A dog has died in 37 of the 53 editions of the famous sled dog race, which spans more than 1,000 miles in Alaska.

In a statement, race officials said the dog, named Ventana, was on rookie musher Daniel Klein’s team. Ventana collapsed roughly 8 miles outside of the Galena checkpoint, about a third of the way into the race. According to the statement, attempts to revive Ventana were unsuccessful.

A dog on the team of rookie musher Daniel Klein died Friday during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race outside Galena, race officials said. According to the Iditarod Trail Committee, Ventana, a 4-year-old female on Klein’s team, collapsed around noon on the trail about 8 miles outside of the Galena checkpoint.

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Thanks to a lack of snow, this year’s edition of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race needed a new route across the Alaska wilderness. The course change adds more than 100 mile.

Dane Baker in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Ala. on March 1, 2025 The world’s most famous sled dog race is longer than ever this year thanks to a lack of snow. This year’s Iditarod race,