Defending champion leaves Iditarod race over health concerns
Brent Sass, the defending Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion, withdrew from this year’s race on Saturday, citing concerns for his health.said. Eagle Island is about 600 miles into the nearly 1,000-mile race.
“Yeah, I’m pretty sad, but it is what it is,” Sass’ father, Mark Sass, told Alaska Public Media. “I just want him to be OK.”The Iditarod said all 11 dogs on Sass’ team were in good health. in 2004, the 40-year-old Alabama native moved to Alaska, where he is a carpenter and appears on the National Geographic reality TV show “Life Below Zero,” about people who live in rural Alaska.
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