FILE - In this March 11, 2009 file photo Matt Hayashida of Willow, Alaska drives his team alone the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race trail near the Takotna, Alaska checkpoint. When 57 mushers line up Sunday, March 8, 2020, for the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, it will be the second-smallest field in the past two decades. (AP Photo/Al Grillo,File)
March 7, 2020
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March 7, 2020 3:29 p.m.
Iditarod looks for relevance as race across Alaska starts
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When 57 mushers line up Sunday for the official start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, it will be the second-smallest field in the past two decades. Only last year’s field of 52 was smaller.