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Sled dog racing (sometimes termed dog sled racing) is a winter dog sport most popular in the Arctic regions of the United States, Canada, Russia, Greenland and some European countries. [1] It involves the timed competition of teams of sled dogs that pull a sled with the dog driver or musher standing on the runners.
The first sled dog race to feature a codified set of rules was the All-Alaska Sweepstakes, which first took place in 1908. This was followed in 1917 by the American Dog Derby, which was the first sled dog race outside Alaska or the Yukon. [1] In 1929 the Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Race" was first held in the city of Laconia, New Hampshire.
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Sled dog racing at the 1932 Winter Olympics (1 C, 1 P) S. Sled dog racers at the 1932 Winter Olympics (3 P) Y. Yukon Quest (11 P) Pages in category "Dog sledding races"
The IFSS On-Snow World Championships are a biannual sled dog racing event organized by the International Federation of Sleddog Sports (IFSS). The On-Snow World Championships was started in 1990 and was first hosted in St. Moritz , Switzerland .
La Grande Odyssée Savoie Mont Blanc is an international sled dog race spanning 900 kilometres (560 mi) in French Alps and Swiss Alps. It was first held in January 2005. The 2012 La Grande Odyssée purse was $100,000. The event has been held every year for nineteen years, as of 2023, and will hold its twentieth edition from January 13-25, 2024.
A musher riding a dog sled in Røros, Norway, during a sled dog race. A dog sled or dog sleigh [1] is a sled pulled by one or more sled dogs used to travel over ice and through snow, a practice known as mushing. Numerous types of sleds are used, depending on their function. They can be used for dog sled racing.
It has been called the "most difficult sled dog race in the world" [1] and the "toughest race in the world". [2] [3] The race's route follows the Yukon River for much of its course and travels over four mountains: King Solomon's Dome, Eagle Summit, American Summit, and Rosebud Summit. [4]