Posted on 10/24/2017 10:19:33 AM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: 'I have done absolutely nothing wrong': Four-time Iditarod winner speaks out after being accused of DOPING his dogs in preparation for the annual long-distance sled race
Four-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey denied Monday that he administered banned drugs to his dogs in this year's race and said he has withdrawn from the 2018 race in protest over the allegations.
'I have never given any banned substance to my dogs,' Seavey said in a video posted to his Facebook page.
He didn't immediately return calls to The Associated Press after the Iditarod Trail Committee identified him as the musher who had four dogs test positive for a banned opioid pain reliever after finishing the race last March in Nome.
Seavey said he fully expected the committee to ban him from the race for speaking out. There's a so-called gag rule preventing mushers from making statements critical of the race or sponsors.
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Ultram. My dog has been on it. Mild pain killer.
I got it, man. Thought it was funny.
My comment was if Madonna was actually up dere in da snow n code.
B^).....................
I’m pretty sure that this substance was legal, and it has only recently become illegal. In this case, I tend to agree with Dallas.
Anyone who mistreats animals needs to be jailed.
I take it you don’t eat them.
Yawn.
It’s the Iditarod. Dogs die in this race, people too BTW...
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