Thirty dogsled teams from throughout the US and Canada will start the 27th annual 10-day International Pedigree State Stop Sled Dog Race through Western Wyoming and parts of Idaho with a ceremonial start at the Jackson Town Square next Friday. Sixteen returning teams had signed up under round one of entries.
Thirteen additional teams submitted applications within 24 hours of the opening of the second and final round, leaving one slot open prior to the opening of the race. Teams will actually see nine days of racing over the ten-day race with the route out of Lander changed from South Pass to the Upper Green River trail system due to trail conditions. The race concludes in Driggs on February 5th.
The stage stop format means racers will compete for time on different racecourses set up at different communities. Over the next week, the race will stage out of Jackson, Pinedale, Big Piney, Kemmerer, Alpine, and then Driggs. The racers this year are vying for a purse worth $165,000. The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race was founded in 1996 by Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public.
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