The Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) board of directors received the independent investigators report today and handed down a five year penalty to Ramy Brooks in the wake of the reported dog abuse incident on the 2007 race trail. Brooks is banned from racing in the Iditarod for the 2008 and 2009 races. For the 2010, 2011 and 2012 races, Brooks must apply for permission to be in the race and the board retains the right to allow or disallow his application each of those years. Brooks would emerge from under the probation cloud by the 2013 race.
Alaska News Nightly will carry detailed news and reaction in tonight’s broadcast, on local APRN stations statewide. We’ll post the report audio here on the site later today.
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