Did Jesse Holmes Finish The 2024 Iditarod Blog. Happy to see that after 487 miles, he is in first place. He won the kobuk 440 in 2017 and placed seventh in the 2018 iditarod, taking home the honor of being the “rookie of the year” in that iditarod.

It’s deeter’s best finish of his iditarod career. Jessie holmes was the first iditarod musher into the mcgrath checkpoint, resting for more than three hours and saying his race plans are fluid throughout the race.