Mushers said the the altered race route out of Fairbanks was far tougher than they’d anticipated. The last time a winner took more than 10 days to finish was in the early 1990s.
Jessie Holmes was the first musher to depart from the Safety checkpoint Thursday, leaving just before midnight and on track to win his first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Holmes, who finished third in ...
Hundreds of dogs, 33 mushers, and thousands of onlookers are gathering along the trail of the 53rd Iditarod this year.The ...