Riley Dyche (17), of Big Lake, Alaska, kisses his sled dog Redoubt while carrying him back to the truck before the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)Stephanie Jones, of San Diego, Calif., visits with sled dogs on the team of Justin Olnes (29), of Fairbanks, Alaska, before riding with Olnes in the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)Signage hangs over a thoroughfare at the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)Mitch Seavey (32), of Seward, Alaska, mushes during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)Matthew Failor (31), of Willow, Alaska, trims a sled dog's nails before the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)Charmayne Morrison (30), of Bozeman, Mont., turns the corner onto Cordova Street during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)Riley Dyche (17), of Big Lake, Alaska, turns the corner onto Cordova Street during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)Sled dogs mushed by Jeff Deeter (33), of Fairbanks, Alaska, run during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)Samantha LaLonde (3), of Farmington Hills, Michigan, mushes during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)Sled dogs on the team of Michelle Phillips (14), of Canada, run during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)Quince Mountain (27), of Mountain, Wis., turns the corner onto Cordova Street during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)Sydnie Bahl (8), of Wasilla, Alaska, examines the leg of a sled dog after putting a bootie on its paw before the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)Emily Ford (34), of Duluth, Minn., mushes down Cordova Street during the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)A sled dog on the team of Emily Ford (34), of Duluth, Minnesota, looks out of a dog box before the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
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Riley Dyche (17), of Big Lake, Alaska, kisses his sled dog Redoubt while carrying him back to the truck before the Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
