Jessie Holmes secures 2nd victory in Iditarod sled dog race
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Three former champions are among a field of 34 mushers as the 54th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race gets underway on an icy, 1,000-mile trek.
In his 15th running of the iconic race, the Bethel musher squeezed into the ninth place position just miles out from Nome's burled arch on the evening of March 18.
Greyhounds took their last loop in Rhode Island in 2009, the year before lawmakers moved to permanently ban dog racing in the state. But the betting never stopped since simulcast races are still