Published: December 23rd, 2008 10:54 PM
Last Modified: December 23rd, 2008 10:55 PM
Two-time defending Iditarod champion Lance Mackey opened his season with a loss on Sunday, finishing two minutes behind Jodi Bailey of Chatanika in the Two Rivers Dog Mushers Solstice 100 race.
Bailey finished at 12:06 a.m. Sunday.
Iditarod veteran Jessica Hendricks of Two Rivers, who won the Sheep Mountain 150 two weeks earlier, was third, 18 minutes behind Bailey. Iditarod veteran Judy Currier of Two Rivers took fourth.
Rounding out the top five was Yukon Quest veteran Brent Sass, who is training in Eureka this season. He reached the finish line at 12:55.
Bailey may have Mackey's number. Last year she finished 20 minutes ahead of him in the Gin-Gin 200, and the two are expected to meet again when that race begins Saturday.
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