Heaps of impressive white snow, tropical flowers, flying sleds, running dogs! There is wintering sled dog racing, which is what we frequently think of, where the driver stands on the runs of the sled while a team of dogs pulls the sled across the snow. However there is also falling dog sledding where a driver sits in a cart with a steering wheel and the dogs pull him on dirt in its place of on the snow. One of the more famed dogsled races is the American Dogs Derby, held in Ashton, Idaho. The American Dogs Derby continuing in 1917, had a period of time where interest in it had dissipated and then it has continued to grow again since 1993. Ashton was famous for its dog sled teams these carried people, mail, and supplies during winter. The American Dog Derby is the oldest surviving American dog sled race and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The Yukon Quests is a 1,000 mile international sled dog race that started in 1984. It is run every February between Fairbanks, ...