The world’s most famous sled-dog race took off running on Saturday, with 38 mushers – aka the people in the sled – and their teams of snow-bootie-wearing dogs taking part in the 52nd Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. It’ll take 8 or 9 days – and the dogs will hopefully get some juicy bones for their efforts…

The Guinness World Records has re-awarded the title of ‘World’s Oldest Dog’ to an Aussie cattle dog from Rochester in Victoria, nearly 90 years after he died… Bluey who lived for 29 years and 5 months is a legend once again after a Portuguese pup was found to be a phony… 

And baseball fans in the US can no longer chow down on US$1 hot dogs at Phillies games as organisers say too many of the meat tubes were being used as missiles by disgruntled spectators. Food fights are the Würst…

And a bonus this morning… Our friends at Future Women are hosting an International Women’s Day 2024 First Nations Breakfast and Panel in Sydney this Friday, and they’re offering Squizers a 25% discount on tickets with the code SQUIZ25OFF. We’ll be there, so get along.