Tag: Brent Sass

Brent Sass posses with his lead dogs Morello and Slater at the finish line in Nome after winning the 2022 Iditarod. (Image: Anne Raup/ADN)

Brent Sass Wins 2022 Iditarod with Lead Dogs Slater and Morello

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You must root for a musher who named one of his lead dogs after a character from “Dazed and Confused”, the 1993 stoner film by Richard Linklater. Brent Sass and his lead dogs — Slater and Morello — held off five-time champion Dallas Seavey and won the 2022 Iditarod, which […]

Aliy Zirkle, who was the runner-up three times in the Iditarod, crashed on Day 3 and withdrew from the race. (Image: Marc Lester/Reuters)

2021 Iditarod Day 3: Brent Sass Leads, Aliy Zirkle Crashes

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After three days of action, 44 of the 46 mushers who started the 2021 Iditarod remain in the great Alaskan sled dog race. Veteran musher Aliy Zirkle crashed her sled and had to quit the race due to a concussion. In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Ryan Redington was […]