A sled dog on the team of musher Benjamin Good of North Pole, Alaska, await its turn to be hooked up to a sled Saturday, March 2, 2024, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The 1,000-mile race will take mushers and their dog teams a thousand miles over Alaska's unforgiving terrain, with the winner expected at the finish line in Nome, Alaska, in about 10 days. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
An Iditarod trail poster is shown Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, hanging outside a home in Knik, Alaska. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race begins Saturday, March 2, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Ryan Redington, the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog champion, takes some of his dogs on a training run Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Knik, Alaska. Redington is one of three former champions in this year's race, which starts Saturday, March 2, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Musher Dutch Johnson, a kennel manager at The August Foundation for Alaska Racing Dogs, runs a dog team on Dee Lake in Chugiak, Alaska, Jan. 23, 2024. The lead dogs are illuminated for safety. Alaska’s wild spaces are getting more crowded and dangerous for Alaska’s four-legged athletes training for the Iditarod, an annual sled dog race that celebrates the official state sport. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
Sled dogs on the team of musher Benjamin Good of North Pole, Alaska, await their turn to be hooked up to a sled Saturday, March 2, 2024, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The 1,000-mile race will take mushers and their dog teams a thousand miles over Alaska's unforgiving terrain, with the winner expected at the finish line in Nome, Alaska, in about 10 days. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Ryan Redington, the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog champion, takes some of his dogs on a training run Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Knik, Alaska. Redington is one of three former champions in this year's race, which starts Saturday in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Ghost, left, and Sven, two leaders on the team of Ryan Redington, the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog champion, are shown ahead of a training run Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Knik, Alaska. Redington is one of three former champions in this year's race, which starts Saturday in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Ryan Redington, the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog champion, puts booties on his dog Sven's paws before a training run Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Knik, Alaska. Redington is one of three former champions in this year's race, which starts Saturday in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Musher Anna Berington, wearing big No. 2, takes an auction winner in her sled 11 miles over the streets of Anchorage, Alaska, during the Saturday, March 2, 2024, ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The 1,000-mile race will take mushers and their dog teams a thousand miles over Alaska's unforgiving terrain, with the winner expected at the finish line in Nome, Alaska, in about 10 days. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Ghost, left, and Sven, two leaders on the team of Ryan Redington, the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog champion, are shown ahead of a training run Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Knik, Alaska. Redington is one of three former champions in this year's race, which starts Saturday in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Ryan Redington, the defending Iditarod Trail Sled Dog champion, takes some of his dogs on a training run Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Knik, Alaska. Redington is one of three former champions in this year's race, which starts Saturday, March 2, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Musher Connor McMahon of Carcross, Yukon Territory, Canada, wearing big No. 3, takes an auction winner in his sled 11 miles over the streets of Anchorage, Alaska, during the Saturday, March 2, 2024, ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The 1,000-mile race will take mushers and their dog teams a thousand miles over Alaska's unforgiving terrain, with the winner expected at the finish line in Nome, Alaska, in about 10 days. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Lead dogs Magic, left, and his brother Geronimo, right, are illuminated during a run at dusk on the Beach Lake trails in Chugiak, Alaska, Jan. 23, 2024. Alaska’s wild spaces are getting more crowded and dangerous for Alaska’s four-legged athletes training for the Iditarod, an annual sled dog race that celebrates the official state sport. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
Musher Dutch Johnson, a kennel manager at The August Foundation for Alaska Racing Dogs, runs a dog team on trails maintained by the Chugiak Dog Mushers Association, Jan. 23, 2024, in Chugiak, Alaska. The lead dogs are illuminated for safety. Alaska’s wild spaces are getting more crowded and dangerous for Alaska’s four-legged athletes training for the Iditarod, an annual sled dog race that celebrates the official state sport. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
The fan-friendly ceremonial start of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was held in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday, March 2, 2024. The Chugach Mountains are seen in the background behind the banner strung over Fourth Avenue. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Ryan Redington, the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog champion, prepares to hook dogs up to his sled Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Knik, Alaska. Redington is one of three former champions in this year's race, which starts Saturday in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Ryan Redington, the 2023 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog champion, poses with his trophy Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Knik, Alaska. The trophy features a likeness of his grandfather Joe Redington Sr., a co-founder of the world's most famous sled dog race. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Five-time champion Dallas Seavey, left, takes a selfie with a fan before the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Saturday, March 2, 2024, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The 1,000-mile race will take mushers and their dog teams a thousand miles over Alaska's unforgiving terrain, with the winner expected at the finish line in Nome, Alaska, in about 10 days. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)