Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Race 60 gets $7,000 and the winner of the Can-Am 30 receives $4,000. Minnesota musher Ryan Anderson won the 250 mile race in 2012, completing the trail in 31 hours, 22 minutes and 16 seconds. Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Race The Can-Am Crown is an international sled dog race held annually in Fort Kent, Maine, and usually takes place the first Saturday in March (which is also the day the Iditarod Trail begins). The organization was founded on October 16, 1992 as a non-profit corporation for the purpose of establishing a long-distance sled dog race. The first Can-Am Crown 250-mile
Sled dog racing at the 1932 Winter Olympics the event through a race held by the New England Sled Dog Club in Wonalancet, New Hampshire in the winter of 1932. Twenty-six teams were entered in the two-day event, which was held two weeks before the Olympics. It was thought that Emile St. Godard would be unable to compete in the event because of the lack of financial support. A total of twelve competitors from two nations competed at the Lake Placid games. Sled dog racing at the 1932 Winter Olympics A sled dog race was included as a demonstration event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.