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Eye on the Jr: History and Fun Facts
Jr. Iditarod 2020 Honorary Mushers Dale and Linda Peterson Setting up the Banner on Knik Lake
This February will mark the 47th year of the Jr.
Iditarod.
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The Junior, just like the Iditarod, began as a dream. Joe Redington, Sr. dreamed of a long distance race across Alaska to keep the sled dog in Alaska and the old mail routes on the map. It was Eric Beeman who dreamed of a distance race for young mushers to help prepare them for the “Big Iditarod.”
Five years after the Inaugural Iditarod, the juniors had their own Iditarod.
It looked quite different than the Jr. Iditarod known today.
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In 1978, the first year of the Junior, there were two divisions of mushers. The senior division contestants ages 15 to 17, ran 10 dogs for a distance of 40 miles including an overnight camping layover. The Junior division, ages 11 to 14 ran 6 dogs for a distance of 18 miles in a one-day event.
The next year the race was changed to only one division with a