The long tradition of the Canadian Championship Dog Derby added another chapter at Grace Lake over the weekend.

The two-day event pitted racers in two-dog, four-dog and six-dog categories over a 21-km trail.

Dexter Lafferty prevailed in the six-dog race in a time of 1:28:12. Taylor Beck placed second at 1:30:11 while Alisa Blake sewed up third with a 1:31:49 effort.

In the four-dog race, Heather Beck crossed the finish line first with a time of 12:12. The two-dog race results werenSA国际影视传媒檛 known as of press time,

The event, which got started in the early 1960s, touted a total prize pool around $5,000 this year.

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Jaden Beck, one of the six-dog race participants, has been competitive since he was 14. Now 27, he still has the drive.

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He added that he looks forward to heading south and west for more races each winter.

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Alisa Blake, another six-dog participant on the weekend, recently returned from a sled dog race in Fort Providence and was looking forward to ending the season on a high note in Yellowknife.

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