Poor Lance Mackey. He wins the 2007 Iditarod and Yukon Quest races back to back — a major first-time achievement in dog sledding — but the mushing world is consumed with the less-than-heroic story of Ramy Brooks and what he did or didn’t do to his dogs on the trail this year. And it continues.
The Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) announced today they are taking additional investigative actions into the Ramy Brooks matter:
On 3/22 we settled on a course of action to continue to evaluate and investigate the incident as there were differences in the reports of witnesses versus what has been acknowledged by Ramy.
The plan is to have a formal independent report completed before April 27 and, if warranted, any penalty actions would be applied by the full ITC Board in light of that report.
The Anchorage Daily News (registration required) has a longer article on this turn of events, including musher reactions. As one might expect, other experienced mushers are not pleased with Brooks’ reported behavior.
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