FARMINGTON — The annual sled dog races, known as Maine State Championship Races, are set for March 1 and 2, will be part of the Fire and Ice Festival on March 1.

Maine State Championship Races are seen in 2015 at Sandy River Farms in Farmington. The 2025 races are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, March 1 and 2, near Prescott Field along Front Street in Farmington. Livermore Falls Advertiser file

“We are going to make a course along Prescott Field and the water district’s field by John Moore’s property,” Jake Turner, a race organizer. said recently. “The races have had to be canceled several years now but we are still hoping to have them.”

According to the Facebook event page, races include:

• 6 dog sled – all breed and registered breed.
• 4 dog sled – all breed and registered breed.
• 2 dog sled.
• 1 dog skijor.
• 2 dog skijor.
• Fun run.

Race winners are determined by combined times over two days of racing, Turner said. The races start each day at 10 a.m. with skijor classes followed at 11 a.m. with the four-dog classes, he said. After an hour break for lunch the six-dog classes take off at 1 p.m. with the two-dog classes at 2 p.m., he stated.

“Holding the races with the Fire and Ice Festival will help with publicity,” Turner said. “Having them in downtown Farmington will be great.”

“I hope for the sled dog racers that they get some snow,” John Moore, owner of Narrow Gauge Cinemas, said. “They haven’t had much luck recently.”