article_snippet: The 1,000 mile Iditarod dog sled race - widely considered the toughest contest on earth - has come to an end, with a 28-year-old musher claiming victory for the third time in the last four years.
article_snippet: An exhausted Seavey, who also won the Iditarod  in 2012 and 2014, petted and hugged a 28-year-old musher dogs after his dogs victory. '
article_snippet: Pit stop: Seavey tends to Seavey lead dogs shortly after arriving at the Koyuk, Alaska, checkpoint during the Iditarod race on Monday, March 16 .
article_snippet: Seavey was running third in the 2014 Iditarod when a freak snowstorm blew the leaders out of the race, and Seavey didn't know Seavey had won the race until a cameraman broke the news to Seavey.