International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race
The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR) is slated for this winet announced race director Frank Teasley. The largest sled dog race in the lower 48 states, the IPSSSDR hosts champion teams from France, Japan, Canada and the U.S. competing for the races $100,000 purse. In previous years, the race has attracted world-class mushers including Jeff King, Alaska; Bruce Lee, Alaska; Jacque Phillip, France; Hans Gatt, Austria; Dan MacEachen, Colorado; Rick Swenson, Alaska; and Susan Butcher, Alaska. more info
"Already teams have registered, and mushers have been calling for information
about this years dates," says Teasley. "There may not be snow, but many teams
have been training all summer with four wheelers and wagons."
Now in its seventh year, the IPSSSDR travels nearly 450 miles through 13 Wyoming
communities over ten days. The race begins in Jackson Hole, and travels through
Moran, Dubois, Pinedale, Lander, Atlantic City, Mountain View, Lyman, Evanston,
Kemmerer, Diamondville, Smoot, Afton, and Alpine, Wyoming before the finish in
Jackson Hole.
With its unique "Stage Stop" racing format, the race stops in a different
Wyoming community each night. Towns host festivities for mushers and spectators
ranging from junior dog sled races for children, dog parades, ice sculpture
contests, banquets, carnivals and fishing derbies.
Pedigree Food for Dogs is the title sponsor of the IPSSSDR. The Pedigree brand
actively supports a wide range of programs that promote responsible pet
ownership and highlight the contributions dogs make to society. Such programs
include Homeward Bound, a national pet adoption support program to encourage
adoption of the nations 12 million homeless animals; the National Association
for Search and Rescue; police canine units; and non-profit organizations that
train and place service dogs for hearing and visually impaired people. During
the IPSSSDR, Pedigree will host a daily web cast on its web site, mypetstop.com,
that will feature video footage of the race. Through HOMEWARD BOUND, Pedigree
will make a donation to animal shelters for each visitor to the site during the
race.
The International Rocky Mountain Stage Stop Dog Sled Race was founded in 1996 by
Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public. For more
information, visit the race Website at
www.wyomingstagestop.org, contact the race via e-mail at
wystagestop@blissnet.com or call
(307) 734-1163, or visit www.pedigree.com.
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