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Cool runnings - with dogs
Jamaican team training to tackle Yukon race
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Toronto Sun
By JAMIE NGO, SUN MEDIA
July 20, 2007
Ya mon!
The Jamaica Dogsled Team is bringing the heat to northern Canada as they prepare
to run in the 1,600-km Yukon Quest race for the first time in 2009.
But first they must compete in and complete two semis -- a 320-km race in January
and a 480-km run in February -- before qualifying for the big tournament.
"If you don't do those, you cannot enter the Quest," said Danny Melville, owner and
founder of the Jamaica Dogsled Team. "That is our goal...."
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