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March 18, 2009

Iditarod: "They're superstars"

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That's how Lance Mackey of Fairbanks, Alaska, described his team of sled dogs, which took him to victory in the 37th Iditarod earlier today. The win is the third in a row for Mackey and a feat only two other mushers have accomplished. No musher has won four in a row. The Anchorage Daily News reports that of the 15 dogs that finished the race, six had been on his previous winning teams. It took Mackey nine days and 21 hours to complete the 1,131-mile race.

See a photo gallery of the race here.

Photo: Lance Mackey drives his team up the finish chute of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 18 in Nome, Alaska, to win his third Iditarod in a row. (AP)

Posted by Liz Atwood at 4:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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He finished with 15. How many did he start with? How many dogs has he killed to win his Iditerods?

Posted by: gRANDMA | March 22, 2009 10:50 AM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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