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Libby Riddles (born in Madison, Wisconsin) was the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

At age 16 she moved to Nelchina, Alaska and got interested in dog sled racing. In 1978 she entered and won her first small race race. After finishing 18th and 20th in the 1980 and 1981 Iditarod races she decided to breed her own dogs in order to advance. She moved to Shaktoolik, Alaska and worked as a fish seller for a short period while training her dogs, then moved to Teller, Alaska where she met Joe Garnie, they became partners and started breeding and training dogs together. In 1984 she finished 3rd in the Iditarod race and finally in 1985 she won, with Joe Garnie finishing second.

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