Iditarod 2024 News Today. The 2024 race marks the first time four women have finished in the top 10:  — two dogs from separate teams have died while competing in the 2024 iditarod, and the first deaths during the race across alaska since 2019 has prompted the call to end the race from an animal rights group.

 — a second musher has been disqualified from the world’s most famous sled dog race. This makes the 24th team to finish the 2024 iditarod!