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Gatt finished the race at 10:34 this morning.
The contest came down to the wire.
Gatt, who left the time station 13 minutes ahead of Ed Hopkins, got into Whitehorse only three minutes earlier.
“I thought I had it made,” said Gatt.
“We were pretty even the whole race but I thought that 13 minutes would be enough. When we hit the Takhini River, my sled just stopped and the gangline went tight and I couldn’t make any slack.
“I could see Ed coming up behind me, but the rest is history.”
Gatt said leaving from Pelly, the trail was great, but heading into Whitehorse, he had to deal with the fresh snow that fell last evening and overflow on the river.
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