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Iditarod ceremonial start draws eager dog teams, spectators and calls for ‘bootie bootie bootie’
Mushers excitedly prepared their teams, laying out the gangline and ... were there for the ceremonial start of the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — with one major exception.
Alaska Public Media1y
Iditarod returns to 16-dog teams
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will once again allow up to 16 dogs per team in the thousand-mile race to Nome. Race officials made the announcement in a media briefing Wednesday in Anchorage ...
Alaska Dispatch News2mon
Tired Iditarod teams battle the sandman — and an actual sandstorm — on the trail
GALENA — Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race teams at the head of the pack were wrapping up their mandatory 24-hour breaks at checkpoints along the trail Friday, including the one in this Interior ...
NPR2y
The smallest field ever of competing sled dog teams takes off in the Iditarod race
The winner is expected to drive their sled dog team down Nome's Front Street to ... have decided to retire or take a break from the Iditarod, including five-time champion Dallas Seavey, four ...
The Washington Post3mon
Look closer at the Iditarod, and ask why this cruelty survives
A sled dog jumps into the air while waiting for the ceremonial start of the Iditarod this past Saturday. (Amanda Loman/AP) Column by Sally Jenkins Why not run the Iditarod with teams of humans?
New York Post2y
Alaska’s arduous Iditarod kicks off with ceremonial start
Sass regrouped and led his team of 11 dogs off the Bering Sea ice and down Nome’s main street to the iconic burled arch finish line, winning the Iditarod, the world’s most famous sled dog race ...
TreeHugger2mon
The Iditarod and Animal Cruelty
The rules for the Iditarod require teams of one musher with 12 to 16 dogs, with at least six dogs crossing the finish line. The musher is the human driver of the sled. Anyone who has been ...
Hosted on MSN3mon
The world's most famous sled dog race is longer than ever. Here's a look at Iditarod, by the numbers
This year the Iditarod will honor another famous route: the 1925 Serum Run, in which sled dog teams saved Nome from a deadly diphtheria outbreak. 396 to 528 That’s a lot of dogs. Each musher ...
USA Today1y
Moose killed in self-defense by dog sledding champion, who says his dog team was attacked
Officials with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race said that five-time Iditarod ... at the start of this year's race. Seavey and his team were about 14 miles outside of the Skwentna, Alaska ...
Yahoo! Sports3mon
Iditarod ceremonial start draws eager dog teams, spectators and calls for 'bootie bootie bootie'
Mushers excitedly prepared their teams, laying out the gangline and ... were there for the ceremonial start of the 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — with one major exception.
Newsday3mon
The world's most famous sled dog race is longer than ever. Here's a look at Iditarod, by the numbers
Matt Hall's team crosses the Northern Lights bridge near Goose Lake during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Saturday, March 2, 2024. Credit: AP/Anne Raup Dorothy Page and ...