Friday’s Three to Read: catch up on Iditarod 44

Brent Sass hustled through the Ruby checkpoint early Friday morning. (Photo by Zach Hughes, KSKA)
The teams that have been lurking behind the front runners in the spotlight are about to come out of the woodwork. Leading teams are done with their 24-hour layovers (or soon will be) and head to the flat expanses of the Yukon River, where a new race opens up to the Bering Sea coast.
No one has opened up a commanding lead at this juncture. Brent Sass and Aliy Zikle are reaching Galena. Behind them, t