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Winter Carnival sled dog races postponed

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Devon Anderson, a member of the Jamaican dogsled team who will be competing in a race this weekend at the Winter Carnival, cared for the dogs he will be racing in the parking lot of the Embassy Suites parking lot on Friday, February 2, 2007. (It’s called “dropping the dogs.” It means letting the dogs jump out (drop) from the truck. They stretch, relieve themselves, get a little exercise. You drop the dogs about 3-4 times a day; about an hour after feeding them.) jmp sd2/2/07

Devon Anderson, a member of the Jamaican dogsled team who will be competing in a race this weekend at the Winter Carnival, cared for the dogs he will be racing in the parking lot of the Embassy Suites parking lot on Friday, February 2, 2007. (It’s called “dropping the dogs.” It means letting the dogs jump out (drop) from the truck. They stretch, relieve themselves, get a little exercise. You drop the dogs about 3-4 times a day; about an hour after feeding them.) jmp sd2/2/07

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The St. Paul Winter Carnival Sled Dog Races, absent from the annual festival since the early 1990s, then rescheduled and cancelled in 2012 and slated for a Jan. 26 return, have been postponed.

Race organizers said Monday, Jan. 21, that the event on Bald Eagle Lake has been pushed back to the weekend of Feb. 2 and 3 in hopes the region gets more snow. The snow cover is currently insufficient to hold the races, said Sally O’Sullivan Bair of the North Star Sled Dog Club.

The National Weather Service forecasts the next possible snowfall for Thursday.

A final decision on the fate of the 2013 race will be made Jan. 27. For more information, go to nssdc.org or wintercarnivalsleddograce.com.

John Brewer can be reached at 651-228-2093.

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