FILE - Iditarod winner Brent Sass poses for photos with lead dogs Morello, left, and Slater after winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska, March 15, 2022. A second musher has been disqualified from the world’s most famous sled dog race. The governing body of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race said in a one-sentence statement late Thursday night, Feb. 22, 2024, that it has withdrawn 2022 champion Brent Sass just days before the start of this year’s race. (Anne Raup/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
Eddie Burke Jr. is photographed at the 2023 Iditarod musher banquet in Anchorage, Alaska. After an emergency meeting Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, the Iditarod Trail Committee announced that Burke Jr. has been disqualified from this year’s race, just days before the March 2 ceremonial start in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)