[Every time it tried to go after Wan, he casually side-stepped himself out of it's range and somehow always managed to put Mia between himself and the penguin. Essentially leading it back to her.]

Well, when you're going down the slopes it is important to hold onto him, but I'm pretty sure it's slightly more important to get him to go where you need him to just so you can stay in the bounds of the race. Not that I've ever gone penguin sledding before, so I'm not quite sure how that's done...

Huh... maybe you should watch a few races before you go so you can figure out how the people who know what they're doing are doing it?