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Dean Fairburn has dreamed of qualifying for the Iditarod since he got into the sport in the mid-1990s living in Alaska. Now after winning the 200-mile Eagle Cap sled-dog race in Oregon in January, the Garden Valley, Idaho, man is one step away from achieving his goal. Fairburn is one of nine rookies among 19 competitors in this year's Race to the Sky sled-dog race. The 350-mile race starts Saturday at Camp Rimini before winding its way along a loop between Lincoln and Holland Lake. "I've trained a couple mushers who are in the Race to the Sky this year," he said. "I've helped several mushers who've gone on to be Iditarod mushers. I really enjoy training dogs."
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