Dallas Seavey (born March 4, 1987) is an American dog musher, who won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across the U.S.
state of Alaska in 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
At the conclusion of the 2017 race, four dogs in Seavey's 16-dog team tested positive for Tramadol, an opioid pain medication that is also a banned substance.
On Dec.
4, 2018, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race board concluded "after several meetings with Dallas Seavey, and review of all relevant information and evidence, the board does not believe that Dallas had any involvement with, or knowledge of, the events that led to the positive test in his team.
The ITC concludes that it is not credible that Dallas was involved, and he is found to have committed no wrong doing.
Whatever happened was completely beyond his control."As a result of the incident, the ITC implemented additional precautions along the trail to safeguard against tampering of dogs' food: all food drop bags are sealed with tamper proof zip ties, and 24/7 surveillance coverage at the Nome dog lot was added in 2018 as well as at three other checkpoints along the route.