“I was told I had a choice of scratching or being disqualified,' said Iditarod musher Hugh Neff. 'For the sake of the mushing community I told them I was a scratch.'
Hugh Neff and his team prepare to leave the Ruby dog yard after scratching from the 2022 Iditarod Race officials say Neff decided to drop out of the race on Friday afternoon in Ruby.
“In conjunction with Iditarod Race Marshal Mark Nordman, Neff made the decision to scratch due to their concern for his race team,” said a brief statement from the Iditarod Friday evening. Neff and his 11 dogs were the second team into Ruby Friday morning. Ruby is the first checkpoint on the Yukon River, roughly halfway into the race. Neff came in about two hours behind race leader Brent Sass and decided to take an eight-hour rest. “I was told I had a choice of scratching or being disqualified,” he said. For the sake of the mushing community, I told them I was a scratch.
“I was on brakes most of the time. These girls are fast dogs, and at heart whatever happens to me happens to me — I love these dogs,” he said. Neff was preparing to take his dogs to a friend’s house in Ruby to decide what to do next. He sounded disappointed.
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