ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Scores of professional mushers on Monday demanded that organizers of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race identify a top competitor who had several dogs test positive for a banned opioid pain reliever in this year's race.
The statement from the Iditarod Official Finishers Club statement was signed by 83 current and former competitors who called for the musher to be named within 72 hours.
The demand came after the group held an emergency meeting Sunday to discuss how organizers of the nearly 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) race handled its first instance of dogs testing positive for a banned drug.