Sled dog races are composed of different types of combinations of dogs and sleds. You may have noticed in post #1, the dogs are actually pulling a person on skis. Regardless of the number of dogs, the starting chute is where the team is guided in about 2 minutes before release. The dogs are going crazy at this point. They just want to run. The teams are released about 5 minutes apart, so you don't have congestion on the trail.
One of the teams was composed of some beautiful dogs. They were focused and jumping in the air with excitement!
With 15 dogs all pulling on the sled, there is no way you can physically restrain them by holding the sled back. They had a Dodge pickup truck parked with this rope attached to the bumper. If you look at the end of the blue rope, you should be able to see a curved deer horn peg at the end. When the timing official counts down to zero, a guy pulls out this peg and the dogs take off like a shot! It is pretty incredible!
And there they go! Hang on!
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