,750
food items weighing no more than
70lbs may be shipped to each checkpoint for the musher to pick up
the Iditarod comity reserves the
right to take urine samples anytime after the race has begun to an hour after
its finish for drug testing
Any further information can be
found at http://www.iditarod.com/