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Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of controversy, as teams of dogs and their mushers braved the elements in the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) test of endurance across the frozen wilderness. This year...
Dallas Seavey wins 6th Iditarod championship, most ever in the world’s most famous sled dog race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Dallas Seavey's path to an Iditarod championship was like none he's faced before, including killing a moose and overcoming a time penalty that had him in 10th place at one point to win a record-breaking sixth championship in the world’s most famous sled dog race. ...
2 dogs die during 1,000-mile Iditarod, prompting call from PETA to end the race across Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two dogs died over the weekend during Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race, marking the first deaths during the race in five years and renewing calls to end the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) competition that sees mushers and their canine teams traverse mountain ranges,...
With Pegasus as the spotlight, Stronach calls on racing industry to do more for retired horses
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The last time a mare named My Elusive Dream raced was more than 13 years ago. She made 10 starts in her career and ran at some of the most historic tracks in the country, places like Saratoga and Belmont and Gulfstream. She never won. She finished...
