She wrote three books about her adventures and also became a professional speaker. On March 20, 1985, Riddles won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, becoming the first woman to do so.
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. After finishing 18th and 20th in the 19 Iditarod races, she decided to breed her own sled dogs in order to advance. Her first race was the Clines Mini Mart Sprint race in 1978, in which she won first place. She saw a sprint race and fell in love with mushing. Joseph while attending Apollo High School in St. Riddles was born in Madison, Wisconsin, to Willard and Mary Riddles, and moved to Alaska (from Minnesota she had been living in St. Libby Riddles (born April 1, 1956) is an American dog musher, and the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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