Defending Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey was the first musher to leave the ghost town of Ophir early this morning. Brent Sass left 18 minutes later, and then passed a resting Seavey on the trail.
He pulled in 12 minutes after Sass. Nikolai is about a quarter of the way into the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Iditarod leaders were leapfrogging each other down the trail on Wednesday, as mushers continue to jockey for position in the early part of the race, and lead changes are common.Ophir is 352 miles into the nearly 1,000-mile race. Seavey left there at 3:49 a.m. Wednesday with 12 dogs. He had an 18-minute lead over the second-place musher, Brent Sass, who has 13 dogs remaining on his team.
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