S7E8: The champ has scratched. Long live the champ.

Reigning Iditarod champion Brent Sass has scratched from this year’s race, due to what race officials described as “periodontal health” issues. So 31 teams remained in the race Saturday, and in this episode we hear from the chase pack-turned lead pack about how they were feeling about heading up the Yukon River, plus more from the top rookies in this year’s race. We have a powerhouse Dog of the Day with a funny, uh, pungent name, and a listener question about sled dog breeds that led us to the famous poodle musher.

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S7E8: The champ has scratched. Long live the champ. is an episode from Iditapod by Alaska Public Media.

This episode is 00:26:24 long.

This episode was published on Mar 12, 2023.

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