The Alaska board of the Yukon Quest announced Monday it will no longer be working with the Canadian board to host the 1,000-mile international sled dog race, following a dispute over proposed rule changes.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Since 1984, separate governing bodies in Alaska and Canada have hosted the Yukon Quest, a 1,000-mile international sled dog race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse.
“We think that there’s ways of improving the race so that we’re walking the talk and the Alaskans did not support that,” said Turner, a 1995 Yukon Quest Champion. “Their position was unilateral that they wanted to keep things as they were, use the same rules as 2020 and not make any comprises. ... I want to be objective here, so I’m not casting blame, I’m not being critical.
“The Alaska Board believes the proposed rule changes would have irreparably altered the fundamental principles on which the Yukon Quest was founded, specially, that it was to be a long-distance wilderness race that would challenge the bush skills of traditionally Arctic mushers, and promote the training and care of their dogs,” the Yukon Quest International Ltd. statement said. “The Alaska Board concluded that the proposed changes would fundamentally alter that mission.
Weber said that when the Alaska board rejected the proposal during an executive board meeting, the Canada board stated “then we will move to dissolve the corporation.” Inon Tuesday, the Yukon board said it “categorically disagrees” with the Alaska board’s assessment of the situation. Turner outlined another rule that the Canada board was interested in implementing, aimed at improving health and safety of sled dogs.
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