The number varies from year to year, but there are never more than 100.
There are no more than 100 mushers in the Iditarod race.
They can't run so they just get ran over during the iditarod .
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63 mushers began the race, however 9 have scratched.
They are mushers.
They run their dogs alot and slowly increase the distance.
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62 mushers entered the 2011 Iditarod
63 mushers began the race, however 9 have scratched.
because
what route will mushers take
The Iditarod is fueled by greed. Mushers run dogs in the Iditarod to get prize money, book deals advertising contracts, and attention. Dogs who were in the Iditarod and their pups can be sold for more money. Often Iditarod mushers will profit from giving kennel tours and sled dog shows to tourists. Dogs run in the Iditarod because they're hooked up to the sleds. They don't know that they'll be running more 1,000 miles over a grueling terrain in 8 to 15 days. Mushers will use force to get their dogs to race. Just like us, the dogs don't want to run when they are tired, sick or in pain.