NOME, Alaska — Matthew Failor was in perfect position for another Top 10 finish in the famed Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska. But the 42-year-old Mansfield native was also in perfect position to help a disconsolate young musher, who saw one of his dogs die about 650 miles into the nearly 1,000-mile race from […]
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Racing to the past: Iditarod sled dog success allows Mansfield native to salute Alaskan culture
WILLOW, Alaska — Matthew Failor fell in love with native Alaskan culture during a summer internship at the Mendenhall Glacier nearly two decades ago. That love affair has continued to grow — now shared by his wife of almost three years, their soon-to-be-born first child … and 50 Alaskan Huskies. The Mansfield native recently completed his 12th Iditarod Sled Dog Race, […]