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Gatt, the 2003 champion out of Atlin, British Columbia, left Dawson at 2:52 a.m. Yukon Time Saturday morning after a mandatory 36-hour layover. He reached the community with 11 dogs and left with that many. He had previously dropped three.

Dawson is the halfway point in the 1,000-mile race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

As of 10 p.m. Alaska time, the other mushers out of Dawson, in order, were Dave Dalton of Healy (4:04 p.m.), Dan Kaduce of Chatanika (5:50 p.m.), Sebastien Schnuelle of Whitehorse (7:05 p.m.), Frank Turner of Whitehorse (7:20 p.m.), John Schandelmeier of Paxson (8:14 p.m.) and Peter Ledwidge of Dawson City (8:31 p.m.)

Thomas Tetz of Tagish, Yukon Territory, was running in ninth place and was scheduled to leave Dawson City at 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Tetz is driving a team of dogs owned by Juneau's Deborah Bicknell.

Thirteen other mushers had arrived in Dawson by Saturday night.