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Jamaica Dogsled Team to Train With Three Time Yukon Quest Champion as Part of
2007/2008 Winter Race Schedule
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Mushing.com
July 20, 2007
WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Danny Melville owner and founder of the
Jamaica Dogsled Team announced today that his lead musher will train with former Yukon Quest
champion Hans Gatt in the hopes of qualifying for the 2009 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race --
billed as the toughest sled dog race in the world.
"Two of our mushers will train in Jamaica and Minnesota and our head musher Devon Anderson will train
here with Hans. With races scheduled throughout the season in the US, Canada and the training and
qualifying races to take place here in the North, we are thrilled to have the expertise of a champion like
Hans to help us build a team and the skills of our mushers," says owner Danny Melville. "This is not just a
promotional move, we take mushing seriously and it has become part of our tourism offering in Jamaica...."
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