Former reality TV star wins Iditarod, rewards sled dogs with steaks
Jessie Holmes is the third competitor in the 54-year history of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to repeat the year after winning for the first time.
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Jessie Holmes is the third competitor in the 54-year history of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race to repeat the year after winning for the first time.
This year's Iditarod route was 120 miles longer than normal as the route had to be changed due to a lack of snow. But Emily Ford still finished 18th out of 33 mushers in her first go at it.
Jessie Holmes won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska on Friday. It was his eighth time competing in the race.
The starting line of the Iditarod sled dog race is being moved from Anchorage to Fairbanks after it didn't snow for more than two weeks along the 20-mile stretch between the two cities.
Dallas Seavey won a record 6th Iditarod in a race that was also marred by the deaths of three sled dogs and serious injury to a fourth.
Dallas Seavey, a five-time Iditarod champion, used a handgun to shoot and kill a moose that injured one of his dogs.
Dallas Seavey informed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officials that he was forced to shoot the moose with a handgun in self-defense.
"Cruelty is baked into this deadly race, and it's time for it to stop," PETA said in a statement.